BBC Releases an AIR version of the iPlayer

by Mark on 22nd December, 2008 in Air

You can install it from here, when you first go to the page click “I want to be a labs tester”, then visit the link again and you’ll be able to download it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/install/bbc_iplayer_desktop

One of it’s coolest features I’ve seen so far (I’ve used it for 3mins!) is that you browse the videos online like normal, but then instead of playing the video you click the download button which talks to the AIR app and starts downloading the video in the AIR application. You can then watch the video for up to 30 days after you’ve downloaded it online or offline. They’ve used a Flash Media Rights Management Server to DRM-Protect content so you shouldn’t be able to get to the video file. Pretty cool stuff.

You can find more info here: http://www.ashorten.com/2008/12/19/bbc-launches-iplayer-desktop-on-adobe-air/

Air Applications, BBC, iPlayer

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Mark recently gained a BSc(hons) in Multimedia Computing at De Montfort University and is now putting it to use working as a new media developer at MMT Digital. Be sure to check out his dedicated blog over at http://markstar.co.uk/blog/ or follow Mark on Twitter.

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