BBC iPlayer

ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
Solution: install rtmpdump alongside flvstreamer.

sudo apt-get install rtmpdump

get_iplayer will use rtmpdump automatically if it is installed. The result? Faster, smoother downloads with no errors. If it occurs again. delete the file ~/.swfinfo because the BBC have changed the flv specification for iPlayer.

Originally from: http://www.mail-archive.com/get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org/msg00279.html