On 2016-03-16, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday 16 March 2016 13:56:50 Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Wednesday 16 March 2016 12:54:07 Liam O'Toole wrote: >> > On 2016-03-16, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > On Tuesday 15 March 2016 19:58:18 Brian wrote: >> > >> On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 08:57:20 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > >> > Even Channel 4, which relies on advertising for its revenue, is >> > >> > totally indifferent to the fact that Linux users can't watch it on a >> > >> > computer. Well, Brian probably can. But he hasn't let the rest of >> > >> > us into the secret. >> > >> >> > >> I am on Jessie. hal, libhal1, libhal-storage and hal-info from an >> > >> Ubuntu PPA gave me access to 4od. My belief is that hal on Wheezy >> > >> doesn't have what it takes. >> > > >> > > Thanks, Brian! I'll try it. >> > > >> > > I did have Channel 4 working well on Wheezy (my desktop), but have >> > > never managed to get it going on Jessie (my television). Channel 4 on >> > > Wheezy suddenly stopped working a few weeks ago after an update. So I >> > > am back to not being able to get 4oD at all. I can get live programmes >> > > by actually using the television!! I watch catch-up a lot more than >> > > live programmes. (I don't watch either much! But as I get older and >> > > more decrepit I watch more. :-( ) >> > > >> > > I have tried various things on Jessie without success. I'll have >> > > another go with your list in hand. >> > > >> > > Lisi >> > >> > I've just tried Channel 4 using Google Chrome[1] on jessie, and it seems >> > to work. I say "seems" because the site prompts me for account details I >> > don't have, whereas iceweasel/firefox on the same machine didn't even >> > get that far. >> > >> > 1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main >> >> Ah, yes. But after you have logged in and you click on "play", a nice >> little round white thing will start to go round in front of the picture you >> want to watch, and round, and round, and round ... until eventually you >> will realise that a rotating white almost-circle is all you are going to >> get. >> >> Anyhow, thanks Liam. I'll try again this afternoon in case the latest >> upgrade has actually done the trick. > > Did a full upgrade - 384 packages (there has been a point upgrade in TDE). > Tried Channel 4. Round and round and round went the white circle. :-(
Sorry to hear that. I didn't have the motivation to go any further because I watch Channel 4 using their PS3 app. That doesn't require an account, or at least I don't remember setting one up. > > Next to try Brian's packages. If those don't work, you might consider picking up a second-hand PS3. :-) -- Liam
