DRM free Iplayer Downloads

The BBC Iplayer for the Iphone doesn't use DRM.

Paul Battley @ http://po-ru.com/diary/bbc-iplayer-fix-hacked-again/ has developed a Ruby script that downloads the non DRM mov file by pretending to be an Iphone.

First install Ruby which on Gentoo is as easy as "emerge ruby".
Windows users go here http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl

Download and extract Paul's iplayer downloader then run the commands below.

djc@doomed ~/Desktop/iplayer-dl-0.1.14 $ ruby setup.rb config
djc@doomed ~/Desktop/iplayer-dl-0.1.14 $ sudo ruby setup.rb install

Now browse to the iplayer to find what you want. Copy the url

djc@doomed ~/Desktop/iplayer-dl-0.1.14 $ iplayer-dl http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g48ym/Working_Lunch_12_12_2008/
Working Lunch - 12122008.mov (Default)
100.0%
djc@doomed ~/Desktop/iplayer-dl-0.1.14 $

Its quite a small screen (480x272) so i doubt i'll be playing it on my big screen but its perfect for watching on my archos

[You can play the DRM version on an Archos but i use linux and object to DRM]

Thanks to

• Paul Battley - http://po-ru.com/
• James Slater