iPlayer Support

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I know your developing for the US, but how about iPlayer support for those in 
the UK (or those 
using a UK proxy). iPlayer is huge in the UK and would make Understudy really 
popular.

I would help, but have no programming knowledge. I know there are plenty of 
resources about 
hooking up to the iPlayer online though

Thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tf.har...@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2009 at 6:58

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Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 28 Feb 2009 at 12:10

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If anyone could provide:
a) details on the keyboard mapping (I understand that tab cycles through menus 
and
space selects, but I don't know what the layout is)
b) a screen shot of the fullscreen player with any controls active 
it would be quite helpful.

Please post to the discussion group (linked on the project's main page) or 
email me
directly.

Thanks

Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 4 Apr 2009 at 10:32

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Posted follow up on discussion board, but couldn't post screenshot from web 
interface. apparently i can attach a 
file here, so will do. 

Original comment by tf.har...@gmail.com on 5 Apr 2009 at 10:33

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Thanks for the information. The new release (0.6.7) includes support for the 
menu
system of the iPlayer: front row's fast forward is mapped to tab on the iPlayer 
and
play/pause to space). If anyone is interested in testing it out, you should be 
able
to add a feed from the clipboard. The results of fullscreen are a little hard to
predict, nothing serious should happen but it's not likely to be useful.

Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 6 Apr 2009 at 1:02

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Hello there,

I'm not sure if this is a change on iPlayers part, or Safari 4. The Controls no 
longer seem to work with 
understudy.

I'm willing to help with iPlayer support if I can!

Original comment by thomasal...@googlemail.com on 2 Jul 2009 at 11:08

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im trying to use this for a media centre mac, using Safari 3.  my sole interest 
is iPlayer streams.  i can use the 
mapped tab key on the remote to move the highlight and can play the stream, but 
cannot highlight the 'Full 
Screen' control.

is there any other way Full Screen can be activated?

great work btw, thanks!

Original comment by rory.sin...@gmail.com on 4 Sep 2009 at 6:00

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This is the first time I've gotten any feedback on the controls, and I'm very 
happy
to hear that the menu system works. There isn't any explicit mapping from the 
remote
to the full-screen control. My understanding is that the only means to control 
the
iPlayer are the mouse, and the menu system. If there is a keyboard mapping for 
the
full screen control I'd be happy to work on hooking it up.

(I am surprised there isn't a full-screen option in the menu)

Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 6 Sep 2009 at 7:40

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hey there, thanks for commenting.  i've been playing around with Safari 4, and 
it seems as though the full-
screen option can be selected using the tab key, but for some reason the space 
bar wont toggle that control - 
only the Enter key.  Is it possible to map the Enter key to one of the remote 
buttons?  it'd be worth upgrading to 
Safari 4 if this worked. (ive held off since i read here that the controls 
currently dont work at all with Safari 4).

great work, thanks!

Original comment by rory.sin...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2009 at 12:10

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just to make sure I'm totally clear, is the enter key usually the same as the 
space
bar, or does it only seem to apply for the full-screen? 

I can:
a) map both keys to play/pause
b) switch to mapping Enter instead of Space

let me know which seems to make more sense.

Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 7 Sep 2009 at 2:06

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ok so here's the thing.  on one mac, i have Safari 3.  on this machine, 
understudy works, but i can't select the 
Full Screen option (the tab highlight never lands on it, instead cycling around 
the other controls).

on my other mac, i have Safari 4, and, in understudy, selecting an iPlayer feed 
item results in the embedded 
browser window showing up, but the tab button (ie right on the remote) has no 
effect.

i tested iPlayer in Safari 4, and it seems that for the tab key (on the 
keyboard) to allow cycling around the 
actual iPlayer controls, i have to click the mouse within the iPlayer video 
area (the actual content area itself) 
first, then tab will work.

the good news is that Enter seems to work for all controls, so changing the 
mapping to that should work fine.

thanks again for your continued hard work ;)

Original comment by rory.sin...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2009 at 9:52

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if you could simulate a single mouse click in the very centre of the screen, i 
think that would enable the 
controls.  not sure how doable that is, since FR is a mouse-free environment.

Original comment by rory.sin...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2009 at 10:02

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hmm.. im just wondering if issue 100 might be related.  Safari 4 seems to have 
different behaviour insofar as its 
'focus' is on the content in Safari 3, and on the Safari window itself in 4.

Original comment by rory.sin...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2009 at 10:20

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so i spent most of today investigating ways to simulate the mouse click in 
Safari, including JavaScript to call 
focus() on the <embed> object (doesn't work, though works in Firefox), and 
various other techniques.  
depressingly, nothing worked.  hopefully you have some other cunning trickery 
up your sleeve ;)

Original comment by rory.sin...@gmail.com on 9 Sep 2009 at 12:45

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Yeah, it took quite a while to find a reliable way to get input to the plugin. I
haven't had a chance to really try things out on Safari 4, but as you've 
pointed out
there are a few services that will benefit from getting it working. I can't 
make any
promises about how soon that will happen, but I'll be taking a look.

Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 9 Sep 2009 at 2:35

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very cool.  as i said, i suspect that all it needs is for the flash player to 
gain keyboard focus, and the play/pause 
button to be mapped to Enter/Return rather than Space.

much appreciated, keep up the good work :D

Original comment by rory.sin...@gmail.com on 9 Sep 2009 at 8:51

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Any joy?

Original comment by rory.sin...@gmail.com on 21 Sep 2009 at 10:42

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setting target for some time afte 1.0 release

Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 12 Mar 2010 at 1:45

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Bulk reassignment of open understudy issues that were owned by the wrong 
account.

Original comment by kirk.kel...@0x4b.net on 2 Jan 2012 at 12:05