Can you not use the Desktop iPlayer software (which downloads for later viewing)?
Play iPlayer files using another media player?
Having got around the BBC's blocking of non UK residents, by getting around the Qatar governments website blocking, I can now watch iPlayer 
However, the internet here is rubbish at times, so I find myself having to download the programs, which is not too much of an issue, I also download from Sky.
The problem is that the BBC iPlayer software jumps even on low res downloaded programs and while it's just about watchable it's irritating. I've tried watching using Windows media player and VLC but the DRM is preventing either of these working.
Has anyone on YD come across any free software that can quickly remove the DRM protection so I can use VLC or anything that can simply ignore DRM protection altogether and play the files directly?
Arfie
However, the internet here is rubbish at times, so I find myself having to download the programs, which is not too much of an issue, I also download from Sky.
The problem is that the BBC iPlayer software jumps even on low res downloaded programs and while it's just about watchable it's irritating. I've tried watching using Windows media player and VLC but the DRM is preventing either of these working.
Has anyone on YD come across any free software that can quickly remove the DRM protection so I can use VLC or anything that can simply ignore DRM protection altogether and play the files directly?
Arfie
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I'm using iPlayer desktop. I know the netbook isn't the worlds fastest computer, but it's only running XP with 2Gb ram and quite happily plays other stuff from Sky and other less official sites .
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Tried it, downloaded 2 programs and one stopped playing after 2 minutes, the other had no sound so they were both corrupted. Maybe this has something to do with my poor broadband speeds (currently running slower than dial up
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