Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-08 Thread Kris Douglas
On 08/02/2008, Pete Stean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my view MythTV is still a bit of a dark art - I've never managed to > get it to work to this day. I have a Nebula digital TV PCI card in my > machine, and it works "out of the box" with Kaffeine (running under > Gnome btw), as do many of t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-08 Thread LeeGroups
> In my view MythTV is still a bit of a dark art - I've never managed to > get it to work to this day. I have a Nebula digital TV PCI card in my > machine, and it works "out of the box" with Kaffeine (running under > Gnome btw), as do many of the other popular cards. > MythTV a dark art! LOL I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-08 Thread Pete Stean
In my view MythTV is still a bit of a dark art - I've never managed to get it to work to this day. I have a Nebula digital TV PCI card in my machine, and it works "out of the box" with Kaffeine (running under Gnome btw), as do many of the other popular cards. Pete

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 07:39:35PM +, LeeGroups wrote: > But doesn't the Humax have a USB port which mounts like an external > harddrive? > It has a USB port, yes, but it doesnt show up as a mass storage device. You have to use special software to get the data off it. A friend of mine wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread LeeGroups
>> A higher quality option would be to buy a cheap Freeview Playback box >> and replace the fixed hard drive with a hard drive caddy. Record the >> programmes then mount the hard drive on your local machine, then rip the >> MPEG2 stream file to whatever you fancy. > My Freeview box (Humax 9200T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread andy
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 12:58 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: >> not much help then! well im sure someway will come along soon > > Well you could get yourself a Freeview box with a hard drive in. I've > seen them somewhere (Argos I think) f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread Rob Beard
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 12:58 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > not much help then! well im sure someway will come along soon Well you could get yourself a Freeview box with a hard drive in. I've seen them somewhere (Argos I think) for under £80 with a big hard drive in. You'd get hours of stuff on ther

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 07 February 2008 11:50:36 Andrew Oakley wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:00:22AM +, Andrew Oakley wrote: > >> A higher quality option would be to buy a cheap Freeview Playback box > > > > My Freeview box (Humax 9200T) has an "odd" disk layout that isn't easil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread Andrew Oakley
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:00:22AM +, Andrew Oakley wrote: >> A higher quality option would be to buy a cheap Freeview Playback box > My Freeview box (Humax 9200T) has an "odd" disk layout that isn't easily > mountable on Linux. YMMV. Yeah - having thought about this, a mu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:00:22AM +, Andrew Oakley wrote: > A higher quality option would be to buy a cheap Freeview Playback box > and replace the fixed hard drive with a hard drive caddy. Record the > programmes then mount the hard drive on your local machine, then rip the > MPEG2 stream

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-07 Thread Andrew Oakley
Javad Ayaz wrote: > Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? The main problem is the RTMP protocol used for streaming FLV data to the Flash player. RTMP isn't currently supported by any stable Linux application other than the closed-source Adobe Flash Player. There is discussion

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Kris Douglas
On 06/02/2008, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Javad Ayaz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? > > I have used record my desktop using a reduced frame area to match the > play area, in ubuntu. Seems to work ok. I have no idea what I would be > doing if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread alan c
Javad Ayaz wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? I have used record my desktop using a reduced frame area to match the play area, in ubuntu. Seems to work ok. I have no idea what I would be doing if I actually ran windows though. I also do not know what file

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Pete Stean
> > > > Don't hold your breath.. > > > > Cheers, > > Al. Yeah - you'd definitely go blue, because it's going to be a long time before the Beeb see sense on this issue... That said, with Flash9 installed the iPlayer gives a very smooth experience in Firefox. Of course you only have a 7 day window

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Kris Douglas
On 06/02/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 03:45:43PM +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > Hopefully the BBC will get their act together and do something about > > cross-platfrom compatibility. > > Don't hold your breath.. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 03:45:43PM +, Kris Douglas wrote: > Hopefully the BBC will get their act together and do something about > cross-platfrom compatibility. Don't hold your breath.. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wik

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Kris Douglas
On 06/02/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not much help then! well im sure someway will come along soon > > > On 06/02/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 12:07:22PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > > > so i can just dload the file and view it in any old pl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Javad Ayaz
not much help then! well im sure someway will come along soon On 06/02/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 12:07:22PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > > so i can just dload the file and view it in any old player say vlc? > > > > No. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 12:07:22PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > so i can just dload the file and view it in any old player say vlc? > No. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Javad Ayaz
so i can just dload the file and view it in any old player say vlc? On 06/02/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried it, it works a treat, had to follow this to get flash > installed(from ubuntu forums). > > "There's a bug in the flashplugin-nonfree package; this thread > (

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread daniel . lamb
I tried it, it works a treat, had to follow this to get flash installed(from ubuntu forums). "There's a bug in the flashplugin-nonfree package; this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636397) has more information on it, as well as corrected packages. In short, you need to download th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread Neil Greenwood
Hi Rob, On 05/02/2008, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:58:47PM +, Rob Beard wrote: > >> You could also install the DownloadHelper plugin for Firefox and stream > > > > Have you actually tried this for bbc iplayer streamed content? > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Javad Ayaz
the streaming is fine but i wana watch it at my own leisure once downloaded!! On 05/02/2008, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alan Pope wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:58:47PM +, Rob Beard wrote: > >> You could also install the DownloadHelper plugin for Firefox and stream > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:58:47PM +, Rob Beard wrote: >> You could also install the DownloadHelper plugin for Firefox and stream > > Have you actually tried this for bbc iplayer streamed content? > > The BBC site is not on the list of supported sites. > > Cheers, > Al. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:58:47PM +, Rob Beard wrote: > > You could also install the DownloadHelper plugin for Firefox and stream Have you actually tried this for bbc iplayer streamed content? The BBC site is not on the list of supported sites. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 05:58:47PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: >> Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? >> > > Run Windows in a virtual machine such as QEMU or VirtualBox. Install the > bare minimum and then install iPlayer on that. When using the iplayer > web

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Kris Douglas
On 05/02/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 05:58:47PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > > Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? > > > > Run Windows in a virtual machine such as QEMU or VirtualBox. Install the > bare minimum and then install iPlayer on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 05:58:47PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? > Run Windows in a virtual machine such as QEMU or VirtualBox. Install the bare minimum and then install iPlayer on that. When using the iplayer website you'll get a link at th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Javad Ayaz
oh well!!! On 05/02/2008, Dave Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 17:58 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? > > > > Regards > > Javad > Unless your on windows you can't. > -- > Seek That Thy Might Know > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 17:58 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? > > Regards > Javad Unless your on windows you can't. -- Seek That Thy Might Know > signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.u

[ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-05 Thread Javad Ayaz
Hi, Does anyone know how to download files from the iplayer? Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/