[ILUG] Online TV

[Shaun Laughey]

On 16 July 2012 13:41, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote:

>
> Similarly with the BBC.
> Trying to watch Wallander, I am told
> "Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only,
> but all BBC iPlayer Radio programmes are available to you. Why?"
>
> Clicking on Why, I'm told at <http://www.youtube.com/BBCiplayerglobal>
> that the BBC has started a globally available service,
> but only for iPhones and iPads.
> As far as I can see there is only a small subset of programs available,
> though it is a little difficult to tell if you don't register.
>
> I've wondering if I got a Google TV set-top box
> if I'd be able to transfer an iPad source to the TV?
> Anyone know?
>
>
> --
> Timothy Murphy
> e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
> tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
> s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin
>
> Hi Timothy,

You can't move the iPad source to the TV - they don't have anything in
common. Well apart from some [alleged] mutual patent infrigements but
that's not the same thing.

I can confirm using the official Android version does not by pass the
controls because it's the BBC servers that do the check.

All of the radio output is available worldwide and I use get_iplayer's very
nice pvr functions to grab the radio programmes I'd miss during the week to
listen on my daily commute.

But I also went the freeview satellite route for my TV needs. It also works
for ITV which uses some Microsoft based DRM on their ITV player which
unsurprisingly didn't work on Linux when I lived in the UK.

Good luck on getting your TV fix sorted out.

Regards,
Shaun Laughey