[ubuntu-uk] BBC Iplayer download on Linux

[David King]

When I try to install the BBC Iplayer prog it tries to install Adobe 
AIR, despite the fact that I already installed it.

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 AMD64, and I have the latest Flash, which was 
not easy to find, and I installed Air, which is currently 32-bit only, 
using instructions at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=941093

At least the BBC are moving in the right direction, but so far I cannot 
use iplayer at all. I have tried streaming programs but they only get a 
short way in and then I get a message saying the content is not 
available. I have a fast broadband connection.


David King


Rob Beard wrote:
> Steve Garton wrote:
>
>   
>> On intrepid, there's a package called adobe-flashplugin which I had to 
>> install to get the iplayer installer to work.
>>
>> My problem is now there is nothing in iplayer to download. I'll RTFM on 
>> it tonight I think!
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>     
>
> Is this adobe-flashplugin available for Intrepid AMD64?
>
> I've managed to install AIR and I have the flashplugin-nonfree installed 
> at the moment (I couldn't find the adobe-flashplugin despite enabling 
> every repository in my sources.list).  I've got some version of Flash 
> installed at the moment but I suspect it's the 32-bit version.
>
> The BBC iPlayer Desktop site say that I haven't got the right version of 
> Flash and when I go to download the Linux version of Flash from Adobe 
> it's the i386 version (they don't seem to have a link for the AMD64 
> version).
>
> Rob
>
>