On 21 Oct 2011, dinkypumpkin wrote: > On 21/10/2011 16:34, Anthony Campbell wrote: > >I have both of these. I reported the problem as a bug but the maintainer > >said he couldn't reproduce it. I have a similar problem on another > >machine, also running Sid. > > Your Debian bug report didn't offer any clue how to reproduce your > problem, and you haven't provided any further information here, so > let's cut to the chase: > > 1. Run get_iplayer with --verbose > 2. Show us the full command line > 3. Show us the full verbose output > > There is no guarantee that will reveal the source of the problem, > but at least it's a start. On the face of it, your problem suggests > that you have a proxy arrangement that isn't working, but there is > no way for us to even guess unless you provide the above > information. >
Thank you! Excellent - problem is solved by your suggestion. I had been using a proxy about a year ago and the option for that was still set, as indicated in the output below. Removing it has made things work correctly. ithaca:~:$ get-iplayer --get 834 --verbose get_iplayer v2.80, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; use --conditions for details. INFO: User prefs dir: /home/ac/.get_iplayer INFO: System options dir: /etc/get_iplayer/options INFO: Using Proxy http://localhost:6000 Current options: packagemanager = apt partialproxy = 1 proxy = http://localhost:6000 verbose = 1 INFO: Search args: '834' INFO: Additionally getting cached programme data for tv INFO: Got 891 file cache entries for tv Matches: 834: Waterloo Road: Series 7 - Episode 14, BBC One, Audio Described,Drama,TV, default,audiodescribed INFO: 1 Matching Programmes INFO: Loaded history for first check. INFO: Loading recordings history INFO: Programme not in history INFO: Disabled proxy: http://localhost:6000 INFO: Getting page http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b015n02m INFO: Restored proxy to http://localhost:6000 INFO: Disabled proxy: http://localhost:6000 INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015n02m.rdf INFO: Restored proxy to http://localhost:6000 INFO: iPlayer metadata URL = http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b015n02m INFO: Disabled proxy: http://localhost:6000 INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b015n02m INFO: Restored proxy to http://localhost:6000 INFO: Using Not Live standard TV and Radio: b015mzr1 INFO: Version: default, VersionPid: b015mzr1, Duration: 3600 INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/mtis/stream/b015mzr1?cb=36978 INFO: Disabled proxy: http://localhost:6000 INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015mzr1.rdf INFO: Restored proxy to http://localhost:6000 INFO: Programme not in history INFO: Will search for versions: default INFO: Mode list: flashhigh,flashstd,flashnormal INFO: Checking existence of default version INFO: Version = default INFO: No specified modes (flashhigh,flashstd,flashnormal) available for this programme with version 'default' (try using --modes=) ERROR: Failed to record 'Waterloo Road: Series 7 - Episode 14 (b015n02m)' ithaca:~:$ man get-iplayer -- Anthony Campbell - [email protected] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

