downloading iplayer

[Jonathan Patterson]

Sorry, I might be a bit behind the curve on this one, but I use the tool found at this site...

http://po-ru.com/projects/iplayer-downloader/

to download the actual MP3 of the show. Its a hack of the BBC site, and only works for shows where the programme is available for Mac (this isn't a Mac application, its for PCs - its just that for Mac, they need to use MP3s for audio and .mov for video files.
Then you just copy the URL from the iplayer page, e.g this week's is http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sr3rt/Tom_Ravenscroft_18_06_2010/ - paste it into the download box and away you go.

Its only MP3 and I guess real time recordiong woudl be 'better' but actually, if you are only recordign a digital stream it probably doesn't make much difference.

Works for me anyway..
JON