itv and channel4

[jungar]

hi guys .. im in the UK and cant get these two to play. althought for what its worth, the bbc iplay seems to be working fine.

http://www.itv.com/CatchUp/default.html

http://www.channel4.com/watch_online/

[jungar]

channel4 says i have a missing plugin .. and when i click on install plugin .. it doesnt recognize or know what plugin i need ..

and itv just doesnt work .. the site is a mess.

[Andy Mack]

ITV uses Microsoft silverlight, WIndow's only. Disgrace.
Channel 4 is WIndows and possibly Mac only.

Could install XP in virtualbox or vmware.

Should have went the BBC way.

[jungar]

so how do i bypass that?

i have xp installed also .. but i heard that wine causes all sorts of problems.. is it worth it?

is there a safe way of using both OS's at the same time?

[newW2]

Yes with either Vbox or VMWare. I have used both, however, VMWare Workstation was by far the easiest to install and use. VMWorkstation has a trial period if you'd like to try it and I think VMPlayer may be free. Others I know have used QEMU. And Ubuntu will start shipping with KVMa special version of QEMU.
Vbox was OK but there were some issues with USB support as I recall and you had to use NAT to connect to the internet. Not too hard. Vbox is free, so check it out as well.

[jungar]

is the new Elyssa gonna feature this ] VMWare? or any other software that helps you access windows XP..

and if its not safe .. then why do it?

[belovedmonster]

Flash is so common on peoples computers that choosing not to use it is just retarded. Why do these media companies just not get it? Give me high quality streaming flash videos and I wont need to torrent missed TV shows.

[bobm]

This baffles me. The BBC state that I can't watch it - but I can?? Is there something they don't know going on?

[belovedmonster]

What is the reason for you saying you shouldn't be able to watch?

[bobm]

When I go to iplayer, this message pops up, "Download information

Sorry, downloading BBC iPlayer programmes is currently only available for Windows. (Why?)" Then the programme just starts playing anyway. I'm just curious.

[belovedmonster]

When you say the programme starts playing anyway do you mean on your browser? That is not downloading it, that is streaming it online. Downloading it is when you download the video file to your harddrive where it remains playable for 30 days before the DRM cripples it.

The online streaming was designed as just a work around for Mac and Linux users but now everyone uses it almost exclusively. The number of people who actually download the shows are a very small percentage. You do get higher quality if you download, but obviously not enough to make windows users bother with it.

[merlwiz79]

You might get videos using User Agent Switcher and switching it to IE7.
Moonlight is the Linux version of Silverlight.
http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/#instructions

[jeremiah2329]

Is it possible to watch the BBC site from the US?

If so, can anyone post the link - I had a bit of trouble trying to track down the site for watching shows online.

thanks!

[jeremiah2329]

Looks like I answered my own question. I changed my location to UK and the iPlayer links came up, but they wouldn't play. Apparently you have to be in the UK for it to work. They say they are working on an international version. Does anyone know a way around this?? without moving to the UK??

SciFi channel doesn't offer Dr. Who on their rewind site so, I'd love to be able to watch shows I miss...

[jungar]

Looks like I answered my own question. I changed my location to UK and the iPlayer links came up, but they wouldn't play. Apparently you have to be in the UK for it to work. They say they are working on an international version. Does anyone know a way around this?? without moving to the UK??

SciFi channel doesn't offer Dr. Who on their rewind site so, I'd love to be able to watch shows I miss...

unfortunately, the bbc iplayer is exclusive to the UK ... unless you could bypass the proxy.. im not sure.. try playing around with the proxies

[merlwiz79]

Well after I installed moonlight, I still had problems.
I could get it to work but most sites still said I needed silverlight to use them.
I had the plugin installed for firefox but it must not be a version match to what the sites needed.

I used the how to here:
http://www.deepakg.com/blog/archives/39.htm
With tweaks:
Like installing libswscale-dev instead of backporting.
sudo cp *.so moonlight.exe /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
should be:
cd /usr/lib/moon/plugin/
then
sudo cp *.so moonlight.exe /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins