On 2014/07/02 18:19, Nick Payne wrote: > I notice a really marked difference in download speed between these two > modes. I'm running get_iplayer 2.86 from the ppa jon-hedgerows/get-iplayer > on Linux Mint 17, and I've noticed that if I specify --tvmode=best, then > the download always first tries flashhd1 mode, and that chugs along at a > few hundred kilobit/sec. However, if I force flashhd2 mode with > --tvmode=flashhd2, the download runs many times faster - up to 12-14 > megabit/sec (the max line speed I get on a test to my ISP is around 16 > megabit). Why this vast difference in the download speed of the two modes?
These modes use different CDNs, the faster one probably has a PoP close to your ISP. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
