[mythtv-users] GL problem in Mythfrontend after Firefox/ BBC iPlayer crash

[Mike Perkins]

John Pilkington wrote:
> John Pilkington wrote:
>> I've been playing with BBC iPlayer (which has worked) and the BBC 
>> iPlayer Desktop, which hasn't worked for me although it is installed 
>> and seems to run.  At present Firefox crashes at the end of the 
>> iPlayer home page.  The BBC systems use Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR, and 
>> the content is supposedly available only within the UK.
>>
>> Apparently as a result of this, the main Mythfrontend menu is blank 
>> but the menu choices still work and submenus are visible. 
> 
> Please excuse the 'reply to self'.
> 
> Workarounds for the disappearing Myth menus have been covered in this 
> thread (and others) already, but I have now had a response from the BBC 
> iPlayer team about the iPlayer Desktop, which is supposed to allow 
> time-limited programme downloads.
> 
>> Please be advised that when downloading programmes you'll still be 
>> required to use Internet Explorer owing to the DRM licences used to 
>> make the downloads operate.
>>
>> However, we are looking at ways of expanding this service to support 
>> other browsers.
>> Furthermore, please find below a link to our FAQ page, which provides 
>> more information on this matter:
>>
>> http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_programmes/desktopnotrecognised 
>>
> 
It was my understanding that there was a Linux version of iPlayer available - 
which by definition couldn't use IE. Sounds like corporate handwaving to me.

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Mike Perkins