# Install get_iplayer with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop Utility for downloading TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer. Version 3.36 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:get_iplayer ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install get_iplayer ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install get_iplayer ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/get_iplayer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install get_iplayer ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: get_iplayer from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#get_iplayer ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/get_iplayer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/get-iplayer ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/get-iplayer.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:get_iplayer - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.36 - **Source summary:** Utility for downloading TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - get_iplayer (cli) - get_iplayer.cgi (cli) - get_iplayer (alias) - get_iplayer.cgi (alias) ## Dependencies - atomicparsley - ffmpeg ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 - perl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.36 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer - Upstream latest detected: v3.36 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage get_iplayer is a long-running Perl command-line tool and PVR for indexing, searching, and downloading BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds programmes. Its niche is not general web downloading but BBC programme discovery, recording, metadata, subtitles, and scheduled retrieval. ### Project history The program header credits Phil Lewis for the 2008-2010 era and the get_iplayer contributors after 2010. The GitHub project became the public home for documentation, release notes, and the maintained Perl codebase. ### Adoption history get_iplayer became a fixture for users who wanted scriptable access to BBC catch-up media from Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows systems. Its packaging across Homebrew, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop reflects a cross-platform audience that treats it as a media-archiving and PVR utility rather than a library. ### How it is used Practitioners use get_iplayer to rebuild a programme cache, search BBC TV and radio listings with regular expressions, download by index, PID, or BBC URL, select quality levels, fetch subtitles, tag metadata, and run saved PVR searches from cron or Task Scheduler. ### Why package nerds care Package maintainers care about get_iplayer because it tracks BBC service changes closely. Release notes repeatedly document adjustments to stream classification, channel schedules, programme metadata, CDN behavior, and option names, so packaged versions can lag behind site behavior in visible ways. ### Timeline - 2008: The get_iplayer program began under Phil Lewis. - 2011: The GitHub repository was created. - 2019-2022: The 3.20 through 3.29 release series adapted to BBC stream, metadata, and schedule changes. ### Related projects - get_iplayer depends on external tools such as ffmpeg for media conversion and AtomicParsley for metadata tagging. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.get_iplayer/options, /etc/get_iplayer/options - Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.get_iplayer\options ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** get_iplayer - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - get_iplayer: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/get_iplayer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - get_iplayer - 3.36-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: get_iplayer from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Lists, records and streams BBC iPlayer TV and radio programmes | https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer - MacPorts - get_iplayer: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/get_iplayer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/get-iplayer: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/get-iplayer.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [atomicparsley](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/atomicparsley/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [castget](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/castget/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, media. - [overdrive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/overdrive/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, media. - [svtplay-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/svtplay-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, media. - [vsd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vsd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, media. - [gallery-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gallery-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, media. - [gamdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gamdl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, media. - [instaloader](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/instaloader/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, media. - [instalooter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/instalooter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, media. - [lazycut](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lazycut/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, ffmpeg, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/get_iplayer.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/get_iplayer.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph