On 02/12/2015 04:12 AM, Vangelis forthnet wrote: > On Tue Feb 10 23:17:02 GMT 2015, alastair wrote: > >> Would it be acceptable to include >> --playlist-metadata switch in prefs >> so that the pvr download will proceed >> or would this frustrate the downloads >> which otherwise would work? > > Hi... > You can read some more info about that > particular switch at: > https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release291#1-metadata-changes > > > What it does is override the new > metadata extraction technique > implemented by commit git-2be84bd > of Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:58:19Z: > http://git.infradead.org/get_iplayer.git/commit/2be84bdbdb6a2d643bfdddbe91bb58e01a642530 > > > Since then, it has emerged by numerous posts > both here and in the forum that some programmes > (both TV & Radio) fail to download, as the new technique > picks up multiple vPIDs, of which only one is (of course) > correct - using the switch is mandatory then for a > successful download. > IF A SHOW DOWNLOADS FINE WITHOUT > THE SWITCH, THEN IT SHOULD ALSO DOWNLOAD > USING THE SWITCH - I can't be absolute since > using XML/JSON playlists and/or page scraping > for metadata could hit other unforeseen obstacles, too! > It has already been reported > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2015-February/007112.html > > that using the switch with tag 2.91 > could result in a less detailed auto-filename and possibly > poorer data within the MP4/MP3 tag. > The metadata extraction method that the switch employs > was designed for the old BBC Feeds killed in late Oct 2014; > while GiP now uses substitute ones, they are less "rich" > (chime in if wrong...). > >> now I am using tag version 2.91. >> Is there a patched version available which >> obviates the need for the playlist-metadata switch? > > This is issue #115 of the GitHub tracker closed by > commit develop-git-0f4188d: > https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/0f4188d878a313f5b9c3f29f1e2117c0402a84ee > > > You can try the most recent commit > from the "develop" branch: > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/d4cc5bca00c90223da5379948218da881edb023b/get_iplayer > > > Taking as an example the flashhd mode of pid=b04xw2x8 > referenced in this thread, I can verify that > > perl get_iplayer-291.pl --pid=b04xw2x8 --modes=flashhd --force --raw > > doesn't work, while > > perl get_iplayer-291.pl --pid=b04xw2x8 --playlist-metadata > --versions=editorial --modes=flashhd --force --raw > perl get_iplayer-v2.92-dev-gd4cc5bc.pl --pid=b04xw2x8 --modes=flashhd > --force --raw > > BOTH DO! > > But this is only one isolated pid I've checked... > >> what is a "verpid" please? > > PID is a UNIQUE alphanumeric 8 character string > attributed to every BBC radio or TV programme. > You can find info for this programme by loading > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/[pid] > even after it has expired from iPlayer. > The pid is - as I'm sure you know - included in the > iPlayer URL for that show... > When a pid is available on iPlayer to watch/listen to, > it may be available in various "versions", i.e. > default, signed, audiodescribed (and recently some > other variants like original, editorial e.a.). > Every such version (which has a different iPlayer > stream) is attributed a different "PID", referred to > as "version PID", "vPID", "vpid", "verpid" etc. > GiP MUST find this vPID string, because it grants > access to the available streams for that version. > vPID is different to its corresponding PID only > in the last two characters, although the algorithm > that generates it is unclear. vPID is unique, vanishes > from the net when the pid expires from iPlayer. > > Keep well, > Vangelis. Hi Vangelis, Many thanks for taking the time to set out the above. I shall continue to read up on this as I have never bothered about versions before, having no special needs in that respect. Meanwhile I see you refer to GiP v2.92-dev.... Should I be trying this now or is it still a work in progress? Budge.
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