[jus_zim]

Hopefully I should have my 5800 at the end of the month to replace my N96, but does anyone know if the iPlayer can be installed on the 5800?

[grschinon]

Not yet.

According to the BBC website, the N96 and the N85 are the only Nokia devices on which the iPlayer can be installed.

Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/where_to_get_iplayer/ and click on the "Mobile phones" tab.

[adamf]

Although i've heard this may be coming soon.

Check regularly at the link given above for updates.

[grschinon]

It would certainly make sense that they release it for the 5800XM.

[whatleydude]

I've got the iPlayer on my 5800 however it suffers the old 'will only stream over wifi' bug that plagued the early Nseries versions.

[grschinon]

It's not a bug as such. It's a restriction imposed by the mobile network operators in order to minimise network traffic.

[bor15]

Yo! Whatleydude 

Any chance you can send me the iPlayer file?

Please, Please.

Bor15

[grschinon]

You can download it from the BBC.

Point your phone's browser to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer and follow instructions.

[matchstick]

I've just been to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer on my new 5800 bought from the Nokia online store and I don't see anything there about an iplayer download.

Have nokia shipped two different versions of the phone to the Uk market, one sold through the Online store and one through the brick and mortar stores ?

That might explain why the http://europe.nokia.com/A4305060 reports that the v11 firmware is available for my phone but the Nokia Software Update program insists that the v10 firmware installed on the phone is the latest,

[bor15]

This downlod is not for the 5800 though!

[grschinon]

You never said you were using a 5800!

Yes, I know that this thread is entitled "BBC iPlayer on the Nokia 5800". After a while on these boards you'll come to realize that people regularly tag on to the end of a thread just for part of the subject supposedly under discussion. As such, I could not assume that it really was a 5800 that you have.

Anyway, as has already been pointed out in this thread, the iPlayer does not yet exist for the 5800. Apparently there is talk of the BBC adding the 5800 to the list of models on which it can be installed. I suspect this will happen with the next update. Hopefully it'll be soon because the 5800 is gaining momentum and it would be an ideal handset to have the iPlayer on.

It could also be that the BBC is developing a touch-driven version specifically for the 5800. I really don't know.

Message Edited by grschinon on 26-Jan-2009 11:40 AM

[bor15]

iPlayer does exist on 5800 as the people that bought phones from the Nokia shop last Friday have it.

Also if you look at this link on the BBC site you can see it as well

http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/about_iplayer/mobile_phone

Message Edited by bor15 on 26-Jan-2009 01:57 PM

[grschinon]

Interesting. I'd never seen that feature matrix before. I'd always relied on this page on the BBC's website, on which only the N96 and N85 are mentioned: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/where_to_get_iplayer/.

[clonmult]

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grschinon wrote:
It's not a bug as such. It's a restriction imposed by the mobile network operators in order to minimise network traffic.

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Not just mobile operators either.

It'll work fine at my partners place via WiFi (over a Virgin cable connection), but will not work at home (BT Broadband).

[adamf]

Yes you are right, all the phones sold on friday the 23rd from the Flagship Store have the BBC iPlayer.

There is not yet a file you can download to add this to the 5800, but it will soon be added to software updates and available for download seperately.

[bor15]

Download the iPlayer app here!!

And it works! (only on WiFi though)

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81680&page=2

Message Edited by bor15 on 29-Jan-2009 04:22 PM

[andrewloves]

The iPlayer was pre-installed on my Orange 5800. (delivered on 4th Feb). It was great connected to to my home WLAN. Very impressed....

HOWEVER it has stopped working.

Orange says they will not support it, and  suggested I contact Nokia.

After over 2 hours on the phone to Nokia, I evenually found out what the problem was:

I had altered some of the network settings, I then tried to correct this by reinstalling the iPlayer from the link above

www.allaboutsymbian.com. BIG MISTAKE.  

IMPORTANT: DOWNLOAD iPLAYER FROM THE BBC!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/iplayer.wgz  

The Player is phone specific.

Hats off to Nokia Tech support for eventually sorting me out.

iPlayer now working great - even hooked it up to a 42 plasma from my 5800. OK quality and watchable if you have missed an episode of something you were watching.

[grschinon]

That's surprising. TV out is disabled when watching stuff downloaded via the iPlayer on other devices (DRM).

[psychomania]

A new version (1.6) of the iplayer has been released for the 5800 today that supports program downloads.

The current version may not update itself but you can download it by visiting the link below on then phone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/iplayer.wgz

[bruschini]

ok so ive installed the new version on my 5800, but when i go into it it automatically connects with wap instead of wifi, and then tells me i need to switch to a wifi connection to watch programmes!! i have a wifi network to connect to but there is no option to do that!!

am i missing something obvious here...