I have a client with 20+ staff, who work in PR. They constantly have to keep track of news broadcasts that may affect theirs clients in some what, and already have two DVD recorders to record stuff overnight.
They would like to start to use iPlayer as well for this purpose, and I was wondering if anyone out there has tried centralising where iPlayer stores it's downloads (eg a NAS or other network share), and whether those downloads can then be viewed by other computers set up in the same way.
And, yes the business does have a BBC license.
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by: MeretePosted on 2009-11-05 at 17:27:00ID: 25755971
I havent tried iplayer but looking at the history of it they have many DRM
refer to this for some ideas
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Download service
One of the key features of the original iPlayer download service was the use of peer-to-peer technology to enable the distribution of large video files (i.e. TV programmes) to scale effectively.
Once downloaded, the content was only playable within the iPlayer itself or Windows Media Player 10 or 11, and digital rights management.
They have updated things as demand follows, with Adobe air..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
Seems it has limitations per users, the files must stored in a temp folder within iplayer folder somewhere or as a URL possibly? I'd say it is a logon via URL and live streams
Acording to the faq you cannot download for later
http://iplayerhelp.externa
http://iplayerhelp.externa
Which do you use TV or radio?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplay
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio
you could try
a)RSS feeds
http://iplayerhelp.externa
b) getting your users to open the URL in WMP streaming the saved files via WMP 10
c) Freesat
FAQ
http://iplayerhelp.externa