iPlayer - can it download?

[petef]

I have only used the BBC iPlayer on a computer. Now I am considering the HDR 2000T or similar. My broadband speed is about 3 Mbps.

Does iPlayer on a PVR allow download at HD quality? The BBC FAQ says downloads are for PC and Mac only. Can you buffer a stream to watch it smoothly a short time later? What about SD programmes? Can a computer be used to serve from an iPlayer download using DLNA? How about other services such as 4oD?

 

[Ezra Pound]

As a general rule PVRs do not allow BBC I-player content to be played after download, some do buffer content so you could start to view, pause and then play from the buffer to overcome a slow broadband link. The Humax HDR-Fox T2 (running custom firmware) can store a copy of a BBC I-player programme for later viewing or to allow copying as a file. The 2000T can't run custom firmware, but probably does allow playing from a buffer to overcome a slow broadband link. A PC would be able to steam a file using DLNA to a Humax PVR but only after the file has been stored on the PC as a file, I'm not sure software exist to forward an I-Player stream to say a PVR without capturing the programme as a file first

 

[Black Hole]

Can a computer be used to serve from an iPlayer download using DLNA?

Yes, probably, but IIRC the 2000T doesn't have a DLNA client (at the moment).

Google "wild media server".

 

[MartinLiddle]

Yes, probably, but IIRC the 2000T doesn't have a DLNA client (at the moment).

Yes it does have a DLNA client.

 

[Black Hole]

Ah, so it's the server that's missing?

 

[MartinLiddle]

Ah, so it's the server that's missing?

No it has both but there seems to be an issue with the DLNA client and HD content protected by DCTP; whether this is a bug or a feature I have no idea.