-----Original Message-----
From: Vangelis forthnet
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 1:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Why is '-- type radio' needed?
On Mon Oct 12 14:11:52 BST 2015, David Cantrell wrote:
$ get_iplayer --pid b069b676 --type radio
PIDs are unique, so there can not be, under any circumstances, both
radio and TV programmes with the same PID, so there is no possible
ambiguity if I leave out the '--type radio'.
Hello David, hope all's well with you...
Yes, the undisputed fact is that the PID string is (forever) uniquely tied
to a BBC programme, be it TV, Radio or (more recently) podcast.
If you deem specifying the programme type (via --type=) when
downloading by PID is redundant (TBH, it's a legitimate expectation),
then you should register with SP's support forum at:
https://squarepenguin.co.uk/forums/
and then post a related request at the "Feature Requests" subforum:
https://squarepenguin.co.uk/forums/forum-7.html
Hopefully, dinkypumpkin will inform you about the
feasibility of such a feature...
As to the current behaviour in GiP 2.94:
If you leave the "--type" switch out of the "equation",
then GiP assumes it's "tv" (i.e. video-on-demand, VOD)
AND DOES NOT TRY/SEARCH OTHER PROGRAMME
TYPES (perhaps this behaviour could be changed
in a future release...).
Hmmm. Curious. I download radio programmes with:
get_iplayer --mode=flashaacstd --pid=xxxxxxxxxx
No "type=" and it works just fine.
Chris
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