[mythtv] BBC iPlayer Plugin release / MythStreams

[Stuart Morgan]

On Thursday 13 March 2008 13:31:51 Richard Ablewhite wrote:
> Must still be a way around this, as long as there delivering content
> using http we'll be able to liberate it

No matter what method you use, they'll close the loophole as fast they can.

The BBC have been pretty good to MythTV in the past and a few months ago in a 
press interview a BBC technical bod mentioned creating a MythTV plugin for 
iPlayer as part of their plans to support linux. BBC technical staff and 
representatives are regulars at linux events and some of them are even MythTV 
users who I've met in person when manning the MythTV stand at LinuxWorld/LRL.

Any attempts to get around copy protection or any protection the BBC use on 
iPlayer material is illegal and MythTV doesn't want anything to do with it. 
Take this latest news as a sign that the BBC don't want you accessing their 
material in this manner and leave it alone. Trust me when I say that the guys 
behind the scenes are sympathetic but if MythTV is seen to be associating 
with those attempting to break the rules then they may not remain that way.
-- 
Stuart Morgan