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iplayer-dl is a real TV gem

Suppose you’re a (Ruby-biased) developer wanting to get at some BBC TV programme in a sane format. (The desktop iPlayer needed to play their default content is actually pretty shiny, but all DRM ends up hurting me eventually.)

How happy would you be if you could just do

% gem install iplayer-dl --source http://gemcutter.org
% iplayer-dl http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/whatever

and end up with the nice unencumbered MP4 they publish for iPhone users?

Pretty happy! Thanks, Paul Battley!

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