iPlayer now available for Linux
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From: chris on 18 Dec 2008 16:55 The downloads version is now available for Linux (and Macs): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm I've tried adding myself as a beta tester, but I don't see the download :( Anyone else managing to get it to work?
From: Mark on 18 Dec 2008 18:03 chris wrote: > The downloads version is now available for Linux (and Macs): > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm > > I've tried adding myself as a beta tester, but I don't see the download > :( Anyone else managing to get it to work? I got the same issue, no install button was there even after I did the adobe upgrade
From: Phil Borman on 18 Dec 2008 17:33 chris wrote: > The downloads version is now available for Linux (and Macs): > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm > > I've tried adding myself as a beta tester, but I don't see the download > :( Anyone else managing to get it to work? you have to install adobe air first, then the " i want to be a labs tester" button works
From: Big and Blue on 18 Dec 2008 19:42 Paul Martin wrote: > In article <H5adnXLzSf5JW9fUnZ2dnUVZ8tfinZ2d(a)posted.plusnet>, > chris wrote: >> The downloads version is now available for Linux (and Macs): > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm > >> I've tried adding myself as a beta tester, but I don't see the download >> :( Anyone else managing to get it to work? > > It's only currently available on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. I can't get > it working here, even though I have the iPlayer Desktop app running. > I'm using XFCE on Debian. Is it just me? I can't find any useful links at all. I have downloaded and installed Air from Adobe (OK - that link was there, but no reference to needing it). The only programmes I can see on iPlayer are recent ones, that just us Flash to stream. No downloads. -- Just because I've written it doesn't mean that either you or I have to believe it.
From: Tony Houghton on 18 Dec 2008 19:47
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:40:54 +0000 Paul Martin <pm(a)zetnet.net> wrote: > In article <H5adnXLzSf5JW9fUnZ2dnUVZ8tfinZ2d(a)posted.plusnet>, > chris wrote: > > The downloads version is now available for Linux (and Macs): > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm > > > I've tried adding myself as a beta tester, but I don't see the download > >:( Anyone else managing to get it to work? > > It's only currently available on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. I can't get > it working here, even though I have the iPlayer Desktop app running. > I'm using XFCE on Debian. > > Running the app from an xterm shows errors of "Unkown desktop > manager((null)), only Gnome and KDE are supported" which seems to be > coming from Adobe Air: > > $ strings "/opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0/libCore.so" | grep Gnome > Unkown desktop manager(%s), only Gnome and KDE are supported > Unsuported desktop manager(%s), only KDE and Gnome are supported I think all it needs is a system tray widget. Is there one for XFCE? I seem to have managed to get the iplayer applet running OK in SystemTrayN for ROX. I haven't downloaded anything yet though. I wouldn't be surprised if AIR, like Flash, doesn't support video acceleration in Linux, so full-screen still isn't really possible :-(. BTW, there's an apparently borked .deb file buried in there: ~ $ dpkg -c /opt/Adobe\ AIR/Versions/1.0/Resources/setup.deb dpkg-deb: unexpected end of file in between members in /opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0/Resources/setup.deb -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk |