I've had three recordings fail using Head, I've seen them put the stream down, copied them and checked they are recording. But when the streams end the file disappears. This is an example, any idea whats going on?
C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer>get_iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/w inter-olympics/25835731 --modes=best --type=livetv --force get_iplayer v2.85, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; use --conditions for details. INFO: Trying pid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/winter-olympics/25835731 using type: livetv INFO Trying to stream pid using type livetv INFO: pid not found in livetv cache INFO: Checking existence of default version INFO: flashhd1,flashhd2,flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,flashvhigh3,flashvhigh4,flashhig h1,flashhigh2,flashstd1,flashstd2,flashlow1,flashlow2 modes will be tried for ve rsion default INFO: Trying flashhd1 mode to record livetv: - INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL WARNING: Can't resume live stream, ignoring --resume option Connecting ... INFO: Connected... Starting Live Stream INFO: Metadata: INFO: width 1280.00 INFO: height 720.00 INFO: framerate 25.00 INFO: videokeyframe_frequency4.00 INFO: audiocodecid mp4a INFO: audiodatarate 96.00 INFO: audiosamplerate 44100.00 INFO: audiochannels 2.00 INFO: audiodevice Elemental Technologies Live INFO: videodevice Elemental Technologies Live INFO: videocodecid avc1 INFO: videodatarate 3404.00 -6067.360 kB / 9882.56 secccc ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header -6036.085 kB / 9882.56 sec Download may be incomplete (downloaded about 0.00%), try resuming INFO: Command exit code 2 (raw code = 512) INFO: Trying flashhd2 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 2014 : Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL ERROR: Unexpected start of file, error in tag sizes, couldn't arrive at prevTagS ize=0 INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) INFO: Trying flashvhigh1 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 2 014: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL WARNING: Can't resume live stream, ignoring --resume option Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashvhigh1 mode INFO: Trying flashvhigh2 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 2 014: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashvhigh2 mode INFO: Trying flashvhigh3 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 2 014: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashvhigh3 mode INFO: Trying flashvhigh4 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 2 014: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL WARNING: Can't resume live stream, ignoring --resume option Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashvhigh4 mode INFO: Trying flashhigh1 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 20 14: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL WARNING: Can't resume live stream, ignoring --resume option Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashhigh1 mode INFO: Trying flashhigh2 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 20 14: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashhigh2 mode INFO: Trying flashstd1 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 201 4: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL WARNING: Can't resume live stream, ignoring --resume option Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashstd1 mode INFO: Trying flashstd2 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 201 4: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashstd2 mode INFO: Trying flashlow1 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 201 4: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL WARNING: Can't resume live stream, ignoring --resume option Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashlow1 mode INFO: Trying flashlow2 mode to record livetv: Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 201 4: Figure Skating: pairs short program INFO: File name prefix = Olympic_Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_ short_program_2014-02-11_150508 RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL Connecting ... INFO: Connected... ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Olympic_ Figure_Skating_Sochi_2014_Figure_Skating_pairs_short_program_2014-02-11_150508.p artial.mp4.flv via RTMP INFO: skipping flashlow2 mode ERROR: Failed to record 'Olympic Figure Skating - Sochi 2014: Figure Skating: pa irs short program (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/p01r5gtm)' C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer> On 11 February 2014 14:14, Paul Phillips <paulphillipsdidsb...@gmail.com> wrote: > There was actually something similar going on on the snowboarding half > pipe page earlier, maybe its a technical/human error their side with > one operator? First time I recorded snowboarding using the page url > when there was a live stream all I got an highlights type clip. Later > somehow I got it to record the live stream just using the page url, it > was recording for a couple of hours, but something stopped the stream > (I didn;'t check what), and the file didn't save - it just vanished > which is wierd. > > I'll try the new head. I take it I'm just using the page url still eg > this http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/winter-olympics/25835023 - which > is luge whic is about to start at 14:25 > > On 11 February 2014 13:27, dinkypumpkin <dinkypump...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 11/02/2014 13:00, dinkypumpkin wrote: >>> >>> The .sxml playlist URLs generally point to the associated highlight >>> clips and event guides, but this live stream uses one for some reason. >>> If you come across any more like this, post them and I'll have another >>> look. >> >> >> I've pushed another change that attempts to ferret out the live stream from >> this alternate page structure. Update to HEAD version as before and give it >> a try. Of course, if the cross-country stream page was a one-off, you won't >> notice any difference. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> get_iplayer mailing list >> get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > > > > -- > Paul Phillips -- Paul Phillips _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer