$ get_iplayer -i http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501 -v get_iplayer v2.78, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; use --conditions for details. INFO: User prefs dir: /home/andy/.get_iplayer INFO: System options dir: /etc/get_iplayer/options Current options: flvstreamer = /usr/bin/rtmpdump info = 1 isodate = 1 nopurge = 1 output = /mnt/space/Media/BBC/ pid = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501 radiomode = best tvmode = flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh verbose = 1 versionlist = default INFO: Search args: 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501' INFO: Will try prog types: tv INFO: Got 907 file cache entries for tv INFO: Trying pid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501 using type: tv INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv INFO: pid not found in tv cache INFO: Cleaning pid Old: 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501', New: 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501' INFO: Loaded history for first check. INFO: Loading recordings history INFO: Programme not in history INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501 INFO: iPlayer metadata URL = http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml INFO: Getting page http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml INFO: Using Live/Non-live EMP tv/radio XML URL: http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml INFO: Version: default, VersionPid: http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml, Duration: INFO: Using Live/Non-live EMP tv/radio XML URL: http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml INFO: Version: default, VersionPid: http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml, Duration: INFO: Using Live/Non-live EMP tv/radio XML URL: http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml INFO: Version: default, VersionPid: http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml, Duration: 69 INFO: Getting page http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/http://playlists.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518390A/playlist.sxml.rdf INFO: Programme not in history INFO: Will search for versions: default INFO: Mode list: flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh INFO: Checking existence of default version INFO: Version = default INFO: No specified modes (flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh) available for this programme with version 'default' (try using --modes=) ERROR: Failed to record ' - (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501)' $