Downloads:
13,045
Downloads of v 3.26:
443
Last Update:
30 Jun 2020
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- A. S. Budden
- Alexey Tourbin
- Andrew Elwell
- Andy Bircumshaw
- Bill Boughton
- Caius Durling
- Chris Reed
- BBR
- Crispin Flowerday
- David Llewellyn-Jones
- David Woodhouse
- Edward Betts
- HenderHobbit
- Ian Praxil
- James
- James Laver
- James Ross
- James Teh
- John Henderson
- Jon Davies
- Jonathan Harris
- Jonathan Larmour
- Jonathan Wiltshire
- Matthew Boyle
- Mike Crowe
- Mike Fleetwood
- Murray
- Peter Oliver
- Phil Cole
- Ralf Baechle
- Sharon Kimble
- Shevek
- Steven Luo
- Stuart Henderson
- Vangelis forthnet
- Vangelis66
- Will Elwood
- dinkypumpkin
- fs ck
- fsck
- hintswen
- linuxcentrenet
- notnac
- wiehe
- willemw12
Tags:
iplayer admin bbc tv radio media video audio podcastgetiplayer (Install)
This is not the latest version of getiplayer (Install) available.
- 1
- 2
- 3
3.26 | Updated: 30 Jun 2020
Downloads:
13,045
Downloads of v 3.26:
443
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- A. S. Budden
- Alexey Tourbin
- Andrew Elwell
- Andy Bircumshaw
- Bill Boughton
- Caius Durling
- Chris Reed
- BBR
- Crispin Flowerday
- David Llewellyn-Jones
- David Woodhouse
- Edward Betts
- HenderHobbit
- Ian Praxil
- James
- James Laver
- James Ross
- James Teh
- John Henderson
- Jon Davies
- Jonathan Harris
- Jonathan Larmour
- Jonathan Wiltshire
- Matthew Boyle
- Mike Crowe
- Mike Fleetwood
- Murray
- Peter Oliver
- Phil Cole
- Ralf Baechle
- Sharon Kimble
- Shevek
- Steven Luo
- Stuart Henderson
- Vangelis forthnet
- Vangelis66
- Will Elwood
- dinkypumpkin
- fs ck
- fsck
- hintswen
- linuxcentrenet
- notnac
- wiehe
- willemw12
getiplayer (Install) 3.26
This is not the latest version of getiplayer (Install) available.
- 1
- 2
- 3
All Checks are Passing
3 Passing Tests
Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install getiplayer (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade getiplayer (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall getiplayer (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
-
Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
-
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
-
Run: (additional options)
choco download getiplayer --internalize --version=3.26 --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
-
For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
-
Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade getiplayer -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'3.26'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade getiplayer -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'3.26'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install getiplayer
win_chocolatey:
name: getiplayer
version: '3.26'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'getiplayer' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '3.26'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller getiplayer
{
Name = "getiplayer"
Version = "3.26"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'getiplayer':
ensure => '3.26',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
Private CDN cached downloads available for licensed customers. Never experience 404 breakages again! Learn more...
This package was approved as a trusted package on 30 Jun 2020.
get_iplayer: BBC iPlayer/BBC Sounds Indexing Tool and PVR
Features
- Downloads TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer/BBC Sounds
- Allows multiple programmes to be downloaded using a single command
- Indexing of most available iPlayer/Sounds catch-up programmes from previous 30 days (not BBC Three, Red Button, iPlayer Exclusive, or Podcast-only)
- Caching of programme index with automatic updating
- Regex search on programme name
- Regex search on programme description and episode title
- Filter search results by channel
- Direct download via programme ID or URL
- PVR capability (may be used with cron or Task Scheduler)
- HTTP proxy support
- Perl 5.16+ required, plus LWP, LWPProtocolhttps, XML::LibXML, Mojolicious, and CGI modules
- Requires ffmpeg for conversion to MP4 and AtomicParsley for metadata tagging
- Runs on Linux/BSD (Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenBSD and others), macOS (10.10+), Windows (7/8/10)
NOTE:
- get_iplayer can only search for programmes that were scheduled for broadcast on BBC linear services within the previous 30 days, even if some are available for more than 30 days on the iPlayer/Sounds sites. BBC Three programmes, red button programmes, iPlayer box sets, iPlayer exclusives, and BBC podcasts are not searchable. Old programmes that are still available after 30 days must be located on the iPlayer/Sounds sites and downloaded directly via PID or URL, but such use is not supported..
- get_iplayer does not support downloading news/sport videos, other embedded media, archive sites, special collections, educational material, programme clips or any content other than whole episodes of programmes broadcast on BBC linear services within the previous 30 days, plus episodes of BBC Three programmes posted within the same period. It may be possible to download other content such as red button programmes or iPlayer box sets directly via PID or URL, but such use is not supported. get_iplayer DOES NOT support live recording from BBC channels.
# Update get_iplayer to new version
import subprocess
import os
from shutil import copyfile
import requests
def replaceInTag(text, tag_name, new_inner):
start_tag, end_tag = '<' + tag_name + '>', '</' + tag_name + '>'
start_pos, end_pos = text.find(start_tag), nuspec.find(end_tag)
text = text[:start_pos] + start_tag + new_inner + text[end_pos:]
return text
# folders
user_dir = os.environ['USERPROFILE']
app_name = 'get_iplayer'
choco_name = 'getiplayer'
get_iplayer_folder = os.path.join(user_dir, 'GitHub', app_name)
wiki_folder = get_iplayer_folder + '_wiki'
choco_folder = os.path.join(user_dir, 'Documents', 'Scripts', choco_name)
# update GitHub + wiki folders (I think 'fetch' is correct)
assert subprocess.call('git fetch', cwd=get_iplayer_folder) == 0
assert subprocess.call('git fetch', cwd=wiki_folder) == 0
nuspec_filename = os.path.join(choco_folder, choco_name + '.nuspec')
nuspec = open(nuspec_filename, encoding='utf-8').read()
authors = open(os.path.join(get_iplayer_folder, 'CONTRIBUTORS')).read().replace('\n', ', ')[:-2]
nuspec = replaceInTag(nuspec, 'authors', authors)
release_notes = open(os.path.join(wiki_folder, 'releasenotes.md')).read().splitlines()
# find first link - should point to the newest version
for line in release_notes:
start_pos, mid_pos, end_pos = line.find('['), line.find(']('), line.find(')')
if -1 in (start_pos, mid_pos, end_pos):
continue
link_name = line[start_pos+1:mid_pos]
link_dest = line[mid_pos+2:end_pos]
if link_name.startswith(app_name):
version = link_name.split(' ')[1]
break
print(app_name + ' version ' + version)
nuspec = replaceInTag(nuspec, 'version', version)
# get info from readme
readme = open(os.path.join(get_iplayer_folder, 'README.md')).read().splitlines()
# get first two sections (title and 'Features')
description = ''
sections = 0
for line in readme:
if line.startswith('## '):
sections += 1
if sections > 2:
break
description += line.replace('<', '`').replace('>', '`') + '\n'
nuspec = replaceInTag(nuspec, 'description', description)
release_notes_file, link_name = link_dest.split('#')
release_notes = open(os.path.join(wiki_folder, release_notes_file + '.md'), encoding='utf-8').read().splitlines()
new_release_notes = ''
in_section = False
for line in release_notes:
if line.startswith('<a name="' + link_name + '"/>'):
in_section = True
continue
if in_section:
if line.startswith('<a name="'): # next section
break
new_release_notes += line.replace('<', '`').replace('>', '`') + '\n' # < and > need to be escaped
print(new_release_notes)
nuspec = replaceInTag(nuspec, 'releaseNotes', new_release_notes)
copyfile(nuspec_filename, nuspec_filename + '.bak')
open(nuspec_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8').write(nuspec)
# get binary info
json = requests.get("https://api.github.com/repos/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest").content
release = eval(json.replace(b'false', b'False').replace(b'null', b'None').replace(b'true', b'True'))
for asset in release['assets']:
name = asset['name']
url = asset['browser_download_url']
if name.endswith('.exe'):
exe_url = url
elif name.endswith('.sha1'):
sha1 = requests.get(url).content.decode('utf-8').split(' ')[0]
elif name.endswith('.sha256'):
sha256 = requests.get(url).content.decode('utf-8').split(' ')[0]
# update the exe URL and checksums in the install file
install_file = os.path.join(choco_folder, 'tools', 'chocolateyinstall.ps1')
install = open(install_file, encoding='utf-8').read().splitlines()
new_install = ''
for line in install:
pos = line.find("'")
if line.startswith('$url'):
line = line[:pos] + "'" + exe_url + "'"
elif 'checksum ' in line:
line = line[:pos] + "'" + sha1 + "'"
elif 'checksum64' in line:
line = line[:pos] + "'" + sha256 + "'"
new_install += line + '\n'
open(install_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8').write(new_install)
# package and push to server
assert subprocess.call('choco pack', cwd=choco_folder) == 0
assert subprocess.call('choco push', cwd=choco_folder) == 0
Open getiplayer.nuspec in Notepad++
Update
version
authors
replace \n with , in https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS
description
just the first (Features) section of https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/master/README.md
replace < and > with [ and ]
releaseNotes XXX
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release320to329/_edit
put links in for previous release notes
replace angle brackets with < and > (doesn't work within `code tags`, so replace and remove the ` characters)
Go to https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest to get URLs and checksums
Open tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1 in Notepad++
Update
$url
checksum
Admin command prompt
c:
cd \Users\bjs54\Documents\Scripts\getiplayer
choco pack
del getiplayer.3.XX.nupkg <-- previous version
choco push
Hopefully the 'push' command means the below is unnecessary:
https://chocolatey.org/packages/getiplayer/
Login
Upload C:\Documents\Scripts\getiplayer\getiplayer.3.XX.nupkg
Profit!!!!
## Summary
How do I create packages? See https://chocolatey.org/docs/create-packages
If you are submitting packages to the community feed (https://chocolatey.org)
always try to ensure you have read, understood and adhere to the create
packages wiki link above.
## Automatic Packaging Updates?
Consider making this package an automatic package, for the best
maintainability over time. Read up at https://chocolatey.org/docs/automatic-packages
## Shim Generation
Any executables you include in the package or download (but don't call
install against using the built-in functions) will be automatically shimmed.
This means those executables will automatically be included on the path.
Shim generation runs whether the package is self-contained or uses automation
scripts.
By default, these are considered console applications.
If the application is a GUI, you should create an empty file next to the exe
named 'name.exe.gui' e.g. 'bob.exe' would need a file named 'bob.exe.gui'.
See https://chocolatey.org/docs/create-packages#how-do-i-set-up-shims-for-applications-that-have-a-gui
If you want to ignore the executable, create an empty file next to the exe
named 'name.exe.ignore' e.g. 'bob.exe' would need a file named
'bob.exe.ignore'.
See https://chocolatey.org/docs/create-packages#how-do-i-exclude-executables-from-getting-shims
## Self-Contained?
If you have a self-contained package, you can remove the automation scripts
entirely and just include the executables, they will automatically get shimmed,
which puts them on the path. Ensure you have the legal right to distribute
the application though. See https://chocolatey.org/docs/legal.
You should read up on the Shim Generation section to familiarize yourself
on what to do with GUI applications and/or ignoring shims.
## Automation Scripts
You have a powerful use of Chocolatey, as you are using PowerShell. So you
can do just about anything you need. Choco has some very handy built-in
functions that you can use, these are sometimes called the helpers.
### Built-In Functions
https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-reference
A note about a couple:
* Get-BinRoot - this is a horribly named function that doesn't do what new folks think it does. It gets you the 'tools' root, which by default is set to 'c:\tools', not the chocolateyInstall bin folder - see https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-get-tools-location
* Install-BinFile - used for non-exe files - executables are automatically shimmed... - see https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-install-bin-file
* Uninstall-BinFile - used for non-exe files - executables are automatically shimmed - see https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-uninstall-bin-file
### Getting package specific information
Use the package parameters pattern - see https://chocolatey.org/docs/how-to-parse-package-parameters-argument
### Need to mount an ISO?
https://chocolatey.org/docs/how-to-mount-an-iso-in-chocolatey-package
### Environment Variables
Chocolatey makes a number of environment variables available (You can access any of these with $env:TheVariableNameBelow):
* TEMP = Overridden to the CacheLocation, but may be the same as the original TEMP folder
* ChocolateyInstall = Top level folder where Chocolatey is installed
* chocolateyPackageName = The name of the package, equivalent to the id in the nuspec (0.9.9+)
* chocolateyPackageVersion = The version of the package, equivalent to the version in the nuspec (0.9.9+)
* chocolateyPackageFolder = The top level location of the package folder
#### Advanced Environment Variables
The following are more advanced settings:
* chocolateyPackageParameters = (0.9.8.22+)
* CHOCOLATEY_VERSION = The version of Choco you normally see. Use if you are 'lighting' things up based on choco version. (0.9.9+)
- Otherwise take a dependency on the specific version you need.
* chocolateyForceX86 = If available and set to 'true', then user has requested 32bit version. (0.9.9+)
- Automatically handled in built in Choco functions.
* OS_PLATFORM = Like Windows, OSX, Linux. (0.9.9+)
* OS_VERSION = The version of OS, like 6.1 something something for Windows. (0.9.9+)
* OS_NAME = The reported name of the OS. (0.9.9+)
* IS_PROCESSELEVATED = Is the process elevated? (0.9.9+)
#### Experimental Environment Variables
The following are experimental or use not recommended:
* OS_IS64BIT = This may not return correctly - it may depend on the process the app is running under (0.9.9+)
* CHOCOLATEY_VERSION_PRODUCT = the version of Choco that may match CHOCOLATEY_VERSION but may be different (0.9.9+)
- it's based on git describe
* IS_ADMIN = Is the user an administrator? But doesn't tell you if the process is elevated. (0.9.9+)
* chocolateyInstallOverride = Not for use in package automation scripts. (0.9.9+)
* chocolateyInstallArguments = the installer arguments meant for the native installer. You should use chocolateyPackageParameters intead. (0.9.9+)
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';
$packageName = 'getiplayer'
$softwareName = 'get_iplayer*'
$installerType = 'EXE'
$silentArgs = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'
$validExitCodes = @(0, 3010, 1605, 1614, 1641)
if ($installerType -ne 'MSI') {
$silentArgs = '/S'
$validExitCodes = @(0)
}
$uninstalled = $false
[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $softwareName
if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
$key | % {
$file = "$($_.UninstallString)"
if ($installerType -eq 'MSI') {
$silentArgs = "$($_.PSChildName) $silentArgs"
$file = ''
}
Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage -PackageName $packageName `
-FileType $installerType `
-SilentArgs "$silentArgs" `
-ValidExitCodes $validExitCodes `
-File "$file"
}
} elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
} elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
Write-Warning "$key.Count matches found!"
Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled."
Write-Warning "Please alert package maintainer the following keys were matched:"
$key | % {Write-Warning "- $_.DisplayName"}
}
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- getiplayer.3.26.nupkg (42f5da7fed38) - ## / 63
- get_iplayer-3.26.0-windows-x64-setup.exe (d0aaf1deda84) - ## / 68
- get_iplayer-3.26.0-windows-x86-setup.exe (40938475dca4) - ## / 69
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Add to Builder | Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
getiplayer (Install) 3.35.0 | 191 | Monday, January 15, 2024 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.34.0 | 186 | Monday, November 6, 2023 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.33.0 | 141 | Thursday, October 12, 2023 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.32.0 | 24 | Thursday, October 12, 2023 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.31 | 362 | Tuesday, January 24, 2023 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.30 | 38 | Tuesday, January 24, 2023 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.29 | 463 | Tuesday, February 8, 2022 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.28 | 270 | Thursday, December 9, 2021 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.27.1 | 455 | Tuesday, February 16, 2021 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.27 | 127 | Monday, February 15, 2021 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.26 | 443 | Tuesday, June 30, 2020 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.25 | 498 | Monday, February 3, 2020 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.24 | 232 | Friday, January 10, 2020 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.23 | 262 | Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.22 | 398 | Tuesday, August 20, 2019 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.21 | 327 | Monday, July 15, 2019 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.20 | 401 | Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.18 | 329 | Thursday, January 3, 2019 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.16 | 487 | Friday, July 6, 2018 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.15 | 291 | Thursday, July 5, 2018 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.14 | 391 | Wednesday, May 9, 2018 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.13 | 484 | Tuesday, March 27, 2018 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.12 | 472 | Monday, January 15, 2018 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.10 | 394 | Friday, January 12, 2018 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.09 | 492 | Tuesday, January 2, 2018 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.07 | 438 | Wednesday, November 29, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.06 | 428 | Wednesday, November 1, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.05 | 426 | Friday, October 13, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.04 | 370 | Friday, October 13, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.03 | 430 | Monday, October 2, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.02 | 451 | Monday, August 21, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.01 | 495 | Monday, May 8, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 3.00 | 400 | Tuesday, May 2, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 2.99.20170410 | 430 | Monday, April 10, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 2.99 | 486 | Wednesday, February 22, 2017 | Approved | |
getiplayer (Install) 2.97 | 407 | Monday, October 31, 2016 | Approved |
2008-2010 Phil Lewis
Changes in 3.26
Restored download of programme credits - broken by BBC changes.
Restored channel names to
--pid-recursive-list
output - broken by BBC changes.Restored subtitle colours - broken by BBC changes.
Media streams mislabelled as belonging to the defunct BBC Store are no longer ignored - a few may contain valid content.
Fixed hash initialisation in Pvr class (@praxilian)
Added new
--cuesheet-offset
option (synonym:--tracklist-offset
) that can be used to apply a positive or negative offset to track times in cue sheet or track list. If you find track times off by a consistent amount after download, use--cuesheet-only
with--cuesheet-offset=n
or--tracklist-only
with--tracklist-offset=n
(where n = offset in seconds) to generate a new cue sheet or track list with adjusted track times.The default value of the
--thumbnail-size
option is now 1920, which downloads a 1920x1080 image. The previous default was 192, which downloaded a 192x108 image. This larger default size should work better on TVs and larger devices, but it will still scale down for smaller devices and media manager software.If you have added
--thumbnail-size
to your preferences, it will continue to be used.This change will add ~200KB to the size of tagged output files, compared to the previous default.
If you wish to restore the previous default thumbnail size:
get_iplayer --prefs-add --thumbnail-size=192
Thumbnail size is now automatically limited to 1280 when
--thumbnail-square
is used, in order to avoid distorted images.The @wrt atom in metadata tags (iTunes: Composer field) is now set to "BBC Sounds" for radio programmes. The value is still set to "BBC iPlayer" for TV programmes.
The
--tag-utf8
option is now ignored and will be removed in the next release. It hasn't served any useful purpose for some time. To remove it from your preferences if necessary:get_iplayer --prefs-del --tag-utf8
The minimum version of Perl nominally required for get_iplayer is now 5.16, in line with recent changes in requirements for the Mojolicious module. This requirement is not yet enforced in get_iplayer code since some combinations of older Perl and Mojolicious versions will still work. This only concerns Linux users doing manual installations, and who for some reason attempt to install new versions of Mojolicious with obsolete versions of Perl, so it is unlikely to apply to you.
get_iplayer previously allowed a PVR run to continue even if the previous run might still be active, as long as 12 hours had elapsed since the previous run was launched, on the presumption that after 12 hours the previous run must be hung. That is no longer the case.
- If an invalid (e.g., due to disk write error) PVR lockfile is found, get_iplayer deletes the lockfile and exits with an error and an instruction for you to check if get_iplayer PVR is already running before restarting.
- If a valid PVR lockfile is found and the previous run is still active, get_iplayer will now always exit with an error regardless of whether or not 12 hours has elapsed. It now prints the process ID associated with the running PVR so that you can check the process status if necessary.
- get_iplayer is not prone to hanging as it sometimes was when it relied on rtmpdump and ffmpeg for downloading, so this change should have little effect on you. One possible exception is if you try to use get_iplayer in Windows Subsystem for Linux v1 (WSL 1), where AtomicParsley always hangs and thus hangs every PVR run. Don't use get_iplayer on WSL 1. AtomicParsley does work with WSL 2.
Ubuntu/Mint (and other Ubuntu-based distros) only: Farewell get_iplayer PPA
- The get_iplayer PPA is no longer supported by its maintainer, so you can no longer install get_iplayer from there. Perform a manual installation or use the snap version (if snap support is available for your system). NOTE: The snap version is not implemented, endorsed, or supported by the get_iplayer developers.
- Android note: If you have been using UserLAnd + Ubuntu + PPA to run get_iplayer on Android, you will need to switch to a manual installation since snap support is not available.
- If you upgrade from a PPA release to the snap version, you will first need to remove the PPA version. You will also need to transfer your settings after installing the snap version.
- See: Linux/BSD package installation
Windows only: Metadata tagging changes
- Metadata tags are now encoded as Unicode (UTF-8) by default, equivalent to the behaviour on other platforms. This requires workarounds for Windows Perl limitations and a customised version of AtomicParsley (provided with Windows installer). This change will make your files a bit more portable to other platforms and may save a bit of post-download tag editing.
- If you encounter problems with the new Unicode tagging, it can be bypassed with the new
--tag-no-unicode
option. - If Unicode tagging fails or is bypassed with
--tag-no-unicode
, get_iplayer falls back to the previous non-Unicode method that converts tags to a single-byte encoding. The "cp1252" encoding (Windows code page 1252) is used by default, which should be appropriate for all programmes supported by get_iplayer. - The new
--tag-encoding
option can be used to set an alternate character encoding for single-byte conversion, but you shouldn't need to use it for any programme supported by get_iplayer. This option has been included for testing and as future-proofing against any edge cases. - If Unicode tagging fails or is bypassed with
--tag-no-unicode
, characters that cannot be converted to the single-byte encoding are no longer removed from metadata tags, but are replaced with XML character references, e.g., "знали" becomesзнали
. This should only occur in rare cases where the default encoding is used and metadata contains text in a non-Roman script, e.g., a Cyrillic song title in a programme track list that was added to metadata tags via--tag-tracklist
.- Before converting XML character references, first load the file into Mp3tag and use its "Convert codepage" action to convert the metadata tags back to Unicode (there may be other methods to accomplish this). The XML character references will remain in the converted metadata.
- You should then be able to copy and paste XML character references into an online editor that renders HTML (e.g., Dillinger) and then copy the rendered UTF-8 characters back into your file using Mp3tag (or equivalent). Desktop applications that can render HTML should be able to perform the same function (e.g., the HTML view in MediaInfo).
- The expansion of unencoded characters into XML character references may lead to tag values that are too long and are thus truncated during tagging (you may see warnings issued by AtomicParsley). This should only be a problem when most or all of the metadata tags are in a non-Roman script, which is not the case for programmes supported by get_iplayer. If you download such programmes and Unicode tagging does not work for some reason, be sure to set the proper encoding with
--tag-encoding
, e.g., "cp1251" (Windows code page 1251) for metadata tags in Cyrillic.
- NOTE: In a future release, metadata tagging on Windows will be Unicode-only. The options for single-byte encoding will be removed. They have been provided as a fallback should problems arise in this initial implementation.
Windows only: 64-bit version available
- There is now a 64-bit version of get_iplayer for Windows (Intel/AMD only).
- A 32-bit version is still available, and it will still work on 64-bit systems.
macOS only: Initial release broken
The initial 3.26.0 version of the macOS installer package, released on 2020-06-28, was broken and was withdrawn on 2020-06-29. The installed get_iplayer script couldn't locate the bundled version of ffmpeg, so downloaded files were not converted to MP4 and metadata tags were not applied. You will see the message "WARNING: Required ffmpeg utility not found - not converting .ts file(s)" for each download.
To correct this problem, all users should install the updated 3.26.1 version:
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_macos/releases/tag/3.26.1
Installation
See: get_iplayer wiki
More Information
See: get_iplayer wiki
This package has no dependencies.
Ground Rules:
- This discussion is only about getiplayer (Install) and the getiplayer (Install) package. If you have feedback for Chocolatey, please contact the Google Group.
- This discussion will carry over multiple versions. If you have a comment about a particular version, please note that in your comments.
- The maintainers of this Chocolatey Package will be notified about new comments that are posted to this Disqus thread, however, it is NOT a guarantee that you will get a response. If you do not hear back from the maintainers after posting a message below, please follow up by using the link on the left side of this page or follow this link to contact maintainers. If you still hear nothing back, please follow the package triage process.
- Tell us what you love about the package or getiplayer (Install), or tell us what needs improvement.
- Share your experiences with the package, or extra configuration or gotchas that you've found.
- If you use a url, the comment will be flagged for moderation until you've been whitelisted. Disqus moderated comments are approved on a weekly schedule if not sooner. It could take between 1-5 days for your comment to show up.