[ANN} get_iplayer 2.80 and Windows installer version 4.3 released

[dinkypumpkin]

Version 2.80 of get_iplayer has been released.  Changes here:

http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer/CHANGELOG-get_iplayer

Upgrade information is below.  Any problems or questions should be 
posted to this list.

Windows Users

For Windows users, a new installer package (version 4.3) has been 
released.  The new installer can be obtained at the usual address:

http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer_win/get_iplayer_setup_latest.exe

The previous installer should also offer to download the new version and 
perform an upgrade. The new installer will fully upgrade a previous 
get_iplayer installation, but you may wish to uninstall the old version 
first.

IMPORTANT:  You should elect to install ALL components.  You should be 
prompted to do so when the installer runs.  Everything has been updated, 
and the new installer works a bit differently underneath, so a full 
(re)installation is the way to clean up the previous installation and 
get everything updated properly.

What you get with the new installer:

get_iplayer 2.80
Strawberry Perl 5.12.3, with MP3::Tag module for full MP3 tagging
MPlayer 1.0-rc2
LAME 3.98.4
FFmpeg 0.8
VLC 1.1.11
RTMPDump 2.4
AtomicParsley 0.9.4

The sharp-eyed amongst you will have noted that the MPlayer version is 
actually the same.  However, you should reinstall it so that the 
installer's configuration can be properly initialised.

If any of the helper applications fail to download during installation, 
try again at a later time.  The third-party download sites may be 
temporarily unavailable.


DIY Linux/OSX Users

Update via the command line:

$ get_iplayer --update

A tarball of the 2.80 release can be found here:

ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/get_iplayer/get_iplayer-2.80.tar.gz


Linux Package Manager Users

If you installed get_iplayer on Linux via a package manager, the 
procedure will be specific to your installation, e.g., you may need to 
use "sudo" to acquire administrator privileges for a command line 
update, or you may need to use your package manager.  Refer to any 
information that came with your installation package.


Developers

The release is tagged as "v2.80" in the Git repository:

http://git.infradead.org/get_iplayer.git

Windows installer-related changes were committed after the v2.80 release 
tag:

http://git.infradead.org/get_iplayer.git/commit/4ef1f469215c5a2c0ed4625451ac2da58895b408

An online copy of developer documentation (also included in the Git 
repo) for the new installer can be found here:

https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/installer