I installed the script as described here: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/manual
Running it the first time with no arguments, downloaded some plugins as you described, running it again like so: ./get_iplayer apollo Printed out a whole load info whilst getting TV index feeds, then finished with 3 matches, like so: Matches: 838: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 1, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 839: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 2, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 840: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 3, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default Running the following: ./get_iplayer 838 --get Began downloading the episode On Mon, 25 May 2015 at 09:59 Terry Coles <d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk> wrote: > On Monday 25 May 2015 08:39:43 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: > > Version 2.86 in the Ubuntu repository is out of date, the version on > github > > is 2.92 so there might have been new changes to fix the issues you're > seeing > > OK. I uninstalled V 2.86, downloaded the latest version, made it > executable > and ran it as: > > terry@BEIGE:~$ ./get_iplayer > > On first execution, it installed some plugins and on the second it gave > exactly > the same result as V 2.86. > > What do others get, when they type 'get_iplayer' for a simple search? > > -- > > Terry Coles > > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING > Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR