BBC Broadcasting on the Internet now

[durham70]

I had BBC2 working for a while here in Sydney, Australia

But it stopped fairly quickly :(

[dragon2611]

not working at all here :( and im in the UK :rolleyes:

[Gowcra]

Welcome to neowin Durham70!

[durham70]

thanks Gowcra - long time reader, first time poster :)

originally from the uk (Durham...) and have a wife who'd happily subscribe if bbc tv was available online!

[Bhav]

not working at all here  :( and im in the UK  :rolleyes:

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same here.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Seems to have stopped workin now.. was working earlier :(

[M/\TT]

Didn't catch this in time to test it :(

Watched The Temple Of Doom on the big TV downstairs though! Great move by the BBC. Just what we need (Y) Streaming BBC channels!!

[JRosenfeld]

Not working for me either (in UK). Is that something to do with this from

http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/info/multicast.shtml :

How to get multicast

Almost all modern computers are capable of receiving multicast. You just need to first check that your internet service provider (ISP) is working (or peering) with the BBC to allow you to use BBC services through multicast. If they are, it's simple: just click on the relevant link and it should work in RealPlayer. Check below to make sure that your ISP is listed. If not you can always ask them why and encourage them to provide the service. Secondly you may need to check that your home broadband router is defaulting to multicast. If not it may need configuring.

Then a bit lower down it says:

Service Providers

JANET

C&W

Claranet

NetServices

Bogons.net

PIPEX

In progress :

Eclipse.net

Intervivo.net

Easynet

I'm with Tiscali, not on the list.

[john smith 1924 Veteran]

Full list of streams :

http://support.bbc.co.uk/multicast/streams.html

[Bhav]

i'm using pipex, yet i get the same error message every time:

A General Error has occured.

This server is configured to support only multicast connections. Please contact the content provider for more information on listening to this broadcast.

[Shetland]

I had it working for hours perfectly before the cutoff, i had no errors at all tho. and my isp isnt on that list (i use blueyonder)

[Express]

Sucker I watched for some time using Real Alternative.

Now none of the videos work. :(

[Help]

meh, only works for certain ISPs.. time to find a proxy :shifty:

[tomd84]

i hope they come back onlnie even though im in the uk, it would be nice for them to be streaming

[XanDaMan]

meh, only works for certain ISPs.. time to find a proxy  :shifty:

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If your not UK, just don't bother.

[xmr]

wouldn't it work but only up to a limted amount of people something around 30? if they all the broadcast as much as they could out 256kbits then surely that would increase the numbers more just a thought?

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The whole point about this technology trial is that it was multicast - not the usual unicast. It means that the BBC will only, in theory, need to broadcast to one router, which will then duplicate the packets and forward to other routers that will repeat the procedure.

This means that once it's been deployed, higher rate streams will be more feasible as the servers of the content provider will only need the bandwidth for one connection in theory. So the average home ADSL user will be able to provide a 250Kbps+ stream to many users.

meh, only works for certain ISPs.. time to find a proxy  :shifty:

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This won't work if you can't connect to it due to your ISP not being multicast aware. Your packets HAVE to go through your ISP and if it doesn't understand them then they'll still get dropped. Proxy's are even less likely to be multicast enabled.

[Lee G. Veteran]

None working for me - I'm in the UK but want to watch it on the PC.

[OrangeSoul]

doesnt work for me, im in canada, my isp supports multicast and i have it turned on in realplayer, it says network problems

[mr.pingu]

None working for me - I'm in the UK but want to watch it on the PC.

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then get a tv card

[Lee G. Veteran]

^ I would.

How much do they cost? :/

[GameOverRob]

damn stopped working!

[Timmah Veteran]

Not working for me either (in UK). Is that something to do with this from

http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/info/multicast.shtml :

How to get multicast

Almost all modern computers are capable of receiving multicast. You just need to first check that your internet service provider (ISP) is working (or peering) with the BBC to allow you to use BBC services through multicast. If they are, it's simple: just click on the relevant link and it should work in RealPlayer. Check below to make sure that your ISP is listed. If not you can always ask them why and encourage them to provide the service. Secondly you may need to check that your home broadband router is defaulting to multicast. If not it may need configuring.

Then a bit lower down it says:

Service Providers

JANET

C&W

Claranet

NetServices

Bogons.net

PIPEX

In progress :

Eclipse.net

Intervivo.net

Easynet

I'm with Tiscali, not on the list.

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F**kin ace, I'm with Eclipse.net - one of the best in the UK :D :D :D

[Bobster]

I'm with Wanadoo so no hope for me :(

[BigCheese]

Damn, no multicast for NTL users.

[Vice]

if you want to watch there crappy programs so badly turn on your TV. if I didn't have to pay a TV license but couldn't watch there channels I would do it in a heart beat and not look back - EVER - PERIOD.

This is a case of W?BIC - Why? Because I Can.