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Old 10-02-2011, 12:59
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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.
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Old 10-02-2011, 13:17
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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.
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Old 10-02-2011, 13:41
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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.
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Old 10-02-2011, 16:53
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Is this not available for Galaxy S? Can't see it in my Android Market anywhere.
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Old 10-02-2011, 17:06
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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?
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Old 10-02-2011, 17:48
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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

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@Ollie_h19 - If you search for 'BBC iplayer' in the Android app store and you should find it.
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Old 10-02-2011, 19:19
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It doesn't come up on the Market for my Wildfire - gutted
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Old 10-02-2011, 23:00
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You have to be on Froyo (2.2) search for iplayer and it should come up
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Old 10-02-2011, 23:04
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works ok, no download option though. i wonder when we'll get an official news app?
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Old 11-02-2011, 10:46
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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.
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Old 11-02-2011, 13:25
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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".
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Old 11-02-2011, 15:18
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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.
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Old 11-02-2011, 17:11
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Nope no joy with the Wildfire either and it wont install flash so thats the reason.
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Old 11-02-2011, 17:27
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Comes up on htc desire but only has 2 half stars out of 5 so won't bother.
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Old 11-02-2011, 19:13
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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.
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Old 11-02-2011, 20:14
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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.
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Old 11-02-2011, 20:26
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Galaxy S here, I've found and installed it. Went via the Market though as AppBrain couldn't find it.
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Old 12-02-2011, 13:51
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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
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Old 12-02-2011, 20:45
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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?
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Old 12-02-2011, 22:57
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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
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Old 28-02-2012, 23:20
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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,
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Old 29-02-2012, 03:59
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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??
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Old 29-02-2012, 06:46
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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
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Old 29-02-2012, 08:15
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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?
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Old 29-02-2012, 08:18
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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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