BBC iplayer

[manuski]

Tried searching but got no results. Has anyone successfully managed to find a way to watch the bbc iplayer from Argentina?

 

[Ashley]

I have wasted many an hour trying to work out the same thing. There's a couple of services online (all of which look somewhat dodgy and involve a paid subscription) that enable you to watch from abroad. Other than that, there is (apparently) a very techy way of going about it involving creating an overlay(?) or something like that for your virtual server(?) which makes the iplayer think you're logging in with a local IP! Certainly not a solution available to most humanoids

 

[Jeni Craig]

I just type: radio four bbc, then click search, and a whole menu comes up and you choose what you want to listen to - voila!

 

[manuski]

Yes, BBC radio is available to those outside the UK but, unfortunately, the tv channels are not. I have also looked into some of the more shady ways of obtaining a uk ip address but they all seem so complicated.

 

[Liam3494]

It really is very simple. Overplay http://www.overplay.net/ is what you need. It costs $9.95 US a month, and this will allow access to BBC iplayer, hula in the US, rte player in ireland, you name it.... It works perfectly, takes two minutes to set up on your pc...

 

[Maikito]

It really is very simple. Overplay http://www.overplay.net/ is what you need. It costs $9.95 US a month, and this will allow access to BBC iplayer, hula in the US, rte player in ireland, you name it.... It works perfectly, takes two minutes to set up on your pc...

So do you use this personally? Whats the quality? Does it become laggy and freezes?I would be interested to watch hulu.

 

[elhombresinnombre]

I know how to do this although I've never actually done it myself. Although I absolutely adore BBC Radio, I don't even own a television and I'm just not bothered about faffing around after pictures that don't interest me.

The thing you want is called a Proxy Server. It's usually a computer in the location you want to pretend to be at and by telling your own computer to go through that connection the target website believes that you are local and lets you in.

There's nothing magical or mysterious about setting up a proxy. If you are using Internet Explorer 8 just click on Tools in the Menu Bar then click your way through - Internet Options - Connections - LAN Settings then tick the Proxy Server box. Enter the relevant numbers in the spaces and away you go. Other browsers will behave in a similar way. If you are not sure what to do, google for Proxy Server Firefox or Proxy Server Chrome or whatever your browser is called.

How do you find a proxy server that works? Method one involves doing no more than paying a subscription to a commercial service like the ones mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Method two is free, requires no technical knowledge but might use up a few minutes of your time now and again.

1 Go to a site like http://www.proxz.com/ (other sites are available)
2 Click on the link to UK proxies
3 Cut and paste the different numbers listed into the proxy server box in Internet Explorer and try them out until you find one that works. Remember: iPlayer don't want you to do this and will block IP addresses as they discover them. So when they block your proxy, go find another one.

 

[Liam3494]

And that's why I use Overplay....

As with any attempt at streaming video, a lot will depend on your internet connection. The better bandwidth you have, the better the quality. With Iplayer from the Beeb, you can actually download programmes and watch them at your leisure, which I tend to do. But I have watched some of the World Cup Live from the BBC site (I needed a fix of English commentary) and generally it works great. I also watched some of the Rugby 6 nations that way, and it was good quality. Our Internet connection is good here in Avellaneda, so yes, I would recommend it.