I'm sure i have missed something......

If a programme is available via BBC Iplayer, would it not be available via get_iplayer?

There are a number of programmes that this is happening with......

Thanks

Matt

Pick PID out of the URL in your browser and use that

Eg: get_iplayer --pid=

get_iplayer doesn't crawl the iPlayer site to populate its cache of programmes - it would be impractical. As a result, there may be times when the get_iplayer data sources don't match what is on the iPlayer site.

As kernelbasher described, the simplest remedy is to snip the PID of the programme and feed it to get_iplayer.

You can also feed the entire URL to get_iplayer:



Note that 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 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio).

845 Wrote:Pick PID out of the URL in your browser and use that

Eg: get_iplayer –pid=

Looked a bit messed up that let's try again now the forum is fixed

That's just an example of how to fetch top gear ep3

Thank you,

I did reply but for some reason my post was not displayed.

Done what you have mentioned and obviously worked.

I don't want to go against Forum Rules and if i have apologies......

Is there a similar way to rip from ITV Player etc, and a similar way for YouTube.

I've tried Stream Transporter, however that is captured in real time and my internet connection is poor (1.5mb)

Thanks again

MAtt

I am obviously missing a detail, but haven't worked it out in the documentation

when I pick out the "pid" from the url - that doesn't work.
But if I search for the programme through get_iplayer type=radio command and use that code - I can download the programme.

Should I be able to do it form the url pid - that ought to be easier. What am I missing?

If it's a radio programme, you must always include , or have it set in your preferences. TV and radio listings are cached separately and get_iplayer only searches for TV programmes by default, for better or worse.