BBC launches iPlayer 2.0 beta but still no official Media Center version

The BBC have launched a beta of the iPlayer 2.0 which they say has a more “cinematic” experience, great for slacking off work and watching TV but there is still no official Media Center version. If I miss a BBC show I want to watch it on my LCD TV along with the rest of my TV and not on my laptop, so there should be a Windows Media Center version of it (seeing as there is a version for the Wii and iPhone). I should be able to browse BBC shows and stream then via my Xbox 360 and Windows Media Center. At the moment I use the download tool to download the BBC shows to the video folder on my Media Center PC and then I can watch it via Media Center which works fine but it means I have to go to my PC and select the show via the browser and I am trying not to touch my PC as its becomes a server. There is a plug in created by Martin Millmore which is great but there should be an official version.

 

Read more about the 2.0 beta on TechRadar and try iPlayer MCE

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  1. avatar Anonymous says:

    Perhaps they’re still reeling from the wrath of the Linux community when they were seen to favour Microsoft with the early releases of the first version of the iPlayer. Just a thought.

  2. avatar Ian Dixon says:

    maybe, but having iTunes, iPhone and Wii means they should target other platforms like Media Center

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