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Beeb downloader
Beeb downloader
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Beeb downloader free download for Mac

Beeb downloader

Version 1.20

BBC iPlayer downloader alternative.

2.8
Based on 5 user ratesRead reviews & comments
Free
Application is not under development & not supported.

Beeb downloader overview

Beeb Downloader.app was hacked together by modifying the Webkitty Applescript from Joy of Scripting to call the excellent iplayer-dl Ruby shell script.

Tested on an Intel Mac running OS 10.5+ (Leopard) & 10.4+ (Tiger).

As with the iPlayer service, this will only work if you are in the UK and have paid your Licence Fee.

What’s new in version 1.20

Updated on Jan 08 2011

Version 1.20:
  • Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

Information

License

Free

Size

54 KB

Developer’s website

http://labsix.net/beeb/

Downloads

10536

App requirements

  • Intel 32
  • PPC 32
  • Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later
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Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Jul 12 2020
1.20
0.0
Jul 12 2020
0.0
Version: 1.20
Abandonware. The developer's web page is blank. But v1.20 still downloads.
Sytinge6626
Sytinge6626
Jan 28 2016
1.20
3.5
Jan 28 2016
3.5
Version: 1.20
This App works well, but I can not use this app in Canada... I need a video downloader for mac that can be used around the world! I searched the web and find Total Video Downloader is able to meet my needs! http://www.etinysoft.com/total-video-downloader-mac.html
kosovarnye@yahoo-com
kosovarnye@yahoo-com
Mar 2 2009
1.14
1.0
Mar 2 2009
1.0
Version: 1.14
Disregard the worthless muppet-hater below who has nothing to offer except his wortless opinions. Here's an informative comment: It's apparently pointless to download any of these BBC program downloaders (including Beeb downloader) if your ISP is not based in the UK. Because of BBC licensing restrictions, these programs only work if you're viewing them from inside the UK. Hey worthless, do you know of any way around this restriction and would you like to share that with the rest of us? ???
Stravinsky
Stravinsky
Feb 27 2009
1.14
4.0
Feb 27 2009
4.0
Version: 1.14
I have been waiting for this for a long time, and it really does work on Tiger. Unfortunately for me, many videos are now gone... How it works: you basically enter the entire BBC web address of the video and wait for "download completed". It did not work for me a few times at the beginning, but then it started working very well (with the same videos), so I would advise anyone to try more than once. I have had some "script errors", but then it worked fine (sometimes I just wait for a day or so). A few suggestive features: 1) Downloading in high quality? 2) Downloading multiple files at once or one at a time automatically 3) A status bar 4) In case no. 2 is not possible: once download is complete, rather than closing down, the application could ask if one wants to download another video (and/or "open file location") 5) Preference to choose download folder I'm not a developer, so forgive me if what I am suggesting is not possible. Thanks again a lot for making this available to Tiger!
kosovarnye@yahoo-com
kosovarnye@yahoo-com
Feb 23 2009
1.14
1.0
Feb 23 2009
1.0
Version: 1.14
Many thanks to MacUpdate for showing me where to find the BBC iPlayer utility and thanks to Tony Crawford for explaining the licensing fees blurb and which URL to input into the Beeb installer. No thanks at all to DDUK (who apparently doesn't know how to spell DI*K) for his totally worthless muppet comment.
Dduk
Dduk
Feb 23 2009
1.14
0.0
Feb 23 2009
0.0
Version: 1.14
Bloody Brilliant, This App actually works! Pay no attention to the First Comment, obviously a muppet....
kosovarnye@yahoo-com
kosovarnye@yahoo-com
Feb 23 2009
1.14
1.0
Feb 23 2009
1.0
Version: 1.14
Junk. There has been so much hype about the iPlayer downloader utility and even more confusion. I searched for an hour trying to find it weeks ago on the internet after reading about a version for Mac users. The BBC website mentioned it but I never could figure out where to download it, just a lot of dead-end links. Finally, I got it off MacUpdate today. But while installing it, the installer required that I paste in a URL in order to continue. Well, WHAT URL? Of course, that's not mentioned anywhere I can find. So I took a guess and typed in www.bbc.uk.co. Then, the installer asked where I want to install the program, so I chose...logically...the Applications folder, but it turns out that what is to be downloaded is not a program, but rather, apparently, the BBC video files, so that was a misleading question. Then finally, the installer asked, Did you pay your licensing fee?" even though the MacUpdate website description states this dinky little program is free. So WTF, is this free or do you have to pay??? I'll tell you what it is. It's pure confusion and has been since the beginning. Why didn't the developer not include a simple text file explaining what to do??? Of course, there is no "More Information" link that would answer questions like the ones I have. I'm tired of wasting time with something so poorly conceived like this is and which should have been simple and straightforward. Besides, anyone can access a BBC News video stream from other utilities like the LiveStation program. LiveStation IS free, not to mention super simple to install and operate. Oh, after all this, did the Beeb downloader work. No. I guess if it did, it would be hard to know what it's doing since there's no download progress bar. Maybe you're supposed to go to console and type in an obscure command to see what's happening.
Guest
Guest
Feb 23 2009
1.14
5.0
Feb 23 2009
5.0
Version: 1.14
Decent app - no progress bar but unlike most other iPlayer downloaders actually works in 10.4. Al lot of people will be please with it for that reason alone.
Sytinge6626
Sytinge6626
Jan 28 2016
3.5
Jan 28 2016
3.5
Version: null
procnforce
procnforce
Jun 12 2011
0.5
Jun 12 2011
0.5
Version: null
Stravinsky
Stravinsky
Feb 27 2009
4.0
Feb 27 2009
4.0
Version: null
kosovarnye@yahoo-com
kosovarnye@yahoo-com
Feb 23 2009
1.0
Feb 23 2009
1.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Feb 23 2009
5.0
Feb 23 2009
5.0
Version: null
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