HiDownload ... Very little info on their Webiste
No Postal Address - no email - which would be a legal requirement in Europe. Not a good feeling Server in Pittsburgh http://www.ipillion.com/site/streamingstar.com http://www.ipillion.com/site/hidownload.com Xie Liuqiang also owns http://who.pho.to/xie_liuqiang/ http://www.webboar.com/whois-name/xie%20liuqiang etc. etc. I to check http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/shame.html but it's down. Next step wold be to virus check the software, but I'll let someone else do that. JC __________________________________________________________ On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:13:43 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >Hi - I'm not promoting alternatives to get_iplayer - its one of the best. > >However I have been experimenting with other downloaders. In particular I >tried HiDownload Platinum (trial). When I play a t.v. programme from the >iPlayer site the HDP sniffer seems to detect the raw URL - for many iPlayer >t.v. programmes. As - I guess - does get_iplayer. > >However I have noticed that the downloaded files from get_iplayer are far >superior to those from HiDownload. > >The HiDownload files seem to be at a far lower resolution and frequently >pixelate when played. The get_iplayer files seems to be smooth playing with >higher resolution and detail. > >How is this so if the downloaded files come from the same source. > >Chris B. > >_______________________________________________ >get_iplayer mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

