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bbc iplayer on N95 8 gig (and any other app that relies on real player)


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Posted by Mr[NiK]
Hey guys i was happy to discover that bbc iplayer content now works for my n95. It sends a streaming link to your phone which then works with real player. I have one gripe though and its the same for things like the youtube viewer etc

You have to manually specifiy the access point for real player and you cannot select it on the fly as you would with your browser etc.....

any one got a fix for this or do we just have to live with it ??!!

I have wifi at home and wifi at work it would be nice to be able to use the real player with out having to change the access point manually everytime!


Posted by procterdc
I heard that there was going to be a bbc iplayer app for the N95. Whats the quality like with this and is it full screen?

Posted by DickySnapples
.. and how do you access it.

Posted by Mr[NiK]
just go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/index.html

just make sure that you have configured your real player to use your usual data point (i.e. wifi/3g etc)

its not too bad i wish it used the full screen though!

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[ This Message was edited by: Mr[NiK] on 2008-08-20 13:26 ]

Posted by DickySnapples
doesnt work at all on my N82, comes up with a message - device user agent not recognised.

ill give it a go on my E90

Posted by shug
There's an app called Psiloc Connect which appears as an access point when installed and automatically uses any wifi access point if available. Otherwise it switches to 3G. It can even hop from 3G to wifi automatically if you leave wifi scanning running on your phone.

Posted by Mr[NiK]
will have a look at that app cheers shug !



Posted by Merlyn101
hmmm- can't get it to work on my E90. Anyone have success with the E90?

Posted by procterdc
Got iplayer working on my N95, but the quality isn't the best. Interestingly it loads up the file in 3gp.

Posted by jcwhite_uk
Tried it last night on my N95 via wifi. Worked well. Sound and picture quality were good.

Posted by Mr[NiK]
Psiloc Connect 1.10 seems to work for me to ensure that the real player access point is the same as my browser access point !

Posted by Mr[NiK]
strange things are afoot !!! i tried to use iplayer last nite and every show i tried to watch would not play in real player!! i keep on getting a message saying that it cant play the stream ??!!

Posted by Mr[NiK]
interesting post :

http://www.n95users.com/forum[....]iplayer-works-only-wifi-2.html

Posted by Mr[NiK]
just noticed the other day that the iplayer is trying to push out .ram files to me but my real player wont play them hmm any one got an idea as to why ??

Posted by Mr[NiK]
any one else been able to stream any content from iplayer recently ?

Posted by shug
I'm not in the uk so I can't test it but there is a browser plug-in called 'Iphonesque' which fools sites into thinking you're surfing with an Iphone. No link as I'm posting from my mobile but Google will find it. (may help)

Posted by Mr[NiK]
i already have that patch installed and still it doesnt work for me

Posted by Petejs
I'm using it on my N95 8gb at present. Quality is pretty good, though the sound and picture get out of sync after a while.The link from the BBC page starts up Real Player, and off you go. If you want full screen, pause the player, click 'options' and go for 'Continue in Full Screen'.

It's all still a bit 'beta' - I've also had the problem with Real Player saying 'unable to play media clip'. This seems to be more likely when you've played one clip and go on to play another - I wonder if the phone isn't closing Real Player properly after the first? Anyway, a phone reboot seemed to clear the problem.


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