Windows media player and bbc

Your guide to the pop-up player. Embedded video and audio is any clip which uses Flash and plays directly in a text story or index. You can usually recognise embedded video because there is a big Play icon on the centre of an image in a story or index. The pop-up player, used for live video and audio, is a Watch or Listen icon which launches a player in a separate internet window and requires Real Player or Window Media Player to work.

The embedded video player is available to BBC News users who have a broadband connection. Narrowband dial-up modem users can access audio content only.

You will need version 8 of Flash or above to play embedded video and audio. See sections further down for more information on minimum specification details. Once you have clicked on a Play icon on a picture - or on the Player controls - then you can start, pause or restart the video by using the control buttons immediately below the video screen.

With embedded video, you can also change the size of the video by using the Full Screen link underneath the playback window - if you are using version 9 of Flash or above. With live video streams, it also possible to watch content in a standalone window with the pop-out player.

You can access this option by either clicking on 'pop-out' option on the control bar, or clicking on the 'Watch in pop-out player' text on the screen when the stream is stopped.

Embedding BBC video on external websites. Embedding video on your site is subject to our Terms of Use. A new version of the live hour BBC News Channel, where the video is embedded in the page rather than launching in a pop-up player, is now available. This is part of BBC News' move to live Flash embedded video, designed to offer better quality and ease of access for users. Remember it is possible to watch content in a standalone window with the pop-out player. Some clips and packages are not available outside the UK because of rights reasons.

If you are viewing the site from outside the UK, you will be unable to access our live video streams and rights-restricted content and should see a message stating that this media is not available in your territory. If you are unable to view a clip but do not see the 'territory message, you may wish to check information included in the section below: 'I've tried everything and still can't play any clips'.

The BBC now serves advertising on bbc. This means users from outside the UK may see a short advertisement at the start of the video clip. Our aim is to allow as many people as possible to have access to our broadband-quality content, so rather than charge users to subscribe we decided that an advertising model was the best way to fund the upgrade. The extra funding which this generates is used to develop better content and programming for UK licence fee payers and international users alike.

The service for the UK is funded by licence fee revenue and does not carry any advertising. For more information on advertising at the BBC, go to our dedicated pages. If you are a UK licence fee payer viewing the website from within the UK but can see advertising, please report this to us. We use technology to prevent people from outside the UK from accessing content that we need to limit to the UK for rights reasons. If you are using a 3G card from a UK mobile network operator and are being told that content is not available in your territory, please go to the section below: 'I'm using a 3G card from a UK mobile network operator and am being told that content is not available in my territory'.

If you are not using a 3G card from a UK mobile network operator, please continue reading. You might have been identified as outside the UK because your computer is on a foreign-based network, or is routed overseas sometimes the case with work connections if your employer is not UK-based. Some programs, such as web accelerators, can also cause your IP address to appear as if it is outside the UK. If BBC media player doesn't recognise your IP address at all, then you won't be able to stream or download programmes.

Occasionally it may simply be a network error, so it's worth closing your browser or router and reopening as a new IP address is allocated which may be UK-based. If the BBC media player doesn't recognise your address, you must contact your ISP as they alone can register your address.

Granting this permission provides the BBC Media Player app with phone communication status and notifies the application if the phone rings or a phone call is in progress. We only use this permission to ensure that the BBC Media Player pauses if you receive a phone call and temporarily reduces its audio when you receive a text message or other notification while watching a programme. It has gained around installs so far, with an average rating of 3.

In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. Developed by BBC. Approximate size Age rating Parental Guidance Recommended. Category Entertainment. This app can Access your Internet connection.

Permissions info. Installation Get this app while signed in to your Microsoft account and install on up to ten Windows 10 devices. This product needs to be installed on your internal hard drive. Language supported English United Kingdom. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Dear Rick,. I am "Jim". I have the same problem as "KevinICdesigner", and for me it began around February I am sure that my Internet connection is OK, as everything else involving an Internet connection works well.

The nine radio stations to which I can still listen satisfactorily are :. I am using the following software:. I cannot imagine what could be wrong; and I would be most grateful if you could advise me on any actions I could take in order to restore the two World Service streams. Thank you. I receive the error on your first two links tha the file cannot be found. That would measn you need to contact BBC about those links. WMP cannot play a file that does not exist.

All the rest of the links play fine, so as far as I can tell there is no problem with WMP or Windows 7.