BBC Radio 1.6 Update
Tuesday, 27th September 2005, 6:04 am
Superseded by version 2.2.
Finally. So what’s new?
- Avoids a crash if you have no internet connection - displays a polite notice instead
- Added regional radio stations for Scotland, Wales and Ireland
Future plans are a complete rewrite (eventually, for v2.0) and in the short term complete listings of BBC Local Radio. That’ll be a pain though, not least because I’ll have to make images for each one, and that will take forever!
September 30th, 2005 at 2:47 am
What does it mean when there are two little lego blocks where the play and volume icons should be? That was a little confusing.
September 30th, 2005 at 2:37 pm
That means you need to head over to real.com and download v10 of Real Player (find the small link to the free version in the top right).
September 30th, 2005 at 9:20 pm
I am in Naples Florida and can’t seem to be able to recieve the Beeb. Help
October 1st, 2005 at 12:47 am
Peter - I suggest you read the comments on this post for help on getting the widget to work. If this doesn’t help, then email me with the exact symptoms you’re experiencing!
October 1st, 2005 at 4:54 pm
Hawkman,
Your wedget is so fabulous! I cannot wait to telling my friends! Thank you!
Han Qi
Washington and Lee University’09
Virginia
October 1st, 2005 at 5:04 pm
It is a good concept. Brilliant for ex-pats - working in the USA where the media is somewhat “different” to home. I would love for this to work well. However, I only seem to get radio 4! - much as I like it, the widget does not allow me to change station. Is there any way of getting it to work with itunes - to allow it to play through airtunes to my speakers. Tall order, I know, but even if you have made a fully functional “radio 4 player” it isn’t bad. Best wishes. D
October 1st, 2005 at 10:18 pm
Dave - I assume you know that you need to click the “i” button and change the station on the rear? If it just doesn’t work after changing station, you probably need to update Real Player, as behaviour like this is fairly classic of their older versions. Check my advice in my first reply (to Kurt).
As for Airtunes/Airport Express - the best you’ll get is probably AirFoil.
October 2nd, 2005 at 7:13 am
Just a note to say, thanks much for creating this widget!
It is hands-down my favorite widget (that says alot as there are some other great ones out there) and I use it daily…
Looking forward to the 3 new channels the update provides.
Thanks again!
October 2nd, 2005 at 8:58 pm
This WOULD be my favourite widget but I cant get it to work! Got realplayer and permenently connected to the net but it always says “Not conected to the internet”. Grr!
October 2nd, 2005 at 9:55 pm
Andy - I’m gonna take a bet that you’re not running 10.4.2, and you need to be for this version of the widget! There are some important improvements in Dashboard that v1.6 of the widget needs, otherwise you’ll get behaviour like this… So, yet another good reason to stay current.
October 13th, 2005 at 12:27 am
Hi Hawkman,
As previously posted, I love this widget. Thanks for all your hard work! Something I’ve just noticed, though, is that the widget’s continously pre-streaming audio even if ‘play’ hasn’t been selected, whilst I’m looking at the Dashboard…
Is it possible for you to make pre-streaming a switchable option? I appreciate that it improves response times for starting ‘play’, but I find it a bit annoying that it’s actually using my DSL’s bandwidth when I haven’t yet asked the widget to actually play anything yet!
Thanks - all the best,
Jason
October 14th, 2005 at 2:02 pm
Fantastic Widget!! Many thanks for all your hard work.
October 26th, 2005 at 6:35 pm
hi. i’ve got real player, osx 10.4.2 broadband cable connection and widget wont work. i can stream the radio on the radio 1 website. but this wont work any ideas? my xfm widget doesnt work either. lovce the idea though. nice one. JON
October 28th, 2005 at 9:24 am
Jon - Won’t work? That’s not a hugely helpful description
What exactly are the symptoms?
October 28th, 2005 at 9:26 am
Jason - that’s something Real Player does on its own, nothing I can do about that. My eventual rewrite will eliminate that issue cos I’ll be using a different method entirely.. Speaking of which, anyone good at designing buttons?
November 16th, 2005 at 6:54 am
Howdy!
Not an ex-pat, but a BBC devotee for a long time.
Love it!
This widget gets the most workout. Number two is the conversion table. This year, number three is the hurricane updates.
I was just shutting down the machine after listening to a bit comedy.
It is so good to be able to go straight to the source when you know what you want.
Thanks, Hawkman!
¡Gracias por todo!
(or, as “they” say at the White House - ¡Gracias por Toto!)
Lee
November 19th, 2005 at 2:19 pm
Where do i get an XFM widget
November 19th, 2005 at 9:23 pm
Search me. Try Apple.com or Dashboardwidgets.com
November 20th, 2005 at 4:08 pm
Searched high and low and no luck
Let me know if you see it, i know theres one out there