Copy from BBC iPlayer? Or buy BBC concert?

knightstyle

Was driving home last Thursday and on Radio2 there was a BBC concert with Katie Melua. Would like a copy so how can I do this? Don't mind paying but can't find anywhere on the BBC to do this.

grimsalve

Have you tried BBC iPlayer Desktop?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/install

bat999

Hi
It's available on BBC iPlayer till 10th March.
You can probably download it with Radio Downloader
http://www.nerdoftheherd.com/tools/radiodld/

Cash-Strapped.T32

Do a quick google for Audacity, and spend the (literally) 5 minutes it takes to read how it works mate.
Download the optional bladenc.dll file & it can output to an MP3 file (imo the only useful "final" format, so it can be used on a portable device, rather than the silly formats that proprietary programs put out)

It's an open-source audio editor, I used it for years doing game dev audio & it's brilliant for quick & dirty jobs, like recording whatever's going through your soundcard.
Create a new audio file, press "record", run the iPlayer concert & hey, old-skool dubbing on your desktop.


I'm not advocating using this method to record copyrighted stuff & blagging it.
Not for moral reasons per-se but because it's cumbersome & a bit unprofessional.
I'm also not that keen on the BBC software & would far rather be able to archive such recordings as an MP3 or other suitable file-type which will play on anything, otherwise there's little point in having access to the concert at all.


@Bat; Just looked at your link - So you can use that proggie to D/L an streamed program, and then output to MP3?

Nice one, it looks very interesting, probably beats my rather home-brew method of converting to MP3 if it works like it appears.
Cheers!

bat999

Cash-Strapped.T32 wrote: »

So you can use that proggie to D/L an streamed program, and then output to MP3?

Nice one, it looks very interesting, probably beats my rather home-brew method of converting to MP3 if it works like it appears.
Cheers!

Yes, just download the mp3 files (quickly!).
Your method is 'real-time' so it will take an hour to record an hour-long programme.

alanrowell

I also suggest Radio Downloader - it's great for radio programs that aren't available as podcasts - and for podcasts it means you don't have to use itunes

somersethillbilly

bat999 wrote: »

Hi
It's available on BBC iPlayer till 10th March.
You can probably download it with Radio Downloader

Thanks bat999. I've been using Audacity to do this, but Radio Downloader is a much neater and quicker solution, thanks for the heads up, :beer:

Blackjack_Davy

If you want to download drm free iPlayer video content then you can use Get iPlayer Web PVR manager from here:

http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer/html/get_iplayer.html

The Windows link is at the bottom of the Download section. It gives you a BBC iPlayer-like webpage to search and download from.

You can download Radio content too but it's saved as AAC and not MP3. You could use Lame_XP or ffmpeg to encode to MP3 which would give a choice of a higher bitrate i.e better quality than Radio Downloader offers.

Dave_C_2

alanrowell wrote: »

I also suggest Radio Downloader - it's great for radio programs that aren't available as podcasts - and for podcasts it means you don't have to use itunes

But you don't have to use itunes to download podcasts! Either use a direct download or another pod catcher, such as Juice or Ziepod (which I use).

Dave

Toxteth_OGrady

Blackjack_Davy wrote: »

You can download Radio content too but it's saved as AAC and not MP3. You could use Lame_XP or ffmpeg to encode to MP3 which would give a choice of a higher bitrate i.e better quality than Radio Downloader offers.

Transcoding an already lossy file to a higher bitrate will not give higher quality as the data has already been thrown away in the original compression.

Would be like converting VHS to Blu Ray - you will not improve the picture.

WhiteChristmas

The iPlayer on demand audio is only 96kbps to start with (excluding R3).

The live streams are slightly higher quality.