get_iplayer_ui 🎧

A graphical interface for downloading BBC programmes using get_iplayer.

Features:

• Search programmes by name, channel, or type (radio / TV)
• Display programme details including:
  • Title, description, duration
  • High‑resolution images
  • Track list (when available)
• Multi‑selection download support
• PID lookup mode - fetch details directly by programme ID
• Automatic detection of previously downloaded programmes
• Ability to change the output folder
• Windows launcher for easy startup

Technologies Used:

• Python 3.8+
• PyQt5 for graphical user interface
• requests for fetching metadata and images
• get_iplayer for backend downloader
• ffmpeg & AtomicParsley for media processing
• Custom scraping logic for programme metadata (basic + detailed)
• Filesystem integration for reading download history

Requirements:

• Python 3.8+
• get_iplayer installed on your system
• ffmpeg and AtomicParsley installed

Installation:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Running:

• From the command line:

python main.py

• Or double-click on the included run_app.bat file

Acknowledgements:

This project uses get_iplayer, an open‑source BBC programme downloader.

Copyright © 2008‑2010 Phil Lewis, 2010‑present get_iplayer contributors