I haven't been able to download using PID for ages....

[dinkypumpkin]

On 26/09/2012 23:02, Christopher Woods (CM) wrote:
> My explicit SWFVfy declaration was after the default player URL was
> removed by the BBC so rtmpdump was having problems with dropped frames
> and corrupt downloads, particularly on the HD content.

The BBC has gone through several generations of player URLs.  At one 
time they would delete or move old ones when a new ones came online, but 
that hasn't happened for quite a while.  You do need the player URL for 
HD programmes in order to avoid continual dropping/reconnecting while 
downloading, but the built-in value in get_iplayer 2.80+ has been 
working fine for the last 18 months or so.

> I was under the impression get_iplayer still transcoded to MP3? I'm
> using 2.79 on Windows; I remember a lot of discussion a while back about

MP3 transcoding was done for realaudio streams, but those are long dead, 
though the code remains in get_iplayer.  get_iplayer 2.80+ has the 
--aactomp3 to give you option of transcoding national radio programmes 
from AAC audio to MP3 (with metadata) if you prefer that to M4A.