On 10/3/2011, at 5:12pm, Chris Marriott wrote: > ... > Same here. Luckily, downloading as “flashaacstd” seems to work, and iTunes > converts the resulting AAC files to MP3 easily enough, but still it’s a bit > of a nuisance. We seem to be having things chipped away, one thing at a > time.
I don't really see much cause for complaint. MP3 might be inconvenient for you, but the AAC files are better quality. The BBC are not "chipping something away" here (only *perhaps* removing a poorer format). If the problem is with get_iplayer, then, yes, get_iplayer is going to suffer from bitrot. No-one wants to maintain it. So if the BBC change the iPlayer website in some way, get_iplayer will not be updated to accommodate that unless you or I make suitable changes to get_iplayer's program code. To write get_iplayer again from scratch would be a *huge* undertaking. It would cost you £ thousands to commission it as a paying job from a programmer. We can assess this further when we know more about the future of iPlayer and Project Canvas / YouView. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouView aB. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
