BBC iPlayer HTML5 Player Beta

[Arthur]

About time! To join the HTML5 beta visit bbc.co.uk/html5 and click the Opt in to the HTML5 Player button on the right.

 

More info: www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/19d875b8-c966-465b-880a-e38c71900c4c

 

Although we’ve been using HTML5 to deliver video to iOS devices for some time, until recently we felt that the consistent experience and efficient media delivery offered by Flash outweighed the benefit of moving to HTML5 on the desktop. However, we’ve been regularly evaluating the features offered by the most popular web browsers and we’re now confident we can achieve the playback quality you’d expect from the BBC without using a third-party plugin.

 

To opt in, visit our HTML5 Player beta page. This will allow you to set a cookie in your browser so you can access our HTML5 player on BBC iPlayer. If you clear your cookies or switch browsers, you’ll have to return to this page to re-enter the trial. You can also visit this page if you want to opt out and return to our non-beta player.

 

While opted in, whenever you visit BBC iPlayer to play a programme you’ll see a reminder banner before you click Play, so you can be sure you’re using our HTML5 player.

 

We’re currently testing the HTML5 player with:

 

• Firefox 41
  
• Opera 32
  
• Safari on iOS 5 and above
  
• BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 and above
  
• Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
  
• Google Chrome on all platforms
  

We can also now start to move away from the BBC Media Player app on Android devices. If you use Android KitKat (4.4) or above, you can join the HTML5 player beta by visiting http://www.bbc.co.uk/html5 on your phone or tablet. This means you can again watch videos in-page while browsing the BBC website.

 

If you prefer to use the BBC iPlayer Android app, you can sign up for a beta to use a new player based on Google’s Exoplayer. At the moment we’ve limited the Android beta group to 1,000 users so make sure you sign up fast! The BBC iPlayer beta app is available for any Android device on Jelly Bean (4.1) and above, and includes a beta tag in the top right when you have the controls shown.

 

[sonofsanta]

Bah. Got excited and thought this'd be across BBC News as well, but no luck.

 

Still not reinstalling Flash.