On 04/11/2018 01:23, Alan Milewczyk wrote:
On 04/11/2018 00:08, Mark Carroll wrote:
On 03 Nov 2018, artisticforge Niemand wrote:
Hello;
the entry for Natural World 2009-2010 Episode 13 Saving Luna is
list in the tv.cache and get_iplayer --info --type=tv --pid=b00q2s16
returns
Which appears to state that it should be available.
I am trying to understand why this happens time to time.
Interesting. I get --
INFO: No versions of this programme were selected (available versions:
none)
Indeed, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q2s16 has it as,
Sorry, this episode is not currently available
Maybe the information changed since it got cached?
It's interesting that --info tells me categories though. I miss those
from the normal default programme listing I get from get_iplayer
searches. Perhaps there's an option I should type to still get them.
-- Mark
Quite often, it's a matter of rights issues. I haven't checked the BBC
iPlayer page but I wouldn't mind betting that this episode is not
available on BBC iPlayer, which is why no versions are available to
download. If you care to complete the problems/complaints form, the BBC
will respond. That's what I do when something is amiss. EVERY programme
has a PID, whether it's made available on BBC iPlayer is another matter.
.
A
If I have understood the documentation correctly, with its current
routines get_iplayer does not know when a programme will expire. It
assumes they expire after 30 days and removes them from the cache 30
days after broadcast. That applies equally to films available for 7
days (if at all) and to programmes available for much longer. That
means that there will be programmes in the cache which are no longer
available and programmes still available which are no longer in the
cache so they can only be downloaded by --pid. You need to check the
iPlayer. I think I saw a comment from dinky in the forum that
programmes older than 30 days were not supported by get_iplayer. (I
think that was in the context of needing software which had been removed.)
Interestingly the BBC seems to be introducing much longer expiry dates
for some programmes, some for 2 months, some for 6 months and some for a
year. I haven't yet seen any pattern in this. You might think science
programmes which conclude with a plug for the Open University would be
obvious candidates for longer expiry, but that does not seem to be the case.
On 4 September the BBC introduced BBC 4.1 on artificial intelligence,
together with a Horizon guide to AI. Again you might think that
deserved a longer expiry, but it was only given 30 days. I was in Spain
from 4 September to 4 October, so I missed it. If I'd seen a trailer I
could have set up the PVR, or used SSH to get my Raspberry Pi to
download it. I dare say it will be repeated eventually.
Best wishes
Richard
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