[mythtv] BBC iPlayer Plugin release / MythStreams
Paul Harrison
mythtv at dsl.pipex.com
Thu Mar 13 18:29:25 UTC 2008
Stuart Morgan wrote:
> 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.
>
Unfortunately it could be a long wait. The BBC has been saying it could
be up to 2 years before an official Linux player will be available :-(.
Paul H.
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