1) The programs are automatically recorded off the telly and therefore have some bits before and after the program. I downloaded “The Real Hustle” and there was 10 mins of the programme before at the beginning and 10 mins of the programme after at the end. Come on BBC, surely YOU have access to the original video files, and don't therefore have to record them off of your own channel!

2) The Konitiki software is a constant irritation, because it is always running. There is a Konitiki process called KService.exe that annoys me. I play online games. When my ping is around 150, I don't go and hack my internets to try and fix it. I don't have a problem with high pings. Usually. But when KService makes my ping go from 14ms to 590ms, then I get annoyed. Now, every time I want to play an online game, I have to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete, and Kill KService.exe

3) It's not avaliable on Macs. I don't care about Linux, and frankly I don't think they should port it to Linux, since the number of people who SOLEY use Linux is minimal. The number of people who soley use Macs is much greater, and is viable for a Mac port. The BBC Trust, however, has forced the BBC to port it to both the Mac and Linux, and the Mac port will be released in the Autumn, with the Linux version by the end of the year

The idea of the iPlayer is superb. Now I wish it was implemented correctly

Noob: speak for yourself.

Whiny? Yes, thanks for noticing.

I don’t want it for free – check this: I Already paid. My real problem is with drm, and my sense of entitlement is far from false, again: I, along with everyone else in the U.K. who has a television, paid for this.

As for Drama Queen, check out the spelling and grammar on the bbc website, the quality of the news that they are peddling these days and the attitude of the administration.

People will obtain the media any way they can – it’s a fact, suck it up princess. I have no problem paying for the media I enjoy, but when paying for it becomes more difficult and tedious, nay, even dangerous (a la sony rootkit) than using less legal alternatives, people will do the obvious.

I loved the beeb, but it has gone downhill, though I guess I’ll try harder to control my diatribe, as some people don’t have a sarcasm detector (must not be compatible with windows).

I agree that never watching the BBC again is overreacting but at the same time they’ve had years to sort out a cross platform strategy, and I’m very skeptical that they’ll have a Mac or Linux version by the end of the year. I hope I’m wrong.

what a drama queen. i’m really fed up of whiny spoilt noobs you get on the net these days who always want everything now & for free, the false sense of entitlement these people have is nauseating.

how many times do people have to be told that THIS IS A BETA. they pushed out a beta version for the most popular platform so it can be tested quickly & fully. mac & linux versions will be coming out at the end of the year.

http://www.fusenn.com/movies/bbciplayer.html

good old, delays and limitations that in the end are completely pointless

I use Ubuntu Linux (and many other LICENSE PAYING CUSTOMERS do too) which means that I can’t use this monstrosity. I’m most unhappy that a portion of my license fee seems to have found it’s way to Redmond, though not surprised.

Neil: The internet is amazing piece of work – accessible through many different platforms: DRM kills this – it just doesn’t work. People who are unable to use the legal services because of DRM will inevitably turn to the shadier methods of media acquisition. This will bolster the ‘illegal’ services by filling their pockets with advertising cash, filling up file-sharing networks with seeds/peers and providing money for physical bootleg media. The BBC programmes are broadcast on terrestrial media – but I don’t see anyone screaming about sharing old VHS cassettes or DVD-RW.

Kylde: fair point – though we’ve already paid for it, i personally don’t have a problem with people oversees reaping the benefit of that. The beeb could be a great ambassador for us, and already is with much of it’s programming, like the world service.

Adam: precisely. A cock. Indeed.

I will never watch the BBC again, I hope they go under, they don’t deserve to survive. Alas, they were a shining example, now they’re just a burning train wreck.

Of course there are technical limitations, I can’t get TV on my radio (duh!), but this is like saying only Sony TV’s will be able to show BBC content, not Toshibas or Samsungs… the BBC just wouldn’t get away with it.

It’s not it’s not possible to do this on Linux, it’s just that the BBC have made some very bad technical decisions that have resulted in alienating a portion of it’s paying customers and denying them a service, which is not only bad practice but I believe illegal for them to do under their own charter.