I'm a bit late to the party, but I'd like to pick up on some get_iplayer queries I came across in earlier threads.
1. As has been mentioned, get_iplayer searches only TV programmes by default. If you only ever want to search and download radio programmes, you can set a preference to make that the default behaviour:
get_iplayer --prefs-add --type=radio You can unset the preference like this: get_iplayer --prefs-del --type=radioOnce the preference is set you can omit --type=radio from your get_iplayer command line. Every get_iplayer option can be turned into a permanent preference in the same manner.
2. If you always want to convert all AAC audio to MP3, you can also set a preference to make that the default behaviour:
get_iplayer --prefs-add --aactomp3 You can unset the preference like this: get_iplayer --prefs-del --aactomp3Once the preference is set you can omit --aactomp3 from your get_iplayer command line.
3. By default, the AAC to MP3 conversion with --aactomp3 produces 128kbps constant bit rate files. That is perfectly fine for speech programmes and most music programmes. If you wish to convert the higher-quality 320kbps music programmes from Radio 3, add the --mp3vbr option with a value of 0 (it can range from 0 to 9, with 0 being the best). That will produce better conversions using variable bit rate encoding. For example:
get_iplayer --type=radio --get "Late Junction" --aactomp3 --mp3vbr=04. Regional and local radio programmes are already encoded as MP3 and get_iplayer will always produce MP3 output files for them. The --aactomp3 option will be ignored.
5. get_iplayer can also download with a programme episode URL from the iPlayer web site. For radio programmes, the URL must come from the original iPlayer site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio), not the newer iPlayer Radio site that launched last year (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio). Once you navigate to the episode page (the page with the embedded Flash player where you would normally play back the programme), you can copy the URL from your browser's location field and paste it into the get_iplayer command line. For example:
get_iplayer --type=radio http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036tqq3/The_Archers_14_07_2013/
The example command above should be all on one line.You can paste at the get_iplayer command prompt in two ways: Use Right-Click, Paste with the mouse or use the keystroke sequence Alt+Space, e, p
6. The get_iplayer beginner's guide mentioned in an earlier post has moved. It is now located at:
http://getiplayer.co.uk The page containing the link to the Windows installer is: http://getiplayer.co.uk/guides/windows-quick-install-guide/ The installer link is labelled: Windows 7 and 8 get_iplayer installer (single .exe file)If you would like to take a shortcut, the direct link to the Windows installer is:
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