We apologise for any inconvenience

If you saw this when trying to download iPlayer programmes today:

There is no page for this programme. This probably means that the programme does not exist.

Then I’m sorry. The message was fairly accurate, though: the BBC moved the page. Thanks to a patch from Liam Bedford, though, I was able to release a fix in a very short time.

The downloads are on the project page.

This release also fixes the missing icon in the Windows application.

2008-07-30 21:54 UTC. Comments: 4.

Unattended iPlayer downloads

ThatGuy wrote in a comment that he’s using iplayer-dl on a Linux machine that he connects to via ssh, and wondered,

Though is it possible to get the ruby script to continue to be processed on the server, even if i disconnect form SSH?

2008-07-30 08:21 UTC. Comments: 7.

iPlayer metadata fix and other improvements

I’ve released a new version of iplayer-dl and the GUI downloader with a few fixes and enhancements. The principal improvement is the use of a new source for programme information since the BBC discontinued the old metadata URLs. I also took the opportunity of a trip outside the UK to work out how to return a more useful error message in that situation. More…

2008-07-23 21:55 UTC. Comments: 15.

Running Ruby tests from Vim

I’ve been a Vim user for a long time, but using TextMate at work has made me realise just how much I was missing! Fortunately, Vim is just as customisable as TextMate. It just doesn’t do as much out of the box. More…

2008-07-17 13:18 UTC. Comments: 10.

New iPlayer, new downloader

The new version of the iPlayer site went live late last week, and is significantly different from the old version. As a side effect, downloads were broken. However, with the aid of a session trace sent to me by a kind reader, I’ve made the necessary amendments. More…

2008-07-06 19:07 UTC. Comments: 16.

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