It appears to bork when tagging. I have installed from the PPA, including the part about ffmpeg for Ubuntu 14.04.
Here is my options: ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg tvmode tv25fps Here is the log: ME@MYCOMPUTER:~$ get_iplayer -g 1035 --force get_iplayer 2.96-ppa26, 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. Matches: 1035: London 1666 - -, BBC Four, b07v642t INFO: 1 Matching Programmes INFO: Checking existence of original version INFO: hlshd1,hvfvhigh1,hvfvhigh2,hvfhigh1,hvfhigh2,hlshigh1,hvfstd1,hvfstd2,hlsstd1,hvflow1,hvflow2 modes will be tried for version original INFO: Trying hlshd1 mode to record tv: London 1666 - - INFO: File name prefix = London_1666_-__b07v642t_original INFO: Begin recording file: /home/ME/London_1666_-__b07v642t_original.partial.mp4.ts INFO: Recorded: 511.68MB in 00:02:42 at 25874kbps to /home/ME/London_1666_-__b07v642t_original.partial.mp4.ts INFO: Begin converting file: /home/ME/London_1666_-__b07v642t_original.partial.mp4.ts [h264 @ 0x53e6c60] non-existing SPS 0 referenced in buffering period [h264 @ 0x53e6c60] SPS unavailable in decode_picture_timing [h264 @ 0x53e6c60] non-existing SPS 0 referenced in buffering period [h264 @ 0x53e6c60] SPS unavailable in decode_picture_timing frame=43625 fps=13575 q=-1.0 Lsize= 506007kB time=00:29:04.98 bitrate=2375.5kbits/s speed= 543x INFO: Converted file: /home/ME/London_1666_-__b07v642t_original.partial.mp4 INFO: Recorded file: /home/ME/London_1666_-__b07v642t_original.mp4 INFO: MP4 tagging MP4 file Started writing to temp file. Progress: > 0% -------------------------------------------------------| _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer