http://po-ru.com/diary/iplayer-tv-downloads-are-broken/
The instruction in my last post windows users was a bit brief so I've created a whole new post for just for you conformists.
The BBC Iplayer for the Iphone doesn't use DRM.
Paul Battley @ http://po-ru.com/diary/bbc-
Go here http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pland download the one-click, self-contained Windows installer download. Then install Ruby, it will probably install it to c:\Ruby this location is a bit important cause the `paths' don't get set by the installer.
Download and extract Paul's iplayer downloader to your desktop.
If you are having difficulties with the `tar.gz' filetype, download and install 7zip http://www.7-zip.org/
Also note you may need to extract the file twice, once for the gz (compression) and once for tar (combining)
*UPDATE: once ruby is installed you can just double click on the setup.rb file and miss the next bit out
Once it has extracted copy the location found in the address bar.
Open a command prompt by going Start button -> run type in `cmd' and click okay. Now change directory to the location from above ie type 'cd ' then right click and paste. Press return and the working directory will change. Now type in the two commands below.
ruby setup.rb configruby setup.rb install
Installation complete. Now how do you use it.
Browse to the iplayer website and find what you want watch, copy the url and open a command prompt. Change directory to the place you want the file to be saved, then type in the command 'ruby {path to ruby bin directory}\iplayer-dl {iplayer video url}'
ie. ruby c:\ruby\bin\iplayer-dl http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gd0n7/Mock_the_Week_Series_6_Episode_13/
Although it is quite a small resolution I played it at home on a large screen and it was watchable
Thanks to
Paul Battley
James Slater
7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
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