I've looked at the ffmpeg man page but I can't figure out how to NOT
include id3v2 tags in the radio mp3 files downloaded using get_iplayer.
I need to retain id3v1 tags though.
Can anyone help?

ffmpeg does not do the tagging. It's not possible to do what you're asking with get_iplayer. You'll have to post-process the files yourself.

Okay thanks
I'm post-processing (on windows) thus
id3-078w\id3.exe -2 -d "%1"

wfm

You should be able to automate that with :




The extra quotes are in case the filename contains spaces.