Re: [Hampshire] Downloading MP4s from the BBC iPlayer

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Author: Simon Reap
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Downloading MP4s from the BBC iPlayer
Dave Walker wrote:
> Jim Kissel wrote:
> <SNIP>
>
>> I would just type in the wget command, but I can't see the entire url.
>>
>> suggestions please
>>
>>
>
> Could things get any easier? \o/
>
> http://www.bewhere.co.uk/iplayer.xml (updated hourly)
>

Nice idea, but some (many)?) of the streams there aren't available. For
example, the third on the current list::

<<Stream>
      <Name>West 10 LDN</Name>


<Url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/3/auth/iplayer_streaming_http_mp4/b0094yq7</Url>

      <Subtitle />
  <Synopsis>Best friends Orin and Will find a kilo of hash and decide to 
sell it on.</Synopsis>
</Stream>


If you go to it on the iplayer screen, it is available when browsing
normally, but not with the iPhone user-agent string. A "wget" of the
above URL also fails (you get a "not available" HTML page instead). Not
quite sure where s/he gets the URL from.

Simon