How to use BBC iPlayer on iPad
BBC iPlayer doesn t support the browser of the iPad and the iPad browser doesn t play Flash video iPlayer But if you are willing to accept a low quality video, there is a way to get your kicks catching.
The iPad may look like a giant iPhone, but its browser lets websites in no doubt about the device you're using - and that means no BBC iPlayer even if you are a discharged licensee surfing on the coast British but there is still a way to get the iPlayer to work on the iPad, although far from perfect method Sá.
There are several alternative browsers for iPhone in the App Store, and you can also install them on the iPad We tested the free Lite Web Sphere and Atomic Browser Lite and 59p perfect 3 Browser iTunes links and all were able to up the iPhone version of iPlayer on our iPad and read the radio and video streams.
Being iPhone applications, you have to use the 2x zoom function to get the video to fill the iPad screen, which makes the video quality poor but it is still watchable - a dial-up, kind so YouTube - and at least it doesn t matter of radio content.
If you use the iPad built-in Safari browser to visit the home page you will be served iPlayer version of the desktop browser - and that means Flash video you can not see on the iPad Skip to version mobile site that works a treat on the iPhone, and you have a right kick in the kisser with a message that your phone does not support the BBC iPlayer.
Previously, an application according to BBC iPlayer rumor failed to materialize, and an application called rewatch that promised to allow us to download content iPlayer iPhone RSS BBC also failed to arrive in the App Store.
According to a forum post iPlayer iPlayer was treating the iPad as a valid device until April 19, but these are more serene days until the Beeb change of mind or Apple gives the iPad browser a way to pretend it is actually on the iPhone meantime, if we are desperate to catch up on curling or nubbin news, at least we have a workaround.
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