Using rtmpdump,rtmpsrv,rtmpsuck,RTMPexplorer to download BBC iPlayer radio & TV shows

Using rtmpdump,rtmpsrv,rtmpsuck,RTMPexplorer to download BBC iPlayer radio & TV shows

 

I have bee using rtmpsuck to determine the input parameters
required to stream this site:-
rtmpsuck output:-

I have substituted all of these into rtmpdump parameters but still not working.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

Hi
I'm experimenting with rtmpsuck.

I get the following when flash 10 plays a BBC TV file in my browser.

RTMP Proxy Server v2.2b
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu; license: GPL

Any guru with pointers please?

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

Run it with -z to get the debug output.

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

The tail of the output is:-

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

Good choice. I've also watched "Michael McIntyre: Live and Laughing". :)

This command works for me:

You might need to update some parameters.

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

Please don't specify the options in that manner, support for that style will be dropped in a future release.

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

@elch

Despite hyc's wristslap it works, as written, for me too! Thanks for spelling it out. :)

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

@croques:
Great to hear.

@hyc:
What's the advantage of the new approach? BBC also saves the parameters separated in a XML file which my script just parses. Finally, it passes them on to the rtmpdump binary without doing any unnecessary concatenation etc. Actually, using separated parameters is even less confusing because you don't need to wonder if an option has higher precedence, like --host over -r.

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

I'm in the midst of getting librtmp supported in ffmpeg, mplayer, and XBMC. Each of these programs had completely different methods of specifying options. I've defined a single URL format that works for all of them. Better to have a single format that works consistently across all software. rtmpdump is going to migrate to that format too.

The U in URL stands for "universal" and that's the way things should be...

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

In my opinion, it shouldn't be the task of the library to do the dirty parsing stuff. To neglect a clean API just because of badly designed applications has never been a good idea. What's wrong with making the applications only specify the values without passing inconsistent-formatted RTMP addresses to librtmp?

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

The problem is the tremendous duplication of effort in parsing the options, of which there are already 17 or so and will probably be more over time. There's no good reason to have to patch all of the apps every time we add a new option to librtmp.

Re: BBC TV Recording with rtmpsuck

 

True, but is there really the need for XBMC etc. to support all of them? If the developers encounter a service that might require a 'special' parameter, they can add support for this particular parameter in the same breath (if not already done). The effort is worth it, if you ask me. The advantages are obvious: A much more flexible library with no need for the (mis)use of uncommon characters as separators as you'd suggested on the mailing list.

Need help recording bbc.co.uk show...

 

I tried using rtmpdump to record a radio show, and I keep getting an error saying handshake failed. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

This is the website with a link to the show:
_http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7m2d

and this is the rtmpt link I found with URL Snooper:
rtmpt://bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net/a1414/e3/mp4:radio2/secure_auth/international/RBN2_radio_2_-_sunday_0000_b00s7m1y_2010_05_02_03_23_34?s=127277 3895&e=1272860295&h=cbffae1c0ea1f481fe0ded 6fab65653b

rtmpdump fails for BBC iPlayer

 

Recently streams from BBC radio3 are failing in rtmpdump v2.2d, first flashaudio, now flashaac1 and flashaac2. We are receiving Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256). RTMPDump is being run by get_iplayer 2.76.

We presume BBC has altered something in recent streams that is causing this problem. flashaudio was the first to fail (more than a month ago), now flashaac modes are also failing.

Has this problem been reported elsewhere? Are there known workarounds?

Would debug output from RTMPDump be helpful? If so, what command line arguments would produce helpful debug logs?

Re: rtmpdump v2.2d Command Exit Code 1 (raw code = 256) when downloading from BBC iPl

 

Here is debug output from from rtmpdump:

Re: Re: rtmpdump v2.2d Command Exit Code 1 (raw code = 256) when downloading from BBC

 

Hi Khrushchev, if you go to the get_iplayer website where the original author of the program (Phil Lewis) has kindly allowed users to continue to post comments on the final blog post, you will see that a user under the name 'fsck' has posted the two lines of code that you need to change in get_iplayer.pl:

http://linuxcentre.net/get_iplayer-d...#comment-22883 (Remember to change the quotes if you use it from the linuxcenter :) or just copy and paste from here):
P.S. Thank you to whoever copied and posted the code from the comment at linuxcentre, I should have thought myself to copy it and paste it here as well, duh.

Re: Need help recording bbc.co.uk show...

 

Read the following links for details of what you could have done at the time to solve your problem, how changes on the iPlayer website have since been made to block those solutions, and what other software exists to help you now -

http://streemeboxvcr.yuku.com/topic/2238:
http://www.google.com/search?q=bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net/a1414/e3/

Re: Need help recording bbc.co.uk show...

 

http://beebhack.wikia.com/wiki/IPhone_H.264_version:


http://www.google.com/search?q=bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net/a1414/e3/

Re: rtmpdump v2.2d Command Exit Code 1 (raw code = 256) when downloading from BBC iPl

 

By the way, there is also a fork of get_iplayer integrating various patches. http://git.infradead.org/get_iplayer.git

Would somebody be so kind and provide a working command or could tell me what I'm doing wrong with putting the parameters together? Example:

rtmpdump --port 1935 --protocol 0 --playpath 'mp4:iplayerstream/secure_auth/1500kbps/The_Cut_Series_2_Episode_5_b00skndd.mp4' --host bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net --swfUrl http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/10player.sw...on=14200_14320 --tcUrl 'rtmp://bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net:1935/a1414/e3' --app 'a1414/e3?as=adobe-hmac-sha256&av=1&te=connect&mp=iplayerstream/secure_auth/1500kbps/The_Cut_Series_2_Episode_5_b00skndd.mp4,iplayerstr eam/secure_auth/800kbps/The_Cut_Series_2_Episode_5_b00skndd.mp4,iplayerstr eam/secure_auth/480kbps/The_Cut_Series_2_Episode_5_b00skndd.mp4,iplayerstr eam/secure_auth/400kbps/The_Cut_Series_2_Episode_5_b00skndd.mp4&et=1272914 612&fmta-token={THE_TOKEN}' --timeout 10 -o '/mnt/usb/Series/The Cut/Series 2/5. Confidence/iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_high.flv'

Yes, I am aware of the The_Cut_Series_2_Episode_5_b00skndd.mp4 appearing several times but how would I do it right? Just use the first one and skip the others to finally continue with et and fmta-token?

Thanks!

Re: rtmpdump v2.2d Command Exit Code 1 (raw code = 256) when downloading from BBC iPl

 

This is the new format of the command for RTMPDUMP 2.2d -

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net:1935/a1414/e3?as=adobe-hmac-sha256&av=1&te=connect&mp=bbc7/secure_auth/modem/RBN2_bbc7_-_friday_0930_b007r4y0_2010_05_28_09_30_02.mp4,bbc7/secure_auth/RBN2_bbc7_-_friday_0930_b007r4y0_2010_05_28_09_26_32.mp4&et=1 275070833&fmta-token=20f39f70bfa163a2f61ba534b732bdcb036683e3ab4f 7b013e698554ac5516d1" -a "a1414/e3?as=adobe-hmac-sha256&av=1&te=connect&mp=bbc7/secure_auth/modem/RBN2_bbc7_-_friday_0930_b007r4y0_2010_05_28_09_30_02.mp4,bbc7/secure_auth/RBN2_bbc7_-_friday_0930_b007r4y0_2010_05_28_09_26_32.mp4&et=1 275070833&fmta-token=20f39f70bfa163a2f61ba534b732bdcb036683e3ab4f 7b013e698554ac5516d1" -f "WIN 9,0,260,0" -W "http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/9player.swf?revision=18182_20020" -p "http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b007r4yr" -y "mp4:bbc7/secure_auth/RBN2_bbc7_-_friday_0930_b007r4y0_2010_05_28_09_26_32.mp4" -o RBN2_bbc7_-_friday_0930_b007r4y0_2010_05_28_09_26_32.mp4


The following instructions enable you to find the URL address of an RTMP stream, i.e. the real address of a BBC iPlayer radio or tv show, using a program called RTMPSRV.EXE, and you then use that address with the main program (RTMPDUMP.EXE) to download that show -

1. Use Get_iPlayer to download the RTMP stream info for the BBC radio or tv show which you want to record: insert the 8-digit PID (Programme ID) number from the URL address of the iPlayer page for that show, in place of the 8 zero's in this command -

perl get_iplayer.pl --type=radio --streaminfo PID:00000000 > BBC.txt

2. All you need from the text file which the previous step creates is the HOST address, but that step is unnecessary 99% of the time because for the BBC iPlayer the host address is normally this:

bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net

3. Edit your computer's HOSTS file, as follows:

(a) Go to START > RUN and type this in the box, then click OK:

C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ATTRIB.EXE -R -S -H C:\WINDOWS\HOSTS

(b) Go to START > RUN and type this in the box, then click OK:

EDIT C:\WINDOWS\HOSTS

(c) Disable the line in the HOSTS file that reads "127.0.0.1 localhost" by putting a # at the start of that line

(d) Type in the following line, immediately underneath that line:
127.0.0.1 bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net

(e) Save the changes: File > Save

NB: When it's all over, put your HOSTS file back to normal by reversing all these changes.

4. Download the program RTMPDUMP version 2.2d from this link:
http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/downloa...2d-windows.zip

The .zip file includes RTMPSRV.exe as well as RTMPDUMP.exe, so run RTMPSRV.exe (by double-clicking it).

5. Open the iPlayer page that plays the radio or tv show you want to download, and start it playing. This is an example of the page URL address (you must substitute the show's 8-digit PID number for the 8 zero's in this example) -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/00000000

6. Now look at the window in which RTMPSRV is running. It will start displaying the true RTMP address of the tv or radio show that the iPlayer is trying to play in the other window.


Command Format:

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://[server]:[port]/[application]?[authString]"
-a "[application]?[authString]" -f "[Flash Version]" -W "[swfUrl]"
-p "[iPlayer page URL]" -y "[mp4: to .mp4 playpath]" -o file.flv


Command Example:

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net:1935/a1414/e3?as=adobe-hmac-sha256&av=1&te=connect&mp=bbc7/secure_auth/RBN2_bbc_-_thursday_1930_b00sg0w7_2010_05_20_19_26_38.mp4&et =1274934408&fmta-token=2b4b12633bfd205b3d7f3060c0f827c37ae180808836 97444853b3c7866b40ee" -a "a1414/e3?as=adobe-hmac-sha256&av=1&te=connect&mp=bbc7/secure_auth/RBN2_bbc_-_thursday_1930_b00sg0w7_2010_05_20_19_26_38.mp4&et =1274934408&fmta-token=2b4b12633bfd205b3d7f3060c0f827c37ae180808836 97444853b3c7866b40ee" -f "WIN 9,0,260,0" -W "http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/9player.swf?revision=18182_20020" -p "http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00sg1gl" -y "mp4:bbc7/secure_auth/RBN2_bbc7_-_thursday_1930_b00sg0w7_2010_05_20_19_26_38.mp4" -o filename.flv


7. Write a batch (.BAT) file called RTMPSRV.BAT to run RTMPSRV.EXE and to pipe its output into another .BAT file, that can be used then to actually download the iPlayer show -

This is the content of RTMPSRV.BAT -

rtmpsrv > rtmpdump_run.bat

If you run RTMPSRV.EXE by double-clicking on the batch file RTMPSRV.bat, it will save all its output into RTMPDUMP.bat - but remember: it is saving the URL address of the iPlayer show, not the actual show itself!

Note: You can NOT run RTMPDUMP_RUN.BAT to download the iPlayer show until you have re-edited your HOSTS file back to its original state (or you'll get an error message).

Note: There will be *many* copies of the download command saved into the batch file RTMPDUMP_RUN.BAT so you must *delete* all except one! Otherwise the batch file will keep deleting (i.e. overwriting) the download every time it completes it!

8. Finally, you must change the file extension of the downloaded file from .MP4 to .FLV because it really is a Flash FLV file!

A Flash audio or video file will play in GOM Player or in Media Player Classic.

There are tools to extract the MP4 file from inside the FLV if you want to do that (e.g. FFMPEG.EXE).

Re: rtmpdump v2.2d Command Exit Code 1 (raw code = 256) when downloading from BBC iPl

 

Great tutorial.

Thanks, mate!

Re: Need help recording bbc.co.uk show...

 

Alternatively, you can also follow this tutorial:

http://stream-recorder.com/forum/sho...24&postcount=5

Re: rtmpdump v2.2d Command Exit Code 1 (raw code = 256) when downloading from BBC iPl

 

To use RTMPDUMP with Windows 98 / 98SE / ME you need to use v2.1d (or earlier):

http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/download/rtmpdump-2.1d-windows.zip

RTMPDUMP v2.2d requires Windows XP or later. It generates an error ('fault in MSVCRT.DLL') in Windows 9x.


I, too, would very much like to know which command line arguments would produce helpful debug logs. Can anybody help?


In the case of an archive (i.e. a non-iPlayer) BBC file, which they use to stream on-demand shows that are intended to be available for longer than 7 days following transmission, including their education and scientific shows (e.g. Patrick Moore's astronomy series 'The Sky At Night'), RTMPSRV.exe does not appear to be able to detect the connection settings.

A command can be built by hand, as follows, since these RTMP files are not using quite as complex a command as iPlayer -

1. In the HTML code of the BBC webpage that plays the file, locate the URL address of the Playlist (an .XML file). Example:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/xml/76/20.xml

2. Open the Playlist page. It contains the SERVER and IDENTIFIER data. Construct the following URL (on a *single* line), to open the Media Selector page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/gtis/stream/?
server=[SERVER]&identifier=[IDENTIFIER]

Example:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/gtis/stream/?server=cp47317.edgefcs.net&identifier=archive/white/OAT_BBC_7620

3. Open the Media Selector page. It contains the APPLICATION (always "ondemand") and TOKEN data. Construct the following URL:

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://[SERVER]:1935/ondemand?
_fcs_vhost=[SERVER]&auth=[TOKEN]&aifp=v001
&slist=[IDENTIFIER]" --tcUrl "rtmp://[SERVER]:80/
ondemand?_fcs_vhost=[SERVER]&auth=[TOKEN]
&aifp=v001&slist=[IDENTIFIER]" --app "ondemand?
_fcs_vhost=[SERVER]&auth=[TOKEN]&aifp=v001&slist=
[IDENTIFIER]" --auth "[TOKEN]" -W "http://www.bbc.co.uk
/emp/9player.swf?revision=18182_20020" -o output.flv

NB: The -W command represents the version of the Macromedia Flash plugin installed in your computer (Flash Player 9 in my case), plus a revision (i.e. version) number found in the HTML code of the BBC webpage in question.


Here is an example of a complete command line -

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://cp47317.edgefcs.net:1935/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp47317.edgefcs.net&auth=dbEc7 bqbZdtc9dSa7b7c0d_cJbmdLa7awd0-bmehZn-c0-d0i_-KorEBqFpGErEwxL&aifp=v001&slist=archive/white/OAT_BBC_7620" --tcUrl "rtmp://cp47317.edgefcs.net:80/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp47317.edgefcs.net&auth=dbEc7 bqbZdtc9dSa7b7c0d_cJbmdLa7awd0-bmehZn-c0-d0i_-KorEBqFpGErEwxL&aifp=v001&slist=archive/white/OAT_BBC_7620" --app "ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp47317.edgefcs.net&auth=dbEc 7bqbZdtc9dSa7b7c0d_cJbmdLa7awd0-bmehZn-c0-d0i_-KorEBqFpGErEwxL&aifp=v001&slist=archive/white/OAT_BBC_7620" --auth "dbEc7bqbZdtc9dSa7b7c0d_cJbmdLa7awd0-bmehZn-c0-d0i_-KorEBqFpGErEwxL" -W "http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/9player.swf?revision=18182_20020" -o file.flv

rtmpsuck problem recording from BBC: ERROR: Handshake failed. Closing connection...

 

I tried to record an RTMP stream from
with rtmpsuck 2.3

and got the following:

Re: rtmpsuck problem recording from BBC: ERROR: Handshake failed. Closing connection.

 

Re: rtmpsuck problem recording from BBC: ERROR: Handshake failed. Closing connection.

 

Re: rtmpsuck problem recording from BBC: ERROR: Handshake failed. Closing connection.

 

Re: rtmpsuck problem recording from BBC: ERROR: Handshake failed. Closing connection.

 

RTMPSrv/RTMPSuck fail at iPlayer

 

Im trying to use these two programs to scavenge the rtmp/rtmpe urls but whenever I play a vid it seem to fail.

Hope I m not using an outdated version again doh

Anyway, heres the output I get. Could anyone take pitty on poor me and tell whats amiss with it and what I should do to go right I would be a happy little downloader ^^

Re: RTMPSrv/RTMPSuck fail at iPlayer

 

Here's an example of how to download a Radio show. TV shows are similar, but can be much more complicated, as they tend to have up to six alternative bitrates instead of just two.


To download an MP4 radio file, from a "Listen Again" (on demand) stream, from a Limelight server -

First, open the Playlist page by inserting the 8 digit PID (ID number) from the iPlayer schedule, in place of the 8 zero's marked in red:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/00000000

Then open the media selector page by inserting the 8 digit IDENTIFIER found in the Playlist page, instead of the 8 zero's marked in red:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/mtis/stream/00000000


Use the details on the media selector page, in the section marked Limelight, 128 kbps, aac to complete the following batch file (remember, this example is for a BBC Radio 7 radio show: tv will be slightly different) -


:: Details from Media Selector page of a radio show -

:: 1. Details that never change
set protocol=rtmp
set server=bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net
set port=1935
set application=a1414/e3

:: 2. Contents of authString (as, av & te never change)
set as=adobe-hmac-sha256
set av=1
set te=connect
set mp=bbc7/secure_auth/modem/_____.mp4,bbc7/secure_auth/____.mp4
set et=__________
set fmta-token=______________________________________

:: 3. The Playpath (mp4 URL)
set identifier=mp4:bbc7/secure_auth/RBN2_bbc7_-_________________________________________.mp4


:: The Command :-

rtmpdump --protocol 0 --host %server% -a %application%?as=%as%&av=%av%&te=%te%&mp=%mp%&et=% et%&fmta-token=%fmta-token% -y %identifier% -o output_mp4.flv


Notes:
1. Contains only details from the Media Selector page.
2. Batch file must be run from a PIF set to an environment setting of 1024 KB extra Memory (on the PIF's Memory tab).
3. I am running Windows 98. To use RTMPDUMP in Win9x you need version 2.1d or earlier. Later versions of RTMPDUMP, and all versions of FLVstreamer, will not run on Windows 9x.

BBC iPlayer: Problem capturing iPhone mp3 stream using rtmpsrv

 

I have successfully used RTMPsrv.exe v2.1d (the latest version that runs under Windows 9x) to capture the RTMP command line from the BBC's Limelight servers, which stream the default mp4 audio stream for its iPlayer service for BBC radio (aac audio, in an mp4a container, all wrapped in a Flash .flv wrapper).

However, I have never succeeded in capturing the RTMP command line from the BBC's Akamai servers, which stream the alternative mp3 audio stream for its iPlayer on-demand service for radio shows.

This may be because the mp4 audio stream is the default stream. Certainly, the BBC iPlayer will only serve the Flash stream containing mp4 audio if you play an on-demand radio show on their website. It offers two streams of mp4 audio, 128 kbps or 48 kbps. But there is no option to listen to the mp3 stream.

In fact, as will be familiar to users of get_iplayer.pl, the mp3 stream is restricted, and is supplied only to the iphone (and similar mobile devices that can't run Adobe's Flash Player). Get_iplayer in fact downloads that iphone mp3 stream.

The Media Selector pages all contain detals of an mp3 stream, being served from an rtmp:// source, by an Akamai server: an mp3 stream with the host cp48188.edgefcs.net at a bitrate of 128 kbps. Example:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4...tream/b00283jf

I can build a working command line for the mp3 stream, manually, from the details on that Media Selector page. But I don't seem to have the knack of emulating (i.e. spoofing) an iphone, so I can't actually play that mp3 stream on my computer. So I can't feed it through rtmpsrv.

Has anyone had any luck capturing an iplayer command line for that stream using rtmpsrv?

Get_iPlayer - Revised to include Radio 4 Extra

 

The accompanying file is from:

http://www.mediafire.com/?pd0nj8wk1qqj4cp


This is a modified Get_iPlayer.pl v2.76 (edited to support Radio 4 Extra instead of the former Radio 7).


These are the details of the changes -


1. Modified two lines in it for the new BBC iPlayer, in the section headed ‘# Limelight CDN’:

from: $conn->{playpath} = "$cattribs->{identifier}?$cattribs->{authString}";
to: $conn->{playpath} = "$cattribs->{identifier}";

from: $conn->{application} = $cattribs->{application};
to: $conn->{application} = "$cattribs->{application}?$cattribs->{authString}";


2. To prevent Get_iPlayer "phoning home" to a site that no longer exists, commented out the 7-line section that hunts for plugin updates (headed 'plugins update').


3. Replaced all the references to 'Radio 7' with 'Radio 4 Extra'.



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Recording from BBC media sites.. what works now?

 

Morning all,

I used to be able to pull BBC media videos with RTMPdump creating a niffy output loop.

This generates the following error for me:


But this gets the following error:

"ERROR: RTMP_Connect0, failed to connect socket. 10061 (Unknown error)"

Any ideas?

Or is there a better way to take the transfered file?

BBC MediaSelector page used:
_http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/mtis/stream/p00k2bsm?cb=23244

BBC Player problem / RTMPExplorer + rtmpdump 2.4

 

Hi !

I'm a french user and i want to download a video on the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals...ydjs/#p00k33nq). So I have to use Tor + Vidalia + Polipo with an UK exit-node to view it.

I want to use RTMPExplorer. I set up a proxy (127.0.0.1:8118) in Internet Explorer because this previous software uses its engine to render the pages. Now I can view the video in RTMPExplorer ! :D

But the log is kinda weird :
I use "RTMPdump v2.4 GIT-2011-07-11 (Compiled by KSV)".
Is my problem coming from Tor ?

Re: BBC Player problem / RTMPExplorer + rtmpdump 2.4

 

I know little of what you speak except I have just tried updating to RTMPdump 2.4 and all my get_iplayer downloads failed.

I've reverted to 2.3 and it all works again. So try going back to 2.3

Re: BBC Player problem / RTMPExplorer + rtmpdump 2.4

 

Hi,

Do you know how to change default browser for RTMPexplorer. For example into chrome?

I need that for the website which doesn't work with IE...

Re: BBC Player problem / RTMPExplorer + rtmpdump 2.4

 

That'd be definitely useful... being able to change the underlaying browser.

Re: BBC Player problem / RTMPExplorer + rtmpdump 2.4

 

I don't think it's possible. Try to update IE to version 9 if you use Windows Vista or Windows 7.
RTMPexplorer needs more options like using a HTTP or SOCKS proxy ; force rtmpdump in verbose mode... But I don't who developped this software and I don't know if it's open source. :-/

I tried different versions but the video won't launch :
RTMPDump 2.3

Re: BBC Player problem / RTMPExplorer + rtmpdump 2.4

 

RTMPdump 2.4 (2011-7-23) latest version I found
The video won't start with these two versions. It worked only a little with 2.4 (2011-07-11) but it was broken again in the next version 2.4 (2011-07-23).

Re: BBC Player problem / RTMPExplorer + rtmpdump 2.4

 

remove from the command option "W"
Use AdvTor:cool: .But it is better to use free VPN UK (more speed, faster boot up).