Entertainment For Lively Minds
A shout out for massive help
Posted by Danmac on 24 January 2010 - 11:36pm.
My mate has bought herself an ipod touch and seems to think she can download stuff from the bbc iplayer to play on the ipod the same way as podcats ect . Is this correct ? I do not have a telly and don't use the iplayer but her notion seems odd to me . I said ( ok boasted ) last night that I knew just the people to ask.
If I am wrong and she is right how is it done ?
Thanks Dan
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Short answer
is that it is possible, but convoluted. I posted the same question a few weeks back and you have to download the iplayer files using some additional software. Seems ok if you are on Mac and a little harder on pc. I use a pc and haven't got round to trying it yet.
Here is a link to the earlier thread -> http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/ipod-touchiphone-bbc-iplayer
Thanks lee
like most women of a certain age every bugger seems to be on her pc, so to me it is as slow as a wet week.
Last night I showed her how to do downloads and music for herself then she asked this and i was stuck .
Cheers Lee
Radio easy, TV harder
If you are talking about the radio shows on the iplayer then it is indeed a doddle. There's a downloader that you can get here
http://po-ru.com/projects/iplayer-downloader/
that allows you to download ready tagged MP3 files that you can drag into itunes and then onto the ipod.
TV is a bit harder.
John W
Thanks John I will try this for the radio shows I missed .
that software does TV as well
saves them as mp4 I think. Use it myself. Occasionally fails but it's usually because it needs an update by the author.