Fixes a bug reported by a couple of people where although it launched properly, it would not play music.

The reason is that Media Center runs as a 64 bit process, and there is no 64 bit Real Audio plugin for Internet Explorer, just the 32 bit version.

You can run a 32 bit instance of IE and use that to listen to the BBC, but when I host IE in BeebMC, it is running in a 64 bit context, so it can't then load Real Audio to play the BBC streams.

If/when the BBC starts streaming in a format that Windows Media Player can play natively then this problem will go away (and you'll be able to use BeebMC on extenders.

• It now installs properly when the TV Pack is installed
• I've changed the icon
• There are now buttons to scroll up and down on a channel page, so that people with touch-panels can use the page more easily.

Download it from http://www.beebmc.com/

If/when the BBC update their web site or RSS feeds then BeebMC will probably break -- leave a comment and I'll do what I can to fix it.  Many thanks to the BBC for making all this content available.

BeebMC is available here: http://www.beebmc.com/

The Channels.xml file under C:\ProgramData\Atadore\BeebMC has been extended to include the URL for each channel's RSS feed.  Feel free to edit it to add/remove/modify channels:

<Channel>
  <Description>BBC 1Xtra</Description>
  <PictureUrl>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/img/nav/radio/bbc_1xtra.gif</PictureUrl>
  <ChannelUrl>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/1xtra</ChannelUrl>
  <ProgramsRss>http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc_1xtra/list</ProgramsRss>
</Channel>

I'm going to try to add extender support next.  Subscribe to the "BeebMC" category in my blog to be notified of updates: http://damianblog.com/category/beebmc/

[I've since posted a new version of BeebMC here . It supports "Listen Again".   I recommend going to this posting to read about it and download it.]

There are a couple of restrictions:

• Your need Real Player installed
• You need version 3.5 of the .NET framework installed.  It is available here if you don't have it (or if you are not sure).
• It will not work with Extenders, since the BBC streams using Real Audio.

I can't promise a lot of support, but reply here if you have problems using it and I'll help if I can.

Once installed you'll find it under the Music menu:

Click on a channel to play that channel:

You can customize it by editing the Channels.xml file you will find under C:\ProgramData\Atadore\BeebMC. Add channels by adding a Channel element with the appropriate description, picture and URL for playing the channel.

[I've since posted a new version of BeebMC here . It supports "Listen Again".   I recommend going to this posting to read about it and download it.]