Iplayer batch file

September 12, 2008

The following batch file starts and stops the BBC iplayer service and program. To use it copy and paste the text into notepad and save it with extension .bat . Then double click to run and press 1 to start and 0 to stop.

___ iplayer.bat

@echo off
cls

rem start and stop iplayer service
set choice=0
set /p choice=Iplayer: 0=stop, 1=start:
if ‘%choice%’==’1′ goto NUM_1
if ‘%choice%’==’0′ goto NUM_0

:NUM_1
net start “Kservice”
“C:\Program Files\Kontiki\KHost.exe” -p iplayer_live -t cache:download_index.html -s class=dialog,width=530,height=680,position=2,scrollbars=1,resize=1,name=main”
goto end

:NUM_0
taskkill /F /IM khost.exe
net stop “Kservice”
goto end

:end
exit

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