What's new in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.14.0
Mar 8, 2024
- Security patches and updates
- Removes check if a user selects an removable drive to download to. Instead the app warns that removable drives will cause issues if they are not available whilst the app is running.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.16 (Nov 20, 2023)
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.15 (Sep 20, 2023)
- Telemetry update
- Enhance remote messaging capabilities
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.13 (Jun 21, 2023)
- Library updates.
- Deprecation Windows 7/8.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.11 (Feb 21, 2023)
- Library updates
- Fixed restart app after DRM system upgraded
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.9 (Oct 11, 2022)
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.8 (Aug 18, 2022)
- Added new BBC and iPlayer branding to download screen (Mac)
- Library updates
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.7 (May 5, 2022)
- Added new BBC and iPlayer branding to app icons
- Library updates
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.6 (Jan 18, 2022)
- Added new BBC and iPlayer branding to the application header
- Library updates
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.5 (Jan 17, 2022)
- Enables upgrade of digital rights management (DRM) component to most recent version
- Library updates
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.4 (Sep 2, 2021)
- Enable banner messages to be turned on remotely
- Manage downloads of episodes with unexpected end dates
- Library updates
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.3 (Sep 1, 2021)
- Restart app after DRM system upgraded
- Library updates
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.2 (Jun 30, 2021)
- Enables upgrade of digital rights management (DRM) component to required version
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.1 (May 26, 2021)
- Fixed a problem where licenses would fail when the DRM system upgraded
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.13.0 (Apr 27, 2021)
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.12.10 (Sep 25, 2020)
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.12.6 (Aug 27, 2020)
- Corrects failing Help and FAQ link
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.12.4 (Jul 16, 2020)
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.12.4 (May 27, 2020)
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.8.6 (Mar 21, 2019)
- Fixed a problem where removing a playing download would break the user interface
- Fixed an issue that would mean programmes with no media could not be removed
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.8.4 (Mar 21, 2019)
- Extended help if the application experiences problems during installation and upgrade
- Improved upgrade mechanism
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.8.3 (Feb 8, 2019)
- Improvements to the user interface including keyboard accessibility of the On/Off toggle buttons
- Updated digital rights management
- Fixed a problem where one license would fail when the DRM system upgraded
- Fixed smally layout problems at the smallest screen size
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.6.8 (Dec 6, 2018)
- Changed the order of the episodes under the Series view.
- Added support for macOS Mojave dark mode.
- Improved expiry label to show more accurate expiry information.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.6.1 (Sep 20, 2018)
- Watch while downloading:
- Now there’s no need to wait for downloads to finish before you start watching.
- Improved downloads library:
- Want to sort by series? Or see which download expires first? Now you can.
- In-app episode list:
- Watching a series? Download episodes straight from the app. Much simpler.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 2.5.8 (Jul 25, 2018)
- Fixed an issue where some episodes with guidance would not download.
- Fixed the counting of the number of episodes available to download in a series.
- Improved application security and player.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.14.2 (Dec 16, 2015)
- Fixing a problem where some downloads would cause performance issues.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.14.1 (Aug 4, 2015)
- Improves download performance on Windows PCs.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.14.0 (Jul 17, 2015)
- Improves the reliability of Series Record.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.13.1 (Jun 4, 2015)
- Introduces Series Record:
- Turn Series Record on for your favourite programmes and have the app automatically download new episodes as they become available on iPlayer.
- Introduces Resume Play:
- The app now remembers how much of each episode you’ve watched, so you can quickly pick up where you left off.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.11.1 (Jan 29, 2015)
- Fixes an issue whereby the duration of certain episodes would be incorrectly displayed.
- Various other minor improvements and fixes.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.11.0 (Nov 5, 2014)
- Adds support for 30 day availability:
- Soon you'll be able to download most iPlayer programmes for 30 days after they're shown on TV, and you'll have until the end of the same 30-day period to watch the download.
- At the end of the 30-day period, programmes will be deleted. So keep an eye on the expiry date of each programme you download to make sure you don't miss out.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.10.0 (Sep 30, 2014)
- Introduces the ability to sort downloaded programmes alphabetically by title, or by date downloaded
- Introduces a fresh new visual design, improving consistency across iPlayer
- Supports high density displays across both Mac and PC
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.9.1 (Sep 30, 2014)
- Supports migration from our legacy infrastructure to our new cloud platform.
- Improves analytics so we can better understand which operating systems are used across the iPlayer ecosystem.
- Introduces an opportunity to provide feedback on the application.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.8.0 (Sep 30, 2014)
- Fixes an issue on Windows 8 which prevented the application from opening when using Google Chrome.
- Fixes an issue whereby the Windows Installer would fail to correctly upgrade a previous install.
- Fixes incorrectly displayed programme titles.
- Improvements to error messages when something goes wrong.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.7.4 (Sep 30, 2014)
- Fixes problems with interrupted playback reported on certain computers.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.7.3 (Sep 30, 2014)
- This release includes a number of fixes relating to stalling downloads and visual glitches experienced during playback.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.4.1 (Sep 30, 2014)
- Improvements to the way long programmes are downloaded.
New in BBC iPlayer Downloads 1.4.0 (Sep 30, 2014)
- If the stored programmes become corrupted then there is now an option to reset them when the application starts.