John Bray wrote: > Do you know how the BBC will enforce there new online licence rules?
The most likely option, from a technical point of view, is that the change will be a purely cosmetic one, with licence rules enforced through their websites/apps, rather than through their streaming APIs and backends. I say that for a few reasons, there are probably more: 1. Streaming infrastructure like the mediaselector is used by IPTV providers and probably other partners besides, and I would assume that if you have a TV service like Virgin Media you won't need to prove to the BBC's servers that you have a TV licence; 2. The cost involved with adding some sort of OAuth across all websites, apps and partner devices, also the reason BBC Store content is so locked down; 3. The fact that, to my knowledge, radio content won't require a TV licence. They're unlikely to dramatically change their infrastructure for all content when it's only required for a certain subsection. So my bet is that get_iplayer will carry on working as ever. But this is all conjecture, of course - I have no inside knowledge, and I'm not as synical as some on this list when it comes to the BBC and their developments. And who knows, the heavy hand of the law might prove me completely incorrect. Regardless though, in the worst case senario, if an app on an iPhone can still access their streams, so can get_iplayer after a bit of snooping. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer