[ubuntu-uk] Moonlight

[Tony Pursell]

Hi All


On 11 September 2013 19:31, John Oliver <jp.oliver at ntlworld.com> wrote:

>  On 11/09/13 17:56, Alan Pope wrote:
> > On 11 September 2013 17:52, Tony Pursell <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk><ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk>wrote:
> >> I want to watch stuff on ParliamentTV on www.parliament.uk but it uses
> >> Silverlight.  They suggest that Linux users should use Moonlight, but
> when I
> >> try any of the links to http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/ all I get is
> a
> >> message to say that access to that page on the server is 'forbidden'.
> >>
> >
> > Moonlight is effectively dead. You may be able to get it working with
> > Pipelight, which works for some people.
> >
> > https://launchpad.net/pipelight
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Al.
> >
> I tried Pipelight and it works on Parliament TV. Oddly enough, when you do
> install it, and only once it is installed and functioning, links appear
> allowing you to switch to "Windows Media" aka Totem or Flash Players.
> Slightly backwards considering the purpose of those links, but I don't
> think the Government Digital Service has gotten its hands on the
> Parliament.uk website yet.
>
>
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>
Thanks for all the replies.  At least I know the score now :-)  I might
have a look at Pipelight and I will certainly be writing to my MP.

Tony
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