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    From D.M. Procida@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 13 09:12:29 2023
    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means it's
    only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to expire
    in a day or so.

    Best options?

    Thanks,

    Daniele

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  • From David Kennedy@21:1/5 to D.M. Procida on Fri Jan 13 10:09:14 2023
    On 13/01/2023 09:12, D.M. Procida wrote:
    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means it's only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to expire in a day or so.

    Best options?

    Thanks,

    Daniele

    get_iplayer is the only solution that I've found that still consistently
    works

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to D.M. Procida on Fri Jan 13 10:06:20 2023
    On 13/01/2023 09:12, D.M. Procida wrote:
    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means it's only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to expire in a day or so.

    Best options?

    Thanks,

    Daniele

    Play it on your computer and record it using 'Video' on your iPhone or iPad.

    Simples! ;-)

    --
    Kind regards,
    David

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  • From David_Kennedy@21:1/5 to David Kennedy on Fri Jan 13 10:46:34 2023
    On 13/01/2023 10:09, David Kennedy wrote:
    On 13/01/2023 09:12, D.M. Procida wrote:
    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means
    it's
    only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to
    expire
    in a day or so.

    Best options?

    Thanks,

    Daniele

    get_iplayer is the only solution that I've found that still consistently works

    ffmpeg would probably do the job too.

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to David Kennedy on Fri Jan 13 10:22:02 2023
    On 13/01/2023 10:09, David Kennedy wrote:
    On 13/01/2023 09:12, D.M. Procida wrote:
    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means
    it's
    only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to
    expire
    in a day or so.

    Best options?

    Thanks,

    Daniele

    get_iplayer is the only solution that I've found that still consistently works

    Is using that a good idea?

    "The installer package is not signed, so it will be necessary to bypass Gatekeeper"

    Ref: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/osx

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com on Fri Jan 13 16:21:35 2023
    On 13 Jan 2023 at 09:12:29 GMT, "D.M. Procida" <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means it's only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to expire in a day or so.


    get_iplayer as per the others, but if that doesn't catch this particular
    stream you can use screen capture or QuickTime Player/File/New Screen
    recording to snap it. Not sure if that handles audio in all cases
    though.

    Cheers - Jaimie
    --
    ...there should be a feature added to the RAID 0 standard
    stating that if anyone selects RAID 0 as an option, they
    must type in, "I know what I am doing and that it is wrong" before they can proceed.
    - Archangel Mychael, ArsTechnica comments

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  • From David Kennedy@21:1/5 to Jaimie Vandenbergh on Fri Jan 13 17:15:48 2023
    On 13/01/2023 16:21, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
    On 13 Jan 2023 at 09:12:29 GMT, "D.M. Procida" <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means it's >> only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to expire >> in a day or so.


    get_iplayer as per the others, but if that doesn't catch this particular stream you can use screen capture or QuickTime Player/File/New Screen recording to snap it. Not sure if that handles audio in all cases
    though.

    Cheers - Jaimie

    Worth trying ffmpeg as it _might_ scrub off the drm

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  • From D.M. Procida@21:1/5 to David Kennedy on Fri Jan 13 22:08:41 2023
    On 13 Jan 2023 at 10:09:14 GMT, "David Kennedy" <sid@sausage.com> wrote:

    On 13/01/2023 09:12, D.M. Procida wrote:
    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means it's >> only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to expire >> in a day or so.

    Best options?

    Thanks,

    Daniele

    get_iplayer is the only solution that I've found that still consistently works

    Thanks, that did the trick.

    Daniele

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  • From Martin S Taylor@21:1/5 to Jaimie Vandenbergh on Sat Jan 14 09:58:29 2023
    On 13 Jan 2023, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
    (in article <k2deofFlc22U1@mid.individual.net>):

    On 13 Jan 2023 at 09:12:29 GMT, "D.M. Procida" <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

    I have download a BBC News video that I would like to keep. DRM means it's only playable in the BBC iPlayer Downloads application, and is due to expire
    in a day or so.

    get_iplayer as per the others, but if that doesn't catch this particular stream you can use screen capture or QuickTime Player/File/New Screen recording to snap it. Not sure if that handles audio in all cases
    though.

    If it doesn't, play the audio through SoundFlower and then QuickTime Player will capture it (as well as the video).

    MST

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