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Since I wrote that post, iPlayer has been improved to include streaming content for unsupported platforms but that doesn&#8217;t allow for offline viewing (catching up on TV episodes on the train, for example).<\/p>\n<p>Well, there is a workaround and, as I figure that I am a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvlicensing.co.uk\/\">BBC licence fee-payer<\/a> and the content has been downloaded legally, converting it to watch it on another device is at least morally acceptable &#8211; even if the BBC may not agree.  After all, it&#8217;s not as if I&#8217;m sharing the resulting files with other people. Based on my initial tests, it seems to work well &#8211; at least with the version of Windows Media Player that my iPlayer machine is using (v11.0.5721.5230).<\/p>\n<p>All it involves is taking one copy of Windows XP, with a working BBC iPlayer installation, and running <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.doom9.org\/showthread.php?t=127943\">a couple of utilities<\/a> to identify the keys to the Windows Media Player and remove the DRM from the .WMV files that make up the iPlayer content (by default, this is held at %allusersprofile%\\Documents\\My Deliveries\\iplayer_live).  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