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Tony BaechlerJul 4, 2013
 

 
All,

I'm in the US. I promise that it isn't a connection or hardware problem.
I'm using get_iplayer on a dedicated Linux server with a fast processor and
minimal load. I have a high speed business connection. The problem is
definitely not on my end. I don't bother with the WMA streams, but get the
Flash streams which is the get_iplayer default. I haven't bothered too much
for the last several years with the Afternoon Drama, but the last time I
tried, I was told the episode wasn't available. That's why I initially
replied that probably the show Matthew wanted isn't available outside of the
UK. More recently, I got a copy of the Now Show series 40 after Paul
stopped offering them and had the annoying clicking sound. I've never heard
that on any other shows before, so I don't know what that was about, but I
certainly don't get that from other sources. When I tried to go to the
Composer of the Week podcast, I get a page telling me that I'm not allowed
to download it outside of the UK. If I persist and try to get an mp3 file,
I get a file called not_allowed.mp3, so I think I'm pretty much blocked.
From my exhaustive look at the other BBC podcasts, most of Radio 1, 2 and 3
aren't available outside of the UK because of the musical rights issues. I
don't care about Radio 1 and 2 but Radio 3 would be nice, especially Drama
on 3. The sound I was getting from the various people sharing here was
night and day in comparison. You really lose a lot without the stereo
stream and the 128 K audio. Even the podcasts aren't that great and don't
include some of the music from what I've read here.

On 7/3/2013 5:33 PM, David wrote:
> Tony, I am not sure where you live. As I mentioned I live in South Korea. Here is a link I use to find the wma streams for downloading:
>
> http://beebotron.org/public3/public_wwo3/wwo3_index.html?reload
>
> Actually I often do download radio 3 shows but I find them a little "quieter" then radio 4. Not sure what that is about. However, I often download Composer of the week, The Early Music show and some of the jazz show.
>
> Some of the podcasts are unavailable however, I usually download the listen again streams which are available for 7 days after broadcast. My Now Show copies have been pretty clear so as mentioned you may want to think about a connection or hardware problem.
>
> I hope that this info helps anyone.


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Tony Baechler
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