Comments on: Downloading from the BBC streaming iPlayer is hard http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard a geek commodity Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: andersson http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1568 andersson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:40:34 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1568 I had this problem today. Since i use mplayer in firefox, i just typed "ps lax | grep mplayer" in a shell and got this: 0 0 17665 17464 20 0 174336 8488 - Ss ? 0:00 mplayer -wid 0x220080a -vf scale=640:-3 -osdlevel 1 -nojoystick -noconsolecontrols -cookies -softvol -slave -user-agent NSPlayer -nomouseinput -cache 512 rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_monday_2100.ra?timestamp=1237240768&pid=b00j3vn9&BBC-UID=64998765964d0de8f7947d6ad1740198c717267800d0205bdc6dc842b46f86d8&SSO2-UID= Then just take the URL and download it with mplayer. Here is the result of the nice radio program http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j3w8k/Sound_Architecture_The_Spaces_That_Speak/ i got today: http://andersson.is-a-geek.org/aac/ Video seems to be harder since you probably need to find a nice proxy in the UK. If you succed - put the result on http://thepiratebay.org Greetings from Uppsala, Sweden I had this problem today. Since i use mplayer in firefox, i just typed “ps lax | grep mplayer” in a shell and got this:

0 0 17665 17464 20 0 174336 8488 – Ss ? 0:00 mplayer -wid 0×220080a -vf scale=640:-3 -osdlevel 1 -nojoystick -noconsolecontrols -cookies -softvol -slave -user-agent NSPlayer -nomouseinput -cache 512 rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_monday_2100.ra?timestamp=1237240768&pid=b00j3vn9&BBC-UID=64998765964d0de8f7947d6ad1740198c717267800d0205bdc6dc842b46f86d8&SSO2-UID=

Then just take the URL and download it with mplayer. Here is the result of the nice radio program
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j3w8k/Sound_Architecture_The_Spaces_That_Speak/
i got today:

http://andersson.is-a-geek.org/aac/

Video seems to be harder since you probably need to find a nice proxy in the UK.
If you succed – put the result on http://thepiratebay.org

Greetings from Uppsala, Sweden

]]> By: boardtc http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1194 boardtc Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:15:36 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1194 I tried it for mary ann hobbs http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/3/stream/check/iplayer?pid=b006wqb7 but the file was not found... I tried it for mary ann hobbs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/3/stream/check/iplayer?pid=b006wqb7
but the file was not found…

]]> By: Ding Jiang Zhu http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1195 Ding Jiang Zhu Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:21:38 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1195 Yes this is true, now there is MP3 support see this clipping from the Authors Website: Paul Battley Wrote at 2008-09-23 21:06 UTC (6 days ago) using Firefox 3.0.1 on Linux: I’ve just uploaded a new version with proper radio download support—which just meant detecting radio programmes and changing the extension to mp3! That’s version 0.1.12 of the library and command-line tools, and version 1.8 of the GUI. Hurra ! Yes this is true, now there is MP3 support
see this clipping from the Authors Website:

Paul Battley Wrote at 2008-09-23 21:06 UTC (6 days ago)
using Firefox 3.0.1 on Linux:

I’ve just uploaded a new version with proper radio download support—which just meant detecting radio programmes and changing the extension to mp3!

That’s version 0.1.12 of the library and command-line tools, and version 1.8 of the GUI.

Hurra !

]]> By: Phil http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1201 Phil Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:04:12 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1201 Yes, I think you're right although I do believe an RTMP version is coming. Yes, I think you’re right although I do believe an RTMP version is coming.

]]> By: MattC http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1200 MattC Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:55:25 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1200 from a very quick casual look my understanding was that the iplayer-downloader only handled the RealAudio over RTSP streams (using mplayer), not the MP3 over RTMP streams? from a very quick casual look my understanding was that the iplayer-downloader only handled the RealAudio over RTSP streams (using mplayer), not the MP3 over RTMP streams?

]]> By: Phil http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1199 Phil Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:27:57 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1199 Apparently there were some changes on the 30th July which stopped the downloader working for a while. It's been updated now - get the latest from http://po-ru.com/projects/iplayer-downloader/ Apparently there were some changes on the 30th July which stopped the downloader working for a while. It’s been updated now – get the latest from http://po-ru.com/projects/iplayer-downloader/

]]> By: Brian http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1198 Brian Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:34:20 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1198 Sorry but none of the versions of the downloader work for me, on any platform. Resulting file is 0 bytes in size, finds MP4 file but dfails to download it. Given up trying to make it work. Sorry but none of the versions of the downloader work for me, on any platform. Resulting file is 0 bytes in size, finds MP4 file but dfails to download it. Given up trying to make it work.

]]> By: Phil http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1197 Phil Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:01:20 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1197 Hi lofty - most of this has now been cracked - go check http://beebhack.wikia.com/wiki/Programs and http://po-ru.com/projects/iplayer-downloader/ Hi lofty – most of this has now been cracked – go check http://beebhack.wikia.com/wiki/Programs and http://po-ru.com/projects/iplayer-downloader/

]]> By: lofty http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1196 lofty Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:37:20 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1196 I have been trying to do this as well, and got about as far as you did. A few extra bits I found out: The SECRET_KEY changes every time you request the mediaselector file. The reply when you request the mediaselector file includes the header 'Vary: Cookie', which indicates to caching proxies that they should get a fresh copy every time the cookies change. I have been trying to do this as well, and got about as far as you did.

A few extra bits I found out:

The SECRET_KEY changes every time you request the mediaselector file.

The reply when you request the mediaselector file includes the header ‘Vary: Cookie’, which indicates to caching proxies that they should get a fresh copy every time the cookies change.

]]> By: Hubert http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard/comment-page-1#comment-1193 Hubert Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:17:06 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard#comment-1193 There's another (free) app for capturing RTMP Flash streams called Orbit Downloader - http://www.orbitdownloader.com Alas, it is also only available for Windows, but it does the job marvellously and you can't fault the price. There’s another (free) app for capturing RTMP Flash streams called Orbit Downloader – http://www.orbitdownloader.com

Alas, it is also only available for Windows, but it does the job marvellously and you can’t fault the price.

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