iPhone and iPlayer

[mac2thefuture]

What's the deal with the inconsistancy of what can be watched from the BBC's iPlayer on an iPhone? Right now i can watch yesterdays TopGear on my iMac and laptop but not on my iPhone. I've noticed this before....If it's the BBC's fault I'll stop buying their stuff on iTunes....Whats the deal?

 

[chappy87]

For some reason I can't watch anything on iPlayer on my iPhone at the moment, only on my iMac.

 

[dwright1974]

What's the deal with the inconsistancy of what can be watched from the BBC's iPlayer on an iPhone? Right now i can watch yesterdays TopGear on my iMac and laptop but not on my iPhone. I've noticed this before....If it's the BBC's fault I'll stop buying their stuff on iTunes....Whats the deal?

I think it's because the TV programmes need to be re-encoded for the iPhone/Touch whereas on a computer they only have to be encoded once so they play through Flash. Auntie has committed to bringing the iPlayer to all platforms.

I think we should love the iPlayer for what it is, excellent. Granted, we can't download anything yet but that may happen at some point.

HTH

- D