> For many months I have used --exclude-supplier=akamai on my GiP command > line as it results in a 10- or 12-fold increase in download speed > compared to the throughput I get without that option - with the option, > an hour long problem @1280x720 will download in around 5-6 minutes, > without it the download takes about an hour. The command line I have > been using is > > get_iplayer --pid=xxxxxxxx --exclude-supplier=akamai > > I returned from a weeks holiday yesterday and attempted to download a > couple of BBC Proms programs using my normal command line, but found > that 1280x720 resolution was not found and the download started at > 832x468 resolution. Killed the download, removed the > --exclude-supplier=akamai option, and the download started at 1280x720, > but I was back to the much slower download speed. > > Any suggestions on how I can still get HD downloads at the faster rate? > Running GiP 2.94 on Windows 8.1.
Have a read of https://squarepenguin.co.uk/forums/thread-520.html. This is a known issue as something has changed at the BBC. I agree that Akamai is slower than Level3, but it is not that slow. From the akamai server an hour long programme takes about 10 minutes. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
