GiP and working abroad

David Cantrell david at cantrell.org.uk
Fri Nov 15 14:03:09 PST 2024


On 15/11/2024 20:38, Budge wrote:

> Is GiP geoblocked?
> Are there equivalent methods to access the BBC content servers.  I read 
> here a long time ago that there is a yt-dl option.
> 
> I am reaching out because I am away from my home machine and have 
> forgotten most of what I used to know about GiP.  Some of you may 
> understand!!!

get_iplayer is not geo-blocked, but iPlayer itself is. You need to set 
up a VPN, or ssh into your home machine and run get_iplayer there.

-- 
David Cantrell



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