bbci player to ipod touch

minimod

could some-one please tell me how to get bbci player programs onto a ipod touch. i click the download to multimedia player, nothing happens with the ipod. is there a setting i should put it on? only had the ipod a week and still getting used to it. downloaded music with no problems.

lee634

you cant download you can only live stream

Money_Grabber13579

lee634 wrote: »

you cant download you can only live stream

You can download! That's why the button is there "download for multimedia devices!" But I assume that you'd first need to import them into iTunes.

stamford

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

You can download! That's why the button is there "download for multimedia devices!" But I assume that you'd first need to import them into iTunes.

it is only for certain devices - I can't download to my Blackberry

duncansby

You can only download to the following devices until Apple and the BBC reach some agreement

Archos: 605 WiFi and Internet Media Tablet
Creative: Creative Zen X-Fi, Creative Zen
Philips: GoGear SA52 series
Samsung: YP-P2, YP-Q1
Sony: Walkman E and S series

Lakeuk

There are ways to get iplayer programmes onto a touch but it's a little technical to explain and maybe against the forums t&c's although it doesn't involve altering the iplayer programmes in anyway.

If you know your way round a dos prompt then it can be as simple at typing a programme id, downloading the file and dragging it into iTunes to sync, no conversion / waiting needed

search google for 'iplayer perl'

lee634

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

You can download! That's why the button is there "download for multimedia devices!" But I assume that you'd first need to import them into iTunes.

HMMM what button not on my Mac there isn't so before saying you can i suggest you tell us how, if you don't have an ipod touch then a no comment would be better!!!!!

-TangleFoot-

duncansby wrote: »

You can only download to the following devices until Apple and the BBC reach some agreement

Archos: 605 WiFi and Internet Media Tablet
Creative: Creative Zen X-Fi, Creative Zen
Philips: GoGear SA52 series
Samsung: YP-P2, YP-Q1
Sony: Walkman E and S series

That's just a list of the models they've actually tested with the service - if it's certified by Microsoft, it should work.

loudcox

Go to http://po-ru.com/projects/iplayer-downloader/
Download the iPlayer downloader

Follow the instructions for both mov and mp3 download - you can use these anywhere :-)

Marty_J

What about iPhone / iPod?

The astute reader would have noticed our making BBC iPlayer programmes available on Sony, Philips, Nokia and other devices... but what about Apple?

What's common to all the devices listed above is that they support "open" rights protection technologies, where "open" means that any content owner or distributor, such as the BBC, is able to readily license the DRM technologies used by those devices and is able to create content that can be played back on those devices.

Unfortunately, Apple keeps its DRM technology close to its chest and has so far not licensed that technology to third parties. This means that as of today, it's not technically possible for us to make rights-protected BBC iPlayer programmes available for download from the bbc.co.uk/iplayer website in a format compatible with Apple devices. That's a major missing piece for us and a disappointment for Apple device owners, so please know that this has our full attention.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/10/bbc_iplayer_goes_portable.html