Get iplayer

[hepy]

Don't know if anyone on here used the Get_Iplayer software? It was a program that let you download from BBC IPlayer and convert to MP3.

The BBC have now blocked this from working.

Does anyone else know of any other software I can use to download from the iplayer and save it as MP3? I'm not interested in TV just radio.

[bruschetta]

I use it on Ubuntu and yes, the BBC have changed the format of the metadata.

As a workaround, you can use the URL (well on linux you can), e.g.

get-iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04mh6x6/woul... --modes=flashhd -o ~/Desktop --force

[hepy]

bruschetta said:

I use it on Ubuntu and yes, the BBC have changed the format of the metadata.

As a workaround, you can use the URL (well on linux you can), e.g.

get-iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04mh6x6/woul... --modes=flashhd -o ~/Desktop --force

Sorry to be thick, but where do i post the iplayer link

[bruschetta]

If you are using linux, then you paste the whole string into the command prompt.

Sorry - never used get-iplayer on windows though.

However the clever get-iplayer people have now released a new version that works with the new BBC feeds.

[mizx]

Yep, just paste it on the command line.

Open the shortcut from the start menu and it will spawn a cmd and automatically run its index feed retrieval, it's already in its own directory, so you just run the program with whichever parameters you need.

The wiki is a bit clearer if you need any help with parameters, there are a lot more than it lists when you use the shortcut ('get-iplayer helplong' also shows everything).

[hepy]

bruschetta said:

If you are using linux, then you paste the whole string into the command prompt.

Sorry - never used get-iplayer on windows though.

However the clever get-iplayer people have now released a new version that works with the new BBC feeds.

Cheers just downloaded the new version, and it seems to be working ok.

[egomeister]

Thanks for posting this topic - It's a handy bit of software.

Just downloaded the windows version, and managed to download a show via the Web PVR however when I search the list of shows available doesn't reflect what I can find via the iplayer website. I've tried refreshing the cache, but no luck. Any ideas?

[FurtiveFreddy]

What's changed recently is that the indexing has stopped working so you can't search for programmes using Get_iPlayer, but as long as you know the PID, which you can get from the URL, you can still download it.

[Gareth79]

I'm sure it was done purely to punish users of get_iplayer and other 3rd party solutions, and "tough st" to anybody else using them for any other reason. The reasons are rubbish, serving RSS is very lightweight and maintaining a feed converted from a modern back-end is pretty straightforward for anyone, let alone the resources of the BBC should they have wanted to.

[egomeister]

Thats starting to make some sense now, although the index in the web PVR showed things that only appeared last night yet was missing older stuff.

Managed to get a recording via the command line and PID now although signed versions of shows do seem to confuse it (or quite possibly my use of it!)