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JCSUPERMOTO

Nov 19th 2009 7:45 pm

bbc i player help

Reet dudes
We are still ina holiday rental,and from wednesday we are in another rental for 15 days until our long termer is ready!
Any way,how in simple steps or bullets can we watch bbc iplayer on our lap dog,cos im fed up with watch indy jones on dvd all the bloody time lol

We have a wireless internet here,but have a hard wired internet wednesday onwards!!

cheers jase

LouiseR

Nov 19th 2009 10:25 pm

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Originally Posted by JCSUPERMOTO (Post 8112164)

I've just watched the first episode of Top Gear (new series) on the iplayer :)

I'm no techy whizz, I paid for a programme to hide my ip, I think the website address is www.hide-my-ip.com and then I select a UK IP address and Voila ! I can watch iPlayer and ITV Player, I'm all up to date on my Corrie, Eastenders, X Factor, I'm A Celeb, Spooks... God I think I might watch too much tele.... :unsure: Aussie tele just doesn't do it for me! :p

Other people download from www.thebox.biz or www.UKnova.com but I'm not into file sharing and I get scared that downloading will zap all my internet (probably unjustified!) so I stream the programmes and with our telstra package there's no buffering and I bought a lead that plugs into my laptop and into my TV so I can watch the iPlayer and things on the TV :thumbsup:

CosmicBertie

Nov 20th 2009 2:42 am

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Originally Posted by Louiseh86 (Post 8112363)

Streaming will zap your bandwidth too, you still download the video, you just watch it there and then. Downloading will allow you to watch it more than once without having to download it again.

I dont know what you mean by 'no buffering' as the player is generally the thing that does the buffering.

JCSUPERMOTO

Nov 20th 2009 7:44 am

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Your a angel lou,just gonna try it now :thumbsup:

jazzys

Nov 20th 2009 9:54 am

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Originally Posted by Louiseh86 (Post 8112363)

Is that just a one off payment?

Does it suffer from stopping and starting all the time while your watching it unless you have a great internet connection?

cheers
Jazzys

JCSUPERMOTO

Nov 20th 2009 10:03 am

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What lead is needed for lapdog to tv to stream iplayer?

I have tried downloading merlin for da boss,but it says 6 hrs till downlaoded:rofl::thumbdown:

LouiseR

Nov 20th 2009 10:30 am

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Originally Posted by CosmicBertie (Post 8112909)

I watch most things most nights and haven't used up my internet yet (been doing it for about 6 months now) we're on a 25gig package thing with Telstra.So far so good! :thumbsup:

The buffering thing was when we were on a smaller package the stream would stop/start all the time but we went up to the next size package and it works great now.

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Originally Posted by JCSUPERMOTO (Post 8113590)

Your a angel lou,just gonna try it now :thumbsup:

No problems!!

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Originally Posted by JCSUPERMOTO (Post 8113855)

What lead is needed for lapdog to tv to stream iplayer?

I have tried downloading merlin for da boss,but it says 6 hrs till downlaoded:rofl::thumbdown:

A HDMI cable, we got one from CD Wow for $30, I think you can get them cheaper off the net though :)

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Originally Posted by jazzys (Post 8113836)

Is that just a one off payment?

Does it suffer from stopping and starting all the time while your watching it unless you have a great internet connection?

cheers
Jazzys

It's an annual fee, I think of it as my TV licence!! It doesn't stop/start either, it streams seamlessly... I wouldn't be able to watch it if it stuttered, it'd drive me up the wall! :)

Kingseat

Nov 20th 2009 2:58 pm

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I use whatsonthebox.net that hides my ip but I have had problems with shows loading. See my thread asking for computer help below.

I have also used the box which was pretty good although I have found that bit torrent is much quicker than u torrent. Bit torrent takes about 40 minutes to download an hour of x factor or I'm a celeb but u torrent took hours and I mean hours!

Hutch

Nov 20th 2009 5:03 pm

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Or don't bother with any VPNs, Proxy packages, downloads and just use www.filmon.com - which is still free for the time-being and does, for the most part, work flawlessly.

jazzys

Nov 20th 2009 5:07 pm

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Originally Posted by Louiseh86 (Post 8113917)

I watch most things most nights and haven't used up my internet yet (been doing it for about 6 months now) we're on a 25gig package thing with Telstra.So far so good! :thumbsup:

What speed internet connection do you have, ADSL, ADSL 2, 2+, Naked etc etc.

So how much is the annual fee then?

Jazzys

LouiseR

Nov 20th 2009 10:09 pm

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Originally Posted by jazzys (Post 8114370)

What speed internet connection do you have, ADSL, ADSL 2, 2+, Naked etc etc.

So how much is the annual fee then?

Jazzys

Ooh I don't know... It's ADSL, I don't think its 2, 1500 something or other rings a bell but I'm not sure what it refers to! It was a standard home phone/internet thing with Telstra.

It was about $30 USD a year I think :)

Well worth it in my opinion, it has been used daily since April.

CosmicBertie

Nov 20th 2009 10:30 pm

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Originally Posted by JCSUPERMOTO (Post 8113855)

What lead is needed for lapdog to tv to stream iplayer?

I have tried downloading merlin for da boss,but it says 6 hrs till downlaoded:rofl::thumbdown:

You'll need to check what outputs you have on your computer and TV. Modern LCD/Plasma screens should have a HDMI and/or VGA input, your computer will also depend on how old it is :)

I personally wouldn't use any kind of torrent as its generally too slow for me.

JCSUPERMOTO

Nov 21st 2009 8:22 am

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Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 8114367)

Or don't bother with any VPNs, Proxy packages, downloads and just use www.filmon.com - which is still free for the time-being and does, for the most part, work flawlessly.

I just joined this,but probaly down to our poor wireless connection we cant view it,but i take it in general we can watch live tv ok?

And a few programs now and again wont kill our tineret amount?

JackTheLad

Nov 21st 2009 1:06 pm

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Originally Posted by Louiseh86 (Post 8112363)

Its www.thebox.bz (belize domain I think). Excellent for UK TV progs, and super fast, a 1 hour Top Gear downloads in about 7 minutes.

For US programmes (well, House and 24 and Mythbusters for me), I use www.eztv.it. Not as fast as thebox, but fast enough.

Then just plug a netbook with a vga cable into the tv. No stuttering or stopping. And you can watch them repeatedly, burn them to DVD whatever.

I suppose its horses for courses, streaming would be fine for something like Corrie, I mean you wouldn't watch it more than once. But something like HIGNY or Mythbusters, you probably would want to view again.

JTL

Hutch

Nov 23rd 2009 12:11 pm

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Originally Posted by JCSUPERMOTO (Post 8115393)

I just joined this,but probaly down to our poor wireless connection we cant view it,but i take it in general we can watch live tv ok?

And a few programs now and again wont kill our tineret amount?

Depends entirely on your quota. You say you're on wireless, so I'd tread carefully because telcos like Telstra crucify you if you go over quota.

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