[NMUG] iPlayer Blues

[David King]

No it doesn't.  You click on programme you want and it downloads.   
Took just a few minutes to download an hour programme/

David


On 19 Dec 2008, at 17:07, Paul Durrant wrote:

> Presumably iPlayer Grabber saves the programme as it streams, which  
> would take 60 minutes for a 60 minutes long programme. iPlayer  
> Desktop should cut that to about 15 minutes or perhaps less, if you  
> have a very fast connection (Hmm.... 50MB from Virgin suddenly  
> sounds attractive).
>
> Also, once downloaded, playback should be very smooth, as there'll  
> be no chance of network glitches.
>
> Paul
>
> On 19 Dec 2008, at 16:59, David King wrote:
>
>> Seems a lot simpler to use iPlayer Grabber which works very well  
>> and downloads straight from the BBC site.
>>
>> David
>> On 19 Dec 2008, at 16:57, Paul Durrant wrote:
>>
>>> The stopping/starting sounds like network problems.
>>>
>>> I'm just trying out the iPlayer Desktop for Mac myself. Requires  
>>> and Intel Mac. It also needs Adobe AIR.
>>>
>>> Download AIR from
>>> http://get.adobe.com/air/
>>>
>>> Download iPlayer Desktop from
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/install/bbc_iplayer_desktop
>>>
>>> I'm currently waiting for the iPlayer Desktop AIR application to  
>>> download...
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19 Dec 2008, at 16:17, Simon Royal wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I am having a bad time with the BBC iPlayer this afternoon.
>>>>
>>>> Earlier today I watched last nights EastEnders no problem.  
>>>> However, I was just trying to watch Lead Balloon and it stopped  
>>>> every twenty seconds (with the spinny thing). I thought it was  
>>>> the program but I tried Never Mind The Buzzcocks and it did the  
>>>> same.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried Firefox and Cruz, no difference. I tried restarting  
>>>> my Mac, no difference. I have just tried it on my wifes Vista  
>>>> laptop and it is just as bad.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a network thing?
>>>>
>>>> Also, the BBC just released the iPlayer Downloader yesterday but  
>>>> as of yet I cannot fathom out how to get content downloaded. Am I  
>>>> being stupid.
>>>
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