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Technical News & Discussion => Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion => Topic started by: pctech on Jan 23, 2011, 16:33:36

Title: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: pctech on Jan 23, 2011, 16:33:36
Anyone else having trouble with iPlayer keeping dropping out this afternoon? (Programme plays but then just moves to the end)

Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 16:37:58
Sorry, Mitch, I only use it to sync my pods.
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: pctech on Jan 23, 2011, 16:41:10
Was just using it to watch a documentary people were talking about at work, Beautiful Equations.

I finally watched it all but had to position bar to keep moving back to where I was.

It's had its second run so recording it off Freesat is not an option.

Wonder if Zen have got some issues with the Akamai caching cluster.

Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 16:42:54
What channel, Mitch?
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Glenn on Jan 23, 2011, 17:03:04
Quote from: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 16:37:58
Sorry, Mitch, I only use it to sync my pods.

Isn't that iTunes rather than iPlayer
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 17:05:34
Yeah, sorry, it's my Pavlovian reaction to i-anything. ;D
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Simon on Jan 23, 2011, 17:09:14
I spy?
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 17:12:54
I assume that's an Apple satellite? :)
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: pctech on Jan 23, 2011, 17:14:39
Quote from: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 16:42:54
What channel, Mitch?

Here's a link Rik http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wltbm/Beautiful_Equations/
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Simon on Jan 23, 2011, 17:14:59
:grn:
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 17:16:52
Playing fine here, Mitch. At what point did you hit the problems?
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: pctech on Jan 23, 2011, 17:22:59
first about 9 mins in.

Think it must have been a local cache issue.

Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 17:25:43
OK here.
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: pctech on Jan 23, 2011, 17:28:06
Cheers for checking.

Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 23, 2011, 17:28:47
NP. :)
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Technical Ben on Jan 24, 2011, 00:01:54
Full sync downloading for watch again later on Iplayer. HD video, 500mb. Now off to bed.
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 24, 2011, 10:31:05
Said Zebedee... ;D
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: pctech on Jan 24, 2011, 10:33:58
Maybe its Windows refresh time...

Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Rik on Jan 24, 2011, 10:36:48
 :slap:
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Technical Ben on Jan 24, 2011, 11:49:59
Quote from: pctech on Jan 24, 2011, 10:33:58
Maybe its Windows refresh time...


Could just be Website/server problems.
I get strange results from Youtube. Can get full HD quality playing nicely. Servers running at 6.5mb. Then a 320, 5 min video failing to load more than 10 seconds at a time, then waiting 3 mins in between.  :dunno:
Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: pctech on Jan 24, 2011, 15:02:13
Trick is to start loading it, capture the URL, close and reopen the browser and then go back to the URL, it should then stream smoothly.

Title: Re: iPlayer drop outs
Post by: Technical Ben on Jan 24, 2011, 16:11:47
Quote from: pctech on Jan 24, 2011, 15:02:13
Trick is to start loading it, capture the URL, close and reopen the browser and then go back to the URL, it should then stream smoothly.


Is this because it's not then trying to load up loads of adverts?