BBC iPlayer introduces Live Restart capability

[ajebay at errichel.co.uk]

On 20/06/12 16:41, dinkypumpkin wrote:
> On 20/06/2012 13:51, Shevek wrote:
>> Is this going to kill of get_iplayer?
>>
>> http://connecteddigitalworld.com/2012/06/19/bbc-iplayer-introduces-live-restart-capability/
>>
>
> Not necessarily, though it broke live tv streaming in get_iplayer.
> get_iplayer is as much to blame as the Beeb, though.  All that
> regex-based XML parsing in get_iplayer is a bit fragile, but it would
> be a non-trivial chore to replace it.
>
> I've patched get_iplayer to restore live tv for now.  That's a bit of
> a drag so soon after a release, but then I wouldn't say live tv
> streaming is really get_iplayer's USP.  Still, commiserations to all
> package maintainers.
>
>> Or is it only for live TV?
>>
>> Will they switch from RTMP to chunked streaming for non live?
>
> I would guess they made this move for live tv on the iPlayer site as
> part of preparations for the hammering they're going to get during the
> Olympics.  There probably isn't much of an immediate incentive to do
> it for non-live content.  The BBC blog post offers no clue if existing
> RTMP streams (live and non-live) are going to disappear at any point.
> If they do, there may be other options for downloading, though it
> would certainly require major changes in get_iplayer. We'll all have
> to keep an eye on this.  Thanks for flagging it up.
>
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Bump
Hi, Isn't this the same problem that I ran into with some ITV programmes 
recently with get_flash_videos.   Couldn't download them becasue they 
were sent in HTTP chunks and rtmpdump objected.  I assumed this is 
linked to flash encryption also announced recently.   Is there a 
solution yet?
Alastair