2009/9/28 Dave Addey <listma...@addey.com> > Hi Backstage, > > I’ve been working on fixing the iPlayer plugin for the Mac OS X media > centre app “Plex”. The updated plugin seems to be working pretty well by > reading the BBC RSS feeds and JSON feeds, but I have a few questions: > > 1) Are there any issues with integrating iPlayer into an app like Plex? > (I’m not trying to work around the geographical restrictions on iPlayer > access, I should add – I’m just providing a wrapper for the iPlayer flash > player from within Plex.) I’m aware that doing so could be likely to break > at any time if the iPlayer site were to change. (You can view Plex here: > http://www.plexapp.com/) >
Yes, this is the "make your stuff with our stuff" BBC Backstage line. > > 2) Assuming this isn’t a problem legally, is there anywhere I can find a > list of all of the potential subcategories / subgenres used by iPlayer? I > can see a list of those with at least one current programme assigned to > them, but I don’t know if this list is complete. For example, Children’s > > Activities, Children’s > Animation, etc. > I think you have to work it out from what's out there. > > 3) Is there a feed (RSS / JSON / something else) which can be used for > searching? > Yes, do a search from the iPlayer page and scrape it for URLs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=S<http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=Manor> earchTerm > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > - Dave. > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
