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Comment on BBC Radio Widget v3.0 by Adam

Adam — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:49:24 +0000

Im using 10.5.4 - Realplayer 11 is the issue - works fine on realplayer 10, it is a realplayer issue, just like when using the bbc iplayer for radio minimise it to the dock and sound stops with RP 11, not RP 10.

Comment on Introducing gRead by lws

lws — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:24:32 +0000

works like a charm. I like it better than the other google reader widget. looks better + has growl support. awesome! +beer

Comment on BBC Radio Widget v3.0 by simon

simon — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:31:52 +0000

Widget works and looks great, but sound is very choppy. starts and stops. I tried comparing to BBC Radio site stream and that works fine. So I’m at a loss…

I’m using RealPlayer 11

Comment on BBC Radio Widget v3.0 by Ed

Ed — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:45:34 +0000

Thanks for the feedback. I have sent an appropriate message to Real. I’ll have a play around with the widget groups in the Airfoil settings. I fondly imagined that capturing ‘System Audio’ would grab anything that was coming out of the machine’s speakers and divert that, but it’s obviously a bit more subtle!
Thanks for a great widget, and here’s to hoping it survives the savaging of Leopard and Real.

Comment on BBC Radio Widget v3.0 by Hawkman

Hawkman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000

Ed, and others: this is mainly a RealPlayer problem, over which only Real have any control. RP10 is less broken than 11, so I suggest you try to get hold of that. Please also feel free to complain to Real about the plugin’s terrible behaviour when Dashboard is hidden, and in hidden Safari tabs; they’ve been aware of the problem for 6 months and have not fixed it. As noted, using the widget in Dashboard developer mode prevents the problem from showing itself, but it’s an inconvenient workaround that shouldn’t be necessary.

As for Airfoil, I believe that widgets are represented as “Widget groups” in the Airfoil sources. Finding the right one of these should mean that you can send the audio to the Express, but obviously you won’t get the rest of the system output with it.

Comment on BBC Radio Widget v3.0 by Ed

Ed — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:26:34 +0000

This is one of my favourite widgets, but no longer works properly in Leopard (10.5.4 on a MacBook Air).
Have got the Real Player plugin OK, but the problem (as noted above) is that you now only get sound when dashboard is activated. It used to run nicely in the background.
I’ve set things to ‘developer mode’ where you can drag widgets onto your desktop and keep them active there. That works OK up to a point - that point being that I use Airfoil to send all system audio wirelessly to an Airport Express linked to a hifi. Unfortunately Airfoil no longer captures the output from the widget - even when set to ‘capture system audio’.
Thanks Apple!!
For now, I’ve started using he BBC’s own radio console - far less elegant.
Here’s hoping Hawkman and the BBC backstage people can maybe sort things…? Although it sounds like that will involve emailing Mr Jobs.

Comment on BBC Radio Widget v3.0 by EWZG

EWZG — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:48:16 +0000

Hi there,

I’ve been using this widget for a while now, and it’s been brilliant. However I’d had a problem with Real player which lead to me re-downloading it. Ever since I’ve had to re-download real player the widget has not worked and I am told the RealPlayer plugin cannot be found. I’ve clicked on the widget and downloaded Realplayer again, but there’s still no job. Any tips to fix the problem?

Thanks.

Comment on Introducing gRead by Johan

Johan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:53:19 +0000

I can’t seem to get this to work with my MBP running 10.5… What happens is the widget instals, “flips” to take my username and password, and then when I click “done”, nothing happens… any clues on what might be causing this?

Comment on Widgety goodness by Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:55:08 +0000

is there a fix or an update of this widget for us leopard users in the near feature… Bringing the widget to the desktop is not all that convenient. sniff sniff…

Comment on BBC Radio Widget v3.0 by steve

steve — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:57:42 +0000

Hi, downloaded widget, but now do not know what to do with it, I was hoping for a set up wizard, but no. How do I use it? Sorry for the stupid question. I want to stream BBC radio from my PC via the airport express?
Thanks Steve