the new BBC RADIO1 iPLAYER is here!!

mary anne hobbs · Post by **mary anne hobbs** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:15 pm

hello

massive massive thanks to everybody who posted to help push this issue forward....

last week Radio1 launched the iPlayer as the new system to playback the shows..
you now can rewind of fast forward to the exact spot you want in the show.. and also the sound quality appears to be much crisper...

there are a few teething problems with it.. problems getting the hot-links to fire, which they are working on right now..

but you can access the show direct from here:

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
search Mary Anne Hobbs

this is only available in the UK, because it's the UK listeners that pay the licence fee, so elsewhere in the world, you are stuck with the Real Player..

just out of interest - if you pay a licence fee - 0.6p of that money goes to pay for the whole of Radio1 every year from your wallet.. so it's pretty afforadble...

please please use the iPlayer.. it's the single most important way that the BBC will determine the success of the shows..

thank you again for all your input in this.. i would be keen to hear your views on how it works for you...

give it a little time to bed in..

much love
m/a.. x

xal54x · Post by **xal54x** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:06 pm

I listened to your show Today in work on it... Much, much better! Finally, a constant bit stream, not sure how high, but a lot better than the 50/60kbs I was getting off the old one! Sounded great!

jimitheexploder · Post by **jimitheexploder** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:11 pm

I was listening last night on iPlayer it was wicked and lots better than the old thing.

Laters

joe muggs · Post by **joe muggs** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:18 pm

Splendid, splendid news. Sincerely hope that this gives the bean-counters the concrete evidence of how people are about this music and your show, Mary Anne!

utopian · Post by **utopian** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:39 pm

Good work.

And tell whoever's in charge of 1Xtra to sort themselves out and get a dubstep show on there.

.rudetone. · Post by **.rudetone.** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:30 am

Niiiiiice one it's lookin good!

pacomari · Post by **pacomari** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:42 am

Quality of the stream is far better.

Hold tight the gremlins keeping this together!

DFRNT · Post by **DFRNT** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:30 am

Great work!

subzer · Post by **subzer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:32 am

i don't get this, i can listen to the rob da bank show without any problems, but for 2 weeks in a row now i can NOT listen to experimental??? player says: Audio stream is unavailable at this time.
im not really getting this? any help, advise?

thanks

(yeah, i've installed the latest updates of everything)

dj mate · Post by **dj mate** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:42 am

SubZer wrote:i don't get this, i can listen to the rob da bank show without any problems, but for 2 weeks in a row now i can NOT listen to experimental??? player says: Audio stream is unavailable at this time.
im not really getting this? any help, advise?

thanks

(yeah, i've installed the latest updates of everything)

yeh it sucks big time if u dont live in the UK
so only if u in the Uk u can relisten again

jonnyrebel · Post by **jonnyrebel** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:52 am

sweet about time they sorted it

subzer · Post by **subzer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:02 am

Dj Mate wrote:
SubZer wrote:i don't get this, i can listen to the rob da bank show without any problems, but for 2 weeks in a row now i can NOT listen to experimental??? player says: Audio stream is unavailable at this time.
im not really getting this? any help, advise?

thanks

(yeah, i've installed the latest updates of everything)
yeh it sucks big time if u dont live in the UK
so only if u in the Uk u can relisten again

c'mon bbc, sort it out and get the international license for ALL the shows! I'm not really planning to emigrate to the UK...

the player is a true upgrade, tho!

badger · Post by **badger** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:48 am

this is much better, thanks

SubZer wrote:c'mon bbc, sort it out and get the international license for ALL the shows! I'm not really planning to emigrate to the UK...

the player is a true upgrade, tho!

the point is that we in the UK pay a licence fee for TV and radio every year so we get a better service for it. i'm not saying that i agree with that but i can understand the reasoning behind it. does the realplayer not work for out of UK people as MAH said then?

subzer · Post by **subzer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:33 am

badger wrote:the point is that we in the UK pay a licence fee for TV and radio every year so we get a better service for it. i'm not saying that i agree with that but i can understand the reasoning behind it. does the realplayer not work for out of UK people as MAH said then?

i do understand, i'm just a little bit frustrated about the fact i can listen to one but not to another show

its the first time me being disappointed about the bbc

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:57 am

I will try and use it but it's still so appealing to listen when traveling as this is when i tend to listen to music....I will leave it on overnight & then download from a blog i guess

will · Post by **will** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:58 am

Ah this is a massive improvement! I really disliked the old player and it even put me off bothering to listen back to some shows due to the poor quality sound. Added to the fact you couldn't scan through properly or rewind at all. Well done BBC, step forward

saxenhammer · Post by **saxenhammer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:08 pm

I player is all very well, but I'll stick to dishin out a 320 of the show just after its been broadcast.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:08 pm

Will wrote:Ah this is a massive improvement! I really disliked the old player and it even put me off bothering to listen back to some shows due to the poor quality sound. Added to the fact you couldn't scan through properly or rewind at all. Well done BBC, step forward

Totally agree, it's much much better and I will use it frequently now.

timothy · Post by **timothy** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:30 pm

I have had probs with the player since it launched.

Is it poss to still use the old player?

the new BBC RADIO1 iPLAYER is here!!

the new BBC RADIO1 iPLAYER is here!!

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