BBC iPlayer: Download/capture/rip/save/record rtmp:// video streams from bbc.co.uk

[any ANONYMOUS forum user]

I've been using Replay Media Catcher 3.11 for a year, mainly for radio downloads. When trying to download

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00x3yjn/Word_of_Mouth_04_01_2011/

I have the following issue :
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Internal error while trying to download RTMP stream
Exception:
m_nErrType = 15
m_strDesc = "SWF Verification detected -- Sorry, these RTMP connections are not allowed to be analyzed."
m_strFile = F:\proj32\TestRTMPClient\RTMPStreamRip.cpp
m_nLineNumber = 899
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I've tried a few other TV and radio programs at random and am getting the same result, although strangely enough I had no trouble capturing the clips from here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00d3cwq

Interestingly, the freeware program Radio Downloader still works perfectly so I can get the episode of Word Of Mouth (and plenty more besides) with that, but I'd much rather use RMC! StreamTransport also works, but only in real time rather than rapidly downloading so is no use for this particular purpose.

I don't have any solution for Replay Media Catcher (RMC) 3.11.

RMC 4 allows to record BBC streams in the RTMP recording mode. It does it in real time and you need to have your web-browser open.


WM Recorder 14.8 works just fine with BBC streams in the WMX mode. And the Loopback Stream Recorder that comes with it, works fine for me in the Download mode. It works very fast and allows to download 30-180 minute streams in a dozen of seconds.


Blader works fine with BBC streams as well. It works fast.


And I didn't have any problem downloading rtmp streams from BBC with rtmpdump. It works fast as well. See the following thread for more:
Using rtmpdump,rtmpsrv,rtmpsuck,RTMPexplorer to download BBC iPlayer radio & TV shows

[Sam83]

I was having the exact same problem after quite happily using Replay Media Catcher for ages but switching to Blader has fixed it - thanks very much!

However, possibly due to stupidity on my part, I'm having problems with broadcasts that are longer than 60 minutes. In RMC it said to untick the "Enable Super Download" option to fix this and it just downloaded the broadcast in realtime mode. Is there a similar setting in Blader? I've done a few searches and can't find any information on it.

[longy cat]

Hi,

I have been trying to download the video from this page.
_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709850

First Firefox plug-ins like DownloadHelper doesn't work. From other posts, it seems like BBC is using rtmp. I searched the loaded web page resources and nothing is found. So I fired up wireshark and capture the loading of the page, then using the display filter "rtmp || rtmpt". I found most of the info I need but it never captured the polypath info and so I couldn't use rtmpdump.

Another weird thing is that I repeated the wireshark capture a few times but I don't always get the same rtmp info's.

Is something wrong with my wireshark that the capture is flaky, or is this normal? Moreover, are there easier ways to capture videos from the BBC web site? Thanks!

[longy cat]

actually, never mind, StreamTransport solved the problem...

You can download RTMP streams with freeware CooJah + Blader, Orbit Downloader, StreamTransport or shareware Replay Media Catcher.

And you can try to capture RTMP streams in real time while you listen to them using freeware CooJah (without Blader), Orbit Grab Pro or shareware Replay Media Catcher.

If you use Linux, try rtmpdump with rtmpsrv and rtmpsuck.

Related:
FAQ: How to record/download/capture/save Adobe Flash .FLV video RTMP stream from embedded player
How to record rtmp:// flash video .flv stream from embedded Adobe Flash Player

BBC launched an iPhone-specific version of their streaming iPlayer service in March 2008. Because iPhone does not support Windows Media and Flash video, this version of iPlayer service uses h.264 .MP4 video files.

By pretending to be an iPhone, it is possible to download the MP4 files for offline viewing. Although BBC repeats attempts to prevent this.

iPlayer Downloader (Mac OS X) is a freeware open source download client, allowing users of the BBC's iPlayer service to download DRM-free TV programs from Mac OS X.
iPlayer Downloader is NOT associated with the BBC in any way.

[Ed999]

Another means of recording BBC iPlayer shows is to download them from the BBC's "Listen Again" service using the program get_iplayer

You'll find there various versions of that program, to run on Windows 95/98/ME/XP or Linux/Unix or Mac OSX. It also runs (as a Perl script) on any O/S that is running ActivePerl.

Unlike iPlayer Downloader, the get_iplayer program is not limited to the Windows XP/Vista platforms.

Re get_iPlayer

I have tried to download the DEB package on the said website, but on attempting to install it, get a message that it is corrupt. I also tried installing the package with similar results.

There seems to be no way of contacting the site owner. Any ideas?

Using Ubuntu Hardy Heron LTS.

Best wishes