BBC iplayer

Diggsy · 22 Sep 2008 at 22:22

Any way to make BBC iplayer work off the iphone's 3G connection?

And if not, any news on if this will be possible some time down the line?

I've read there will be a 3G version for the N96, so hoping the iphone will get similar.

Irish_Tom · 22 Sep 2008 at 22:24

works for me...

www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/index.html

Panzer

Diggsy · 22 Sep 2008 at 22:29

Any time I go to use it I get a message saying that it needs a WIFI connection. Are you sure it works off your 3G connection?

Irish_Tom · 22 Sep 2008 at 22:31

Ah yeah, never noticed before.

My bad. Sorry.

Panzer

Karl · 23 Sep 2008 at 15:43

I had no idea the iPlayer supported iPods now! Sweeeet!!!!

Spyhop · 23 Sep 2008 at 15:53

It is really good on the Phone/Touch - perfect use of the nice screen.

How does the website know you're on 3G, anyway? Does Safari change its user agent string while using 3G, or do BBC just know O2's IP ranges?

mcc49 · 23 Sep 2008 at 19:42

Think its the proxy server it goes through when connecting to 3G on O2

MacMiniBoy · 23 Sep 2008 at 21:27

o2 block the iplayer on 3g :mad:

Diggsy · 23 Sep 2008 at 22:34

I just don't understand why O2 block the iplayer, yet they allow youtube. Surely there's not much difference in bandwidth usage?

Spyhop · 23 Sep 2008 at 22:37

YouTube is a built in Apple application.. Perhaps O2 would have blocked it if they could have gotten away with it.

Diggsy · 23 Sep 2008 at 22:45

Hmmm, if only Apple would release an iplayer app...

Karl · 24 Sep 2008 at 08:46

I don't suppose anybody's seen if there's any news on 4oD being enabled for iPods?

Irish_Tom · 24 Sep 2008 at 11:17

Can you use 4od on OSX yet? You couldn't last time I checked. I doubt it will come to iPod if it's not on normal macs.

Panzer

Mel_P · 24 Sep 2008 at 13:54

iPlayer only works on TV progs not Radio (as it needs real or media player presumably?

Karl · 24 Sep 2008 at 16:39

I listened to radio using my iPod yesterday. :confused:

Mel_P · 24 Sep 2008 at 20:09

More detail - iPod Touch latest software (2.1 is it?). But I have resolved it

- if you go to iPlayer - radio now works (it din't before I did the £6 iTouch upgrade

- if I try to listen to a BBC radio programme on "listen again" from the R4 or BBC7 web page directly it doesn't work - needs flash /mediaplayer....

SO iPlayer does now work - thanks

Mel

[DOD]Asprilla · 24 Sep 2008 at 20:25

Mel_P said:
iPlayer only works on TV progs not Radio (as it needs real or media player presumably?

Not since the latest version of iPlayer; they have now amalgamated iPlayer and the Radio Listen Again pages.

Same goes for listening live.

Mel_P · 24 Sep 2008 at 20:31

Yes - now agree - see my edit above (not quick enough there!) you replied whilst I was editing!