Get iPlayer Automator

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "## What is it?\nGet iPlayer Automator allows you to let Apple\u0027s TV app and your Mac to become the hub for your British television experience regardless of where in the world you are.  Get iPlayer Automator allows you to download and watch BBC and STV (Scottish version of ITV) shows on your Mac. Series-Link/PVR functionality ensures you will never miss your favourite shows. Programmes are fully tagged and added to TV.app or Music.app automatically upon completion. It is simple and easy to use, and runs on any machine running Mac OS X 10.10 or later.  And since the shows are in TV or Music, it is extremely easy to transfer them to your iPhone or Apple TV allowing you to enjoy your shows on the go or on your television.\nThe current release is 1.26.1. [Download it here.](https://github.com/Ascoware/get-iplayer-automator/releases)\n\n---\n\n## Building and releasing\n\n### Prerequisites\n\nThree sibling repositories must be checked out at the same level:\n\n```\n~/src/\n  get-iplayer-automator/   \u2190 this repo\n  get_iplayer_macos/       \u2190 build system for Perl/dylibs/utils\n  get_iplayer/             \u2190 upstream get_iplayer source\n```\n\nApp dependencies are managed via Swift Package Manager and resolved automatically when you open the project in Xcode.\n\n### 1. Populate Binaries/\n\n`Binaries/` is not tracked in git. Run the Makefile before building the app:\n\n```sh\n# Full build \u2014 ~30 min on first run (compiles Perl, OpenSSL, libxml2, ffmpeg, AtomicParsley)\nmake binaries\n\n# Individual targets (useful when only one thing has changed)\nmake install-perl    # rebuild Perl 5.40 + dylibs (universal arm64+x86_64)\nmake install-utils   # rebuild AtomicParsley + ffmpeg (universal)\nmake gip             # re-fetch and re-patch get_iplayer scripts only (fast)\nmake yt-dlp          # download latest yt-dlp standalone binary from GitHub\n```\n\nTo pin a specific yt-dlp release:\n```sh\nmake yt-dlp YT_DLP_URL=https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/YYYY.MM.DD/yt-dlp_macos\n```\n\nTo use a specific get_ipla",
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