> -----Original Message----- > From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On > Behalf Of Budge > Sent: 17 May 2018 23:39 > I have tried to follow this thread as I have just found my download of The > Bridge file size and resolution are less than before. Upgraded to > 3.14.0 and forced a new download and file size is more than twice the first. > I > really would like to get back to 1 hour > approx 1GB and the advice from iz > looks right to me. > > Can anybody help me with scripts to achieve what I seek please? > Preferred operation would be to implement the download as cron job as > now and then with a bunch of downloaded raw files in a directory run a script > to give me my .mp4 files for loading onto NAS. > > Budge
Hi Budge, It sounds like you're getting the default HD streams which will give you a file size of just over 2GB for a 1 hour programme. If you read https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/modes and https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/modesref#hlshd they give a very good explanation of the various combinations of options. I have no need for HD myself so have gone for --fps25 which effectively eliminates HD downloads and halves the file size. I've also gone for --tvmode=better which reduces the resolution a bit and reduces the file size even more so I end up with about 0.8GB for a 1 hour programme. If you want the same you can add those options to your options file with the command: get_iplayer --prefs-add --tvmode=better --fps25 I'm on Windoze so I cannot help with cron settings I'm afraid. Cheers, Andy _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
