How to use get_iplayer

get_iplayer is a tool for downloading TV and Radio shows from the BBC iPlayer. I want to use it to get the latest Gilles Peterson show, and download it onto a folder on my machine.

Run a search for Gilles Peterson’s shows:

• get_iplayer --type=radio "Gilles Peterson"

• This returns a list of the 5 latest shows with their corresponding IDs e.g. Gilles Peterson - Words & Music From Pino Palladino, BBC Radio 6 Music, m000t5dn where m000t5dn is the ID.

How to download this show

• get_iplayer --pid=m000t5dn

  record a radio programme using the PID (m000t5dn) from its Sounds URL in high quality (320k), with fallback to lower quality if not available (default setting):.

• get_iplayer --pid=m000t5dn --radio-quality=med

  is a lower quality 96k - much more reasonable at 130.31MB