On Wednesday 16 March 2016 15:47:29 Liam O'Toole wrote: > 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. > > :-)
If it actually works, I might! I have already bought a Firestick in fruitless hope. Lisi
