BBC download query

m5rcc

tescobabe69 wrote: »

Your valuable comment has been noted, thankyou.
It would have been even more valuable if it referred to the series in question.

It did (with the information you gave)

Mr_Toad

Lifeforms wrote: »

What I've never worked out, because I delete my downloads before the 30 days, is it 30 days from download, or 30 days from first opening?

I thought it was 30 days from when the BBC made it available. I once downloaded a program the day before it was removed from iPlayer and when I tried to watch it a couple of days later it wouldn't play because it had expired.

I haven't downloaded anything since. Have the BBC changed this?

Nick

Dollardog

masonn wrote: »

I thought it was 30 days from when the BBC made it available. I once downloaded a program the day before it was removed from iPlayer and when I tried to watch it a couple of days later it wouldn't play because it had expired.

I haven't downloaded anything since. Have the BBC changed this?

Nick

I think you are probably right about that, I don't watch anything 'live' as I don't have a tv license. I download anything I want to watch after it goes to a catchup service. I use i-player a lot and I have noticed that even though it says on the download that it will be available until a certain date, its often not.
Once you start to watch a programme, the date it is available for changes and it says it is available for the next 6 days, after that, it disappears.
There has often been programmes I would have liked to have saved, like I used to do when I recorded them on video, but didn't think that was possible now when recording them from i-player. Also its not always possible to download from some of the other channels, although the programme can be watched from the service directly while its still available,