[backstage] iPlayer, DRM, Free Software and the iPhone

2008-03-09 Thread Andy Halsall
This morning I came across the following; >Subject: Re: [GeekUp] Fwd: [ORG-discuss] iPlayer DRM is over? >From: "Tim Dobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Matt Lee has written a howto for dummies here: > >http://exploringfreedom.org/2008/03/08/bbc-iplayer-on-gnu-linux-without-flash

[backstage] BBC Support page

2008-03-09 Thread Adam Leach
Just trying to find a support page as i've got a number of errors when accessing the weather page and i've come across this http://www.bbc.co.uk/support/ Shame it isn't a live stream, we could see what the Internet operations are upto. Adam - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group.

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-09 Thread Tim Dobson
Richard P Edwards wrote: Surely the next step is to stop GeoIP, so that anyone can try this - even in Poland. :-) I think that this may not be too far away, after all, this is the most derisive form of censorship. I agree with you and i think it is very important. however, aspeople like ashle

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-09 Thread Ivan Pope
I'm interested in why this is for the iPhone and not for other phones, e.g. my N95. What I mean is, what thing have they done to make it unique for the iPhone and what can we do to route around that so other phones can use it?Any ideas? Cheers, Ivan On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Matthew Somervi

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-09 Thread Matthew Somerville
Tim Dobson wrote: next step is to automate it is that what Ian Wallaces script does? Yes; I've put an online version I wrote probably at the same time up at: http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/bbc-iplayer-mp4/?p=b009384l It includes the "related concepts", plus the history of streaming/download

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-09 Thread Richard P Edwards
Surely the next step is to stop GeoIP, so that anyone can try this - even in Poland. :-) I think that this may not be too far away, after all, this is the most derisive form of censorship. Happy days Rich On 9 Mar 2008, at 10:00, Tim Dobson wrote: On 08/03/2008, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL P

Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over?

2008-03-09 Thread Tim Dobson
On 08/03/2008, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://exploringfreedom.org/2008/03/08/bbc-iplayer-on-gnu-linux-without-flash-using-only-free-software/ > > which explains how to do it manually :-) next step is to automate it is that what Ian Wallaces script does? (sorry, i cant check it