On 27/06/2013 19:19, Vangelis forthnet wrote:
Because the pid switch always invokes a file download, one would have to
type
-i --fields=pid PID
You can also use the slightly less verbose form:
get_iplayer -i pid:PID
Or a new --broadcasts switch could be created, like this:
--type=tv --broadcasts=PID
that for example PID=b02xg103 could return (I guess a check of current
date/time would be needed):
Original broadcast, first shown 201306202200
or Repeated broadcast, first shown 201306202200
if date was after 201306210130(BST).
Is this within the realm of feasibility or totally out of the question?
I'm sure it could be done, but I'm not convinced it should be done. You
can already see the first broadcast date with --info (or clicking on the
episode in Web PVR), so you can already deduce whether or not a
programme is likely to be a repeat. By the BBC's own admission, 50%-60%
of their TV schedule is repeats, so there's an even chance that any
programme you investigate will be a repeat, anyway. All the /broadcasts
page tells you is how many times a programme has been repeated and when
the repeats were aired. I'm also instinctively leery of screen scraping
in general because it can easily be broken if the associated web page
changes. If someone wants to implement a --broadcasts switch, that's
fine, but make sure it robustly handles parsing failures.
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