featured_spectre Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) BBC iPlayer heads to Xbox Live next week BBC iPlayer on Xbox arriving next week I have had this for quite some time being a beta tester, many a bug ironed out and glad its coming in the mainstream. On top, it will be available for Silver and Gold accounts Edited March 16, 2012 by featured_spectre 3
bladedanny Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 Finally, no more downloading to PC to stream to xbox.
X-13 Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) I though Xbox already had it... I saw it as "comming soon" a long time ago. Also, Wii has BBC iPlayer. And it doesn't have subscription charges [XBL Gold], so... Le EDIT: Woops. On top, it will be available for Silver and Gold accounts Didn't see that. Although, both of your links don't actually confirm it. It's just a rumor. Edited March 19, 2012 by X-13
edutech4schools Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Does it integrate with voice and gesture control?
tech_guy Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Expect older models to overheat if we do get to stream iPlayer. Am I being cynical? Yes.
chazzy2501 Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 They tried to release this years ago but M$ would only put it on for GOLD members, so BBC declined. I'm glad to see they stuck to their guns!
newpersn Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 off topic. Sky are to release BBC Iplayer, ITV Player & Anytime + (to non-Sky Broadband Customers)
X-13 Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Expect older models to overheat if we do get to stream iPlayer. Am I being cynical? Yes. Nope, not cynical. Especially, after this fiasco.
Jawloms Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Does it integrate with voice and gesture control? Yes BBC News - BBC iPlayer now available on Xbox
CAM Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Sweet, not only will I finally have a use for my XBox since removing Gold, but I can finally watch HD on my telly. (Now they just need Blu-Ray...)
tech_guy Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 "Xbox 360 users with Kinect will be able to control the iPlayer using hand gestures and voice recognition...." Great - does this mean I can tell the two pompous gits on Masterchef to %"@~ off and they will...?!
sonofsanta Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 That took 'em a while didn't it? Just got a new TV with the Smart stuff built in, though, so iPlayer is native to the TV - and I've suddenly realised how low quality the Wii playback has been all this time. I now genuinely can't tell the difference between watching on the iPlayer or watching at the time, rather than the previous watching-through-cling-film-and-listening-through-a-door effect on the Wii. Also, passive 3D on TVs is excellent. Not showing off or anything, just, y'know, providing an essential public information service...
featured_spectre Posted March 20, 2012 Author Posted March 20, 2012 To the kind person that neg repped "Beta testing close din January, you really are full of it. BBC iPlayer never made it into the beta testing and there were countless threads talking about it and asking where it was!" Please get facts right, Xbox AND BBC said it is available...and I for one am glad 1
sonofsanta Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 To the kind person that neg repped "Beta testing close din January, you really are full of it. BBC iPlayer never made it into the beta testing and there were countless threads talking about it and asking where it was!" Please get facts right, Xbox AND BBC said it is available...and I for one am glad So wait... you've been neg-repped for reporting factual news posted by actual news sites? Genius!
Jawloms Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Can't get radio programmes on it. Back to the PC for "Just a minute" etc...
featured_spectre Posted March 20, 2012 Author Posted March 20, 2012 Better than nothing at the minute!!! Just need itvlayer and I am set
CAM Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Gave it a try today, was pretty good and easy to use if a little laggy in the menus. Thanks for the heads up Neph.
RabbieBurns Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 a bit off topic but kind of related.. iplayer recently came to the WD TV device as well which I have at a place in scotland. The following issue has been reported to me and Im at a bit of a loss for an explaination. They'vee only got a 2mb internet connection. On a laptop, and PC, iplayer works fine through the webpage. If i plug the WD into a 20" tv, iplayer works fine, but if i plug it into a 50" tv, it buffers badly and only plays a couple of seconds at a time. Does iplayer somehow detect the resolution of the TV and try to stream a higher quality picture? Is there a way of turning this off? Its kind of annoying having to switch TVs every time i want to watch iplayer.
sonofsanta Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Better than nothing at the minute!!! Just need itvlayer and I am set I've only tried to get ITV Player working once on the Wii - let's be honest, how often is there something you need to catch up on from ITV - and no matter how I tried to get to the program in question through Opera, it stubbornly insisted I was on a mobile device and the program wasn't available to watch. No I'm not! I'm on my 42" plasma! You can't get much less mobile!
X-13 Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 (edited) So wait... you've been neg-repped for reporting factual news posted by actual news sites? Genius! [ATTACH=CONFIG]13320[/ATTACH] I warned you about dem Aliens, bro. Le EDIT: BLARGH! The attachment worked in "preview"... Dagnabit. Edited March 21, 2012 by X-13
tech_guy Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Spent last night fiddling around with iPlayer on my Xbox (Elite) and I must say I'm impressed. Slick interface. Fast. Didn't experience any issues at all.
BenABF Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 a bit off topic but kind of related.. iplayer recently came to the WD TV device as well which I have at a place in scotland. The following issue has been reported to me and Im at a bit of a loss for an explaination. They'vee only got a 2mb internet connection. On a laptop, and PC, iplayer works fine through the webpage. If i plug the WD into a 20" tv, iplayer works fine, but if i plug it into a 50" tv, it buffers badly and only plays a couple of seconds at a time. Does iplayer somehow detect the resolution of the TV and try to stream a higher quality picture? Is there a way of turning this off? Its kind of annoying having to switch TVs every time i want to watch iplayer. Could possibly be trying to stream the HD version instead of SD. Thats the only Streaming options I'm aware of with the BBC.
RabbieBurns Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Could possibly be trying to stream the HD version instead of SD. Thats the only Streaming options I'm aware of with the BBC. there is a button to "watch in HD" so im guessing its just the SD stream ;/
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