[ubuntu-uk] listening to BBC

[Michael G Fletcher]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Matt Jones <matt at mattjones.me.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Michael G Fletcher
> <michael at ilovemylinux.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:52 PM, norman <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
>> > After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in
>> > his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04
>> > (no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with his XP. Now, big
>> > brother is inundated with questions most of which, fortunately, I can
>> > answer. However, now I am stumped, he wants to listen to BBC radio on
>> > the BBC website, something I do not do. I have tried Google but am
>> > mightily confused so could some kind person suggest somethings he might
>> > try, please.
>> >
>> > Norman
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>> >
>> as far as i understand it, all you need to listen and watch items on
>> the BBC website is the non-free flash player.
>>
>> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
>>
>> HTH
>> --Michael
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> That works for the video, not for the radio. You need to install realplayer
> or possibly the Helix player.
>
> Mj
>
ah yes, i see what you mean...  mine works (looks like it's through
totem plugin), and i think the only things i did was install the
gstreamer-plugins, good bad and ugly.

--Michael
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