Although get_iplayer is generally working well for me, there is one problem that I hope someone could help me with.

If I download many programmes, although the episode number appears correctly in the file name, it no longer appears in the metadata. This means when I play the programme with VLC on my laptop or on my Western Digital media player I just get the episode name, without the number. This isn't really a problem on the laptop as I select the episode I want to watch using Windows Explorer, which displays the episode number as part of the filename. But with my WD media player I can have several episodes with no indication of which episode is which.

For example, I have just downloaded:

Jonathan_Strange__Mr_Norrell_-_1._The_Friends_of_English_Magic.mp4

No probs on the laptop knowing which episode this is, but on my media player all I see is "The Friends of English Magic".

Is there a switch I need to include in the get_iplayer --gget command string? Or is this a change that has been made to the programme?

Thanks and regards

Turbo

See tagging options in Options page in wiki. The switch you seek can be found there.

Thank you, I have it working fine now.

Unfortunately I have quite a few programmes which are no longer on iPlayer, and which lack the episode number. Are you aware of a Windows programme that will enable me to edit the metadata?

Turbo

Mp3tag, among others. Despite the name, it can edit MP4 metadata. Or you can just edit the title in Explorer (Right-Click->Properties->Details)