get_iplayer 1.98

get_iplayer allows you to download or stream any iPlayer programme from the BBC in H.264 (Quicktime/mp4) format, any radio programmes in MP3 or RealAudio format (optionally converted to wav or mp3) and all podcasts in MP3/AAC format. It even downloads the subtitles where available.
A major new feature available in get_iplayer  adds PVR-like capabilities (like Sky+ / TiVo): you will be able to save lists of programme searches which will be 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. 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.
NOTE: To be able to run get_iplayer you will have to make it executable first. For this you will have to open a TErminal window, go to the directory tha contains get_iplayer and issue this command from the command line (without the quotes): "chmod 755 get_iplayer".

Main features:
- Downloading H.264 video, and MP3 (or RealAudio) audio streams and podcasts from BBC iplayer site
- PVR functionality allows predefined searches to be downloaded from a scheduler such as cron
- Re-jigs the movie file so that it can be streamed before being fully downloaded
- Resume downloads of partially downloaded video, radio and podcast files
- 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 (i.e. listed) podcasts and iPlayer Radio/TV programs
- Script version update capability
- Caching of Programme Indices
- Creation of basic html and xml index files
- HTTP Proxy support
- Search on programme name, episode, description, channel or category
- Limit search by programmes made available after a specific number of hours

Enhancements
- Bugfixes to prevent some metadata lookups for BBC EMP and Live iPlayer content
- Set flvstreamer timeout down to 20 seconds
- Fix id3 tagging where quotes were not properly escaped
- Fix radio pid parsing for live URLs