Can't use get_iplayer on UK server anymore

SamusAranX commented 8 years ago

I have a server in the UK that I use both for hosting and as my personal VPN server. I just downloaded the develop branch version of get_iplayer and tried the following:

me@myserver:~/get_iplayer-develop# ./get_iplayer --type=livetv --stream 80002 --debug
get_iplayer 2.95-dev, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
  conditions; use --conditions for details.

INFO: encodinglocale = UTF-8
INFO: encodinglocalefs = UTF-8
INFO: encodingconsoleout = UTF-8
INFO: encodingconsolein = UTF-8
INFO: ${^UNICODE} = 0
INFO: User prefs dir: /me/.get_iplayer
INFO: System options dir: /etc/get_iplayer/options
Current options:
    debug = 1
    encodingconsolein = UTF-8
    encodingconsoleout = UTF-8
    encodinglocale = UTF-8
    encodinglocalefs = UTF-8
    isodate = 1
    nowrite = 1
    stdout = 1
    type = livetv
    verbose = 1

INFO: Search args: '80002'
DEBUG: Looking for index 80002 in livetv type
INFO: Additionally getting cached programme data for livetv
INFO: Cache format from existing livetv cache file: index,type,name,pid,available,episode,seriesnum,episodenum,versions,duration,desc,channel,categories,thumbnail,timeadded,guidance,web
INFO: Got 16 file cache entries for livetv
DEBUG: Cache expiry time for livetv is 14400 secs - refresh in 14053 secs
DEBUG: Using desktop user-agent string: 'Mozilla/5.0 (IE 11.0; Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; rv:11.0) like Gecko'
DEBUG: Using NoCookies user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (IE 11.0; Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; rv:11.0) like Gecko'
Matches:
80002:  BBC News - live

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
DEBUG: Using desktop user-agent string: 'Mozilla/5.0 (IE 11.0; Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; rv:11.0) like Gecko'
DEBUG: Using cookies.desktop user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (IE 11.0; Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; rv:11.0) like Gecko'
DEBUG: Getting Metadata for bbc_news24:
INFO: Using livetv: bbc_news_channel_hd
DEBUG: Using desktop user-agent string: 'Mozilla/5.0 (IE 11.0; Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; rv:11.0) like Gecko'
DEBUG: Using cookies.desktop user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (IE 11.0; Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; rv:11.0) like Gecko'
INFO: Getting page http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/iptv-all/vpid/bbc_news_channel_hd/transferformat/hls?cb=02387

INFO: Getting page http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/apple-ipad-hls/vpid/bbc_news_channel_hd/transferformat/hls?cb=09954

INFO: No streams available for 'default' version (bbc_news_channel_hd) - skipping RDF
INFO: No streams available for 'default' version (bbc_news_channel_hd) - deleting
WARNING: No programme versions found with media streams for requested modes
WARNING: You may receive this message if you are using get_iplayer outside the UK
ERROR: Could not get programme metadata

Did the BBC ramp up their anti-VPN measures or am I doing something wrong?

SamusAranX commented 8 years ago

Checking http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/apple-ipad-hls/vpid/bbc_news_channel_hd/transferformat/hls?cb=09954 in my browser, I found this:

<mediaSelection xmlns="http://bbc.co.uk/2008/mp/mediaselection">
    <error id="geolocation"/>
</mediaSelection>

Is there any way around this? My server is physically in the UK, so I'm not sure where they're getting the geolocation thing from.

dinkypumpkin commented 8 years ago

Sorry - don't bother posting in forums. Geolocation evasion is not a permitted topic there either.

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