come anticipate the BBC's iPlayer with me

Never

Note that The South Bank Show remains defiantly on ITV1 tho at a day and time you wouldn't expect anyone else to think was a good idea, and hasn't been shunted off to a 'arts programming for the sniffy elitists' digital alcove.

it's now on Sky Arts :/

haven't the bbc lost motd again?

I thought they'd just lost coverage of England games, not Premiership highlights?

In 2006, the BBC agreed a new deal with the Premier League which means that league highlights coverage will continue on Match of the Day until at least the end of the 2009-10 season.

you are correct so yeah they really do need to sort that out. i might use the thing if they do.

The thing with putting MOTD into an 'anytime anywhere' system is that once you do you'd probably find most people don't need the whole programme and just want to see certain games, goals etc. so separating the content for online/on-demand consumption or at least providing that option makes sense (plus who gives a toss about Alan Analyses anyway).

They've really clamped down on PL action on youtube over the last few months I've noticed.

That could apply to a lot of shows that are broken up into several segments - Newsnight, for example, or the Culture Show. But yeah, probably more so with MOTD but I doubt the Premiership will lose much sleep over that.

I use the iPlayer almost exclusively now. Don't think I've watched the BBC in a few months. And since I almost exclusively watch BBC programmes (with a bit of ITV2 and CH4 thrown in) I've radically cut down my TV watching!

Anyone been following The Curse of Comedy series??

Of course, I could just get a Humax and be done with it.

Internet football rights are sold as a separate package now. So the Beeb couldn't show Match of the Day online as those rights are owned by the company that runs all the individual club websites, by the look of it. For the same reason you usually can't get BBC local radio live commentaries any more.

Anyone been following The Curse of Comedy series??
Yes, thanks to iPlayer

Tried out the Wii one. Quality's a bit low, there's no full-screen and the sound gets out of sync a lot. Not quite there.

also wii browsing sucks doesn't it??

The volume goes up to eleven.

Is the Wii thing any better yet? I could set the whole thing up and find out, I guess, but I thought I'd ask before I bothered my arse doing any hard work.

The .exe on this page is interesting.

Indeed.

k, so i am trying to work out how to download the delicious mp3 stream of a beeb radio show (rather than the old rm stream), and have gotten as far as what info the xml feed gives me:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/mtis/stream/b00d25wg

and now i am stumped. WHAT NOW ILX? i feel like i'm close.

(ironically i also couldve just left the stream on, pressed record and had a cuppa in the time i've spent googling this bitch.)

You're actually a long way off - the XML file you linked to specifies a .ram file that links to an .ra file but the actual URL for this .ra file is obfuscated by a RealAudio media server so you can't download the MP3 straight from it, the media server only allows the file to be streamed through an application like RealPlayer or iPlayer.

(ironically i also couldve just left the stream on, pressed record and had a cuppa in the time i've spent googling this bitch.)

Yes...

i know that; i've been d/ling the ram streams for yonks already if i hadnt made myself clear. it was my understanding though that the beeb now does an mp3 stream via flash INSTEAD of the ram stream (which is still being run concurrently for whatever reason). or maybe it doesnt, yet, though it does seem to sound better. does that mediaselector link refer to two streams or one?

http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/2008/07/bbc_on-demand_streams_higher_quality.php

there are obviously two links in that xml file you linked to but the first, the mp3:Secure isn't going to be playable in anything but iplayer as it's encrypted. looks like it's using akamai for hosting as well.

iplayer is nothing but trouble for me, i kept getting 'not available in your region' errors at the weekend despite living a mile from bbc tv centre. the little snippets of radio4 breakfast show etc never play.

http://linuxcentre.net/?page_id=6 (lol, perl)

"About get_iplayer

This tool allows you to download or stream any iplayer programme from the BBC in H.264 (Quicktime/mp4) format, any radio programmes in RealAudio format (which is then converted to wav or mp3) and all podcasts in mp3/aac format."

BBC One and BBC Two to be streamed live.

I know there's Zattoo already but the quality's a bit dicy.

i didn't know about Zattoo :(

You fool!

The iplayer volume goes up to 11!

Yep.

iplayer download manager for osx/linux is now in beta. You have to sign up as a labs tester and then get the download manager from here.

And in other news, zattoo's streaming channels 1-4 in broadcast quality until the middle of january. Hurray!

It appears you can replay BBC1s New Year countdown coverage on the iPlayer, which surely can be of no conceivable use to anyone at all?

It might be useful to people who have a thing for Matt Baker, and, you know, watch some fireworks while they listen to Matt Baker chattering away about the "rhythm being created entirely by the fireworks", that's if you could hear it over the noise of Matt Baker yammering away.

BBC1 coverage was a horrorshow. It's difficult to imagine who would be pleased by it.

Can anyone report back on Jools Holland shiftiness levels from last night?

lily allen was outsung by the ting tings

Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only

boooo!

Anyone know how to get around that (UK only)?

you could try sending a check for 135 pounds to the uk tv licensing agency

A UK based VPN tunnel or a UK based proxy. VPN is probably easiest, you just need a mate with a decent upload to create the endpoint.

I don't see why they couldn't arrange something like that.

135 a year, less if your computer is black and white :)

Well yes, I could just pay for it. I'm prepared to pay it here in UK now, so why shouldn't I pay it over in DC next year if I like UK TV so very much...
But will also ask my savvy programmer brother about VPN.

have just noticed the --type itv flag for get_iplayer which gives you access to all their "itv-catch-up" shows. which includes 11 episodes of Press Gang, 17 episodes of Joe 90, all the gerry anderson stuff from itv4, the prisoner x 13, catweazle(!), metal mickey...

they are all 320x240 asf files, which is less than good, but ok for watching on the tube

ipad version will be out on thursday

US version in the summer

hmm i assume that would be developed in conjunction with Worldwide and be a paid app - first step towards PPV BBC content outside the UK i guess?

new TV version of iPlayer out today. a big step up i think.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/08/bbc_iplayer_connected_tv.html

i might just be a weirdo but i have a ps3 and never watch iplayer on my telly. always on the computer.

heh yes i think that is a bit weird!

Sunday Morning Live is the weirdest show on TV:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b013yypb/Sunday_Morning_Live_Series_2_Episode_9/

"John Bird, Andrew Stone, Jon Gaunt and Julie Bindel debate: Should we get rid of the human rights act? Should women stay at home and look after the kids?"

What's not to like?

This is great

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/playlister