Is anyone else having issues downloading certain BBC radio programmes using the pid=bXXXX --type=radio method? For instance this week's episodes of Soul Music and the first part of the drama "Left Hand of Darkness", both listed on BBC iplayer site, and both generating pid nos, are not downloadable using this method. I reverted to this method since neither programme is listed on the feeds, which seems an increasingly common occurrence, perhaps owing to the way the BBC is handling the site. I have noticed the problems others have been encountering with some tv and radio programmes.
The pid no for "Left Hand of Darkness" is b05pkqkl. Here is what I get trying various options from the linux command line using get_iplayer 2.92-ppa22: peter@XXX~$ get_iplayer --pid=b05pkqkl --type=radio get_iplayer 2.92-ppa22, 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: Series pid detected INFO: Series: 'The Left Hand of Darkness' (b05pkqkl) INFO: Episode 'Episode 1' (b05pkpgg) INFO: Episode 'Episode 2' (b05qynrl) INFO: Please run the command again using one of the above episode PIDs or to get all programmes add the --pid-recursive option peter@XXX ~$ get_iplayer --pid=b05pkqkl --type=radio --pid-recursive get_iplayer 2.92-ppa22, 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: Series pid detected INFO: Series: 'The Left Hand of Darkness' (b05pkqkl) INFO: Episode 'Episode 1' (b05pkpgg) INFO: Episode 'Episode 2' (b05qynrl) INFO: Trying pid: b05pkpgg using type: radio INFO: Trying pid: b05qynrl using type: radio peter@XXX:~$ get_iplayer --pid=b05pkpgg --type=radio get_iplayer 2.92-ppa22, 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. peter@XXX~$ Thanks for any pointers. Peter _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
