Get iplayer

get_iplayer is a free and Open Source program released under the GNU GPL that allows you to access content from the BBC iPlayer. It is primarily used to capture video (TV) and audio (Radio) broadcasts. You are able to capture these media files from both the archived watch/listen again iPlayer as well as live streams. The media files captured are the actual source files transmitted by the iPlayer and so the quality is excellent.

Capturing & Preparing Radio Shows

Windows

Required Programs

• get_iplayer
• MP3DirectCut (requires the libfaad2.dll to be installed)
• MP4Box
• A good tagging program such as Foobar2000 or MP3tag

Steps

1. Run get_iplayer and use the appropriate commands to capture the content you want:

• • Live Streams (these are broadcasts/transmissions that are going out live across the BBC station)
    • get_iplayer --type=liveradio --pid=bbc_radio_one --start=00:00:05 --stop=00:00:35 --force - captures 30 seconds of the live transmission from BBC Radio 1
      • the --start and --stop parameters are hh:mm:ss. This enables you to schedule a recording without having to do it live.

Download

• Github get_iplayer official repository
• Squarepenguin website - a nicely designed website that mirrors the Github site