The BBC screw us over...again

[Guest razzmataz1478]

Most of you probably now know that Flash Player has been stopped, which has forced BBC to create a new player for it's content. Now, seen as this is obviously not flash, you'd expect the BBC to have some sense and compile this for armv6. <br /><br />And as you can see by the title, we have in fact been forgotten about again.<br /><br />Thoughts

Edited September 23, 2012 by razzmataz1478

[Guest tilal6991]

Yeah. Depends on whether it is a lib or just a small thing which can be worked around like Google Now. I suspect a lib :(

[Guest razzmataz1478]

Yeah. Depends on whether it is a lib or just a small thing which can be worked around like Google Now. I suspect a lib

Just had a look at the system log.

Any guess what the suspect is? (It's really easy!)

air.uk.co.bbc.android.mediaplayer

And here we see "air", no guesses this is the armv7-only Adobe Air. I don't think the BBC have grasped the concept of an amazing new web syntax called HTML5, which allows you to play video without any special libs.

Edited September 23, 2012 by razzmataz1478

[Guest utternoob]

Wasn't air ported to armv6?

[Guest Verhaaltjes]

Wasn't air ported to armv6?

Yes, there is an armv6 version, but it is not 100% compatible it seems. Have issues with other Air apps.

[Guest razzmataz1478]

Wasn't air ported to armv6?

Then there's a chance this could be fixed by editing the app data, and swapping libs, do you have a link for it?

[Guest utternoob]

Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wdsmhvshen426gi/Adobe-AIR-v2.5.0.1660.apk

[Guest Redstarr1]

I think that's a hoax. It didn't work with the Belgian television streaming app anyway. It's almost as if Adobe is pushing their software to every television company. It's about time Adobe realizes that stuff like Flash and Air are unnecessary.

[Guest razzmataz1478]

Agreed, Adobe need to get out of the mobile scene quickly, I don't think they've yet to realise that HTML5 beats every aspect (except DRM) of Flash and Air.

And especially, do the BBC really need DRM? They're free. I'm going to email them and ask why use Air.

[Guest WestWallPoma]

The whole iplayer experience hugely unpleasant at the best of time. Simpler really, to use get_iplayer, download at your leisure and into a format that is h/w playback compatible on your device.

[Guest razzmataz1478]

The whole iplayer experience hugely unpleasant at the best of time. Simpler really, to use get_iplayer, download at your leisure and into a format that is h/w playback compatible on your device.

Never seen this way. I guess you put that in a URL...care to explain a little further ;)

[Guest ir1997]

does anyone have a download link to the bbc media player app

[Guest WillDroid]

But the app just sends you to the website...?

Bill

[Guest razzmataz1478]

But the app just sends you to the website...?

Bill

The website sends you to the app.