And yet they happily leech off the GNU ecosystem... What changed? Their previous management didn't seem to mind...
----- Original message ----- > Unlikely. The BBC have gone out of their way to be hostile to open > source attempts at using iPlayer content, however you will find > working examples and programs for playing iPlayer stuff on pretty much > anything on that same wiki. > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Alex Cockell > <a...@acockell.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > I'm not personally looking for metadata, but it would be great if some > > of the open-source players were permitted back into the fold, meaning > > that VLC and the like could play BBC content... Especially for cpu > > architectures that Adobe don't support. > > > > Oh, and be able to distribute said player plugins in Linux distro > > repositories. > > > > And I want to be able to play content on my n900 again. > > > > > > ----- Original message ----- > > > Not sure what you're looking for, but all the metadata that iPlayer > > > pages uses to build a programme page is openly accessible > > > http://beebhack.wikia.com/wiki/IPlayer_Metadata > > > > > > It can't not be otherwise the javascript on those pages wouldn't > > > work. > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Anthony McKale > > > <anthony.mck...@bbc.co.uk> wrote: > > > > it uses some of them, but iplayer it's self is created from them > > > > too > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk on behalf of Mo McRoberts > > > > Sent: Wed 9/29/2010 2:52 PM > > > > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > > > Subject: Re: [backstage] API into iPlayer content > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 14:23, Anthony McKale > > > > <anthony.mck...@bbc.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > yah the feeds aren't https/firewall protected so i'm guessing no > > > > > one should > > > > > mind > > > > > or at least it'll be a lesson to them if they didn't want folks > > > > > accessing them > > > > > > > > If memory serves either the EMP SWF itself or the supporting JS > > > > makes use of them, which would require their visibility. I could > > > > be wrong, though -- I can't for the life of me recall how I came > > > > to believe this to be the case, so I could just be making things > > > > up. > > > > > > > > M. > > > > - > > > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > > > please visit > > > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > > > Unofficial list archive: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > > please visit > > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > > Unofficial list archive: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
