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Can anyone tell me if it is possible to record a program to hard drive - from BBC iPlayer ?
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Post by stephenpolhill »

I don't think you can. They have a lock thing on it. Copywrite :(


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Post by bmcecosse »

Well - can I somehow get it to play from my laptop on my TV screen - and then I may be able to use my video recoirder ?
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Post by stephenpolhill »

Well you could try buying an adapter from laptop VGA port to scart or video lead. Ebay or google it ;)


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I've copied the programmes to disc to play on my DVD player - works OK for me...
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Post by stephenpolhill »

Well there you go. I must admit I haven't directly tried to copy one to DVD, but I tried saving it and there was a lock on it.


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Post by bigginger »

Can't speak for the PC, but there are many Mac apps that allow you to record whatever's on the screen to disc - there must be the same for PC. We tried to tell them that (I worked there) at the time, but they were having none of it. Obviously copyright yada yada yada etc etc - you shouldn't do it and I don't for a second suggest that you should...
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Post by bmcecosse »

Well the program did appear on TV a few days ago (The 39 Steps - I was train Guard) but my video recorder didn't do a very good job of the recording - so I was hoping to get a hard disc copy from iPlayer. How did you make the copy to disc PSL ???
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Post by LouiseM »

It's being released on DVD on 26th January.


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Post by PSL184 »

When you download the file through iPlayer it saves a copy of the file to your internet temp directory. I copied this file to disc using Nero 7....
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Post by bmcecosse »

Ahh - now - I wonder what 'nero 7' is !! Do you fancy sending me a PM explaining all this ?????????
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Post by les »

Better still, post here for all to see, please.
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I sent Roy a pm as I didn't want to encourage anything that might be illegal, but as license payers, and assuming it's for your own use, I don't think there is a problem?
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Post by bigginger »

It's not strictly allowed - but then again, neither is recording it to tape or DVD. The law is a bit of an ass over it all
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Post by bmcecosse »

Thanks Rich for various PMs - I do have Nero software - but still haven't found a way to download the film to disc. I can't see it's any less legal then copying from the TV !
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Post by PSL184 »

Roy, I have copied the file to a CD (I don't have any recordable DVD's at the moment) and I can play it back on my PC from the disc. Only problem with this is that the license may expire with the removal of the programme from iPlayer. However, you are welcome to the disc if you want it....?
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