[ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?

[Kris Douglas]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 05:38:12PM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
> > Ok, so now they are making that stupid TV player work on the Wii too
>  > now, they are just avoiding us Linux users.
>  >
>  > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/09/bbc-launches-iplayer-wii
>  >
>  > It cannot be that hard to create the content/application necessary for
>  > allowing playback of BBC shows on Linux, more specifically the iPlayer
>  > app.
>  >
>
>  Er, the Wii version just uses a browser and the flash plugin, exactly the
>  same as you do on Linux, Windows or Mac. They just tweaked it a bit to work
>  with the manky browser you get on the Wii. Very little effort for
>  potentially very large gain.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Al.
>
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There are a few drawbacks for the flash version though, like the
requirement for flash, which is sometimes hard to fulfil.

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