Interesting... The BBC respondent states: "Public access is limited", which, if intended, is stepping down a little from the idea of 'BBC only'.
Ian. > On 31 Oct 2014, at 23:55, David Lake (dlake) <dl...@cisco.com> wrote: > > Check the banner at the top of the page..... > > > "Beta The BBC Developer site is currently open for registration to BBC > Employees. Account requests from other users are not currently being > activated. Please check back soon for more info." > > Then check this post in the forum: > > https://developer.bbc.co.uk/content/how-long-does-approval-process-take-nitro-app > > -----Original Message----- > From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf > Of Rob Dixon > Sent: 31 October 2014 16:52 > To: Stuart Henderson > Cc: get_iplayer > Subject: Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed > >> On 31/10/2014 23:12, Stuart Henderson wrote: >>> On 2014/10/31 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote: >>> - Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to >>> provide a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC >>> schedule, but capable of exporting the information for use in >>> get_iplayer. This could even reconstruct the old XML RSS feeds, but I >>> don't see a reason to add such an awkward intermediate format. >>> >>> This last option seems to me to be the most likely to succeed. I have >>> applied for a licence for my own use and I shall be experimenting >>> with what is possible. After some experimentation I will be glad to >>> add an export along the lines I have described, to be specified by >>> those responsible for get_iplayer. >> >> Whether or not this could export something that would be useful to >> get_iplayer, it would be useful in itself. I've certainly used >> get_iplayer a few times to look for programmes of interest because the >> search facilities are....slightly better than the BBC's website ;)... >> and then gone to watch them using a BBC-Approved Method. > > Precisely, and I assume I would have no problem getting a licence to write > something of that sort. The fact that it may export something that could be > useful for get_iplayer is incidental. > > Rob > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
