Your media player doesn't support video downloaded from BBC iPlayer? You don't want to use download BBC iPlayer videos with bloated BBC Download manager? Your operating system is not supported by BBC iPlayer?
Now you can download BBC iPlayer videos with freeware open-source command line utility
get_iplayer. It is compatible with Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
get_iplayer allows to download and save DRM-free videos from BBC iPlayer.
Please delete delete the downloaded videos after 30 days, as the rules of BBC iPlayer say. And NEVER share downloaded videos with others, because it is illegal!
Please note that if you want to download higher quality versions of BBC iPlayer videos, you need to wait about a day.
How to download BBC iPlayer videos with freeware get_iplayer:
- Open the Terminal (command line).
- Type
to update the records. - Type
Code:
get_iplayer -g tv_program_name
to download the select TV program
In Linux you can also type
Code:
get_iplayer -f | grep tv_program_name
to get the ID of the TV program (with the name tv_program_name)
then use the received ID to download the video. For example:
will download TV program with ID 777.