Original Poster

17,084 posts

230 months

Friday 3rd May 2024

Does anyone know any tricks for watching BBC iPlayer content offline on my laptop? They've withdrawn the download feature for desktop/laptop devices. The app will let you download and watch offline on a tablet or phone, but I don't have a tablet and I don't want to watch on a phone as it's too small.

anonymous-user

75 months

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/getti...

Saturday 4th May 2024

MitchT said:

Original Poster

17,084 posts

230 months

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/getti...

Saturday 4th May 2024

lancslad58 said:

That doesn't help at all.

It says programmes can be streamed on a computer when you're online or they can be downloaded to watch offline on the mobile app. I want to watch offline on my laptop. They don't provide a mechanism for this.

Halmyre

12,230 posts

160 months

Saturday 4th May 2024

The BBC in their wisdom have done away with this feature. Probably because some developer can't be arsed to update the software.

Original Poster

17,084 posts

230 months

Saturday 4th May 2024

Halmyre said:

The BBC in their wisdom have done away with this feature. Probably because some developer can't be arsed to update the software.

Yes, that's right. My original question was to ask if anyone knows an alternative way to download the content for offline consumption.

elyuw

92 posts

127 months

Saturday 4th May 2024

Look up get_iplayer with a search engine. That might help you out.

Dave.

7,783 posts

274 months

Saturday 4th May 2024

You could run an android emulator and run the app via that.... Not sure how well it will work though.

https://www.solveyourtech.com/running-android-apps...

S6PNJ

5,760 posts

302 months

Saturday 4th May 2024

MitchT said:

My original question was to ask if anyone knows an alternative way to download the content for offline consumption.

The Pirate Bay and Bittorrent?