Re: [Hampshire] Downloading radio progs from BBC IPlayer?

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Author: Alan Bell
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Downloading radio progs from BBC IPlayer?
could someone help me find the rtsp link for this world service
broadcast of a debate about the OLPC:

www.bbcworld.com/Pages/Programme.aspx?id=156

I had a look on the Dave site and couldn't quite figure out whether it
was listed or what broadcast times the listings related to.

thanks,

Alan.

Victor Churchill wrote:
> On 12/01/2008, Jonathan Hudson <jh+hlug@???> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:36:35 +0000
>> "Victor Churchill" <victorchurchill@???> wrote:
>>
>> The RA streams remain as before; -playlist foo.ram should work, or try
>> http://dave.org.uk/streams/, scroll to the bottom and and grab the YAML
>> (raw data) file. There you will find all the rtsp: links. Remove all
>> the crap after .ra and it works just fine. Add -bandwidth 999999999 to
>> download at wire speed.
>>
>
> Thanks JH! That worked just fine, as you say. What I was lacking was
> the .ram file giving the rtsp: link, so Dave Cross' YAML listing fills
> the gap. Which implies that the rtsp's are present on bbc.co.uk
> /somewhere/... Though why the Beeb makes it that difficult to find is
> a mystery.
>
>
>> -jonathan
>>
>> (listening to this am's CD Review of Die Walküre, downloaded as
>> described above).
>>
>
> Funnily enough that's exactly what I was after too. )I don't usually
> do 0930 on Saturdays...) And I guess one could use Audacity to chop
> off unwanted top&tail if a permanent archive copy was wanted rather
> than a one-off listening.
>
> cheers
>
> victor
>
>