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Old 03-02-2013, 21:30   #1
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Tablet with no flash...? help...
...just got a Toshiba AT300 tablet...plays iPlayer and YouTube OK but not TV catch up because it's saying my tablet does not support flash...It's got latest OS (JB) and I hear that flash is not going to be supported in future..why does it play BBC iPlayer then? Thought that needed flash..is there going to be an HTML5 support from all these companies eventually that now use flash ?
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Old 03-02-2013, 21:44   #2
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You can sideload flash onto your tablet. Search google for flash apk and download and install the file. Alternatively you can download the good ereader app store from google play and download flash from there. It's quite annoying that the developers have not made android compatible versions of catchup TV, 4oD, ITV player and channel 5 on demand. All these apps are available on iOS, which also does not support flash and works with HTML5.
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Old 03-02-2013, 21:48   #3
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I never sideloaded flash on to my Nexus 10 and i watch catchup tv probs though. How come?
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Old 03-02-2013, 22:00   #4
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...In some ways - all this interlinking and merging of companies and inter 'syncing' with this that and the other- makes life far more complicated for the 'average' user....
Wish I'd not brought this Toshiba tablet - too much messing about to get it running..Thought it would all work smoothly 'like the adverts make out ....even grandpa can use it !
Give me my good old laptop anyday...
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Old 04-02-2013, 09:58   #5
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...In some ways - all this interlinking and merging of companies and inter 'syncing' with this that and the other- makes life far more complicated for the 'average' user....
Wish I'd not brought this Toshiba tablet - too much messing about to get it running..Thought it would all work smoothly 'like the adverts make out ....even grandpa can use it !
Give me my good old laptop anyday...
Ive got an old one you can have,it will only run Dos tho........
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Old 04-02-2013, 10:14   #6
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I never sideloaded flash on to my Nexus 10 and i watch catchup tv probs though. How come?
FilmOn works fine without Flash too.
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Old 04-02-2013, 10:22   #7
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Make sure you have BBC Media Player. It's what makes iPlayer work and (shhhhh) is actually flash by another name.
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Old 04-02-2013, 13:45   #8
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Make sure you have BBC Media Player. It's what makes iPlayer work and (shhhhh) is actually flash by another name.
...i've done that in order to get iplayer...but it's tv catchup that i'm enquiring about...
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Old 04-02-2013, 14:07   #9
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...i've done that in order to get iplayer...but it's tv catchup that i'm enquiring about...
There is a tv catchup app for Android.
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Old 04-02-2013, 15:49   #10
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There is a tv catchup app for Android.
Yes..I know but that doesn't work on my Toshiba tablet...that's what I'm trying to sort out...
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Old 04-02-2013, 19:49   #11
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Yes..I know but that doesn't work on my Toshiba tablet...that's what I'm trying to sort out...
The app doesn't use flash so that's not the issue here.
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Old 04-02-2013, 20:31   #12
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The app doesn't use flash so that's not the issue here.
..why does it not run on my toshiba AT300 - OS4 Jelly Bean then ?
It clearly says Flash is required to run this Ap ....
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Old 04-02-2013, 20:35   #13
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..why does it not run on my toshiba AT300 - OS4 Jelly Bean then ?
It clearly says Flash is required to run this Ap ....
Where does it say that?
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:51   #14
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Where does it say that?
When I try to install the app.
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Old 05-02-2013, 12:15   #15
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When I try to install the app.
Strange, it's not listed as a requirement on the play store.
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Old 05-02-2013, 13:10   #16
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Strange, it's not listed as a requirement on the play store.
...I'm not kidding you matey....You're trying to make me out as some sort of dimbo....I know what it says 'cause -
I LERNED TOO REED AT ME SEKUNDRY SKULE AND MI TEECHR SED I WUD GO A LUNG WEY..


Toshiba AT300SE..with JellyBean 4.2
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Does the tablet have a browser that doesn't support HTML5? Could it be something to do with that? I installed TV Catchup on my new Nexus 4 yesterday. I definitely haven't installed Flash on it, yet TV Catchup is working.

Are you installing the TV Catchup app from Google Play, or trying to use the website version of TV Catchup?
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Old 05-02-2013, 16:11   #18
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I have the TV Catchup app installed on my phone which cannot run flash and I installed it on a tablet and it worked before installing flash (which had to be sideloaded).
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Old 05-02-2013, 17:07   #19
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I have the TV Catchup app installed on my phone which cannot run flash and I installed it on a tablet and it worked before installing flash (which had to be sideloaded).
..I too have got this running on my Android (Samsung Galaxy Ace 2) phone..works Ok.
BUt - I assure you all it will NOT install on my Toshiba AT300Se tablet...why - I don't know... but I'm going to leave it now...
I'll use my good old laptop ....
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..I too have got this running on my Android (Samsung Galaxy Ace 2) phone..works Ok.
BUt - I assure you all it will NOT install on my Toshiba AT300Se tablet...why - I don't know... but I'm going to leave it now...
I'll use my good old laptop ....
Did you ever try sideloading flash as suggested at the beginning of the thread?
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Old 05-02-2013, 21:10   #21
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I have been through this very process. I'd suggest first going into Settings then Security and ticking Unknown Sources to allow the installation of non-Play Store apps. Then go to Youtube and type in something like "How to put flash on android tablet" and follow the instructions. It's also essential to download BBC Media Player if you want to get access to iPlayer stuff, both audio and video.
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Old 05-02-2013, 23:06   #22
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I have been through this very process. I'd suggest first going into Settings then Security and ticking Unknown Sources to allow the installation of non-Play Store apps. Then go to Youtube and type in something like "How to put flash on android tablet" and follow the instructions. It's also essential to download BBC Media Player if you want to get access to iPlayer stuff, both audio and video.
...OK..thanks to all suggestions from you...finally side loaded flash and got it working..
Still not really sure of why it didn't work in the first place ...!!!
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Make sure you have BBC Media Player. It's what makes iPlayer work and (shhhhh) is actually flash by another name.
Haha, this is the stupid thing about it, all the special apps that are installed to watch catchup TV are all running Flash.

They've just moved it out of the browser and into the dedicated apps.
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Old 07-02-2013, 21:02   #24
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Haha, this is the stupid thing about it, all the special apps that are installed to watch catchup TV are all running Flash.

They've just moved it out of the browser and into the dedicated apps.
Isn't that essentially what Adobe Air is?
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Make sure you have BBC Media Player. It's what makes iPlayer work and (shhhhh) is actually flash by another name.
Really???? I didn't realise that!!!!!!!
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