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

[Iain Lane]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 05:49:44PM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 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.
> >
> There are a few drawbacks for the flash version though, like the
> requirement for flash, which is sometimes hard to fulfil.
> 

Well as flash comes with Opera on the Wii, there's no problem here. I
think Alan's point was that the Beeb didn't have to go to too much
effort to add this from what's already there. Allowing Linux users to
download the programs is a whole different game.

Iain