# 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. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#get_iplayer. ## 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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 - **Version:** 3.36 - **Source summary:** Utility for downloading TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - get_iplayer (alias) - get_iplayer.cgi (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 3.36 ## 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 ## 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 - 3.36-4.fc45: 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/get_iplayer.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/get_iplayer.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph