Re: BBC and real player

The real problem I have with the BBC using Realplayer is that it requires
downloading rather than using a player that is already installed with
Windows. Not a problem for a home user, but for a work user it makes the BBC
streaming sites unusable. We have an IT policy at work, and I'm sure others
do too, that restricts us from downloading and installing any software,
other than what is provided on our desktops by the IT dept. We don't however
have any restricitons on what we watch or what pages we view and are allowed
to watch streaming stuff in our breaks, but as we are not allowed Realplayer
the BBC streaming is therefore out of bounds for us. I'm sure this is the
same for a lot of other users.


"Cardinal Chunder" <cc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ThePunisher wrote:
>> Cardinal Chunder wrote:
>>
>>>Krustov wrote:
>>>
>>>><uk.media.tv.misc , Geoff Lane , zzassgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>><432f3052$0$38040$5a6aecb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>><19 Sep 2005 21:40:34 GMT>
>>>>
>>>>>For now they have to work with what is generally available.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>8 out of 10 users who expressed a preference have said they want the
>>>>mpeg format .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Which mpeg? You need something that can cope with network congestion,
>>>lost packets, etc. for a site like the BBC. That implies a streaming
>>>protocol with the codec sitting on top being of secondary importance.
>>>
>>>Personally I reckon Real Player is the best cross-platform streaming
>>>solution right now and the BBC would be right to use it. Second best
>>>would be Quicktime and in a miserable third place would be Windows
>>>Media Player.
>>>
>>>There's a free player called VideoLan (videolan.org) which also has
>>>some streaming support but I've only used it for playing DVDs & DIVX
>>>files, which it is excellent at.
>>>
>>>Of the commercial players I reckon Real Player is easily the best, but
>>>the company is shooting itself in a foot. To get the player you must
>>>wade through so much marketing *** for "SuperPass" that many people
>>>probably give up believing that it costs money to use it.
>>
>> It's clear to see you don't know what you're talking about.
>>
>
> It's clear that you're either a troll or someone totally incapable of
> elucidating on why you think someone is wrong.
>
> Or both.
>
> If you have a specific issue with what I said, let's hear it please.


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