...failed to connect socket. 10060 (Unknown error)

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2013/06/12 14:23, Rick Spurway wrote:
> I get this result for all programmes and at all requested resolutions.
> I am outside the UK but subscribe to a UK VPN. Normally "get_iplayer"
> doesn't even try to make a connection if I am not using the VPN -
> presumably because iPlayer rejects my IP address. But I seem to get
> further than that stage. So I don't think it's anything to do with the
> VPN. Everything has been fine for over a year, maybe two years - until
> a few days ago. Something happened. Any ideas?

Since the media servers are now rejecting SWF Verification hashes for the old
player file, they have clearly tightened up on access controls, so it's not
out of the realms of possibility that they have also tightened up on address
restrictions..