[ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

[Bruno Girin]

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 19:17 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote:
> On 25 May 2010 19:05, Bruno Girin <brunogirin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote:
> >> On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby <pramclub at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >> > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play
> >> > pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me
> >> > choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells
> >> > me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I
> >> > want to modify them. Again, whether I choose yes or no makes no
> >> > difference.
> >> >
> >> > And I only want to watch a programme about sailing around Cornwall - my
> >> > mother would be happy for me to watch, I'm sure. :)
> >> >
> >> > Dianne
> >> >
> >>
> >> Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com?
> >
> > Similar problem with the Eurosport player. It will play the demo video
> > but not the live feeds. And obviously, they only tell you that *after*
> > you pay a subscription and contact support.
> >
> > Bruno
> >
> >
> 
> People on the forums have had success by installing
> ubuntu-restricted-extras and w32codecs. Some people have also had to
> change their user agent to an IE one. Alternatively you could use
> http://www.m0sand.com/henningms/?p=58 to play Eurosport in VLC.

The w32codecs package seems to not be in Lucid anymore. As for
maskerading as IE, I had a look at the page's source code and I can say
I'm not surprised. Coded by Cowboys R Us Ltd.

Bruno