Download as wav

[Andy Bircumshaw]

On 20/3/2011, at 11:27am, Bill Lancaster wrote:

> Can I modify this command line instruction to download the file as type
> wav?
> 
> get_iplayer --type-radio --pid=b00zgwhl

No. 

The BBC does not offer .wav files on iPlayer - the compressed audio that get_iplayer downloads is the compressed audio that the BBC makes available. 

If you need a .wav for some reason you would need to download the AAC version, then convert it using Audacity or mplayer. 

aB.