Re: Instructions for noobie, please

2012-01-05 Thread Simon Nash
Clive wrote: On 02/01/12 14:43, Timothy Murphy wrote: I'm running Linux (Fedora-16/KDE) and have installed get_iplayer. If I give the command get_iplayer I am given a list of 713 titles, which I presume are all the programs currently available? But I have no idea what to do then. I have found

Re: Instructions for noobie, please

2012-01-05 Thread Clive
I'm glad you found it helpful Simon. Clive On 05/01/12 16:53, Simon Nash wrote: Clive wrote: On 02/01/12 14:43, Timothy Murphy wrote: I'm running Linux (Fedora-16/KDE) and have installed get_iplayer. If I give the command get_iplayer I am given a list of 713 titles, which I presume are all

Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread Timothy Murphy
I too found Clive's tutorial http://www.4shared.com/office/o8q1NlX3/get_iplayer_instructions_for_u.html very useful, enabling me to use the application for the first time. But it brought me to the point where I realised that much, if not all, iplayer content is not available outside the UK. I

Re: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread Roger Burton West
On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 07:01:40PM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: I had understood that get_iplayer was a way of getting round the BBC embargo. But seems that I was completely wrong? Yes. get_iplayer is a client for BBC iPlayer, just as your web browser is. If you want to get at content

Re: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread Shevek
On 5 January 2012 18:01, Timothy Murphy gayle...@alice.it wrote: I too found Clive's tutorial http://www.4shared.com/office/o8q1NlX3/get_iplayer_instructions_for_u.html very useful, enabling me to use the application for the first time. But it brought me to the point where I realised that

Re: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 07:01:40PM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: But it brought me to the point where I realised that much, if not all, iplayer content is not available outside the UK. I had understood that get_iplayer was a way of getting round the BBC embargo. But seems that I was

Re: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread David Woodhouse
On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 19:45 +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: On a wider note, I am increasingly peturbed at the number of enquiries this list receives about this sort of thing. I do not think we should encourage people to access content to which they are not entitled because they do not hold

RE: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread bat guano
Subject: Re: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK From: dw...@infradead.org To: j...@debian.org Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 20:23:53 + CC: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 19:45 +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: On a wider note, I am increasingly peturbed at the number of

Re: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 08:39:33PM +, bat guano wrote: It's not necessary to have a TV license to access watch/listen again BBC programmes from iPlayer. But this is the relevant section from Terms of Use of BBC Online Services that applies to get_iplayer In this context I do not

Re: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread Clive
I apologise if my tutorial has caused any problems. It contains details on use for those in the UK - it does not contain any information on how to access BBC material from outside the UK. Indeed, I am in the UK and do not know how to access files from outside. It contains details on how to set

Re: Accessing the BBC from outside the UK

2012-01-05 Thread Timothy Murphy
On Thursday 05 January 2012 19:45:46 Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: I had understood that get_iplayer was a way of getting round the BBC embargo. But seems that I was completely wrong? get_iplayer in itself is not a tool for contravening license conditions. On a wider note, I am increasingly