On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 13:49, Kieran Kunhya <kie...@kunhya.com> wrote: > > Wii isn't too difficult to figure out, though it's more complicated. I have > actually had a little look at Wii iplayer myself to see how H.264 decoding is > done on such a feeble device. There are lots of layers of encrypted data but > people have figured out how to decrypt them. > I think the ipad is a plain http stream - nothing fancy in that regard.
it's HTTPS. uses client certificates as an access-control mechanism. it's easier to get the RTMP streams delivered to the desktop iPlayer than any of the alternative Internet-based mechanisms, and that one's practically "difficult" to prevent for fairly obvious reasons. mind you, it's even easier to pull the stream off-air if you remember in advance... (it was only this morning that I saw an advert for Sky+ which crowed about the fact you can record an entire series and keep it around for as long as you like...) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
