On Sat Jul 9 01:33:36 BST 2016, Alan Milewczyk wrote:
Up to version v2.94 my downloaded programmes
had the file suffix "default".
I've installed v2.95 on my Windows 7 laptop
and now the downloads mainly seem to have
the "original" file suffix. A few have the suffix
"editorial", which I've never seen before.
Hi Alan, dear friend ;-)
What you are seeing is the result of commit git-348bbea:
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/348bbea
pushed on 08/10/2015.
Does anyone know the difference between the various versions
For a specific iplayer program (i.e. PID), be it TV or radio,
the beeb make it available on line as a specific "version",
usually only one (not including AD+SL).
That version is labeled with an identifying
"name" or "alias"; when the programme is first uploaded
for catch-up, that "name" is usually "original".
For some programmes, the beeb deem it necessary to
replace the "original" version with a second one, which
carries a different label - "editorial" is a usual candidate
for that label, which suggests that the new version is
possibly the product of editing the "original" one -
"shortened" is another possible label for a re-upload,
but I've also come across other version labels
(technical, lengthened, other...).
In many cases, the second version is not a replacement
to the first one, but a complementary one, i.e. both are
present to the metadata GiP accesses to determine
available versions (though when you use the official
iPlayer site only the later one is picked...).
For a specific PID, you can use
get_iplayer --pid=<PID> -i | FindStr versions
to query available versions.
For PID=b07hx40t (--type=tv), GiP 2.94 would print:
versions: audiodescribed,audiodescribed2,default,original,signed
GiP 2.94 would choose by default the non-AD, non-SL version
(=original), mark it as "default" and add it to the list of available
versions. So, in the above example, "default" eq "original".
If you do not specifically ask for --versions=audiodescribed
(/audiodescribed2/signed) in your download command,
then the original version will be fetched, what you mention
as having the "default" suffix.
Due to commit git-348bbea, when you query GiP 2.95 you get:
versions: audiodescribed,audiodescribed2,original,signed
Again, the "original" version will be fetched by default,
but this time clearly marked as such by the corresponding suffix
in the default filename.
and what determines which one is downloaded?
In the cases where more than one non-AD, non-SL versions
exist, GiP 2.94 would pick the longest one in duration
as the default to fetch, e.g if all three original, editorial, shortened
versions are available and
editorial > original > shortened (durationwise), then
the "editorial" will be downloaded; if user wishes otherwise,
the user should declare this with --versions option.
The above behaviour was changed in GiP 2.95 by
following commit git-4a4796a:
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/4a4796a
so that the "default" version is chosen via default order:
original iplayer technical editorial lengthened shortened podcast
opensubtitles other
Again, user can select otherwise via --versions switch.
(although what posted was carefully searched for,
I am not immune to errors/misjudgements; feel free
to contribute with revised information :-) ).
I do hope it makes sense to you now, Alan.
My best regards,
Vangelis.
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