On 4 June 2012 16:42, dinkypumpkin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/06/2012 15:38, Derek Moss wrote: >> >> On 4 June 2012 14:38, dinkypumpkin<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 04/06/2012 14:27, Derek Moss wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> The Windows installer for 2.82 gives an error when trying to download >>>> LAME, as the link seems to be dead. >>> >>> >>> Still working here. What LAME download URL are you checking? >> >> >> http://www.exe64.com/mirror/rarewares/lame3.98.4.zip >> >> which is what the installer said it was trying. >> >> However, after deleting all the files in my Get_iPlayer install folder >> and running the installer again it didn't have this problem, so I >> guess it must have been getting this link from an outdated file in my >> install folder. > > > That URL was changed in mid-October, presumably after the last time you ran > the get_iplayer installer. If the installer configuration file (containing > the download links) didn't update when you ran the installer today, my best > guess is that the installer was temporarily unable to contact > www.infradead.org to retrieve the current version. Did the installer notify > you that an update to get_iplayer was available? Slightly more baffling is > why it would attempt to re-install LAME at all, unless you checked the LAME > component during the update of the get_iplayer scripts. It's a bit > academic, though. LAME is one of several vestigial appendages that need to > be excised from get_iplayer (it's not used any longer). I'll get on it as > soon as I take up drinking again :}
I think that's because I didn't allow it through my firewall quickly enough then. I didn't check anything specifically, but I think everything (including LAME) was auto-checked. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

