If you're aiming to get something like PVR functionality, i.e. downloading all episodes of a specific programme, what's working for me is:
(for radio) (1) Find the programme's overall PID (there's probably a proper name for this, but I don't know it) within iPlayer. Start at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio and search for the programme name (using the "Find a programme" disguised low-contrast search box, not the one at the top of the page that actually looks like a search box). Or use the A-Z list of programmes. In any case, the URL given for the programme title will contain this overall PID. e.g. the shipping forecast has b006qfvv . (2) Build a URL from that using this template: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/$PID/episodes/player . e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qfvv/episodes/player (3) Bookmark that URL and load it each day, looking for new episodes. (You might automate this. I couldn't possibly comment.) The episode title will contain the individual episode PID. e.g. as I write the most recent Shipping Forecast links to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mb103 . (4) Download that PID with get_iplayer. e.g. get_iplayer --metadata generic --type radio --pid b04mb103 --get (If you're on Windows, do whatever you already do on the Windows command line. I don't use it and can't help you.) For television the process is similar, but the overall programme link will be something like http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006mj59 (for Top Gear) and you can omit the --type radio. Roger _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer