Help, I can't get HD programmes any more

[Christopher Woods (CustomMade)]

For some reason the Flashhd mode programmes no longer seem to 
> work. I’ve tried two or three programmes and none seem to 
> work entirely. Get_iplayer starts ok and gets to about 8% 
> then it has a problem with not getting the expected frame.
> I’ve used the latest versions of everything and I am running 
> Windows 7, and I’ve deleted  .SWFINFO just in case.
> By the way, flashvhigh works fine it’s only the flashhd that 
> doesn’t work.
> 
> All was fine until recently any ideas? Has anyone else had 
> the same problem or is it just me?

This is a known issue; see this list archives for much discussion and a
patch which has already been submitted to svn.

As I understand it, the Beeb have moved the URL of the flash player, you can
manually force this with a commandline string or you can use the updated
patched version.