iplayer_get EN

This plugin is designed to assist the user in using the get_iplayer program. It will detect when a BBC iplayer webpage is being shown, and add a link to programme pages that can be configured to launch get_iplayer to download that programme.

Please note that there are some customisations you must perform to get this working. Most notably you must have the get_iplayer software installed, but in addition there is a registry entry that tells firefox what to do when the user clicks the generated "iplayer://" link (ie: run a command file - iplayer.cmd) and also the command file itself that will pass the programme ID in the link to the get_iplayer software

Examples of these two customisations are provided below

Registry entry as follows. Put into a file called iplayer.reg and then double click the file (assumes get_iplayer installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer)

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\iplayer\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\get_iplayer\\iplayer.cmd\" \"%1\""


Command file as follows
(Name this iplayer.cmd and place in C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer)

@echo off
setlocal
set GIP_INST=%~dp0
if #%GIP_INST:~-1%# == #\# set GIP_INST=%GIP_INST:~0,-1%
if "%GIP_PATH%" == "" set GIP_PATH=%GIP_INST%\perl;%GIP_INST%\utils;%PATH%
if not "%GIP_PATH%" == "" set PATH=%GIP_PATH%
c:
cd "\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer"
set bbcpid=%1%
set bbcpid=%bbcpid:~11,8%
echo.%bbcpid%
perl.exe get_iplayer.pl --pid %bbcpid% --pid-recursive


Please note that placing this file will need admin rights. You might find the following useful in doing this.
Click circular Windows search icon and type "notepad"
Right click the notepad result and click "Run as administrator"
Paste in the file contents above
Click File , Save As , then enter "C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer\iplayer.cmd"