microsoft silverlight..?

[andyoxon]

As on ITV catchup.   Is this simply a video player?  Just concerned it may be peer2peer like the BBC iplayer.

Andy

[pcolbeck]

Only the download version of iPlayer used p2p.Most people use the streaming version which isn't p2p.

[Cyclops]

Silverlight is merely a browser plug in to allow you to watch videos, etc. over the web. At the moment I think ITV only do streaming not p2p.

[andygates]

Yup Silverlight is basically just Microsoft's attempted Flash replacement. 

[Jaded]

Yup Silverlight is basically just Microsoft's attempted Flash replacement. 

Which means flaws, mainly.

[andygates]

It's pretty but resource-hungry.  C'est la media nouveau.  It isn't toxic.

[andyoxon]

Thanks I'll give it a go...

Andy

[bobb]

I love the way they build it up with the "next generation experiences" etc....  That's a fairly wishy washy description that doesn't mean much to most people.

As for the BBC iPlayer, I've recently found that if I watch anything on it, connectivity is suddenly trashed and I have to get another ip address. Although that's most likely BT just being shite.....