BBC Iplayer compatible?

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Nickram
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BBC Iplayer compatible?

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Hi, I've got an old laptop running linux at the moment and was considering trying ReactOS. The main thing I want to use it for is to use BBC Iplayer. The software to download the programs is only available for windows and Mac and I cant get it to work with wine. Would it work on ReactOS?
Thanks for any help
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Re: BBC Iplayer compatible?

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Depends on what it wants to do. Quite a few components from ReactOS are modified Wine dlls, so... maybe, maybe not?
ReactOS is still in alpha stage, meaning it is not feature-complete and is recommended only for evaluation and testing purposes.

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Re: BBC Iplayer compatible?

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General rule for software compatibility is "try it yourself!" ReactOS is free and there are numerous x86 emulators that are also free, like VirtualBox, so it only costs a moment of your time to try (especially since the ReactOS installation process takes less than a minute).
Although, I'm not familiar with the software you're talking about, but I'm assuming it plays audio? While audio technically works in ReactOS, it's still pretty incomplete at the current stage, so I wouldn't count on it too much.
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