BBC Media Player

Simply dose not work. I can't watch any news video's on my bbc news app except adverts after they play i only get sound no images play. It used work fine in for first few months, now it dosen't. In case you are wondering installing and reinstalling it dosen't work. I wish this app worked better so my bbc news app could be better but alas. I really hope they fix the issues with the app.

As other reviewers have said, only works about half the time. No excuse when it's a companion app by the BBC to work in conjunction with other BBC apps to vote BBC content! Reliable access to video is a pretty basic expectation these days, even the need for a separate app for media is quite bizarre!

Worthless piece of rubbish. I only wanted to listen to the rugby on the radio and after making me register with the bbc then install the app then confirm my password it doesn't work anyway! Don't waste your time. Have uninstalled.

Why can't the BBC app have a built in app to play video, I feel it's stupid. I might shift to chrome if this continues. ???? I believe it use play video on items own before. It raises suspension.....????

Videos hardly ever work on it, and the video playback should be built into the BBC news app, there's no excuses really. Avoid this app unless you like being annoyed or wasting time.

This app is a joke! Read the comments. If you still install the app, like I did, then you should find it funny that the first video you click on will say "I'm sorry this video appears not too be working." For everything video! I like the BBC but you would think they could get better programmers for a video app. Maybe they should link to YouTube!

I dont really understand why i need this app... surely the BBC with all the license fee money is able to embed videos in a webpage??? And if you want to watch iplayer you have to download both the iplayer app and this app? Whyyyy? What a waste...

Sometimes video plays in the BBC News app just fine. Sometimes it directs video links to this pointless extra app that never works. How about you just do the former every time? #nobrainer

Pissed. Downloaded it to watch this clip cause it forced me and it doesn't even work. Won't buffer, kee0s saying try again later but never loads. Please fix.

Trying to make me download more of their apps when I know the BBC news app can play videos. Indeed the video I wanted to watch didn't even work either! Uninstalled.

Have been greeted by "This content doesn't seem to be working. Please try again later." for such a long time, can't even remember the last time this application worked. Is there a point to this app?

Bad UI; till date never worked with the bbc news app; can't even play a single video that was ment to be played via the bbc news app. Why cant we just play videos in the news app itself. Only some are playable in the news app.

Really should work all the time given it's an app specifically for bbc content. Some times you press play on videos and nothing happens. When it works it works fine. I don't know why we have to have a separate app though

Why can't this just be integrated with the BBC News app? I click a video in that app, tells me to install this media player app. Okay cool, sure.. whatever. However then after going back and clicking on the video I wanted to watch, it loads this media player app and says that the content can't even be played. The error message was meaningless to me. If you have an app to do one function, you should probably have it do that one function.

Wow! I left my first 1 star review of this app 4 years ago and u installed it. I still use the BBC app as my main source of news but have just never watched videos. I thought that this app must have improved in 4 years. It really hasn't. Nothing works. BBC has serious short sightedness to ignore this app. Video is becoming more important so it's only a matter of time before people dump both apps for something else.

so so disappointing. why does the channel 4 and ITV app work so well and yet the bbc says "sorry you dont have enough band width right now " Nothing wrong my end.

It's awful. I just want to listen to the football on my phone. Instead it keeps going to the Google play store. Well done BBC you are a waste of people's money

Did you know that if you do not watch live broadcast television nor watch Iplayer, you can cancel your license fee, the bbc have no legal leg to stand on? They then have to demonstrate proof you are carrying out such acts before they can send you to court for non payment? How are capita going to obtain proof if you deny them rights to access your private property? Don't engage with this propaganda machine. Boycott the BBC.

Don't know why but this app stopped working for me months ago and no matter if I uninstall and reinstall it, the sound plays but the black screen of death prevails. Love the BBC app on every account except that this media player simply does not work.

Does not work on Galaxy S5 or Galaxy S6 - will not allow me to play video in the BBC News app. Instead I have to use web browser to view the BBC News site, then news videos play no problem.

Worthless app. Whenever a video is redirected from the BBC News app to this app, it simply displays "This content doesn't seem to be working" and doesn't play the video. Uninstalled.

Sorry, this content doesn't seem to be working. I see this so often it's not funny any more. A year on and it's still this bad.

Doesn't show video at all after clicking on "Skip ad". Instead blank screen occurs with sound on S8+. Please fix.

Good when it works however most of the time I get "The content doesn't seem to be working, please try again later" error message. Very annoying.

Black screen, didn't work. Expected more from BBC, why they don't use html 5 like everyone else gok.

Works fine on my HTC One Mini 2. However running this on my powerful NVIDIA Shield running Lollipop, the app hasn't been playing reliably and continuously. Video freezes, audio is off; I've been better off on desktop.

Doesn't work on my Samsung 8 plus. Can't watch any videos, only plays the audio. Will just switch to another news app that works and will come back when solved.

Why oh why is there a separate app to watch videos. It's ridiculous. Simple solution, uninstall both the BBC news app and this ridiculous media player. Good riddance.

THE BBC MEDIA PLAYER LIKE THE BBC I PLAYER AND THE BBC SPORTS APP HAVE ALL REALLY GONE DOWN HILL. THEY ALL USE TO WORK GREAT. BUT THEY HAVE MESSED ABOUT WITH THEM AND RUINED THESE 3 APPS.???...

Awful. Not working. Just get a spinner. Been like this for a while. Sort out your developers and test properly before rolling out non working software. Works on one out of four of my devices. All Nougat.

It was less than two months that i left a negative techie for bbc app for not playing videos. Now i just installed this companion app only to see a message saying that it can't play the video. What a shame.

Not reliable at all. Only works half the time. Simply says something like this media is not supported. Odd when the BBC news app made me download this in order to play the media on the first place.

This app doesn't work 80% of the time. It just says "this content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later..." For an app that has a single purpose of playing video, it's just frustrating and stupid. Terrible stuff from a company that's suposed to be strong in communication and media. Don't bother downloading.

Why in the world do I have to download a media player to watch short news clips? Why can't I just watch them in the BBC app like every other news organization?

Expect better from the BBC. We shouldn't need to download this. Video should be built in on all of their apps. So poor! =/

Absolutely useless, works about 20% of the time. Clearly nobody cares, either.

It almost never works! So annoying. How long do you think we should still wait to normally watch a video?

I try to watch video clips and 90% of the time an error message appears "this doesn't seem to be working, try again later". What a joke! Fix it!!

4 years of flawless use across 5 different phones. Great quality media playback. The reason this is a separate app is simply because if it was integrated into BBC News, iPlayer, etc, you'd have multiple copies taking up space on your phone that would need multiple updates. This should be the way other apps are done. First review - April 2013 Thank you BBC. Perfect playback on my HTC One X, with latest stock HTC ROM. I never use branded phone company ROMs or "cooked" ROMs. Playback quality is fantastic, no sync issues ever. Quick to respond. Only drops quality when the data rate slows down, but then everything does. Some people don't understand that they won't get high quality video over their mobile carrier's crappy connection. Check your data rates instead of blaming this app.

Doesn't work. Gets stuck in landscape mode. Content doesn't want to play. And why do we need a separate app for video playback?