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BBC iPlayer failure under Hardy - and solution maybe!

Asked by PeterDz

PROBLEM:

I have BBC's iPlayer which I normally run in standalone mode. I have/had Flash 9 up and running for some time. iPlayer ran until I upgraded to Hardy.

The sound that I get through - I am using it for listening to the radio - is distorted to the point of not being comprehensible. Clearly it shouldn't be like that. It isn't a problem with NDIS etc otherwise it wouldn't work at all.

Hardy means that I have FFX beta3 AND a new kernel to deal with. Does anyone know if removing FFX beta3 and go back to 2.0.0.14 solves the matter? Do you have another solution?

Thanks,

Peter

PS I realise that this is not strictly an Ubuntu problem, BUT it does affect a lot of people and therefore usability to some.

SOLUTION:

I clicked on the standalone version again...this time it loaded MPlayer as the driver - as opposed to the standalone RealPlayer version (don't ask me - it did!) it worked and the sound is OK if hardly hifi, display leaves a lot to be desired.

If anyone from the BBC is reading this, can you give us the official solution please!!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

BBC iplayer on Ubuntu hardy 8.04
FAQ #93: “BBC iPlayer failure under Hardy”.

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PeterDz (pdzwig) said : 		#2

As I proposed both the question and the kludged solution, it doesn't really solve the problem which is how to get iPlayer to work under Hardy PROPERLY!!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

So do you think we must remove the added faq...?

Than kyou

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PeterDz (pdzwig) said : 		#4

Yes, in a word ;-)

Peter

marcobra wrote:
> Your question #31627 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/31627
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> marcobra proposed the following answer:
> So do you think we must remove the added faq...?
>
> Than kyou
>

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Ricci (riccisayer) said : 		#5

Just a passing thought, Podcasts have continued to work OK with Hardy, perhaps you might want to go that route as it's much more simple.

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PeterDz (pdzwig) said : 		#6

No, that DOESN'T answer it, it is a workround. The fundamental problem that iPlayer fails to work with Hardy is thus still unanswered.

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PeterDz (pdzwig) said : 		#7

to marcobra - I thought that the faq was removed already.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#8

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