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@xtracold

Found this get_iplayer which you might find useful.

get_iplayer commands

Allows the downloading of BBC programs and works with a proxy. You can get listings, download and it even works as a PVR searching for programs. Best of all there is no retention period - just fair use and no pauses because of streaming.

I've installed it on Xbian and it works. I just did :-

Terminal

sudo apt-get -y install get_iplayer

If you also install ffmpeg, it will decode the files from flv to mp4.

Terminal

sudo apt-get -y install ffmpeg

Some of the basic commands.

get_iplayer "Programme Name"
i.e get_iplayer --get "Top Gear"
i.e get_iplayer --get xxx (Where xxx is the index number)

--tvmode=best (Gets highest quality)

--output=/media/FLASH (Output to external HDD)
--type=radio or tv
--channel="BBC Two"
--category=
Comedy
Leisure
Factual

get-iplayer --get xxx yyy zzz --tvmode=best --type=tv --output=/media/FLASH

get-iplayer --info xxx (Details of the program)