New get_iplayer website & forums

[Kevin Lynch]

Mr SquarePenguin

Thank you for working on such a great resource. My feeling is that as
long at GIP is hard to use for a novice. The BBC won't be too
interested. If however the notice a great deal of GIP usage say 5% or
more of downloads, then they will send a cease and desist letter to
the developers. I think this is the reason our first developer let it
go. One of the terms of the cease and desist letter being that one
could not talk about it.

Anyway here's hoping for the best.

regards

Kevin

On 16 July 2013 17:56, Square Penguin <squarepenguin at getiplayer.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> A few months ago I wrote a Complete Beginners Guide to get_iplayer on my
> personal blog, shortly followed by a Troubleshooting Guide.
>
> 'Complete' was a bit of a stretch as I soon learnt from the 300+ comments
> that poured in looking for assistance. However, the posts were very
> successful with around 12,000+ unique visitors in the last month and tens of
> thousands of page views.
>
> I was also very fortunate to have Dinkypumkin stop by on a regular basis to
> offer expert advice and knowledge to those in need.
>
> With that in mind, and with the help of Dinkypumpkin, I've created a fully
> fledged get_iplayer website, complete with guides, forums, a complete mirror
> of the Wiki from GitHub (which DP has graciously helped to populate and
> transfer), faq and quick install guides for all platforms.
>
> The site went 'live' yesterday and you can find the it at the link below,
> along with my reasons for creating it which are to be found on the blog:
>
> http://getiplayer.co.uk
>
> It's pitched very much at the newbie so I hope it helps some of those who
> struggle to get to grips with get_iplayer, or even with this mailing list
> ;-)
>
> Of course, it could all be in vain after the recent demise of Radio
> Downloader (a contemptuous act by the BBC!) and the potential for the BBC to
> send in the heavies. But here's to hoping that's not the case...
>
> SquarePenguin
>
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