Any one know if theres BBC iPlayer for Xperia X1?? Pref a version you can download programes to memory card with!
The iPlayer probably works at least for radio content, but the software for Windows that allowed recording of iplayer content got C&D'd, so i'd imagine the same would happen here.
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I know the question of viewing BBC iPlayer on the TP2 has been raised before, but it seems like none of the suggested solutions really works very well, or at least not for me.
I've tried the trick of adding the Samsung Omnia user agent code in Opera 9.5. This works up to the point where the Streaming Media app opens, but then the video never loads - it just stays at 0% buffering for ever.
One can, of course, use Skyfire to access the iPlayer website, but Skyfire looks like pixellated crap and I hate it. Video playback is jerky too.
I did come across a stand-alone iPlayer app a while back, but it proved too unstable to use; constantly crashing.
The best results I've had so far are with using myplayer. Unfortunately I'm too cheap to shell out for Coreplayer so instead I use the Streaming Media player for actual streaming, and for downloaded material (which it says is "higher quality" - is that true?) I use TCPMP, which is not altogether satisfactory as you only get about 80% of frames rendered. I imagine Coreplayer would do a better job of playing the downloaded .MOV files, but even so, the resolution you're getting on those is really pretty poor compared to what you get out of iPlayer on a desktop PC. Downloads from myplayer have a resolution of 480x270, I think - certain 480 horizontal. Downloads to iPlayer desktop are, what, 640x360? And streamed content from iPlayer on my desktop PC (in "large" mode) has a resolution of something like 850x480.
Now, if I were starting with (say) a 720p .mkv file, I could feed it through the Encoder app, and cook it into a .mp4 file with 800x480 resolution and 750kb/s bitrate and it would play back beautifully using HTCAlbum as a player - HTCAlbum (and, indeed, Windows Media Player) do a far better job of video playback than CorePlayer on the TP2, thanks to their making far better use of the GPU. Is there any way of capturing high-resolution output from iPlayer on a desktop PC, and then using Encoder on it in the same way? Can this be done either with the flash videos that one streams to a desktop browser, or with the (encrypted?) .mp4 files that are downloaded to iPlayer desktop?
Are there any possibilities I'm missing?
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Works for me
Got iPlayer running OK on my TP2. Entered sgh-i900 in the Custom User agent of Opera config.
apv245l said:
Got iPlayer running OK on my TP2. Entered sgh-i900 in the Custom User agent of Opera config.
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Well, as I've already said, that doesn't work for me. Possibly because O2 blocks access to iPlayer streams, I don't know. What sort of playback resolution do you get? Full desktop res? Does the streaming media player cope without dropping frames?
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Got iPlayer running OK on my TP2. Entered sgh-i900 in the Custom User agent of Opera config.
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Out of curiosity I went back and had another go at this. Connecting to iPlayer over GPRS, EDGE or 3G, I now get a message on the website saying that iPlayer doesn't work over my network, and that I need to connect using WiFi. A note elsewhere on the website says that iPlayer is available over 3G for people on the 3 or Vodafone networks, but not on others. (I'm on O2). Connecting (briefly!!!) over my office's wifi network does work - the video can be played and opens in the Streaming Media Player. (I did try this once over a public wifi connection in my local Pret-a-manger, and it didn't work correctly).
However, even over wifi, the quality when streaming like this is even worse than I get from a myplayer .mov download - the resolution is a risible 320x176! So none of this really address my original question, which is how one can get better resolution out of iPlayer.
EDIT: Just to clarify, if I use myplayer to get streamed output from iPlayer, using Streaming Media Player to play it, this also gives me 320x176 video (but at least it manages to bypass the restriction on the O2 network, so it works over 3G). It also (sometimes) gives the option to download the programme in question, in the form of a 480x270 .mov file. Playing this nicely probably requires CorePlayer - TCPMP drops about 20% of frames.
Of course one could move the .mov file off the phone, re-encode to .mp4, and move it back on, and play it with HTCAlbum, but if you're going to go to that much effort it would be nice to be able to start with a higher-resolution video... which is where we came in.
Did a little more experimenting yesterday. Didn't really get anywhere, but in case anyone else has a bit more imagination than I have....
Some programmes on iPlayer now have two additional links. There's the standard "download" link (which downloads the programme for iPlayer Desktop on the PC). There are also (sometimes) two others which let you download the programme in WMV format - one suitable for desktop PCs, the other for "mobile devices".
Downloading to iPlayer Desktop produces a file with a .mp4 suffix, but no other application besides iPlayer Desktop (either on my PC or on my phone) seems to be able to make head or tail of it.
The "mobile device" .wmv file can be played correctly on the TP2 using Pocket Windows Media Player, but the resolution is the standard mobile 360x180 again, which makes it unwatchable. The intended-for-desktop .wmv file is much higher res - something like 680x544 (I forget the exact numbers, but it's roughly that). When played back on a desktop PC, Windows Media Player realises that it's in anamorphic format and scales it to 967x544 or thereabouts. It looks quite good.
Putting this file onto my TP2, however, doesnt work so well. Pocket Windows Media Player does play it, but playback is quite jerky (not surprisingly, as the bit rate is very high) and, even more annoyingly, it fails to recognise that it's anamorphic and plays it at "native" aspect ratio, which is useless. There doesn't seem to be any way to get it to stretch it.
I tried feeding the desktop WMV file through the Encoder application to convert it to 800x480 .mp4, but the end result is a video where sound and picture are both gibberish - the .wmv is obviously encrypted in a way that the encoder doesn't recognise.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
the iPhone has access to BBC iPlayer website (far better quality than beebplayer) and tvcatchup.com (where you can watch any freeview channel for free - live - over 3G or wifi) amongst other video websites.
now these must be working on H.264 or something similar for it to work on the iPhone, and doesn't android support this?
so why can't we access these sites? is there a way of tricking the websites into thinking the desire is an iPhone?
Hi guys,
I'm sorry if this is a noob question - the DHD is my first Android device. What do you use to watch BBC iPlayer? I've tried going the BBC iPlayer mobile website, it works as Froyo supports Flash Player 10.1 but the resolution isn't very good... I don't want to cause any arguments but I've come from an iPhone 3GS and a 3G before that, and BBC iPlayer is crystal clear on the iPhones. This is just the way it is or is there a sneaky short cut to get some good quality BBC iPlayer streaming?
Thanks in advance.
Got to the market and download...
myplayer
It's free, the resolution is okay, not the greatest, I recommend you "Download" the programs rather than stream them, better downloading over WiFi but will download content over 3G.
the best way imo is: go into internet settings and disable mobile view.
reload iplayer website, which should then load full desktop website instead of mobile, then from within that you can play the videos - i've found it does stutter sometimes but I use the lower bandwidth version which helps , killing all tasks to free a bit of memory also helps! (scroll to bottom left of the page when on video, and click 'lower bandwidth') - even then the video quality is good. (much better than myplayer methinks!)
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even then the video quality is good. (much better than myplayer methinks!)
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Agree with the quality but you can't "Download" the content off the mobile site, but for streaming - yes much better.
In saying that the downloaded content is reasonable, I tend to download one or two programmes and then watch them while i am on the bus to work or at work (on my break of course )
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Got to the market and download...
myplayer
It's free, the resolution is okay, not the greatest, I recommend you "Download" the programs rather than stream them, better downloading over WiFi but will download content over 3G.
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lawrence750 said:
the best way imo is: go into internet settings and disable mobile view.
reload iplayer website, which should then load full desktop website instead of mobile, then from within that you can play the videos - i've found it does stutter sometimes but I use the lower bandwidth version which helps , killing all tasks to free a bit of memory also helps! (scroll to bottom left of the page when on video, and click 'lower bandwidth') - even then the video quality is good. (much better than myplayer methinks!)
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I'll try both. Thanks very much guys!
Have a look at this, worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821997&highlight=iplayer
Hi, I'm looking at trying to download BBC content directly to my DHD - I know myplayer allowed this, but is no longer up and running (not in it's previous form anyway) - and as far as I can tell the actual iplayer site (mobile and full) doesn't allow content to actually be downloaded.
Two questions, am I right in what I've said above - and if so, is there any other app/method whereby I can download content to then be played at a later date?
Thanks in advance.
This makes me miss beebPlayer. It was such an awesome app while it lasted
Hello... i need an online tv player for my x1...
And to be a program that i can alosow add url stearm links... Do you know something like that ... ?
Even I want an Application.. I found some MunduTV in Opera Mobile Downloads (Not Working).. And Press TV From Windows Marketplace (Free Software and Working 100%)
if you have a sense rom, then try manila tv player
I'll pay good money for such an app to force BBC Iplayer to save downloaded content to SD instead of system.
Access iplayer downloads
I am rooted but can't find the iPlayer downloads.
Can you tell me which folder I can find them.
Can they be copied to SD or PC to save long-term?
HTC One M8. Thanks