Hello Eleanor, Ar you confusing ‘get iplayer’ and ‘get iplayer automator’? I strongly recommend ‘get iplayer automator’ which does not involve anything difficult like terminal. FYI here is some info on ‘get iplayer automator’i
Playing TV and Radio programs on an Apple Macintosh The free App ‘Get iPlayer Automator’ is a great way to download and play TV and radio programs on an Apple Macintosh. You can download TV programs from the BBC , ITV and Channel 4 and radio programs from the BBC including those from regional stations. You can search for desired programs by entering words which might appear in the program title and you can set preferences to download the audio described version of the program if it is available. You can request that downloaded programs are automatically added to your iTunes library from where you can play them or transfer them to portable devices such as iPhone, iPod, and iPad. You can automatically add programs which are part of a series to your download queue as they become available. Finally if you live outside the UK you can still download British TV and radio programs via a provided proxy. Get iPlayer Automator requires Mac OS 10.7 or later. You can download it free from http://tom-tech.com/iplayer_automator/iPlayer_Automator/Get_iPlayer_Automator.html <http://tom-tech.com/iplayer_automator/iPlayer_Automator/Get_iPlayer_Automator.html>. Copy the ‘Get iPlayer Automator.app’ from your download folder to your application folder and open it. Wait a few seconds and you will be invited to upgrade to the latest level which at the time of writing is 1.5.3 (536). You now need to change a few of the default preferences. Open the preference pane for Get iPlayer Automator and go to the general tab. If you live in the UK you must set the Proxy option to None. The default is Provided which should work if you live outside the UK but I have no way to test this. If you want to download BBC radio programs as well as TV programs ensure that BBC Radio and BBC Podcasts options are checked in the Items to Cache group. These are not checked by default. Also ensure that the Download Audio Described and Signed Versions option is checked. This is checked by default and will download the audio described version of a program if it is available. If no audio described version is available it will download the standard version. Now close the preference pane. To download a program first enter one or more words which might appear in the program title into the Search For Shows edit box and press the Enter key. After a few seconds look in the Search Results table for the desired show(s) and select them. Now press the Add To Queue button to add the desired show(s) to the download queue. Then check that the desired show(s) really are in the download queue and if this queue contains any unwanted shows select them and press the - button to remove them. Now go to the Toolbar and press the Start button to start downloading the desired show(s). These will be saved in the Download Path specified in the preference pane which by default is set to the Movies/TV Shows folder in your user area. Downloaded TV programs will also appear in the TV Shows part of your iTunes library from where you can play the desired shows. Downloaded radio programs will appear in the Music part of your iTunes library and can be found by going to Artists and looking for BBC Radio. You can use the TVR feature of Get iPlayer Automator to automatically download the next available program of a nominated series the next time you start Get iPlayer Automator. To do this press the TVR button in the Toolbar. This brings up a panel enabling you to search for a show in a series of shows and then add that series to the TVR queue. The next time you start Get iPlayer Automator it will search for the next show for each entry in the TVR queue and if one is found it will add it to your download queue. Each time you start Get iPlayer Automator it refreshes its index of possible shows. If you have not used Get iPlayer Automator for a while this can take several minutes during which the Search For Shows edit box is dimmed. You then just need to be patent and wait for the Search For Shows edit box to become available. > On 13 Nov 2014, at 10:15, Eleanor Martha Burke <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I would like to be able to use Get iPlayer on my Mac. This then probably > only relates to those list members in the UK who might have this installed on > their Mac. I do not know how to install it as it is not an app as such but > involves inputting certain information in to the Mac and has something to do > with Terminal. I don't know anything about Terminal. 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