Is this what you are after? https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/modes
Rgds Simon Morgan > -----Original Message----- > From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On > Behalf Of Jim web > Sent: 07 May 2017 09:45 > To: get_iplayer > Subject: Re: [ANN] get_iplayer v3.01 released > > The release of the new version prompts me to ask a general question > that has been on my mind for a while. Apologies is this is already done > or should be obvious to me, but if so I've missed it... > > There are various 'transfer methods', and a range of video resolutions, > frame rates, audio bitrates, etc, on offer. However I tend to see these > mentioned or listed in what I think of as 'back-to-front' order when > discussed, etc. What I'd like to clarify is if there is some list > already which starts with a given resolution, etc,for the desired > output and then gives the modes for getting that, with - where > appropriate - the most reliable shown first, or with an indication of > which the user might find fastest. more reliable, etc. > > I'll use my own examples here to illustrate: > > 1) To get 320k aac audio from radio. > > 2) To get 1080x720 video, 25fps with best possible audio. (Ideally 320k > aac, but if not, whatever is the max). > > 3) Ditto fore 50fps video. (FWIW, personally I don't need 50fps for > most material, but if it is the only way to get better audio than 25fps > I tend to use it for musical items.) > > Then consider some kind of 'forward facing list' of a fuller range of > requirements where the user can look up what they want, and then give > gip the relevant mode settings indicated for that. > > In the past, each time there is a change to gip or by the BBC I tend to > find I have to experiment, or try to stick with an 'old' method that > may eventually give problems. So now facing moving from gip < 3.00 to > gip > > 3.00 I thought it might be a good time to raise this question. > > BTW Not yet tried gip >= 3.00 so I'm also wondering if my systems will > have the required modules for perl it needs. But that's another matter. > > Sorry if this already exists and I've missed it! > > Jim > > -- > Electronics https://www.st- > andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm > Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html > Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer