On 17/06/2012 19:14, Martin Edney wrote:
If I don't specify an amode setting, it tries flashaudio1, eventually gives up (after several minutes), tries rtspaudio1 and returns "The system cannot find the path specified." It then goes on to try wma1, and proceeds to download about 1/4 of the programme, but then stops, after showing "INFO: Streaming thread has completed for file \downloads\/On_The_Wire_-_16_06_2012_p00t1fj4_default_part01.wma".
I second Sr. Guano's advice to update. Beyond the improvements to get_iplayer itself, you will update the version of rtmpdump it uses, which might be part of your problem. The version of rtmpdump supplied with 2.79 is pretty old.
For anyone else who finds themselves with temporary rtmpdump downloading problems, using the rtsp and wma modes won't be a very good fallback, as the OP found. Both have the disadvantage that they only stream in real time, which defeats the purpose of downloading unless you *really* want to wait for a particular programme. get_iplayer handles the wma (read: mms) streams with mplayer, which doesn't by itself resume a stream when the connection is lost, so you can easily wind up with partial recordings. get_iplayer tries to handle the rtsp streams with VLC, and I'm guessing that some glitch with VLC installation was the source of the "The system cannot find the path specified." error. Even if it did work, you wouldn't necessarily find it useful. When downloading TV programmes via rtsp modes, VLC only gets the audio (the video format isn't supported), so not much use. When downloading AAC audio (national radio) via rtspaac modes, the output files are unplayable by many media players without further processing. When downloading MP3 audio (regional radio) via rtspaudio modes, the output file can usually be made playable by changing the the file extension from .mp3 to .ts. This is because get_iplayer instructs VLC to mux the audio stream into a MPEG TS (Transport Stream) container but doesn't name the file accordingly (same thing with AAC audio). Not really meant for audio. The rtsp modes are a vestigial remnant that should probably be sent for the chop or radically revised. They haven't worked properly in at least 2 years, perhaps longer. If anyone has suggestions on how that situation may be improved, chime in.
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