hello the Flaky makes sense. The network has been acting up for the last several weeks. I have been trying to fix it but with my restricted mobility I cannot check the routers nor the microwave radio. I need to get my friend to check on it for me.
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:01 AM MacFH - C E Macfarlane <c.e.macfarl...@macfh.co.uk> wrote: > > Please see below ... > > On 12/06/2019 15:11, artisticforge Niemand wrote: > > Hello > > > > get_iplayer-3.18 (yes, i know it is not the latest) aperiodically > > while downloading a media file will drop the connection, reconnect and > > upon reconnecting starts re downloading from Zero bytes. > > it just did it on a file that was 95% complete over 4GB all ready > > downloaded upon reconnecting it began downloading all over again from > > the beginning. > > > > What causes this to happen? > > I am not asking that it be "solved". I would just like to know why it > > happens. > Usually this means that you're connection is either flaky and the > connection really is being dropped, or else so slow that either GiP or > the BBC server thinks that the connection has been lost and pulls the > plug on it anyway. I used to have this happen frequently, but that was > at the time of v2.x, and with that version you could use options to > extend GiP timeout period, but I'm not sure that those options are still > valid in v3.x. FTR they were: > Radio hlsradioopts --timeout 100 > rtmpradioopts --timeout 100 > Video hlstvopts --timeout 100 > rtmptvopts --timeout 100 > -- terry l. ridder ><> _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
