On Tue Mar 3 12:31:58 GMT 2015, Jim web wrote:
Hi again, Jim!
This does successfully get me a 'default' labelled
The meaning of 'default' seems to have changed!
"default" refers to the "version" of the episode,
not the "mode" (quality/bitrate) of it!
Most radio programmes have only the "default"
version available, in contrast to TV, where more
versions could be available for a particular programme
(e.g. signed, audiodescribed etc.).
If you want to learn more about GiP, please run
get_iplayer --helplong > "Long Help 2.91.txt"
and "study" the text file created inside your
GiP installation folder - if the file can't be written
there for permissions issues, point the script to
save it elsewhere where your account has write
priviledges.
However, the file is noticable smaller than the others
(14 meg versus 33meg) and is only 130 kbps
rather than 320 kbps.
Can someone explain how I ensure I get the ~320 kbps version?
If you use the -i switch prior to downloading,
GiP would inform you of the available (radio)modes.
For the 27/02 ep., with pid=b053c3pd,
get_iplayer --type=radio -i --pid=b053c3pd
produces (from a UK IP):
modes: default:
flashaaclow1,flashaaclow2,flashaacstd1,flashaacstd2,hls
aacstd1,rtspaaclow1,rtspaaclow2,rtspaacstd1,rtspaacstd2
modesizes: default:
flashaaclow1=5MB,flashaaclow2=5MB,flashaacstd1=13MB,fla
shaacstd2=13MB,hlsaacstd1=13MB,rtspaaclow1=5MB,rtspaaclow2=5MB,rtspaacstd1=13MB,
rtspaacstd2=13MB
What YOU get is one of the flashaacstd modes, sized 13MB.
In contrast, the ep. of 26/02 with pid=b053bsfw yields (from a UK IP):
get_iplayer --type=radio -i --pid=b053bsfw
modes: default:
flashaaclow1,flashaaclow2,flashaaclow3,flashaacstd1,fla
shaacstd2,flashaacstd3,hlsaachigh1,hlsaacstd1,rtspaaclow1,rtspaaclow2,rtspaacstd
1,rtspaacstd2
modesizes: default:
flashaaclow1=5MB,flashaaclow2=5MB,flashaaclow3=5MB,flas
haacstd1=13MB,flashaacstd2=13MB,flashaacstd3=32MB,hlsaachigh1=32MB,hlsaacstd1=32
MB,rtspaaclow1=5MB,rtspaaclow2=5MB,rtspaacstd1=13MB,rtspaacstd2=13MB
In the UK you get the flashaacstd3 mode, sized 32MB. This is because
GiP by default tries to fetch the highest available quality.
Or have the BBC also dropped the quality for the last episode
so this is as good as that gets?
From my previous layman's terms analysis, this would then be a YES!
NB: This is a speech only show; AAC-LC at 320 (and even 128) kbps
is - if you ask me - a total waste of bandwidth/disk space!
For comparison, try to fetch the flashaaclow mode by running:
get_iplayer --type=radio --pid=b053c3pd --modes=flashaaclow --force
It is a ~ 4MB .m4a file that sounds quite fine for spoken audio
content (that is if your software/hardware player supports the
HE-AACv1 profile...).
Kind regards,
Vangelis.
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