get_iplayer v.v. HiDownload Platinum

[Chris J Brady]

Hmm - thanks for that info. I bet its a Chink app. 

Anyway as I said get_iplayer is a great app. And I only really use HiDownload Platinum + sniffer for getting the raw URL for downloading files via Orbit. StreamTransport is not being updated anymore.

As an after thought wouldn't it be great if get_iplayer also worked for ITV iplayer, Ondemand 4 and 5 or whatever?

Is this in the pipeline?

Chris B.

--- On Mon, 16/7/12, James Cook <james.cook at bluewin.ch> wrote:

> From: James Cook <james.cook at bluewin.ch>
> Subject: Re: get_iplayer v.v. HiDownload Platinum
> To: "Chris J Brady" <chrisjbrady at yahoo.com>
> Cc: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Date: Monday, 16 July, 2012, 11:24
> HiDownload ...
> 
> Very little info on their Webiste
> 
> No Postal Address - no email - which would be a legal
> requirement in
> Europe. Not a good feeling
> 
> Server in Pittsburgh
> http://www.ipillion.com/site/streamingstar.com
> http://www.ipillion.com/site/hidownload.com
> 
> Xie Liuqiang also owns
> http://who.pho.to/xie_liuqiang/
> http://www.webboar.com/whois-name/xie%20liuqiang
> etc. etc.
> 
> I to check http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/shame.html
> but it's down. 
> 
> Next step wold be to virus check the software, but I'll let
> someone
> else do that.
> 
> JC
> __________________________________________________________
> 
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:13:43 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
> 
> >Hi - I'm not promoting alternatives to get_iplayer - its
> one of the best.
> >
> >However I have been experimenting with other
> downloaders. In particular I tried HiDownload Platinum
> (trial). When I play a t.v. programme from the iPlayer site
> the HDP sniffer seems to detect the raw URL - for many
> iPlayer t.v. programmes. As - I guess - does get_iplayer.
> >
> >However I have noticed that the downloaded files from
> get_iplayer are far superior to those from HiDownload. 
> >
> >The HiDownload files seem to be at a far lower
> resolution and frequently pixelate when played. The
> get_iplayer files seems to be smooth playing with higher
> resolution and detail.
> >
> >How is this so if the downloaded files come from the
> same source.
> >
> >Chris B.
> >
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