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North West Tom

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11,721 posts

208 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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For about 3 weeks, I've been having a problem with mobile iplayer.

When there's a still image, it freezes. The sound continues, but there is a still image.

It's mainly with Russell Howards Good News, and it happens with Traffic Cops too, when the scenes are really dark.

I'm using an iPod Touch, but I don't think that matters.

Is this happening for anyone else?

johna

2,328 posts

201 months

Saturday 24th April 2010
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no been using it recently with no problems!

lestag

4,614 posts

307 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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North West Tom said:
For about 3 weeks, I've been having a problem with mobile iplayer.

When there's a still image, it freezes. The sound continues, but there is a still image.

It's mainly with Russell Howards Good News, and it happens with Traffic Cops too, when the scenes are really dark.

I'm using an iPod Touch, but I don't think that matters.

Is this happening for anyone else?
pause the player and go back to it five minutes later and press play. Does it work then?

North West Tom

Original Poster:

11,721 posts

208 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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Nope, that frozen image just appears wherever you play the video.

The only way of stoping it is to go off the video altogether, which takes you back onto iplayer site, then it freezes for about 20 seconds.

Then when I go back to the video, it picks up where I left on, and I have to quickly scroll a few seconds ahead to miss the parts that freezes it.

ymwoods

2,194 posts

208 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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lestag said:
North West Tom said:
For about 3 weeks, I've been having a problem with mobile iplayer.

When there's a still image, it freezes. The sound continues, but there is a still image.

It's mainly with Russell Howards Good News, and it happens with Traffic Cops too, when the scenes are really dark.

I'm using an iPod Touch, but I don't think that matters.

Is this happening for anyone else?
pause the player and go back to it five minutes later and press play. Does it work then?
Does the phone player pre-buffer more than a few seconds of the stream? I know on the PC going away for a bit and then coming back does not work unless its a temporary bandwith issue as the player only buffers for 20 or so seconds.