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Bobw55's avatar
Bobw55
Joining in
2 years ago

Recording BBC iplayer

I have just switched from sky to virgin, I can’t see how you can record catch up programs from iplayer to 360 box…you can on sky, am I missing something?

  • Ernie_C's avatar
    Ernie_C
    Very Insightful Person

    No, you can’t record any streaming on Virgin Media. No need.

    Put the streaming program in a Watchlist.

  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
    Very Insightful Person

    Recording programmes is always preferable to using VoD/streaming, but you need to set the recording in advance of broadcast. The programme is then saved to your HDD for later viewing.

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta

    You can download BBC iPlayer programmes with get_iplayer (subject to availability of course).

    • Tavis75's avatar
      Tavis75
      Super solver

      Ooh, that's interesting. Currently using a HDHomeRun to record Freeview to my NAS\Plex but being able to fill in any missed recordings would be useful, and potentially even more useful in the future when Freeview disappears and we're stuck with "Freely" which doesn't sound like it's going to include recording features.

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        nodrogd
        Very Insightful Person

        Tavis75 wrote:

        Ooh, that's interesting. Currently using a HDHomeRun to record Freeview to my NAS\Plex but being able to fill in any missed recordings would be useful, and potentially even more useful in the future when Freeview disappears and we're stuck with "Freely" which doesn't sound like it's going to include recording features.


        Only "broadcast" products will have the ability for you to make your own copy to keep as long as you like. Cloud recording & temporary catch-up download facilities are controlled directly by the broadcaster, which is what the copyright owners have always wanted.

        You can only download BBC content from within the iPlayer app. Once the programme expires on iPlayer, so will the access to your download.

  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    Very Insightful Person

    Bobw55 wrote:

    I have just switched from sky to virgin, I can’t see how you can record catch up programs from iplayer to 360 box…you can on sky, am I missing something?


    This facility was available under licence to Sky viewers so that customers with slow connections would not suffer buffering of the stream during viewing. As Virgin only uses high speed cable Broadband this is not necessary. You can download content from within the iPlayer to a mobile device to view offline, but no recording of catch-up on TV boxes is allowed.