Record/capture/download/rip BBC radio streams(rtmp:// .flv audio only iPlayer stream)

I download/capture radio shows from BBC using Replay Media Catcher and WM Recorder. You can also try any other RTMP Flash stream recorder

[Ross Patzelt]

They are no longer avalible on the BBC website as he got sacked unless you can find someone who recorded the whole shows.. There is a website that archived all his old podcasts but I cant find it at the moment.

[john_h]

Hi, I'm new here, and relatively inexperienced at ripping streaming audio. For a while I used to use this: URL to rip programs from radio4 altering the time and date accordingly:

rtsp://rm-acl.bbc.co.uk:554/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_wednesday_2100.ra

One can see how the timing works and if I wanted something at Wednesday at 9 pm then that would be fine.

I had not done this for a while and yesterday and today have been trying to use it, but the programs are not from the past week, as they used to be, but seem to be the middle of May, or any old time.

I am wondering what has happened. Have the BBC changed the way they do this.

Does anyone have the new URL if there is one. I have tried all sorts of ways to find the direct address for the progs, but nothing has worked.

Help would be really appreciated, thanks.

[john_h]

Thanks, but I did try snoop this afternoon without any success. I wonder if they have a new policy of really hiding their URL's. I would much rather avoid having to record in real time, as it takes over the whole PC, as well as the time involved. Apart from snoop is there a way of getting the URL's. I've tried WM Recorder, RMrecorder, trying to dismantle the files, but I guess it is being hidden behind javascript, of which I have no knowledge. A demo of BBC ripper did seem promising, but it seems very much a black box, and so is probably difficult if not impossible to dig out the URL from that. Also the full prog is very expensive for what you get. Any other thoughts? Is there anyone here you is actually at present managing to download what they want from BBC radio4 or indeed any other beeb station, and what URL would they be using.

[john_h]

Well, I've fiddled about with snooper again and looked at a few files and come up with this:

rtsp://3gp-acl.bbc.co.uk:554/radio4/secure_auth/mobile/RBN2_radio_4_fm_-_sunday_2130_b00t2rf2_2010_06_27_21_15_38.mp4

looks promising - doesn't it. But everything I have tried it in has rejected it one way or another I wonder if there are other bits of software to try.

It may be of course that it just won't work regardless of the software, but it does look like it might.

I've tried, NetTransport, Orbit Downloader, and free downloader. Any thoughts anyone.

What web-page are you trying to record from?

[john_h]

Hi, this is the one:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t2rf4

unfortunately less than 24 hours left

Have you tried to find stream URLs with freeware URL Snooper?

If you have problems with it, please post the URL of a particular web-page where the stream can be found.