[access-uk] Re: Downloading AD TV programs with get_iplayer
- From: Alasdair King <alasdairking@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 20:03:51 +0000
I could make the WebbIE player launch get_iplayer automatically so it
downloaded the files, or opened them in Windows Media Player. But I think
I'd get a nasty letter from the BBC lawyers.
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Christopher Maule-Oatway <
c.maule@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> One of the programs from
> www.webbie.org.uk
> has the facility for playing the audio-described programmes from the BBC
> iPlayer. You can listen but not download.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christopher
>
>
>
> At 16:43 24/02/2014 +0300, you wrote:
>
>> Hi Vince, that's alright. Thank you for taking the time to help anyway.
>> Last night I tried downloading episode 2 of Blandings trying all available
>> formats with get_iplayer but unfortunately none of the formats had the AD
>> track. So we can download almost all BBC TV programs but the AD versions.
>> Does anyone know if the BBC has any possible excuse for this?
>>
>> Amro
>>
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Vincent Thacker
>> Sent: 23 February 2014 4:45 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Downloading AD TV programs with get_iplayer
>>
>> Hi, yes, as you say, you just get to the BBC iPlayer, which is a
>> glorified Flash player. I should have been asleep instead of looking at
>> emails. Sorry!
>>
>> Possibly some conversion process is possible to present the files in a
>> different format, but nothing I've tried in that line so far works; I've
>> seen quite a lot of "unsupported format" messages.
>>
>> Vince.
>>
>>
>>
>> ========================================
>> Message Received: Feb 23 2014, 04:40 AM
>> From: "Amro Bilal"
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc:
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Downloading AD TV programs with get_iplayer
>>
>> Sorry Vince, could you explain more please? I brought up the feeds list
>> in my browser alright but now how can I play a program in my media player
>> of choice? If I click on a link it takes me to the BBC iPlayer website
>> which takes us back to square one. Thanks for your help.
>>
>>
>>
>> Amro
>>
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Vincent Thacker
>> Sent: 23 February 2014 5:07 AM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Downloading AD TV programs with get_iplayer
>>
>> I know this isn't a direct answer to your question, but it's a simple way
>> to gget to the BBC AD programmes. Use the RSS feed.
>>
>> http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/audiodescribed/list
>>
>> This will normally sow up OK in your browser, then you can find links to
>> the programmes and play them with most media players.
>>
>> Vince.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ========================================
>> Message Received: Feb 22 2014, 11:16 PM
>> From: "Amro Bilal"
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc:
>> Subject: [access-uk] Downloading AD TV programs with get_iplayer
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone managed to download audio described BBC TV programs using
>> get_iplayer? I mean, I wander if one of the different TV programs formats
>> which are available to download comes with the audio description track? It
>> would be absolutely great if we can download the AD version of a program
>> cause playing TV on the BBC website is a real pain in the neck.
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Amro
>>
>>
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