Cannot detect url in BBC iPlayer

[dwakerley]

url is no longer detected in url finder when playing audio in BBC iPlayer. Previously it was possible to get around this by selecting the “play in pop-out player” option and selecting “use lower bandwidth version”. The play icon would change from white on black to white on blue and the url would appear in the url finder window. Are others experiencing the same thing? Is there another way around this?

[dawsont]

BBC iplayer was changed on 22 Oct 09 and no longer transmits real player files (.ra) and other unannounced changes This is possibly why the replay A/V can no longer detect url in iplayer. I have searched for a solution without success. Any body else got any ideas.

[stream-recorder.com]

BBC iPlayer started using RTMP .flv streams. They can be recorded with Replay Media Catcher, however the latter program doesn't support scheduling.

Do you need RTMP support in Replay AV and/or scheduling support in Replay Media Catcher? Vote and tell your opinion.

You can also find Windows Media URLs for the most popular radio stations:


Local BBC radio stations (Windows Media streams)


Radio Cymru http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rc.asx
Radio Foyle http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rf.asx
Radio nan Gaidheal http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rng.asx
Radio Scotland http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rs.asx
Radio Ulster http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/ru.asx
Radio Wales http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rw.asx
BBC Berkshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcberkshire.asx
BBC Bristol http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcbristol.asx
BBC Cambridgeshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbccambridgeshire.asx
BBC Cornwall http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbccornwall.asx
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbccoventryandwarwickshire.asx
BBC Cumbria http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbccumbria.asx
BBC Derby http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcderby.asx
BBC Devon http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcdevon.asx
BBC Essex http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcessex.asx
BBC Gloucestershire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcgloucestershire.asx
BBC Guernsey http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcguernsey.asx
BBC Hereford & Worcester http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcherefordandworcester.asx
BBC Humberside http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbchumberside.asx
BBC Jersey http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcjersey.asx
BBC Kent http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbckent.asx
BBC Lancashire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbclancashire.asx
BBC Leeds http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcleeds.asx
BBC Leicester http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcleicester.asx
BBC Lincolnshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbclincolnshire.asx
BBC London http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbclondon.asx
BBC Manchester
http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcmanchester.asx
BBC Merseyside
http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcmerseyside.asx
BBC Newcastle http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcnewcastle.asx
BBC Norfolk http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcnorfolk.asx
BBC Northampton http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcnorthampton.asx
BBC Nottingham http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcnottingham.asx
BBC Oxford http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcoxford.asx
BBC Sheffield http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsheffield.asx
BBC Shropshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcshropshire.asx
BBC Solent http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsolent.asx
BBC Somerset http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsomerset.asx
BBC Stoke http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcstoke.asx
BBC Suffolk http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsuffolk.asx
BBC Surrey http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsurrey.asx
BBC Sussex http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsussex.asx
BBC Tees http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbctees.asx
BBC Three Counties http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcthreecounties.asx
BBC Wiltshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcwiltshire.asx
BBC WM http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcwm.asx
BBC York http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcyork.asx

BBC Radio 1-7 (Windows Media streams)

BBC Radio 1Xtra - http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/realmedia/1xtra.asx
BBC Radio 6 Music - http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/ram/6music_hi.asx
BBC Radio 2 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/wm_asx/aod/radio2.asx
BBC Radio 7 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/realplayer/bbc7_hi.asx
BBC Radio 4 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/wm_asx/aod/radio4.asx
BBC Radio 5 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/live/live.asx
BBC Radio 3 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wm_asx/aod/radio3.asx
BBC Radio 5Xtra - http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/live/live_sportsextra.asx
BBC Radio 1 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/wm_asx/aod/radio1.asx

BBC World Service (Windows Media streams)


BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live_infent_au_nb.asx
BBC World Service - English News http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live_news_au_nb.asx
BBC Arabic http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/meta/tx/nb/arabic_live_au_nb.asx
BBC Russian http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/meta/tx/nb/russian_live_au_nb.asx
Other languages - Not available

[PhilMid]

This link tells you more about the changes that BBC are making. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2009/10/realmedia_an_update.shtml and http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_programmes/local_radio_real_media

Phil

[jslaff]

I'm having trouble with recording both WM and iPlayer archive streams from the BBC. When I record a BBC London WM stream of a 2-hour program live using RAV, it often breaks up into 10 files, each about 8-15 minutes. (I have another installation of RAV where this does not happen.)

When I try to record the same show as an iPlayer stream using RMC, it usually cuts off before it's over. I usually have to try 3 or 4 times before I get the entire program. Could it be my internet connection itself? (It's Comcast.) Are there any settings I could tweak in either program?

[PhilMid]

The Replay A/V URL finder may not be working but RM files are still being produced by BBC (I think until March 2010).

To find the URL so that you can record Listen Again, try this site http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk/choose_aod.aspx and select the radio station. A link is shown - that code is the PID (Programme ID). Go to the Convert iPlayer PID tab and enter code. It will display the URL that can be entered manually into Replay A/V.

As the site mentions, BBC use XML to publish their programmes so the information displayed is up to date.

Phil

[SA_user]

To find the URL so that you can record Listen Again, try this site http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk/choose_aod.aspx and select the radio station. A link is shown - that code is the PID (Programme ID). Go to the Convert iPlayer PID tab and enter code. It will display the URL that can be entered manually into Replay A/V.

As the site mentions, BBC use XML to publish their programmes so the information displayed is up to date.

Phil

You are a life-saver! Even better, if I go to the Reciva/RSS Instructions tab and select the radio station I want I get a list of every listen again item currently available. Clicking on the url opens Real Player and url finder is populated - no manual entry. Not quite iPlayer but a hell of a lot better than nothing. Steady diet of radio drama and comedy restored, no longer forced to listen to local radio in the traffic on the way to work.

Dave

[PhilMid]

To find the URL so that you can record Listen Again, try this site http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk/choose_aod.aspx and select the radio station. A link is shown - that code is the PID (Programme ID). Go to the Convert iPlayer PID tab and enter code. It will display the URL that can be entered manually into Replay A/V.

As the site mentions, BBC use XML to publish their programmes so the information displayed is up to date.

Phil

You are a life-saver! Even better, if I go to the Reciva/RSS Instructions tab and select the radio station I want I get a list of every listen again item currently available. Clicking on the url opens Real Player and url finder is populated - no manual entry. Not quite iPlayer but a hell of a lot better than nothing. Steady diet of radio drama and comedy restored, no longer forced to listen to local radio in the traffic on the way to work.

Dave
I suggest that people vote in this poll to air their opinion:
RTMP support in Replay AV and/or scheduling support in Replay Media Catcher.

Phil

[bernardwebber]

I have been working ALL DAY to try to download and extract audio content from the BBC player. The utilities I've found online wouldn't work, or they wanted a lot of money for licence keys, and I was about to tear out my hair when I found your bulletin board. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[winterwarmer]

The best way I have found to get to the BBC Listen Again programmes is www.beebotron.org - easy links here to all BBC stations / programmes

They also report on the move to WMA from RA - I hope I can get replay A/V to work with these as that is my standard way to record things to listen to offline.

I also hope that the BBC change does not break the listen again service on my internet radio - but that is a topic for a different forum...

WW