Dropping get_iPlayer

David Woodhouse dwmw2 at infradead.org
Sun Oct 17 05:35:35 EDT 2010


On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 14:28 +0700, Jeremy Bartle wrote:
> >  I'd like gfv to get BBC support too, and then the current
> get_iplayer can be dropped.
> 
> I would be very disappointed if get_iPlayer were to disappear.  I only
> use it for BBC Radio, so I assume that a flash video downloader would
> not be a replacement.

Don't worry; I wouldn't want to drop it until/unless all the things it
can do are provided by other tools. The 'get-flash-videos' tool already
has a certain amount of radio support — don't get too hung up on the
name.

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dwmw2




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