“On 11th November BBC iPlayer will no longer be available directly on this device.”
OK, so, I didn’t purchase this particular (Blaupunkt) TV, but as it’s my mother’s then, well, I’m the one that has to “fix” this.
Personally, I use TVs as a simple screen and watch everything through other devices (Roku, or a Linux PC running MythTV).
I see the BBC website has some links to review sites, but I thought this might be another place to ask for - preferably open source - devices that could be used.
Comments?
iPlayer isn’t an ‘open’ service- you have to use a supported client, even if that client is a web browser. Your options are limited to platforms that can support those clients. Personally I’ve found Roku preferable to Chromecast, firestick, full PC. I may at some point have tried to get iPlayer running with Kodi back in the day, when it was XBMC, but XBMC was pretty clunky anyway, let alone on raspberry pi.