Comments | rich_r: iPlayer on Wii

rich_r

iPlayer on Wii

Mar 19, 2009 08:56

Is it just me, or does has the BBC iPlayer suddenly stopped working on the Nintendo Wii? Last week it worked perfectly, and it was a handy way to watch things we'd missed and forgotten to record on the TV (rather than huddling round a laptop screen). But this week it just fails to play more than a second at a time, or sits there buffering and never ( Read more... )

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steer March 19 2009, 09:17:53 UTC

Oooh... I didn't know the Wii did iplayer. I'll try it.

I added your Wii number. I think I sent you mine.

rich_r March 19 2009, 09:24:50 UTC

I assume you've got the Internet Channel added. Just go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer and you'll find there's a special version developed for the Wii. Add it as a favourite so it's nice and handy. Quality's acceptable if you don't sit too near the TV, though it won't go full screen.

I think I tried to send you my Mii, but I suspect I didn't do it correctly.

thepaintedone March 19 2009, 09:45:06 UTC

Ah, I've watched Youtube on the Internet chanel, but couldn't get iPlayer to work as I didnt know there was a Wii specific version (plus we get iPlayer through Virgin anyway).

I'll give it a go when I have time though.

ISTR that the Wii implementation of Opera only supports Flash up to V7, so if they've updated the server side software that could knacker it. A lot of other flash sites dont work because of this.

rich_r March 19 2009, 09:50:56 UTC

iPlayer does play a bit, so I don't think it's related to the Flash version, it's almost like there's a big network latency causing it to endlessly buffer. This is a special version of iPlayer after all, specifically for the Wii (there are hints that the BBC will be splitting it out as a Wii Channel, which would be great, if it works)

YouTube works perfectly - but I think they have a special page using Flash 7 for the benefit of the Wii and PS3 with their fixed browsers.