download from iplayer

**browolf** · 12th March 2008, 11:31 AM

just discovered this:
u can get drm free mp4s of iplayer files if it thinks your browser is an iphone.
http://www.triffid.org/blog/2008/03/...-from-bbc.html

**StewartKnight** · 12th March 2008, 01:06 PM

This was also discussed on el reg

**john** · 12th March 2008, 07:52 PM

Or you could just grab the FLV files from the site and store them as there DRM free.

**Geoff** · 12th March 2008, 08:03 PM

Or just crack the drm.

**john** · 12th March 2008, 08:58 PM

eerm aint DRM modifying kinda illegal, but I think FLV copying from may not be as bad.

**Geoff** · 12th March 2008, 11:09 PM

Yes it is.

**CyberNerd** · 14th March 2008, 03:27 PM

they closed the 'loophole'
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1...9366039,00.htm

first iplayer Linux won't work, then it will, now it won't

**Geoff** · 14th March 2008, 03:42 PM

Here are the instructions for cracking the drm, as provided by the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6944830.stm

Er...wait a minute..

**PEO** · 14th March 2008, 04:19 PM

so whats the latest method for grabbing these videos from bbc?

**Geoff** · 14th March 2008, 04:56 PM

**CyberNerd** · 14th March 2008, 06:59 PM

**john** · 14th March 2008, 11:05 PM

Use Orbit download manager to grab the Flash version that streams via the website, easy days