On Mon Aug 29 01:29:16 BST 2016, James Herbert wrote:
I know this may be a really silly question.
Can get_iplayer be used to download videos
such as the one at the bottom of this page?
Hello James and welcome to the list :-)
Why do you reckon your question might be silly?
The truth of the matter is that the code maintainer
of GiP has only left limited support for embedded
audio/video BBC clips, apart from content on the main
iPlayer TV/Radio pages.
(Some) BBC News & BBC Sports clips are still supported
in the latest GiP 2.96 but downloading those clips is now
a deprecated feature and the coder has stated that
when the beeb breaks it again, no more effort
will be undertaken on his part to restore that broken
GiP functionality...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8d2mp3/revision/3
I've tried searching for that short code and URL
using the web PVR but to no avail.
Since the "Bitesize" pages are not supported,
what you need to realise is that in order for GiP
to fetch such a clip, it has to be fed the clip's PID;
unfortunately, this is not always a straightforward task... :-(
With flash installed, when you right-click the player
you sometimes get the video's PID; but not in this case:
p0233186 / programme / 0
The first string is the versionPID (vpid), it's still useful
for downloading streams but not with GiP; you would need
the second string (after "programme"), but in this case
it's empty...
A sure way to retrieve the clip's PID is by
scavenging the Page Source (accessing page source
varies depending on browser used...).
Then search Page Source for "pid"; the first instance
matched will give you the clip's PID:
data-pid="p023317q"
=> --pid=p023317q
Using the retrieved PID you can access that clip's
main iplayer page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p023317q
You can use that URL in the Web PVR Manager's
"Quick URL" input field to download it or use
the CLI to fetch (I don't use the GUI myself...):
get_iplayer --type=tv --pid=p023317q --modes=hlsbest
(fetches hlsvhigh1 - if you prefer flashmodes,
use --modes=flashbest).
Regards,
Vangelis.
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