My bat_iplayer script now has a problem.

David Cantrell david at cantrell.org.uk
Thu Jun 4 03:49:40 PDT 2015


On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 12:51:38AM +0200, tellyaddict wrote:
> >  As well as removing the "Dynamite" TV listing feeds,
> > the BBC have extended their magnanimousness by also
> > blocking the legacy XML playlist URLs, in the form:
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/[PID]
> Do you think this was aimed at us?

No. Dynamite decommissioning has been on the cards for several years. It
suffered from horrible feature-creep which led to it becoming ever more
unfit for its purpose.

This has been very clearly explained in the BBC blog posts that have
been mentioned on this list.

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