utils

External programs

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get_iplayer uses the ffmpeg and atomicparsley utilities to convert and tag output files. The following options are used to specify the exact paths so that get_iplayer knows where they are. If they are already in $PATH then there is no need to specify them:

--atomicparsley
--ffmpeg

For example, to save the ffmpeg and atomicparsley locations location to your default settings in Windows (you don't need to do this if you use the get_iplayer installer):

get_iplayer --prefs-add --ffmpeg="C:\Program Files\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" --atomicparsley="C:\Program Files\atomicparsley\AtomicParsley.exe"

To save the ffmpeg and atomicparsley locations to your default settings in Unix/macOS (you don't need to do this if ffmpeg is in $PATH):

get_iplayer --prefs-add --ffmpeg="/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg" --atomicparsley="/usr/local/bin/AtomicParsley"