On 22/04/2012 07:17, Andy Bircumshaw wrote:
On 22 April 2012, at 00:05, Alastair wrote:
Hi and many thanks to Andy et al for answering my dumb questions. I have
another which I
suspect is a Regex issue but how should I deal with colon ":" in a search
string. All appears
as it should in the search0 = line of the pvr list but in the first line,
pvrsearch = the colon has
gone.
Ignore that. The value of "pvrsearch" is used as the name of a file
that contains all the parameters for a given PVR search. Since colons
may not be used in file names on some systems, they are stripped.
I do not know BBC policy for adding HD version but even a delay of 24 hours may
not
guarantee getting the best mode. Would it be possible, for a given search
string, to
compare what had already been downloaded with what was available.
Nope, I don't believe there's any way built-in to get_iplayer to do this. I'm
sure dinkypumkin will know better than me if I'm mistaken, though.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
I have no idea how difficult this would be to add. The file quality of
previously downloaded shows is in the download_history, but I can see some
other issues.
This would be something like combining --history with --info. It might
be possible, but awkward to implement. It would also have to be limited
since --info fires off a request to the iPlayer site for every programme
in the search results, which can slow things down. This wouldn't save
you many keystrokes since you can just run with --history and then with
--info yourself (see below). It seems like quite a special case to me.
I handle this particular situation with a brute force approach. With
any series for which I want to be sure to get the HD version if
available, I set up 2 pvr searches, one HD-only and one with any other
modes. I put <mode> in the file prefix to avoid collisions. That
means I wind up with two versions of each episode, which is admittedly a
bit wasteful of bandwidth and storage. But then I rarely want HD
versions. If I queue individual episodes, I give the non-HD search a
longer --before value to give me a chance to check if the HD version has
downloaded and, if so, delete the non-HD search.
Back to the subject at hand -
As Andy says, the file quality of previous downloads is in the download
history. However, you appear to be using the web interface, which can't
fully accommodate what you want to do. You can search the download
history like so:
1. In the Search page, check "Search History"
2. In the Columns tab, check "Mode"
3. Click Apply Settings
4. Enter your search string and click Search
This will show you a list of the programmes you have already downloaded
that match the search condition. This list will include the file
quality (Mode), which isn't included by default.
However, the web interface can't tell you if there is a HD version
available. The best you can do with the web interface is find the
programme you want to re-download (assuming the HD version didn't
download the first time) and force a fresh download (In Recording tab,
select "Force Recording" ON) in the hope of picking up the HD version.
Before you do that, move the previously downloaded file to a safe
location. The web interface can't overwrite previous downloads. You
can also add a fileprefix setting in your options file to avoid such
filename collisions (see below). The web interface doesn't provide a
way to change it. You could, however, use "Override Recordings Folder"
to put your new downloads in a different location and thus also avoid
filename collisions.
A command line version:
Search the download history, returning PID and file quality along with
programme name/episode:
get_iplayer --listformat "<pid> - <mode> - <name> - <episode>" --history
"search string"
Get detailed info on available programmes matching same search string to
see if HD version is available ("modes:" entry):
get_iplayer --info "search string"
However, you probably want to be more specific and return detailed info
only for the particular programme of interest, so just look up the PID:
get_iplayer --info --fields pid PID
If HD version is now available, force a re-download:
get_iplayer --force --modes flashhd --pid PID --fileprefix "<name> -
<episode> <pid> <version> <mode>"
The --fileprefix value should prevent overwriting any previous non-HD
downloads (via inclusion of <mode>).
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