Its been a week since i recieved my new Samsung Galaxy S and i am still unable to view video online cant get through to the Tech people at Vodafone and Samsung wont ring me there has to be someone on this forum that can help me PLEASE

video from what site? the phone doesnt have flash 10.1 so it wont be able to view all video sites, only some mainly youtube,

I cant view nothing off the BBC Website why dont an older version of Flash Player work

video from what site? the phone doesnt have flash 10.1 so it wont be able to view all video sites, only some mainly youtube,
Yeah, do you mean online streaming? If that what you are looking for I am afraid Soraxd is right, Youtube is it for now (until Froyo and Flash 10.1). Now I dont remember how my SGS was out of the box but with Modaco's RC2 I actually had to go into the browser settings and turn on Plug-ins in order to be able to see Youtube videos on the browser, other wise I just would get a white space where the Youtube video would originally be. Let us know how it goes.

I cant view nothing off the BBC Website why dont an older version of Flash Player work

AFAIK you will have to wait as I said until Froyo comes to the SGS which, rumor has it, is going to be soon...

I can watch videos off You Tube mind you loading times vary and i thought the phone would load them a lot quicker than it does but as for video content on the BBC its asking me to download the latest version of flash player but i am unable to

I can watch videos off You Tube mind you loading times vary and i thought the phone would load them a lot quicker than it does but as for video content on the BBC its asking me to download the latest version of flash player but i am unable to

That's right. Wait for Froyo (Android 2.2) and you'll have that feature, for now, you'll have to give the BBC a miss on your phone.

use Skyfire webbrowser, it has the ability to play all the online flash videos

use Skyfire webbrowser, it has the ability to play all the online flash videos

Ohhh brilliant Soraxd!! I am sorry, I forgot all about Skyfire. I have tried it in the past and it really does work for many websites. I hope it works for BBC. Unfortunately I live in Canada and cannot test it.

I can't test it either as BBC IPlayer is not available for your country error :(

How do I get Skyfire webbrowser for my Galaxy S and can i switch browsers on the phone whenever i want

download it from the android market, and ure galaxy will ask you which browser u want to use for the net, u can choose either that or the standard as ure default if u wish.

Wow, I didn't know that!! Thanks Soraxd

you can switch then back and forth at any time, check the settings of any browser, i have 4 currently, and use dolphin HD as my default.
skyfire rocks tho, and its the best fix for not having 10.1 until froyo update.

iplayer doesnt work with skyfire or uhum myfreewebcams lol

iplayer doesnt work with skyfire or uhum myfreewebcams lol

lol *cough* on a side note, pornhub, and redtube do

BBC has upgraded their website and videos using latest Flash, that is why all Android 2.1 phone not be able to watch.

Source from here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/07/bbc_iplayer_on_android_update.html)


Why has the BBC replaced beebPlayer with something that only works on newer devices and requires Flash?

Using Adobe Flash 10.1 streaming on mobile delivers significant infrastructure efficiencies for the BBC, as we use our existing video and audio encoding plant to create the streams. We don't need to install any new kit or set up any new servers. We just use what we already have to offer a higher quality BBC iPlayer on mobile experience.

Enabling Flash on Android 2.2 devices also means that all current and new devices that support Android 2.2 can get BBC iPlayer. These devices all use the same standard Flash player which means we can offer a consistently high quality playback across all of them. Previously we had to review and test BBC iPlayer on a device-by-device basis to ensure the right high quality experience. Now we can offer BBC iPlayer on mobile to a whole group of devices at once, which is clearly much more efficient.

Why haven't we enabled BBC iPlayer on mobile on any other Android phones apart from Android version 2.2?

BBC iPlayer on mobile's reach objectives mean we have had to prioritise other devices that offer the BBC wider reach over current Android phones.

The best way to bring BBC iPlayer to earlier versions of Android (which don't support Flash), is to develop an app. This would provide a single scalable version that could be offered to all Android phones.

Alternatively you can use Beepplayer (discountinued from market) from MCR or download here (http://myhtcdesire.com/2010/05) (#6 - BeepPlayer)

How do you switch browsers and which one is the fastest

the default or Dolphin HD, are both really good, Dolphin HD has alot of features, and supports add ons. you switch them in the settings of which ever browser you want to use as your default.

I hope you dont think i am acting stupid but can someone talk me through how to get to the browser settings on the Galaxy i went to phone settings went right down the list but i didnt see anything to do with the browser

If you're on T-Mobile UK, they've blocked BBC streaming on their network. You can pick it up on wifi, though.

Are you looking to use non stock browser as the default or what are the settings you are looking to change?

I hope you dont think i am acting stupid but can someone talk me through how to get to the browser settings on the Galaxy i went to phone settings went right down the list but i didnt see anything to do with the browser

go to your home screen, (any of the 7 homescreens) and press the hard menu button (left button of the 3 at the bottom of the phone), hit "Search" and type in "browser" then hit search, itll prompt you to pick one of your browsers as a default browser, check the "Use by default for this action." and then click your browser

Hit the hard menu button on the left of the phone, hit search, typed in browser, and the results that came up were from the Google search engine page and the reults were the Mozilla site the Opera site the Apple site this just didnt seem right because it didnt prompt me to choose anything as a default browser the search just brought up websites sorry now i am confused

Hit the hard menu button on the left of the phone, hit search, typed in browser, and the results that came up were from the Google search engine page and the reults were the Mozilla site the Opera site the Apple site this just didnt seem right because it didnt prompt me to choose anything as a default browser the search just brought up websites sorry now i am confused

1. Intall from the Android Market any alternative browser, could be Skyfire, Dolphin HD, Opera Mini 5, whichever you prefer. Remember that Skyfire is the one that can play Flash videos.
2. On the dock (the lower-most bottom row of icon on your screen if your are at HOME) hit the the icon all the way to the right ( a blue square with four small white squares inside).
3. You will see all the apps you have installed if I am not mistaken in alphabetic order, so if you installed Skyfire for example it will probably be on your last page (you can swipe pages side to side). Press the Skyfire icon (or any other browser you installed).
4. As soon as your SGS starts loading the browser you will get a small pop up windows showing you that you have more that one browser installed, and asking you to select which app would you like to use to surf the web. Notice that on the lower part of the window there is a small box that you can tick if you want to use such choice as your default browser every time you want to surf the web. So just select the new browser tick the box to make it you default browser and you are done.

Skyfire is still not playing all videos on the BBC Website eg the weather forecast is this normal

Skyfire is still not playing all videos on the BBC Website eg the weather forecast is this normal
I can not test it since I am not in the UK but I knoe that Skyfire does NOT play all flash content, some for copyright issues and some for technical issues.

Thanks for all the help just have to wait for Android 2.2 any Idea when that will be avalible

next month rumor has it

Could anyone confirm that there is no way to watch video in www.athde.net via skyfire ....
thx...

If you want to watch BBC I Player, try installing myPlayer - available free in the Market

hi..
i cant able to watch some online videos on galaxy s,
i have aslo tried skyfire but in vain,
i really need to watch videos in this site : http://www.geo.tv/geoip/
plz help me what i have to do for watching video here in given site..

Regards

Last I checked there was a very impressive BBC iPlayer app. Can't seem to find it now.