Streaming BBC

two200 · 05-14-05, 12:15 PM

Why is it that I can stream BBC worldservice with helix real player on Symbian OS and not realone player on my Axim? Is realone really inferior to the open-source helix project?

Rrrockhound · 05-14-05, 01:13 PM

I am able to listen to BBC but I have to use the standalone Realplayer option on BBC's page. Have you tried this?

zerograviti · 05-14-05, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by two200

Why is it that I can stream BBC worldservice with helix real player on Symbian OS and not realone player on my Axim? Is realone really inferior to the open-source helix project?

World service is one of the easier streams to get on the ppc. You don't even need realplayer.

Just go to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/netwo.../wmp.shtml?6hi
or
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/netwo.../wmp.shtml?6lo
in PIE and click the
'Listen using stand-alone Windows Media Player' link

The direct link is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/me...news_au_nb.asx

If you would like to use Realplayer then you can either use file/open location and insert
rtsp://rmlivev8.bbc.net.uk/farm/*/ev7/live24/worldservice/liveinfent.ra

or
File/open file and open the attatched .ram file.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

deedas · 05-15-05, 03:15 AM

ZeroGraviti,
Thanks for the info on streaming BBC. Very helpful.

zerograviti · 05-15-05, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by deedas

ZeroGraviti,
Thanks for the info on streaming BBC. Very helpful.

Not a problem, I'm glad that you found it of use. There are a few ways to work out the link to the streams too. So if there is a program that you can't find a direct link to I can try to explain how to find it.

two200 · 05-19-05, 10:42 PM

Sorry, I have been away. For some reasons I am unable to stream BBC. I used to be able to do it but then one day, it just stops! I am connected to the net via BT with N6600. Each time I tried to stream using RealPlayer, it says "unable to connect to site". If I use WM, it says "unable to connect at this moment". I am sure I am connected to the web cos I can surf. Some sites can be streamed without any problem. Just do not know why - maybe my settings?