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    <p>You can't assume from a successful download of the subtitle file that the video server will play nice with your VPN. I'm fairly certain that the .srt is delivered by a BBC server, while the video stream is served by one of the big CDNs. </p> <p>Make another attempt with</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --pid b01fkbb3 --verbose --long</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>and take a look at the results. If it looks like the request for the subtitle file is made to a different domain than the request for the video stream, your most likely issue is that Limelight or Akamai is rejecting requests made through UKBestVPN.</p> <p>Paid VPN's are typically under no obligation to provide you with a new IP if the CDNs get wise to circumvention of geographical restrictions--but it never hurts to ask. Sorry that's probably not what you wanted to hear; there might be more benign reasons the for the video server to reject your request...maybe if your VPN was really busy, it could have been slow to respond to RTMP handshake...etc.</p> <p>P.S. Assuming you rectify your issues, here's a couple of tips:</p> <p><ol> <li>Go into <strong>C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer</strong> and make a copy of <strong>get_iplayer.cmd</strong>; paste it back into the program folder and rename it <strong>bbc.cmd</strong>.</p> <blockquote> <p>Now all you have to type is <strong>bbc -g horizon</strong>.</li> <li><p>Create a user variable called <strong>PATH</strong> and put <strong>C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer</strong> in it.</p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Now you can just hit your <strong>Windows key</strong> and type <strong>bbc -g horizon</strong> directly into the <strong><em>Search programs and files</em></strong> box.</p> </blockquote></li> <li>You don't have to deal with text wrap in a puny command-line window. <blockquote> <p>Right-click on the get_iplayer icon and select <strong>properties</strong>; click on the <strong>Layout</strong> tab and you can resize it to something more usable.</li> </ol></p> </blockquote>
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