GIP 2.99 on openSUSE 42.2

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> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 12:51 PM
> From: "michael norman"
>
> I last tried --prefs-add ffmpeg  "/usr/bin/ffmpeg" but that doesn't work.

Wrong syntax (compare to below), and not necessary since you have established that /usr/bin/ffmpeg is in $PATH.

> I ran get_iplayer --prefs-del --ffmpeg="/usr/share/ffmpeg"

I suggest you back up and delete $HOME/.get_iplayer/options since it may have junk in it now. Run with only default settings until you know ffmpeg works.