BBC iPlayer coming soon to N95

cool about time, i hope it fits the screen

Well spotted and thanks for the link.

Well, I tried the i-player on my 8Gb anbd it worked in the browser and there is a full screen mode.

I used my home wifi connection and it took a few attempts. The first one worked ok but it's choppy. It then took a few attempts to get the viseo started.

I didn't change any options, so maybe I was using the desktop version. Could be my dodgy wifi?

it's out?

I'm not sure if "it's" out, but you can get it working on an 8gb N95 with the latest software.

It didn't work perfectly and stopped and started, so I guess the standard version works with the N95

oh balls that's because the 8gb has built in flash player.... aarrggggg

Nasher, could you spell-out how you're doing it, please? My N95-1 is still telling me it needs the 'latest flash player', and I had understood that the iPhone/iTouch version used their built-in Quicktime Player.

It is www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer that you're viewing content from? Were you using the built-in browser? And which programme did you manage to get to work? Does anybody know if the N95 8GB browser announces itself as something different from the N95-1?

neilhoskins wrote:Nasher, could you spell-out how you're doing it, please? My N95-1 is still telling me it needs the 'latest flash player', and I had understood that the iPhone/iTouch version used their built-in Quicktime Player.

It is www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer that you're viewing content from? Were you using the built-in browser? And which programme did you manage to get to work? Does anybody know if the N95 8GB browser announces itself as something different from the N95-1?

The N95 8GB latest firmware has Flash Lite installed.... The N95-1, even running V20 does not. Hence it will work on the 8gigger, and not on the -1😉

My phone is an N95 8gb with the latest software which supports flash websites within the browser.

open the i=player page and click on the program links. after a few moments, you get the play icon in the flash screen and a preview image in the background.

The main problem I've found is it tends to buffer after every few seconds. you do get moslty constant sound troughout.

I guess the i-phone version will be reduced quality and more suited to a mobile device.

I may see what settings are available on the i-player screen.

Aahh... starting to fit together now. Even with the Flash Lite 3 Developer's Edition on the N95-1, I found, "This is a standalone player and does not integrate with the browser, wallpaper or screensaver capabilities of Nokia mobile phones. " Presumably the latest N95 8GB firmware does integrate it with the browser?

(This is all ringing bells, but a forum search turned up nothing.)

Presumably, even with Flash Lite 3 integrated into the browser, we still need for the BBC to optimise the content.

If BBC are doing this, maybe 4oD will follow suit...

Last time I looked at 4oD, it installed a component that used a torrent-style system to upload content to other users as well.

I guess that they could remove that "feature" for mobile platforms though, if they haven't already.

argh wrote:Last time I looked at 4oD, it installed a component that used a torrent-style system to upload content to other users as well.

I guess that they could remove that "feature" for mobile platforms though, if they haven't already.

BBC iPlayer also shares your downloaded programs with other people, in the options it says it uses peer-to-peer to share them.

Is this likely to ever work for a bog standard N95-1? :con?

yeah, just as soon as they release firmware 21 or some sort of flash lite 3 intergrated upgrade.

Is this a definite future release or just wishful thinking?

The fact that I cannot use certain elements of the web on my N95 is making me consider purchasing a different phone that will allow me to use the web without restrictions, but if something is definitely coming out soon, then I won't do that.

dog-man

dog-man wrote:Is this a definite future release or just wishful thinking?

The fact that I cannot use certain elements of the web on my N95 is making me consider purchasing a different phone that will allow me to use the web without restrictions, but if something is definitely coming out soon, then I won't do that.

dog-man

V21 has been available in the test group (I forget their proper name) so it looks good for public release, just depends on what, if any, problems cropped up during the testing

Thanks.

I shall be waiting eagerly for this then.

dog-man

Let us know if you find a different phone that will allow you to use the web without restriction because all mobile phones have limit.

I'm pretty sure that if a version for the N95 is released it won't be flash video played off the website.

The bbc iplayer for the ipod touch/phone is different from the usuall flash site seen on your PC. In that it uses specific Mpeg 4 streams that when started, load full screen in the Ipod video player. They play full screen and look great. Far better than the flash version in my opinion.

From the bbc blog..
"we're creating 516Kbps streams (400Kbps H.264 video, 116Kbps AAC audio) that show off BBC programmes brilliantly on an iPhone."

I guess the bbc will try and do the same with The N95 version. Using the web link to start the file streaming to the phones video player, rather than direct off the web browser.

What you get at the moment is a choppy version of the main website. Intended for ful flash not flash lite. It is not, I'm sure what the bbc intend for the N95 version.

I hope they can make the N95 play the Mpeg 4 stream as it's a really watchable video format and even looks ok played out to a TV from ipod touch over my Wifi.

talltext, what?

flash from the browser works. iPlayer works, albeit slowly, youtube works.

if they bring out an App which i think they will have to seeing as we pay enough fucking money for the tv tax sorry Licence.

Casperuk wrote:talltext, what?

flash from the browser works. iPlayer works, albeit slowly, youtube works.

if they bring out an App which i think they will have to seeing as we pay enough fucking money for the tv tax sorry Licence.

You won't need a new app Casper, I think they'll use the Real player video app already in the phone, not the flash lite add in via the web.

I know at the moment Flash plays the video. but it kinda falls over itself when you try.

The iphone/ipod touch version doesn't use flash video, It uses an MPEG4 stream, that the iphones video player streams when you click the play icon on the website.

The N95 plays MPEG4 so would be logical for it to work the same way using the same video stream.

Hope it does anyway as it works really well on the touch and would mean N95 and N95 8gb users may both benefit.

as long as it works i would be happy, seeing as o2 and other network providers must provide you with free internet access to use the site 😊

Talltext BBC,s new videos are in a flash format, .That format wont be used in other phones what you mentiond and the content available is limited on iphone
the bbc is converting all there stream clips to embedded flash on news and sport sections ect
They are abandoning the realmedia/windows formats and concentrating on purley flash on there site in the future apart from the few iphone streams
makes sense as most upto date devices are or will be flash compatable there for better for them just to use 1 format for all types of devices and PC etc
If you've visited the site latley you'll see they have updated a lot of it ,but still plenty more to update

HERE is a link to 1 of the new enbedded clips try it out in you phones browser>

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/london_2012/7329607.stm

ccraig wrote:
...the bbc is converting all there stream clips to embedded flash on news and sport sections ect...

I was showing the missus that clip of Robin Williams ad-libbing at the BBC World debate the other day on my N95. It was watchable but did freeze every so often. The thing is that she's got used to me showing her the accelerometer apps like the beer one and yesterday's mosquito-shoot-em-up; so every time the video froze she was vigourously shaking the handset to get it going again.
(PS yes, she's blond)
(PPS don't tell anyone I told you this or I'm a dead man)

*gets out phone book*

right, lets go hunting 😊

I just went to Iplayer using Opera mini on N95-1 (latest firmware) and it says
"sorry this program is only available to play in the UK"

I can get to it user the built in web app in N95-1, but same as everybody else, on 10mb broadband connection, i get very choppy unwatchable playback

the phone cannot handle the amount of info being thrown at it.

until the iPlayer site is set to send certain size streams to different browsers this is going to be a problem.

Opera Mini doesn't support flash so it wouldn't work in that anyway.