Has anybody else downloaded it yet? Just been having a play about with it, great quality streams and catch up as well as very easy to navigate to find what you need. Far better than the awful console versions.
IPlayer Android app is great
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There have been reports on modaco about problems with lip-sync after playing a programme more than 30 minutes.
I gave it a go this morning and found it went out of sync within minutes.
If your using something with a small screen you may not notice.
I gave it a go this morning and found it went out of sync within minutes.
If your using something with a small screen you may not notice.
I'm pretty disappointed to be honest.
It's WIFI only, no 3G access.
You can't have it running in the background, ie for radio, as it turns off with the screen.
Also, there are no downloads. But I guessed that there wouldn't be.
The UI is nice though.
I'll continue to use 'beebplayer' for now as this works over 3G.
FYI I use a Galaxy Tab, so it may be a different experience for some.
It's WIFI only, no 3G access.
You can't have it running in the background, ie for radio, as it turns off with the screen.
Also, there are no downloads. But I guessed that there wouldn't be.
The UI is nice though.
I'll continue to use 'beebplayer' for now as this works over 3G.
FYI I use a Galaxy Tab, so it may be a different experience for some.
The lip sync works fine on the Desire HD, nice vibrant screen though it is amazingly battery hungry.
Will i be able to use it on holiday?
Will i be able to use it on holiday?
Originally Posted by Ollie_h19:
“Is this not available for Galaxy S? Can't see it in my Android Market anywhere.”
“Is this not available for Galaxy S? Can't see it in my Android Market anywhere.”
I'm not seeing it either.
My Galaxy S is running on 2.2.1 and have Flash 10.1.106.6 so I meet the requirements.
@bananaman_007 how did you get hold of it?
Darren
EDIT
@Ollie_h19 - If you search for 'BBC iplayer' in the Android app store and you should find it.
Originally Posted by bananaman_007:
“You have to be on Froyo (2.2) search for iplayer and it should come up”
“You have to be on Froyo (2.2) search for iplayer and it should come up”
Yeah I'm on 2.2
Searched for BBC Iplayer nothing came up, maybe something to do with lower res screen, slower processor etc? Or is that nothing to do with it? I'll search just iplayer next time see what that brings up.
I have found this to be poor rather than great.
There is not much reason to use it over the already well designed mobile iPlayer site.
There is no support for 3G.
No ability for offline play.
Live stuff will not stream in the background.
I am seeing plenty of this: "This content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later".
There is not much reason to use it over the already well designed mobile iPlayer site.
There is no support for 3G.
No ability for offline play.
Live stuff will not stream in the background.
I am seeing plenty of this: "This content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later".
Originally Posted by campioni06:
“Yeah I'm on 2.2
Searched for BBC Iplayer nothing came up, maybe something to do with lower res screen, slower processor etc? Or is that nothing to do with it? I'll search just iplayer next time see what that brings up.”
“Yeah I'm on 2.2
Searched for BBC Iplayer nothing came up, maybe something to do with lower res screen, slower processor etc? Or is that nothing to do with it? I'll search just iplayer next time see what that brings up.”
I've got 2.2 on my SF but no flash so couldn't get it.
Try the android Market webpage it comes up on there and gives you the reason why you can't download it.
Will try the wildfire tonight see if it comes up.
Originally Posted by AxeVictim:
“Nope no joy with the Wildfire either and it wont install flash so thats the reason.”
“Nope no joy with the Wildfire either and it wont install flash so thats the reason.”
Thanks for sussing that out, at least now I know for certain its not possible and I'm not doing something wrong.
It works on my Desire HD, but is quite jerky. As is the browser version. I have beebPlayer which is much better. iPlayer was giving up with "content unavailable" when beebPlayer could play it happily, with no jerks.
Galaxy S here, I've found and installed it. Went via the Market though as AppBrain couldn't find it.
Originally Posted by goomba:
“I have found this to be poor rather than great.
There is not much reason to use it over the already well designed mobile iPlayer site.
There is no support for 3G.
No ability for offline play.
Live stuff will not stream in the background.
I am seeing plenty of this: "This content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later".”
“I have found this to be poor rather than great.
There is not much reason to use it over the already well designed mobile iPlayer site.
There is no support for 3G.
No ability for offline play.
Live stuff will not stream in the background.
I am seeing plenty of this: "This content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later".”
I'm not impressed either. Had the same error as you, or it just kept on stuttering.
I had to reduce the Video Quality settings down to Low Quality (400kbps) just to get anything to play <goes off to use the Wii version instead>.
Darren
Originally Posted by dpwykes:
“I had to reduce the Video Quality settings down to Low Quality (400kbps) just to get anything to play <goes off to use the Wii version instead>”
“I had to reduce the Video Quality settings down to Low Quality (400kbps) just to get anything to play <goes off to use the Wii version instead>”
Perhaps it was contention ratios. Have you tried at other times?
Originally Posted by tealady:
“Perhaps it was contention ratios. Have you tried at other times?”
“Perhaps it was contention ratios. Have you tried at other times?”
Yes, the first time was in the evening, with the second being 6:30 am.
I get better performance on the wii so I'm sticking to that for the time being
Are there any hacks for Android that can turn screen off or right down WITHOUT stopping the audio, then back to normal automatically after exiting iPlayer?
iPlayer on Apple devices does not have this problem.
BBC seems to be dong somersaults to hang onto Flash when it's obviously useless for portable radio listening,
iPlayer on Apple devices does not have this problem.
BBC seems to be dong somersaults to hang onto Flash when it's obviously useless for portable radio listening,
Originally Posted by bananaman_007:
“Has anybody else downloaded it yet? Just been having a play about with it, great quality streams and catch up as well as very easy to navigate to find what you need. Far better than the awful console versions.”
“Has anybody else downloaded it yet? Just been having a play about with it, great quality streams and catch up as well as very easy to navigate to find what you need. Far better than the awful console versions.”
just trying out mobile iplayer which i googled and seems to work fine, do you get charged any extra for streaming? i seem to remember getting a warning before saying something about extra charges??
Originally Posted by buglawton:
“Are there any hacks for Android that can turn screen off or right down WITHOUT stopping the audio, then back to normal automatically after exiting iPlayer?
iPlayer on Apple devices does not have this problem.
BBC seems to be dong somersaults to hang onto Flash when it's obviously useless for portable radio listening,”
“Are there any hacks for Android that can turn screen off or right down WITHOUT stopping the audio, then back to normal automatically after exiting iPlayer?
iPlayer on Apple devices does not have this problem.
BBC seems to be dong somersaults to hang onto Flash when it's obviously useless for portable radio listening,”
I'd forget iPlayer for radio listening. I use the TuneIn radio app on my Android phone (Galaxy S2). Works great.
https://market.android.com/details?i...n.player&hl=en
Noticed this was now usable over 3g, but has added some odd permissions.
'High' quality is still pixellated to heck though, don't know why this should be the case when its fine on the iphone version?
'High' quality is still pixellated to heck though, don't know why this should be the case when its fine on the iphone version?
Originally Posted by bananaman_007:
“Has anybody else downloaded it yet? Just been having a play about with it, great quality streams and catch up as well as very easy to navigate to find what you need. Far better than the awful console versions.”
“Has anybody else downloaded it yet? Just been having a play about with it, great quality streams and catch up as well as very easy to navigate to find what you need. Far better than the awful console versions.”
This app is great? Why is it only wi-fi?
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