BBC iplayer

Neil777 · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:05

Does anybody else using this have the same problem I'm having?

The thing won't stop downloading, I've paused the download and shut the program down but its still downloading.

yantorsen · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:06

I use it, and have had no problems you describe. just cancel the download, or i think it automatically pauses if you close the program down. not sure though.

Neil777 · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:12

I've exited from the little icon in the tool bar but can still hear the hardrive being written to and know if I start it again the amount downloaded will have gone up.

Its annoying becuase I'd rather download stuff overnight.

Glaucus · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:13

just go one the website and you can stream it.

Neil777 · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:14

I guess I could but I have a habit of downloading stuff and not watching it for weeks later whereas streaming only last for a week.

yantorsen · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:18

AcidHell2 said:
just go one the website and you can stream it.

yeah you can, but then you can't do fullscreen and the quality isn't as good.

TheVoice · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:21

You'd need to kill the kservice.exe process.

Neil777 · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:26

Thanks, thats done it.

yantorsen · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:33

Neil777 said:
I guess I could but I have a habit of downloading stuff and not watching it for weeks later whereas streaming only last for a week.

so does downloading, it deletes it off your PC after 7 days.

Glaucus · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:35

yantorsen said:
yeah you can, but then you can't do fullscreen and the quality isn't as good.

You can get fullscreen. bottom right button on video. The quality is actually very good.

yantorsen · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:38

AcidHell2 said:
You can get fullscreen. bottom right button on video. The quality is actually very good.

I couldn't get full screen to work when streaming, it just made it freeze.

and the quality is certainly better when downloaded. although the quality is good anyway like you say.

Neil777 · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:39

yantorsen said:
so does downloading, it deletes it off your PC after 7 days.

Not on mine, its about 26 days. It is about 7 days after you've watched, my trouble is that I take ages to get around to watching things.

yantorsen · 11 Jan 2008 at 20:52

Neil777 said:
Not on mine, its about 26 days. It is about 7 days after you've watched, my trouble is that I take ages to get around to watching things.

yes, your right actually, I'd forgotten that.

Vicar · 11 Jan 2008 at 21:59

Are these files DRM? I would imagine that copying and renaming to other Drives may be a way round this? I dont think this is against copyright is it! Technically as long as you pay your TV license and are not sharing this with anyone else?

Or am I being very naieve here?

Masterdog · 11 Jan 2008 at 22:04

I think they're a proprietary format so you'd need the iPlayer installed on any other pooter you want to watch it on, and copying would no doubt retain the DRM info which the iPlayer would then read.

marc2003 · 11 Jan 2008 at 22:37

it's only windows media drm and it can be easily removed. but why anybody would want to keep any junk off the iplayer i don't know?