The latest version of BBC iPlayer Desktop has just been released. Maybe that’ll finally get Mac and Linux users off my back 
Edit: Lots of people have been saying on Twitter that it doesn’t seem to be working. Apparently, there aren’t many clips that support it at the moment. Try Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Fantastic news, been waiting for this all year! Have retweeted about it and will get a post up about it soon!
Cheers for the heads up!
M
Michael Litman’s last blog post..Say hello to Consolidated’s latest recruit..
…but you can only download content in the UK. So all the fanfare is lost on me. I am a Mac user in the US so to me it’s useless.
To be clear, John, you’ll find the issue of downloading outside of the UK isn’t tied to software… or even the BBC. Remember, each show in iPlayer requires a licence. The hoops jumped through to even get it in the UK for download were numerous.
The argument, of course, is that why should someone in the US get free access to shows that we — as UK licence fee payers — pay money for? Opening up the iPlayer to an international audience would increase the server load by several 100% (you’d imagine) and it’s probably unfair that the UK and the UK alone should fit the bill.
That of course is my own view and not the BBC’s.
It seems a lot slower..