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Posted on 11.03.08 by Matt @ 9:58 pm
HOWEVER – there's a new way to fix it outlined here: Hooray for the BBC. They've just enabled the BBC iPlayer to stream MP4s onto the iPhone and iPod Touch. This however has created a small chink in the BBC's DRM infrastrcuture that allows anyone to download these MP4s and then copy them to other devices. Indeed it allows me to copy them into iTunes so then I can sync them properly with my iPod Touch and then watch some telly on the tube. So, how do you do it (for a Windows PC)? 1. First of all go to the iPlayer website and find the programme page for the show you would like to download 2. Copy the URL of that page to your clipboard (ie to a CTRL+C on the link) 3. Go to this excellent website and paste in that link into the box and click Go. 4. A page appears giving you the option to download, click this. 5. Stop the downloading of the programme in your browser and then go to File -> Save Page As 6. Save the MP4 file to your computer 7. Rename the .mp4 file a .mov file 9. You can then import it into iTunes and sync with your iPod. Thank you BBC. Remember you can get these straight to your inbox by entering your email address at the top right of this page. The RSS link is up there too. Comments: 7 Comments
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According to , this behaviour makes you a “hacker”.
Comment by steve martin — March 13, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
Hi, when I go to the excellent website and enter in the URL and select GO – I do not get the page appearing with the download – probably being stupid but what am I doing link. this is the link
http://tinyurl.com/2plup8
Rob
Comment by Rob — March 21, 2008 @ 9:29 pm
Hi Rob,
This no longer works – you need to go here: http://tinyurl.com/3ykbue for the new fix
Comment by Matt — March 21, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
Thanks for pointing this out. I’m going to install this on my itouch now.
Comment by Fred — May 10, 2008 @ 1:26 am
thanks who ever you are you have saved me £10
Comment by Gavin And Stacey - Christmas Special — March 24, 2009 @ 6:53 am
Does this mean the programs are available for longer than 30 days?
Comment by Di — July 24, 2009 @ 10:57 pm
for an alternative way to download bbc iplayer videos for the ipod touch and iphone take a look at iDownload http://r2software.blogspot.com/
Comment by R2Software — September 21, 2009 @ 8:18 pm