get_iplayer
The facts below are what the maker publishes about get_iplayer, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From get_iplayer's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| get_iplayer | Free | Downloads BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds programmes · GPL-3.0 licensed |
The facts
Each one read from get_iplayer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Batch downloads
- It allows multiple programmes to be downloaded using a single command.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content limitation
- It does not support live recording from BBC channels and does not support downloading news or sport videos, embedded media, archive programmes, special collections, educational material, clips or other content outside its stated whole-episode scope.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Conversion and tagging
- ffmpeg and AtomicParsley enable media conversion and metadata tagging; without them, downloads remain in raw streaming formats and metadata tags are not created.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- Perl 5.16 or later and Perl modules including LWP, LWP::Protocol::https, Mojolicious, XML::LibXML and CGI are required.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment and support
- Web server deployment of get_iplayer or Web PVR Manager is unsupported by the developers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Download limitation
- Search covers programmes scheduled on BBC linear services in the previous 30 days; older available items can be downloaded directly by PID or URL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Input methods
- Programmes can be downloaded by search result index, programme ID, or BBC iPlayer/BBC Sounds URL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies the project as licensed under GPL-3.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maximum video quality
- 1080pchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Output formats
- MP4; M4A; MPEG-TS; SRTchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Programme index
- It indexes most available iPlayer and Sounds catch-up programmes from the previous 30 days, excluding Red Button, iPlayer Exclusive and podcast-only programmes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Proxy support
- The utility supports HTTP proxies.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- get_iplayer is a utility for downloading TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scheduled recording
- Its PVR capability can be used with cron or Windows Task Scheduler.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- It supports regular-expression searches on programme names, descriptions and episode titles, and can filter results by channel.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Subtitle downloads
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Supported sources
- BBC iPlayer; BBC Soundschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Device platforms
- Windows; macOS; Linuxchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Platform support
- It runs on Linux/BSD, macOS 10.10 or later, and Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11.checked 12 Oct 2026
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