On 2025-02-02 18:04, Jonathan Bryden wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am trying to download a programme from the BBC web archive.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Farchive%2Frelease--jrr-tolkien%2Fznd36v4
Having looked at the page source (for the actual video) it gives a 'vpid' =
p074w5jq which is 8 characters rather than the usual 7. Try as I might I can't
persuade get_iplayer to download it.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks
Jonathan
perl C:\Programs\GetIPlayer\get_iplayer.pl --profile-dir=<path> --pid
p074w5jq --info
... gives ...
WARNING: No programmes are available for this PID with version(s): default
WARNING: No media streams found for requested programme versions and
recording quality.
WARNING: The programme may not be available - check the iPlayer or
Sounds site.
WARNING: The programme may only be available in an unsupported format
(e.g., Flash) - check the iPlayer or Sounds site.
WARNING: If you use a VPN/VPS/Smart DNS/web proxy, it may have been blocked.
INFO: Processing tv: 'get_iplayer - p074w5jq (p074w5jq)'
INFO: No versions of this programme were selected (available versions: none)
INFO: File name prefix = get_iplayer p074w5jq
brand: get_iplayer
channel: BBC iPlayer
credits: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.credits.txt
cuesheet: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.cue
desc: No description
desclong: No description
descmedium: No description
descshort: No description
dir: D:\Media\Downloads
dldate: 2025-02-02
dltime: 19:04:00
episode: p074w5jq
episodeshort: p074w5jq
ext: EXT
filename: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.EXT
filepart: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.partial.EXT
fileprefix: get_iplayer p074w5jq
longname: get_iplayer
name: get_iplayer
nameshort: get_iplayer
pid: p074w5jq
subsfile: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.srt
subspart: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.partial.srt
subsraw: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.ttml
thumbfile: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.png
thumbnail: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1920x1080/p01tqv8z.png
title: get_iplayer: p074w5jq
tracklist: D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.tracks.txt
type: tv
version: default
... so I guess that means that the programme has never been repeated in
the iPlayer era, and therefore doesn't exist on the public-facing servers.
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