[mythtv] BBC iPlayer Plugin release / MythStreams

[Richard Ablewhite]

fix found, need to unruby it :)

http://po-ru.com/diary/bbc-iplayer-fix-hacked-again/

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Paul Harrison <mythtv at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> Stuart Morgan wrote:
>  > On Thursday 13 March 2008 13:31:51 Richard Ablewhite wrote:
>  >
>  >> Must still be a way around this, as long as there delivering content
>  >> using http we'll be able to liberate it
>  >>
>  >
>  > No matter what method you use, they'll close the loophole as fast they can.
>  >
>  > The BBC have been pretty good to MythTV in the past and a few months ago in a
>  > press interview a BBC technical bod mentioned creating a MythTV plugin for
>  > iPlayer as part of their plans to support linux. BBC technical staff and
>  > representatives are regulars at linux events and some of them are even MythTV
>  > users who I've met in person when manning the MythTV stand at LinuxWorld/LRL.
>  >
>  > Any attempts to get around copy protection or any protection the BBC use on
>  > iPlayer material is illegal and MythTV doesn't want anything to do with it.
>  > Take this latest news as a sign that the BBC don't want you accessing their
>  > material in this manner and leave it alone. Trust me when I say that the guys
>  > behind the scenes are sympathetic but if MythTV is seen to be associating
>  > with those attempting to break the rules then they may not remain that way.
>  >
>
>  Unfortunately it could be a long wait.  The BBC has been saying it could
>  be up to 2 years before an official Linux player will be available :-(.
>
>  Paul H.
>
>
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