Plenty of new features in get_iplayer and Web PVR Manager. It’s been a while; 18 versions of Web PVR Manager and 29 versions of get_iplayer have been released since I last wrote about them.

get_iplayer:

I recommend running get_iplayer --long-help to see full help on these new options.

• Recording History search/indexing support (--history)
• Ability to list programme Series names for improved readability (--series)
• Multiple thumbnail sizes support (--thumbsize, --thumbsizemeta)
• Improved meta-data display (--info)
• Audio Description support for BBC iPlayer (--versions=audiodescribed)
• Multi-mode support - i.e. ability to record more than one mode of the same programme (--multimode)
• Better support for recording BBC iPlayer embedded media URLs (--url)
• Support of BBC iPlayer short URLs (--url)
• Ability to specify how long to record a live stream (--stop)
• Ability to specify stop and start time offsets in BBC iPlayer TV and Radio programmes (--stop, --start)
• Support for ‘presets’ - predefined sets of options (--preset)

Web PVR Manager:

• One-click Series recording, playback and PVR queuing of available and recorded programmes
• Ability to search and play back the Recordings
• Improved programme info display with thumbnails and clickable URLs
• Full support for running under Apache as well as the built-in web server (see the README file)
• Improved navigation
• Support for streaming under Windows
• Software Update button
• Help page and tool-tip improvements
• Great new logo