On 26/05/2019 23:44, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Sun, 26 May 2019 22:12:16 +0000, Pete wrote:
>
>>
>> Not true, actually.  Only TV is restricted.  BBC radio has been freely
>> available here.  It still is via Firefox.  It's only on the Pi that I've
>> lost it.
>>
> You may be running into the bloody "login to listen thing". As you say,
> everything is available via a web browser, e.g. Firefox, but even here in
> the UK I have to login to use catch-up - in short, everything that isn't
> live streaming of a download requires a login. This really pissed me off
> because it means that I can't use my Logitech Touch for catch-up  -
> something I could do before BBC I-Player started to demand a login. [*]
>
> The worst thing is that the Beeb have never attempted to explain why a
> login became necessary or what benefit they, or anybody else, gets from
> it.

I dunno. I told them I am a 34 year old disabled Afro Carribean woman
living in Milton Keynes.

Fuck their demographic analyses.


>
> [*] is there a LMS plugin I've overlooked that can sidestep the login? I
> run LMS on my house server and primarily use the Touch to connect the LMS
> data stream to my good old Quad 33/303 stereo system and its pair of
> Celestion Ditton speakers.
>
>
I can assure you that my Pi has never and can never have a login added
to it.

And it works.

On those URLS.

The problem is not with the login process because it ain't required.

I'd more suspect some proxy screw up. '404 not found' is not lack of
authentication.


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