download from iplayer

[browolf]

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/download-drm-free-video-from-bbc.html

[StewartKnight]

This was also discussed on el reg

[john]

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

[Geoff]

Or just crack the drm.

[john]

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

[Geoff]

Yes it is.

[CyberNerd]

they closed the 'loophole'

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39366039,00.htm

 

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

[Geoff]

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]

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

[Geoff]

[CyberNerd]

it's hacked again.

http://po-ru.com/diary/bbc-iplayer-fix-hacked-again/

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39366057,00.htm

 

I can't keep up

[john]

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