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I download radio programmes and convert them in to mp3 having configured my options file thus

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ffmpegradioopts -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ar 24000 -ab 48k -loglevel quiet

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it would be nice if the process ffmpeg did not block to next download.
I've got 4 cpus and they are generally not being used most
of the time.
Perhaps each new call to ffmpeg could be "spawned" and ran in the background.

No chance. The files get some post-processing, so can't just spin off ffmpeg in the background. If you just want smaller files, use

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--radiomode=flashaaclow

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--radiomode=hlsaaclow

. If you have some old hardware that can't deal with M4A/AAC, and you don't want to wait for get_iplayer, then do your transcoding in bulk after downloading. You should be able to find tools that can either run multiple ffmpeg instances in parallel (in a controlled manner) or do multithreaded transcoding. The

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--aactomp3

option was a mistake - get_iplayer really shouldn't do transcoding - but it fills a very limited niche.

Thanks dp.

I can do bulk transcoding - and have done in the past.
But please do retain your

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--aactomp3

option - it's really useful when I'm not in any hurry!

Your continual efforts are much appreciated here.

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