One of my machines, (WIN 10) no longer works using a CLI download.
I have tried uninstall and reinstall of V3.20 but still getting the following result. Other machines are working normally. This machine appears to work normally on all other apps and connects to
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

Command:

Quote:get_iplayer --tvmode=good --pid m00031ft

response:

Quote:get_iplayer 3.20.0-MSWin32, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
 conditions; use --conditions for details.



ERROR: Failed to download URL (3/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00031ft.json
ERROR: Response: 500 Can't connect to www.bbc.co.uk:443 (Invalid argument)
ERROR: Ignore this error if programme download is successful
WARNING: Failed to download JSON PID info: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00031ft.json
WARNING: Could not determine PID type (m00031ft). Trying to record PID directly.
Episodes:
get_iplayer - m00031ft, BBC iPlayer, m00031ft
INFO: 1 total programmes


ERROR: Failed to download URL (3/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00031ft.json
ERROR: Response: 500 Can't connect to www.bbc.co.uk:443 (Invalid argument)
ERROR: Ignore this error if programme download is successful
WARNING: Could not download programme metadata from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00031ft.json

ERROR: Failed to download URL (3/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00031ft/playlist.json
ERROR: Response: 500 Can't connect to www.bbc.co.uk:443 (Invalid argument)
ERROR: Ignore this error if programme download is successful

ERROR: Failed to download URL (3/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00031ft/
ERROR: Response: 500 Can't connect to www.bbc.co.uk:443 (Invalid argument)
ERROR: Ignore this error if programme download is successful

ERROR: Failed to download URL (3/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00031ft/ad
ERROR: Response: 500 Can't connect to www.bbc.co.uk:443 (Invalid argument)
ERROR: Ignore this error if programme download is successful

ERROR: Failed to download URL (3/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00031ft/sign
ERROR: Response: 500 Can't connect to www.bbc.co.uk:443 (Invalid argument)
ERROR: Ignore this error if programme download is successful
WARNING: No programmes are available for this PID with version(s): default

Anybody seen this before?

Not a get_iplayer issue. Most likely culprit is antivirus, or possibly firewall. When you see "Can't connect", it means exactly what it says. Your system is preventing connection.

I'm also getting this - it only started for me this morning (it was working until at least 20:00 last night)
Running on a Windows 7 PC. Nothing else has changed on the PC (no anti-virus updates since the beginning of the week)

An another Windows 10 user here with the same problem.

Tried uninstalling and reinstalling.

Tried both the record from Url and refreshed the cache.

Same error messages.

I too have started getting this error today. Windows 10 system here. I tried disabling my firewall and virus protection, and even restarted the PC (yes, I turned it off and on again) but to little avail.

I'm having the same problem. It was working fine on Thursday but is now affecting some recordings but not all.

ERROR: Failed to download URL (3/3): https://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselecto...l?cb=80635
ERROR: Response: 500 Internal Server Error
ERROR: Ignore this error if programme download is successful

ERROR: Failed to download URL (3/3): https://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselecto...l?cb=73262
ERROR: Response: 500 Internal Server Error
ERROR: Ignore this error if programme download is successful
WARNING: No media streams found for requested programme versions and recording modes.
WARNING: The programme may no longer be available - check the iPlayer site.
WARNING: The programme may only be available in an unsupported format (e.g., Flash) - check the iPlayer site.
WARNING: If you use a VPN/VPS/Smart DNS/web proxy, check with the provider to find out if it has been blocked.

Unrelated to original post, and also not a get_iplayer issue. Do everyone a favour and read the error message before posting. When you see "Server Error", it means exactly what it says. The problem is at the server, and is almost certainly temporary. Thread closed.