get_iplayer does not support downloading news/sport videos, other embedded media, archive programmes, special collections, educational material, programme clips or any content other than whole episodes of programmes scheduled for broadcast on BBC linear services within the previous 30 days.Programmes that are still available after 30 days must be located on the iPlayer/Sounds sites and downloaded directly via PID or URL. Red button programmes, iPlayer box sets, web-only content, and BBC podcasts are not searchable. get_iplayer can only search for programmes that were scheduled for broadcast on BBC linear services within the previous 30 days, even if some are available for more than 30 days on the iPlayer/Sounds sites.Runs on Linux/BSD (Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenBSD and others), macOS (10.10+), Windows (7/8/10).Requires ffmpeg for conversion to MP4 and AtomicParsley for metadata tagging.Perl 5.16+ required, plus LWP, LWP::Protocol::https, XML::LibXML, Mojolicious, and CGI modules.PVR capability (may be used with cron or Task Scheduler).

Direct download via programme ID or URL.Regex search on programme description and episode title.Caching of programme index with automatic updating.Indexing of most available iPlayer/Sounds catch-up programmes from previous 30 days (not Red Button, iPlayer Exclusive, or Podcast-only).Allows multiple programmes to be downloaded using a single command.Downloads TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer/BBC Sounds.Get_iplayer get_iplayer: BBC iPlayer/BBC Sounds Indexing Tool and PVR Features

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