On 19 Feb 2013, at 13:24, dinkypumpkin wrote: > > You're not the only one, but I'm not clear why you don't like the proffered > solution. It's nothing more than including something like this in your > options file: > > command mv -n "<filename>" "/somewhere/on/network/drive/" > > I've done that for a long time and it works fine. Of course, you can use a > shell script for more complex post-processing. And as Kapitano pointed out, > get_iplayer's download history check prevents you from downloading a > programme you already have, so need for special measures there. > ... > If you decide to hack your copy of get_iplayer, you should flip your idea on > its head. Rather than introduce a temp directory, leave --output as it is > and add an option something like "--postproc-dir". Then immediately after > run_user_command() is executed, test for that option and do the necessary > file move/copy if it is set. This will avoid the need to change any existing > functionality. But still, that's no different than using --command as above. > > You're forgetting the metadata tagging …
Thanks for those extra ideas. I'm reading up on the various options now, and looking to make more use of the pvr/command/subdir options again. In the past I found the internal history would let me down regularly when a download had previously stalled, while get_iplayer assumed I had got it fully downloaded ok. Other things were frustrating me as well, like --subdir-format "<episodeshort>" used to use the value of "<episode>", even though the "info" for a programme showed them as different. So I switched to using get_iplayer mostly as just a "download" tool, but wrote my own script to check the validity of the downloads, and to rename directories/files as I liked. It's worked well for a few years, except for the performance now I'm using a network drive. Mind you, those "bugs" were when get_iplayer was in limbo, so perhaps I'll find they are no longer bugs. John. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
