Our unofficial BBC iPlayer plug-in is now available to download from the DivX Connected plug-in library!
The plug-in allows you to select and watch programmes from a wide range of feeds, including content from all major BBC television channels.
Programmes play fullscreen, but due to the way the BBC’s big screen playback page is offset from the left, you will need to manually centre the picture using the right arrow button on your remote control.
It is not currently possible to view items which require age verification.
Existing users will upgraded automatically as new versions become available.
Download BBC iPlayer plug-in from the DivX Connected plug-in library
Take a look at the DivX Connected set-top box
Is it at all possible to extend the BBC iplayer so that you can access the ITV/player
We’ve been looking into it, but haven’t been able to find any RSS feeds or an API for ITV Player content, which is the minimum we’d need to start creating a DivX Connected plug-in.
If you can find anything, let us know and we’ll see what we can do! Same goes for 4OD, Demand Five, etc.
That would be absolutely brilliant if you could get itvplayer and 4od sorted.
Could it be an idea to contact channel 4 and itv directly and ask them?
If you let me know exactly what is needed to start creating the divx plugin I would be more than happy to contact both itv and channel 4.
Let me know asap.
Thank you
Is there any chance of doing a sky plug in? Apparently they have a similar thing to the iplayer!
No, it’s not possible to create a Sky Player plug-in because it uses Silverlight technology, rather than Flash, which is not supported by DivX Connected.
The basic building blocks for this kind of DivX Connected plug-in are normally an RSS feed or API listing the available TV programs, plus a method of playback that can auto start, i.e. does not require user interaction to begin.
Playback needs to be Flash-based (either a SWF or an HTML page already containing an embedded Flash player, with no surrounding HTML content) or in a video format DivX Connected can play directly (DivX, Xvid, etc); DivX Connected does not support video playback using other browser plug-ins or the HTML5 video tag.