BBC iplayer completely Blocked even with VPN's

[phetphet]

OP. Did you try changing UK server to another UK one? 

I had the same trouble awhile back, and I just changed to another one and it worked.

[oxo1947]

On 11/10/2024 at 11:01 AM, liddelljohn said:

so any one on here have any idea how i can get  it to work 

You can clear all your cookies etc ...a  nuisance as you have to put all your passwords back in. When they caught you out the first time they would have left a bot (cookie) there .... if its just MOTD you do need the BBC as its broadcast in many other spots... here is one you can download or stream all matches + MOTD   https://soccerfullmatch.com/  but there are many others...

 

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Edited Monday at 08:50 AM by oxo1947

[chilly07]

Still works for me-too express VPN

[patman30]

VPN IPs get blocked  when used by too many people
to solve get a VPN that also offer static IP, and buy a static IP
that way it will just be you using that IP or at worst just a handful of people depending on the VPN 
i use Windscribe VPN they are great if you need static IPs or ports forwarded,
i have not come across another VPN that offered as much as windscribe 

Tip: use a US vpn and give Tubi Tv a look

[7euner]

I have had similar problems with different VPNs. Now I have solved the problem for good. I bought a Raspberry Pi (a small computer same size as a pack of cigarettes, for those who dont know). It is cheap - like 2000 Baht - and uses very little electricity - so it is turned on all the time. I made it into my own private VPN server. Not only is this VPN working perfectly, it is also using the same IP as the house that pays for TV subscriptions - as it is located at there. It would be impossible for the TV distributers to know anything.

 

Now you probably think you are going to be a computer expert to do this. Well, I know a little, but I have never worked with Raspberry/Linux before. I simply asked AI how to do this and that. It would come up with exact commandline instructions - step by step. I was very surprised I could get this working - but now it is.

 

I can explain more about software, if someone wants to give it a go!

[bradiston]

1 hour ago, cowellandrew said:

Have you got a TV licence?

 

And secondly who wants any propaganda from BBC 

Oh yeah, MOTD is propaganda now, is it?

[proton]

1 hour ago, Red Forever said:

Another far right saddo quick out of the blocks with a racist comment.

 

Factual comment, have you looked at it recently? Laughable Wolf Hall 2 with black actors playing aristocrats at the court of Henry the 8th, disgusting rewriting of our history. There is only one record of a black in Henrys court, John Blank a trumpeter who arrived with Catherine of Aragon, he did not stay long. The BBC are obsessed with diversity and inclusion where there was none, they are the racists.

[proton]

5 hours ago, Drumbuie said:

 People of all colours were travelling around the world long before the Anglosphere got going.. but the history books were until recently written by white guys who didn't bother to put that in.  https://www.history.co.uk/articles/black-tudors-the-fascinating-lives-of-africans-living-in-tudor-england

 

 

 

Most of that has been debunked, and the first pic is not even from Tudor England. In Tudor England there is only records of John Blank trumpeter who was here for about 4 years, and some divers brought over to try and recover articles from the Mary rose ship. There were no aristocrats, ambassadors or rich blacks in Tudor England, to portray historical characters as such is a lie.

[proton]

5 hours ago, bradiston said:

They're black actors. GEDDIT?

 

Playing WHITE historical people, GEDDIT. It's all one way of course, they are never going to cast a white actor to play Nelson Mandela or any black historical character, they are lying and rewriting our history.

Edited Monday at 10:30 AM by proton

[josephbloggs]

9 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Playing WHITE historical people, GEDDIT. It's all one way of course, they are never going to cast a white actor to play Nelson Mandela or any black historical character, they are lying and rewriting our history.

Oh dear, Mr right wing snowflake is getting angry at the telly.

[proton]

40 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Oh dear, Mr right wing snowflake is getting angry at the telly.

 

You will have to try a bit harder, disgust is not anger. They are constantly rolling out this false narrative that England was always multicultural and diverse with a largish black population going back to the Romans, it's a lie and they know it is.

 

 

Edited Monday at 11:20 AM by proton

[josephbloggs]

9 minutes ago, proton said:

 

You will have to try a bit harder, disgust is not anger. They are constantly rolling out this false narrative that England was always multicultural and diverse with a largish black population going back to the Romans, it's a lie and they know it is.

 

It is not a news report. It is light entertainment and it has some black actors in it. You guys really do get riled over nothing, it is quite hilarious.

[johng]

1 hour ago, 7euner said:

I made it into my own private VPN server.

This of course is the very best solution  but does require having friends or family in the country that the VPN needs to appear to be located in. ( and that they have a "proper" public Ip address )

 

I'm trying to get my head around setting up a pivpn behind a CGNAT  router/modem (True internet)  using a relay/proxy server  that does have a public IP address as the connection point...my head is spinning rite round baby right round like a record baby round round round round  !!!

[bradiston]

1 hour ago, proton said:

 

Playing WHITE historical people, GEDDIT. It's all one way of course, they are never going to cast a white actor to play Nelson Mandela or any black historical character, they are lying and rewriting our history.

Actors take roles offered to them. Only one of the cast of Lawrence of Arabia was an Arab. Laurence Olivier plays Othello, but you don't complain. Your history? What has this got to do with watching MOTD? And so many black footballers! Are they taking over? Our game? That we invented? Outrageous!

[7euner]

16 minutes ago, johng said:

This of course is the very best solution  but does require having friends or family in the country that the VPN needs to appear to be located in. ( and that they have a "proper" public Ip address )

 

I'm trying to get my head around setting up a pivpn behind a CGNAT  router/modem (True internet)  using a relay/proxy server  that does have a public IP address as the connection point...my head is spinning rite round baby right round like a record baby round round round round  !!!

 

I use Tailscale and set my Rasp as exit node. No static IP needed.

[it is what it is]

 

watching iplayer with nord now. been with nord about 3 years, never had a problem.

[The Fugitive]

BBC iPlayer working perfectly using SmartDNS Proxy VPN (London 'Smart' server selected).

[DiDiChok]

This is a bit obvious really.  Says to me that you haven't disabled "Location" in settings on a WIndows 11 machine.  Go into Settings (Cog icon) and then in the "Find a setting" search box type in Location.  From there you can stop the pesky PC leaking your whereabouts by turning the services off, then reboot the machine so it forgets where it was too.  Do similarly when you're on a mobile and accessing iPlayer via a VPN.  Turn Location off first.  Simples!

[johng]

10 minutes ago, 7euner said:

 

I use Tailscale and set my Rasp as exit node. No static IP needed.

I'm trying to do it with only "servers"  under my control  no VPS  or paid for "anythings" ( or need to give credit card details for "free service")

other than  the already "paid for"  I have a ToT/NT public ip that changes every 24 hours-ish that I'm trying to use as the "exit node" 

(ASUS RT-AC86U modem running Asuswrt-Merlin firmware ) 

DDNS ( I use duck dns as its free !!  🙂  ) works to convert that ip to a domain name  and I can use that name to VPN to the relay server/exit node (RT-AC86U) quite reliably...just need the extra step  to get to the other server  PIvpn located behind CGNAT  on another already paid for True internet, with some reverse tunnel or proxy or some other magic  from the ToT/NT connection.

 

I looked at tailscale and ngrok a while back  and got ngrok kind of working

"for free" but a new user on every  invocation  kind of killed the usefulness

at that time I didn't think to use my already semi static public IP on the ToT connection because at that time they had silently moved me to CGNAT  I complained but they said it is what it is !

( that was shortly after the ToT /NT merger)  recently I discovered that they

either moved me back or are/where playing some strange games that resulted in

"show my ip address" websites  saying one thing and the router reporting a different WAN  IP..which I assumed was CGNAT

however  recently discovered that using the router wan ip in openvpn settings  instead of the  "show my ip address" website address results in a connection

and so my head is still spinning round and round

[7euner]

2 hours ago, johng said:

I'm trying to do it with only "servers"  under my control  no VPS  or paid for "anythings" ( or need to give credit card details for "free service")

 

 

Tailscale is only establishing the connection and data is encrypted, so I dont think there is anything to worry about. No need to use Duck DNS as CGNAT is no issue.

[liddelljohn]

7 hours ago, phetphet said:

OP. Did you try changing UK server to another UK one? 

I had the same trouble awhile back, and I just changed to another one and it worked.

Yes did that no change at all

[Makh]

It has been a while since GB media decided to use DNS and Geolocations to stop the rest of the world seeing how degraded they have become.

It is not enough to use VPN for some users.

Here are some ‘BRITISH’ DNS server.

 

62.6.40.178

62.6.40.162

 

194.72.9.38

194.72.9.34

 

194.72.0.98

194.72.0.114

 

194.74.65.68

194.74.65.6

 

Make a BBC profile in your network setting and change the existing dns with a pair of the above.

Restart your machine.

 

You still need a VPN but the good news is you can use any vpn not just those high priced one, who got wise to the dns trick before others.

 

I paid $27 ten years ago for a lifetime one; they are still available with a search.

[liddelljohn]

3 hours ago, DiDiChok said:

This is a bit obvious really.  Says to me that you haven't disabled "Location" in settings on a WIndows 11 machine.  Go into Settings (Cog icon) and then in the "Find a setting" search box type in Location.  From there you can stop the pesky PC leaking your whereabouts by turning the services off, then reboot the machine so it forgets where it was too.  Do similarly when you're on a mobile and accessing iPlayer via a VPN.  Turn Location off first.  Simples!

Did that  and no difference   , Nord tech support have asked me to delete the entire programme and re install a new copy   ,, I did that and it  has made no difference no Iplayer , and Nord connection is slow as well   ,, but Windscribe is working fine ,, I have now asked them to cancel and refund my subscription  ?? lets see what they do???

[liddelljohn]

2 hours ago, johng said:

I'm trying to do it with only "servers"  under my control  no VPS  or paid for "anythings" ( or need to give credit card details for "free service")

other than  the already "paid for"  I have a ToT/NT public ip that changes every 24 hours-ish that I'm trying to use as the "exit node" 

(ASUS RT-AC86U modem running Asuswrt-Merlin firmware ) 

DDNS ( I use duck dns as its free !!  🙂  ) works to convert that ip to a domain name  and I can use that name to VPN to the relay server/exit node (RT-AC86U) quite reliably...just need the extra step  to get to the other server  PIvpn located behind CGNAT  on another already paid for True internet, with some reverse tunnel or proxy or some other magic  from the ToT/NT connection.

 

I looked at tailscale and ngrok a while back  and got ngrok kind of working

"for free" but a new user on every  invocation  kind of killed the usefulness

at that time I didn't think to use my already semi static public IP on the ToT connection because at that time they had silently moved me to CGNAT  I complained but they said it is what it is !

( that was shortly after the ToT /NT merger)  recently I discovered that they

either moved me back or are/where playing some strange games that resulted in

"show my ip address" websites  saying one thing and the router reporting a different WAN  IP..which I assumed was CGNAT

however  recently discovered that using the router wan ip in openvpn settings  instead of the  "show my ip address" website address results in a connection

and so my head is still spinning round and round

Im sorry but thats all Greek to me

[johng]

12 hours ago, 7euner said:

 

Tailscale is only establishing the connection and data is encrypted, so I dont think there is anything to worry about. No need to use Duck DNS as CGNAT is no issue.

 

I just had another quick look at tailscale and reminded myself why I'm rather reluctant to  be reliant upon a "man in the middle" server,having to install their app on every device...will it really be "free" forever  etc etc.

It does seem to offer what I want to achieve quite easily

( I'm rather suspicious of the free and easy bit  )

so I'll keep trying to D.I.Y for a bit longer  well till my head explodes which isn't that far off

[johng]

16 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

Im sorry but thats all Greek to me

me too 😅

[bradiston]

22 hours ago, proton said:

 

Playing WHITE historical people, GEDDIT. It's all one way of course, they are never going to cast a white actor to play Nelson Mandela or any black historical character, they are lying and rewriting our history.

That has to be one of the most deeply racist comments I've ever read. But I'm going to leave it at that. It's already way off topic.

Edited yesterday at 09:25 AM by bradiston

[johng]

2 minutes ago, bradiston said:

That has to be one of the most deeply racist comments I've ever read.

are you joking or being ironic ?  hard to tell without a emoji 😋

[liddelljohn]

OK so Nord is working fine on my samsung A34 5g phone   but not on my Lenovo  Laptop   ,, yet windscribe is working perfectly on the laptop  ,,,, so some thing in NORD no loger like my laptop  ,, Nord have had me  re install, change settings TCP etc   but its still rubbish .. ????