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I expect everyone already knows about this already but I thought I will post just in case..

My gf was watching eastenders today on the downstairs pc as we had been away over christmas. How you doing that says I? BBC iplayer says she.
Well I was very impressed. I had heard about this and though it was a drm infested nightmare but no, it just streams from a website.

We fired it up on the media centre pc on the 50" tv and yes the quality is a little bit low, but certainly quite watchable. Once she had finished watching her drivel I caught up with the dr who episode xmas special had missed.
Big thumbs up, really nice to find something like this that just works :)

Then I pushed my luck too far and tried the channel 4 od thing, mistake, 'your drm blah blah blah' CLICK > UNINSTALL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/
 
The current version is actually a P2P application, so needs throttling if you are on a restricted bandwidth (or kill the KService.exe when you are finished using the iPlayer) :(
 
I find the DRM on both players exactly the same and as they are both based on exactly the same core software its what I would expect its just the 4oD player makes it a bit more obvious when the licence will expire which makes it seem a bit more DRM heavy.
All in all I do find the iPlayer a bit quicker to use due to the standard webpages to select what you want to download unlike 4oD's heavy use of a flash app which can be a bit slow at times.
 
There is certainly nothing left running in the background once the webpage is closed & no application is required to be installed to stream programs, it just uses flash.
I guess you install the iplayer app if you want to download things, I would think the drm nonsense would kick in then & make it unusable.

Streaming programmes

Streaming is the way you can simply click to play and watch a programme as soon as it is available on the BBC iPlayer website. This is designed to work on any computer in the UK, including Windows, Macintosh, Linux or other operating systems, as long as it can run the latest version of Flash and access the BBC iPlayer website.
 
Ah I thought you were compairing both download apps as you mentioned the 4oD service, Ive never bothered with using the streaming as I dont trust my net connection not to drop on me
 
Andre said:
The current version is actually a P2P application, so needs throttling if you are on a restricted bandwidth (or kill the KService.exe when you are finished using the iPlayer) :(
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er no. you obviously haven't been to the site since it's been updated. it streams in any browser with flash now. it's not locked to windows anymore and doesn't require any software install. :)
 
marc2003 said:
er no. you obviously haven't been to the site since it's been updated. it streams in any browser with flash now. it's not locked to windows anymore and doesn't require any software install. :)
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It is a p2p app if you dont want to stream and would rather download the app and the programs, which is probably what they mean :)
 
I missed the final of worlds strongest bloke on ch5, so i thought hmm i'll check ch5 webby out see if there's any downloadable content from missed shows etc... LOL ch5 has the worst tv website - Terrible.

BBCi player i've used several times for missed shows
 
Seen it mentioned on tv and never gave it a second thought but seeing this thread I went to have a gander and have been watching programs for the last 1.5+ hours :)
 
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