Description:
A light-weight application that provides access to BBC iPlayer, Four On Demand, Five On Demand, MSN Video and SBS directly - eliminating the requirement for a (flash-enabled) mobile browser.
Requires a QVGA, VGA or WVGA device running Windows Mobile Professional (Pocket PC) 6.0 or higher (see the additional requirements below).
Features:
- Choose your own media player: define how each stream is played (CorePlayer v1.3.6 is recommended **).
- Full iPlayer integration: browse the Mobile content as you would from any other supported device (including the search feature).
- Browse BBC iPlayer by category (Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Films, etc.).
- Live TV channels: watch the popular terrestrial channels live (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, etc.).
- Download high quality BBC iPlayer episodes to your device for offline viewing.
- Watch all the latest football highlights from around Europe.
- Five On Demand: catch up with the latest content from Channel Five.
- MSN Video: a further selection of streaming content to watch.
- SBS Australia: content from the Special Broadcasting Service*.
- Extensive TV feed index: hundreds of live TV feeds from around the globe.
- Live Radio stations: a selection of BBC broadcasts.
- Custom TV / Radio stations: add your favourites.
- Search History: tracks the most recent searches for easy access.
* The SBS channel requires a Flash player, the Adobe Flash Lite application is recommended.
** HTC's bundled StreamingPlayer should also work for the BBC iPlayer content on faster devices (for example the HTC HD2).
The application has initially be developed and tested on an HTC Kaiser (TyTN II) but it should be compatible with most Windows Mobile 6.0 devices. It has recently been updated to support a wide range of resolutions: VGA, WVGA, etc.
Requirements:
- A media player that supports RTSP streaming and the mpeg4 codec (CorePlayer v1.3.6 is recommended).
- The .NET CF v2.0 (come with WM 6 and above as standard).
- An internet connection that is UK based (or media server running VLC* that resolves a UK address).
* Please install VLC version 1.0.1 to use this feature (for full details on the VLC implementation please read this post or watch the video demonstration).
Note:
Whilst streaming video this application will use a considerable amount of bandwidth - please ensure you use it via an unlimited data policy.
All of the content streamed via this application is copyright of the BBC, ITV, SKY, Channel Five, Hulu or MSN respectively.
Disclaimer:
You should only watch the BBC iPlayer content if you are owner of a TV licence within the UK.
If you like this tool, please consider donate to the developer.
If you are using CorePlayer, please make sure that the "Prefer UDP streaming" option is disabled by selecting "Menu -> Tools -> Settings..." and then "Select Page -> Network". The "Prefer UDP streaming" check box will need to be unchecked / unticked.
Update Description:
v2.000:
- BBC content removed (please see this update for more info).
- SDP parser improved to make custom TV / Radio favourites easier to add.
- Global TV feeds can now be limited via Options menu (to overcome memory issue).- Various other minor bug fixes.
v1.850:
- Fixed global TV feeds memory issue.
- DTV connection update (high quality).
- Authentication bug resolved.
v1.800:
- Removed a bug that prevented new users from accessing DTV.
v1.780:
- Improved quality / reliability of DTV streams.
- Fixed bug related to large BBC iPlayer categories (eg. Factual).