Help - BBC Radio 4 - cant listen on PC

Lleucu

I have a nearly new Lenovo laptop bought in February 2011, with Windows 7. I listen to Radio 4 a lot, yesterday it just stopped and will not start again. So far have:

• System restored
• Checked sound works still with any other other audio incl iplayer videos
• You tube also OK
• Did a quick check with Anti Malware - negative
• Have checked internet tools - sound is allowed

Am protected hopefully with Webroot

Any ideas anybody??

Diolch yn fawr

spakkker

Can you get any other radio stations via iplayer ?
I had to re-install real player the other day and it then worked. Mine also played iplayer video ok!

Lleucu

Tried Classic FM that works also Listen again for the Archers also works

Tried to live listen again and does not work and Internet Explorer also shut a couple of times

OneADay

You could try using a different browser - firefox !
Or dare I say use something like http://banshee.fm/download/

closed

http://www.gadgetsforvista.net/Gadgets/Multimedia/BBC-Radio-Player.html

mr.magoo_4

I use feeds listed on http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/aac.asp and VLC media player;

Listening to radio 4 ( 128k stream ) as I type this.....

since internet explorer has closed a couple of times, what messages appear in event viewer?

press windows start button and type "event" in the search programs and files window. choose "event viewer" from the list displayed, when that opens select "windows logs", then "application", a list of messages will be shown.

Look at the messages with a red circle on the left, they will give a clue. At the bottom of the narrative there will be a link in blue to microsoft online help with the problem.

Lakeuk

Try listening to a few radio stations using Radio Player, if you still have a problem them I think we can narrow the issue to a codec

http://lakeuk.blogspot.com/2011/04/uk-radioplayer.html

Lleucu

fixed!! Real Player burbling away with the usual middle class wall paper ... where would we be without the Today programme, the shipping forecast and the Archers .... strange that it should disappear though in the first place

canthearit

hello - me too cant hear radio 4 - how did you solve it? (i can hear radio 3 and radio 4 listen again but not live) i am so lost...

alanrowell

I'm listening to it via http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_fourfm which is the link on the Radio 4 homepage

Have you tried using a different internet browser to access it?

canthearit

yes i have tried mozilla and internet explorer ...