• Get_iplayer For Mac Os X

There are often posts on this forum asking about the best radio and TV programmes to listen to or to watch as a beginner, and many posts suggesting relevant and interesting programmes. Fortunately S4C and Radio Cymru offerings are available on iPlayer but I’m sure that I am not alone in wanting to keep some of the material mentioned for the future or for when my skills have developed sufficiently to appreciate it better. You may feel that, as iPlayer content usually expires after 30 days, this is not possible.

The good news is that there is a way of downloading it to your computer and saving it. Legally (providing that you have a TV licence if you are in the UK). A free program called “getiplayer” does this and runs on Linux/BSD (numerous distros supported), MacOS (10.10+) and Windows 7, 8 and 10 (XP and Vista are not supported).

Windows users can download the latest version from:. MacOS users can download the latest release from:. For both Windows and Mac users the installer includes all necessary bits and pieces. Linux users will need to install the packages individually and instructions can be found at or it can be done manually as describe at. This program was originally developed to run on the Linux operating system, so may appear “old fashioned” to some, in that it uses the command line, where you have to type apparently obscure commands into a black screen to make it do anything.

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Fortunately a slightly more friendly means of accessing it has been created as well. This is the “PVR” that the instructions mention and this is included in the installation process for Windows and Mac users. There is a full set of instructions at. Once the program has gone from the iPlayer website you won’t be able to get it so you need to actively download episodes of a series on frequent basis if you want them all. Best of luck, Steak&Eggs P.S. What the instructions don’t say is that sometimes a search of the listing of available programmes doesn’t find a programme that you can see on the iPlayer website.

In such cases you can still download the program. You will need to find the PID, an identifier usually starting with a ‘p’ followed by another seven alphanumeric characters, in the page’s URL.

For example it is p0679x84 in this example: The command to download this programme will be: getiplayer -pid=p0679x84 I can’t see a way of doing this using the PVR so you will need to use the command line if you want to do this. After some discussion behind the scenes, it has been thought useful for SSI as a media-educational company to adopt a clear position on the use of the getiplayer software. It is clear that getiplayer is an extremely useful tool for the downloading and off-line listening and viewing of BBC and S4C programmes and it’s a great alternative if for any reason the BBC’s own iPlayer web site or apps are not working for you. However, SSI heavily recommends that users respect the BBC terms of use and do not retain recorded programmes for longer than the 30 day limit that applies to the vast majority of programmes on the iPlayer. External usb 2.0 slot-in dvd driver for mac. Although this isn’t a strict limit enforced by law, it is the traditional limit that has always been a guideline for personal use going back all the way to the days of home video cassettes. One other thing to bear in mind is that although the BBC turns a blind eye to getiplayer usage, it is not in any way supported and is always susceptible to unexpected changes in the way the BBC streams its content.

In other words, reliability is in no way guaranteed or even expected! Robbruce: going back all the way to the days of home video cassettes. The problem was everyone had and I probably still do, naughty me, video tapes well beyond the 30 day limit. It’s become much more of a minefield these days, but the BBC terms are at least clear, so the advice to delete after 30 days is the right advice. ‘Get iplayer’ may be a bit of a relic from the days when there was no way to stream iplayer programmes directly from a browser in Linux and the BBC let all attempts to allow Linix users access to the programmes as they didn’t have the resources to port iplayer into Linux themselves or provide support for those that did. Fortunatly, those days are also gone. However get iplayer, legally allows you an additional 30 days of legal play, if you download on their last day on the iplayer service.

This could be very handy if you just discover an interesting series, just before it goes offline. Powered by, best viewed with JavaScript enabled.

Click to expand.If the application is written by a third party then it's ALWAYS updated at the convenience of that third party; it's not Apple who makes the updates. In fact Apple often delays updates because of it's approval process in the Mac App Store. And with that you're at the mercy of Apple's ID scheme. Believe it or not Macs worked fine for decades without the Mac App Store. And millions of us use applications without going through Apple's stores. If you limit yourself to one-stop shopping there you'll never to able to use some of the most important software out there, like Microsoft Word or Excel, Adobe Photoshop, etc.

But I'm sure you can find some fun games. If the application is written by a third party then it's ALWAYS updated at the convenience of that third party; it's not Apple who makes the updates. In fact Apple often delays updates because of it's approval process in the Mac App Store. And with that you're at the mercy of Apple's ID scheme. Believe it or not Macs worked fine for decades without the Mac App Store.

And millions of us use applications without going through Apple's stores. If you limit yourself to one-stop shopping there you'll never to able to use some of the most important software out there, like Microsoft Word or Excel, Adobe Photoshop, etc. But I'm sure you can find some fun games. Click to expand.Believe it or not, MS software is not important to me on my Mac!

In fact, I did have MS Office for Mac, gratis with a certain subscription that I have. But I uninstalled it because Pages / Numbers do everything I need. And what a pain in the neck it was to remove all trace of it. Not a pleasant uninstall. Similarly, I have Photoshop on my work PC, but there's no way I'm jumping into Adobe's subscription model, so they can kiss goodbye to me as a returning customer. But the point about the above programs is that they are not free, and the App Store would charge a commission. The BBC iPlayer, however, is free so no commission would be payable on the App Store.

That being the case, why are the BBC unwilling to put it on the App Store? Makes me wonder.