On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:39:44AM +0000, Bill Lancaster wrote: >Failed to open >file! /Gardeners_Question_Time_-_Alnwick_Castle_b00y9tbx_default.partial.aac.flv It's trying to write the file to the root directory, where you don't have write permissions. Please post the content of ~/.get_iplayer/options .