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BBC iPlayer for Kindle (Cool Hack)

63 points by thehodge 14y ago

roymabookie 14y ago
This is wicked
rb2k_ 14y ago
> But there’s still a segment of the population who aren’t being catered for; those whose primary computing device is an eReader. Does this group really exist? (cool hack, just wondering)
- quink 14y ago
  Between about 8:30pm and 7:00am, me. It's close tthe ideal overnight device. Stick an LED on it and the only things left are better text entry and some browser fixes.
- jgroome 14y ago
  A friend of mine was in dire straits a couple of years ago and had to take up residence in a hostel. She couldn't get a proper Internet connection, so she bought a Kindle just for the free 3G connection.
- mathieuh 14y ago
  My grandmother owns a Kindle Keyboard 3G and a netbook, she says she prefers the Kindle because "there are two many things popping up at me" on the netbook.
ConstantineXVI 14y ago
It'd be interesting to see someone take this a step further; use face recognition to have dialog bubbles show up on the appropriate actors (maybe inferring who is who from other scenes w/ the same faces?).
- padolsey 14y ago
  Hulu does this: https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/239987206482169856/photo/1/large https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/239987206482169856/pho...
dzhiurgis 14y ago
When I got my Kindle I've spent quite some time for the useless jailbreak. The only cool thing I was able to achieve was to play Star Wars ASCII version over telnet (towel.blinkenlights.nl).
- Leynos 14y ago
  Despite the fact that my Kindle is running Linux, etc, I prefer to see it as an appliance for reading rather than a general purpose computing device. I find the screen too slow even for web browsing. It's without a doubt the best ebook reading device I've owned, but I can't pretend its functionality extends beyond that. My Android phone on the other hand...
  - progrock 14y ago
    You can push to it - email, web pages etc. It's my most used 'web browser.'
bazzargh 14y ago
The article says it would be better with a timed text feed. I'm pretty sure this used to exist - you can see that production of subtitles at the beeb uses timed text for the Embedded Media Player (here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/subtitling_guides/EMP.shtml#emp_subs http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/su... ) - the EMP isn't iplayer, but is the thing that shows news/show clips on the rest of the bbc website. Also, I recall downloading a feed of one show while the BBC Backstage experiment was going on (when they were pushing open APIs etc). It's possible these things are still out there. I had a dig around and couldn't see timed text attached to any EMP clips though, even on programming for the hearing impaired.
aj700 14y ago
silly question: Do I only need a black and white TV licence if I only watch live TV on my kindle?
- dave1010uk 14y ago
  In the UK you only need a TV licence if you watch or record live broadcast TV. If you only watch "catch up" stuff on the iPlayer then no licence is required.
mikecane 14y ago
Now we can make our own Photonovels/Fotonovels http://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/turn-tv-shows-into-ebooks/ http://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/turn-tv-shows-into...

63 points by thehodge 14y ago

This is wicked

rb2k_ 14y ago

> But there’s still a segment of the population who aren’t being catered for; those whose primary computing device is an eReader. Does this group really exist? (cool hack, just wondering)

quink 14y ago
Between about 8:30pm and 7:00am, me. It's close tthe ideal overnight device. Stick an LED on it and the only things left are better text entry and some browser fixes.
jgroome 14y ago
A friend of mine was in dire straits a couple of years ago and had to take up residence in a hostel. She couldn't get a proper Internet connection, so she bought a Kindle just for the free 3G connection.
mathieuh 14y ago
My grandmother owns a Kindle Keyboard 3G and a netbook, she says she prefers the Kindle because "there are two many things popping up at me" on the netbook.

ConstantineXVI 14y ago

It'd be interesting to see someone take this a step further; use face recognition to have dialog bubbles show up on the appropriate actors (maybe inferring who is who from other scenes w/ the same faces?).

padolsey 14y ago
Hulu does this: https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/239987206482169856/photo/1/large https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/239987206482169856/pho...

dzhiurgis 14y ago

When I got my Kindle I've spent quite some time for the useless jailbreak. The only cool thing I was able to achieve was to play Star Wars ASCII version over telnet (towel.blinkenlights.nl).

Leynos 14y ago
Despite the fact that my Kindle is running Linux, etc, I prefer to see it as an appliance for reading rather than a general purpose computing device. I find the screen too slow even for web browsing. It's without a doubt the best ebook reading device I've owned, but I can't pretend its functionality extends beyond that. My Android phone on the other hand...
- progrock 14y ago
  You can push to it - email, web pages etc. It's my most used 'web browser.'

bazzargh 14y ago

The article says it would be better with a timed text feed. I'm pretty sure this used to exist - you can see that production of subtitles at the beeb uses timed text for the Embedded Media Player (here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/subtitling_guides/EMP.shtml#emp_subs http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/su... ) - the EMP isn't iplayer, but is the thing that shows news/show clips on the rest of the bbc website. Also, I recall downloading a feed of one show while the BBC Backstage experiment was going on (when they were pushing open APIs etc). It's possible these things are still out there. I had a dig around and couldn't see timed text attached to any EMP clips though, even on programming for the hearing impaired.

aj700 14y ago

silly question: Do I only need a black and white TV licence if I only watch live TV on my kindle?

dave1010uk 14y ago
In the UK you only need a TV licence if you watch or record live broadcast TV. If you only watch "catch up" stuff on the iPlayer then no licence is required.

mikecane 14y ago

Now we can make our own Photonovels/Fotonovels http://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/turn-tv-shows-into-ebooks/ http://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/turn-tv-shows-into...