How do you get iPlayer to work on Windows RT

Question

I thought Internet Explorer on Windows 8 RT had a version of Flash to allow playback of various streaming services, including BBC iPlayer and 4OD. They both don't seem to work. Can this be fixed?

Solution

On this forum there's the same question.

The answer (and I quote) is:

Wasn't working straight out of the box but doing a update resolved the issue and it works perfect.

I would suggest running Windows Update to make sure you have the latest versions of everything - including the whitelist of sites allowed to run Flash.

Comments

[ChrisF]

Wasn't working straight out of the box but doing a update resolved the issue and it works perfect.. No idea what was updated though.

[snowdude]

I've done an App Store update (and just checked to make sure nothing new available) and it's still not working in IE. Is there another update to try?

[snowdude]

@ChrisF Found it. You need to type 'Update' at the Start screen to bring up Windows Update. When you check for updates there's a 'Flash Update' which sorts out the playback issues on BOTH iPlayer and 4OD. Since you pointed me in the right direction post an answer and I'll accept it. Thanks.

[snowdude]

@Ramhound There is a Desktop version of IE on Windows RT.

[ChrisF]

@snowdude - done.