BBC apps updated on TiVo
 

TiVo now has the updated BBC iPlayer app along with some other improvements to the BBC News and Sports apps

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...p/2755012#M157

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and the HD stuttering? Hope that's fixed too

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Not had a chance to look properly, but someone has posted this over on the Community Forum

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...755065#M111520

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Well in my book this is a big improvement on what we had before in all aspects.:tu:

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I gave up on BBC iplayer ages ago due to the stuttering. Will try again later.

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Just gave BBC iplayer a go in HD and sadly I am still seeing the spinning circle every couple of minutes, so no improvement here . I will stick with samsung smart blueray player.

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Yes these are the new HTML5 apps and so far seem to work a lot better and smoother.

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Good news, thank you Ben. I will try it out later and I too hope that the stuttering problem is resolved.

I presume we also have the 30 days worth of catch up now.

Update

Just checked - all seems to work perfectly and no juddering on HD! Brilliant, I've missed not using the i-Player!

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watched top gear yesterday although It played all thru with no purple buffering circle it did take a good 90 secs / 2 mins to start.
so an improvement but not perfect.

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Try re-booting it. I've been having problems for ages and now it looks great, even in HD. Not a stutter to be had.

If that doesn't work, it might now be worth a call to CS.

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Cheers will give it a try later on.

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I'll stick to Chromecast

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Cheers Ben - tried it when I got home, took quite a bit longer to open the app (think the Tivo needs a reboot!) but yes...no buffering on HD - Yay!

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Never had any problems with iPlayer but got back from work today and the folks have said they have been trying to watch "BBC catchup" (as they call it) and it kept stopping and pausing and the spinning circle kept appearing. They managed to watch the programmes but were quite annoyed.

I assumed it was just VM having some network problems (I note my broadband has been down twice today around midday for a few minutes both times) but with the reports above of an iPlayer update I will keep an eye on it!

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I would expect the same applies as when the Netflix app was updated - first start is slow, but all subsequent ones will be quicker

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Tried it on my parents box and that's exactly what happened took a while first time but upon entering again it was much faster to be fair the app on Youview is the same.

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The 'fast forward' is a bit weird on the i-Player. There are different speeds and it runs quite fast, but the picture remains paused while it happens and there is no indication of where you are in the process. You just have to guess how far into the programme you are, and when you press play you find out! Not sure if it's meant to work like this, it looks like work in progress to me!

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BBC iplayer is now working fine for me after a reboot of TiVo.

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The Netflix start up is still painfully slow!

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Yes it is, to upload. However, once you are in, everything seems to work quite well.

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Yes, thats how it works, as it did in the old version too.

It's because it's an internet stream so the fast forward actually just skips to the appropriate time point, rather than streaming the entire programme to the point you want

Netflix works the same way, they've just added some stills into it to help you work out where you are.

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The old version of the BBC i-Player at least had a 'position bar' and so you knew roughly how far you had progressed into the programme.

With the new one, it is a total guesstimate!

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It's still got a position marker.

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I much prefer the new fast forward/rewind. Previously it jumped in random intervals starting from one minute and now it works as fast forward/rewind normally does.

Unfortunately still having some buffering issues in HD but it is better than before.

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I've got the position bar now, must have been a glitch!

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Why has the new BBCiPlayer on tivo dropped the radio programmes?

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..because the latest BBC iPlayer is TV only?

There is a separate radio app from the BBC.

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See http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.u...ondemand_radio