The beta program for ABC playback is now on-line. I registered early because, although it was stated that ABC playback would not work with Linux under flash, I did not believe the account. This also gave me the chance to see what us Linux users are missing out on.
Today I received confirmation back that I was successfully registered in the beta program and decided so see if what was stated was true.
Below are picture of my results using Firefox 2.0.0.13 with the flash plug-in on Mandriva 2008.1 RC2 . I also have proprietary codecs installed.
The interface seems to be very Elisa Media Center like and also very Youtube like in the selection of the content. The streaming video quality is ok, but could be slightly better.
It will be interesting to see what actual content is displayed in the final release. At the moment it is pretty much ‘The Bill’ and a few documentaries.
Overall the implementation is quite nice and I will probably use it frequently as I tend to miss some shows I like.
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