get_iplayer Allows searching, indexing and downloading audio/video streams.
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Allows searching, indexing and downloading audio/video streams. get_iplayer is a Perl script that allows users to search, index, download or stream the following services:BC iPlayer TV - H.264 / Quicktime / mov and Flash / AVIBBC iPlayer Radio (Local and National) - 128+ kbps MP3 / AAC and RealaudioBBC Podcasts - 128 kb/s MP3 / AACBBC iPlayer TV subtitles - SubRip / srtITV player Catch-up or classic TV - WMV / ASFHulu.com* TV - MP4Hulu.com* Closed-captions / subtitles - SubRip / srtget_iplayer has PVR-like capabilities (like Sky+ / TiVo / Series-Link); You can save lists of programme searches which are automatically downloaded when they become available.The H.264 feeds from the BBC are higher quality than in the Flash iPlayer (normal quality) or the Wii. See the beebhack wiki for a comparison. They are intended for the Apple iPhone and are consequently made difficult to download for any other OS. The same goes for the iPhone MP3 radio streams. Although there is now a new feature which allows downloading fo the flash based content using rtmpdump.Myself and a few others worked out how to work around these problems and now have tools which essentially simulate an iPhone as far as the BBC web servers are concerned.get_iplayer, does the downloading, indexing and searching of the iPlayer TV/Radio/ITVplayer programmes and podcasts available. It can even stream the iPlayer TV programmes while downloading them to mplayer or xine, etc. It does not circumvent any digital rights management security (see the BBC’s website on how to do that with the Windows-only DRM content they provide). The BBC iPlayer only works in the UK and Hulu.com* in the USA.UsesThe script is intended for use for playing back iPlayer/ITVplayer/Hulu* content on devices that cannot support adobe Flash/Air/Silverlight, systems which run entirely on open-source software (i.e. no Adobe flash/air or Silverlight), downloading content for mobile devices that have no access to broadband/wi-fi or running on devices that have such limited memory that running a browser with a flash player or AIR is not possible (or not permitted). For me this would be an Xbox running Xebian Linux with Freevo or XBMC. The Xbox only has 64Mb of memory and struggles enormously with Adobe flash (Adobe doesn’t permit you run flash player or AIR on a games console either). Of course, to respect the BBC’s and ITV content providers’ wishes and fair-use legislation, you should keep the downloaded content for no longer than it would be available on the BBC iPlayer / ITV web site, not attempt to obtain it from outside of the UK and not redistribute it. If you want to get higher quality TV programmes then this is not the tool for you. You would be better off getting a DVB-T tuner card or a DTV PVR. get_iplayer is not intended for use in making illegal copies of copyrighted content. Please respect the rights of the content owners when recording. Here are some key features of "get_iplayer": · Downloading video, audio and podcasts from BBC, ITV and Hulu* sites · PVR functionality allows predefined searches to be downloaded from a scheduler such as cron or Windows scheduler · Rewrites the movie file on-the-fly, if required, so that it can be streamed before being fully downloaded · Resume downloads of partially downloaded content · Stream iPlayer or podcast content via mplayer or xine while downloading it · Allow multiple programmes to be downloaded in one command · Indexing of all available programmes · Script update capability · Caching of Programme Indices · Creation of basic html and xml index files · HTTP Proxy support · Advanced Searching on programme name, episode, description, channel or category, etc · Limit search by programmes made available after a specific number of hours · Automatic prompting to remove content downloaded more than 30 days ago · Meta-tagging of downloaded iPlayer iPhone/H.264 and mp3 files for importing into iTunes Requirements: · Perl · libwww-perl · MPlayer · LAME · rtmpdump What's New in This Release: · The experimental localfiles MP3 plugin was added, which requires MP3::Info. · The --page, --pagesize, --sort=, and --sortreverse options were added to control output of displayed matches. · Metadata extraction was improved for URL-based recordings. · The itv plugin was removed because it no longer works. · Absolute paths are saved in history. · Thumbsize support was made more intuitive. · Detection for BBC streaming URLs with mediaselector params in them was added. · The 'Quick URL' box was added to Web PVR Manager to allow a user to record or play any supported BBC video/audio page. · The 'Delete' button was added. · The 'Hide deleted recordings' option was added. · A preferences tab was added.

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