iPlayer Downloader maintenance update

I’m releasing a quick update today with a bug fix and a couple of enhancements.

Command-line tool:

  • Accepts multiple PIDs once again (broken in previous release)
  • Has a --dry-run option to skip the download step

Both GUI and command-line tool:

The Windows executable was built on Windows 2000 this time. I don’t think that should cause any problems, but let me know if it breaks anything!

The files are on the project page.

2008-10-05 10:45 UTC. Comments: 6.

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  1. Jamie

    Wrote at 2008-10-05 19:25 UTC using Firefox 2.0.0.16 on Windows XP:

    Hi
    I try to download Heroes but it comes back with an error. Can you see why?
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dv5tn/
    thanks,
    Jamie

  2. Paul Battley

    Wrote at 2008-10-05 21:14 UTC using Firefox 3.0.3 on Linux:

    Others have reported the same. I can’t check myself, but I suspect that it’s not available for the iPhone. Whether that’s by accident or by design, though, I couldn’t say.

  3. Irregular Shed

    Wrote at 2008-10-06 14:12 UTC using Firefox 3.0.1 on Windows XP:

    I’d be surprised if they’d have it for iPhone – I would’ve thought that it would bypass the BBC and end up on iTunes as a paid-for programme…

    Yep. Getting the metadata for that programme ID gives a version PID of b00dv5qr, and the metadata there lists the two different streams used by the Flash player:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/mtis/stream/b00dv5qr

  4. Phil

    Wrote at 2008-10-26 20:57 UTC using Firefox 3.0.3 on Mac OS X:

    Can’t download the following:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00f71d1/Merlin_A_Remedy_To_Cure_All_Ills/

    It plays via iplayer pages but won’t download

  5. Barry

    Wrote at 2008-10-27 18:10 UTC using Opera 9.61 on Windows XP:

    Hello,

    I’m downloading that episode of Merlin right now without any problems…

  6. Rupert

    Wrote at 2008-12-13 20:57 UTC using Firefox 3.0.4 on Mac OS X:

    I’m trying to download that version of Merlin and it’s not working either.

    Any ideas?

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