On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 6:06 AM, MS <jmstanfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 28/07/12 17:22, fs ck wrote: >> >> I've just committed a change to git that allows the Olympic live >> streams to work. They use a new /mediaselector/5/ URL so now this is >> detected. >> >> You should be able to use: get_iplayer --url >> "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/<pid>" --get >> or: get_iplayer --pid <pid> >> >> Many of these links are in: >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video >> >> Sometimes you'll find that the <pid> is a channel id such as >> 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/bbc_one_2012_hd' >> and in this case you'll need to use: >> >> get_iplayer --pid bbc_one_2012_hd >> >> Unfortunately for some unknown reason I'm still having trouble getting >> pid 'bbc_three_2012_hd' working. >> >> Have fun. > > > Thanks so much - this is exactly what I was looking for. Having never tried > streaming a live BBC feed before (I'm a new get_iplayer user), I can now > stream these Olympic feeds with either mplayer or vlc, with: > > ./get_iplayer --stream --url > "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2tks"; | mplayer > -cache 512 - > > ./get_iplayer --stream --url > "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2tks"; | vlc - > > [Specifying the player within the get_iplayer command line using > --player="vlc -" or mplayer equivalent, instead of entering the pipe > manually, as above, also works perfectly.] > > > HOWEVER... I tried streaming the live BBC 1 feed and was unable to do so. I > could not get the command line right. > > Can someone give me some command line examples for streaming the live BBC > channels please? > > Also these are the only ones I can find: > > 80000: BBC Alba - live > 80001: BBC Four - live > 80002: BBC News - live > 80003: BBC One - live > 80004: BBC Parliament - live > 80005: BBC Three - live > 80006: BBC Two - live > 80007: CBBC - live > 80008: CBeebies - live > > No mention of the HD channels, or of the 'red button' channel which I think > is channel 301 on my Freeview TV. > > Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks, > > ..matthew
This is what I use myself to watch BBC channels (BBC Two in the example below) in my MythTV box: get_iplayer --stream --modes=flashvhigh2,flashhigh2,flashstd2 --nopurge --type=livetv "BBC Two" --player="mplayer -vo xv -cache 128 -fs -stop-xscreensaver -zoom -" _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
