On 15/10/2019 10:16, RS wrote: > On 14/10/2019 18:08, Budge wrote: > >> >> This is what I get:- >> >> alastair@install:~> get_iplayer --type=radio --pid=b01r1vt2 --tag-only >> --tag-podcast-radio >> --tag-only-filename=/home/alastair/Working/Composer_of_the_Week_-_George_Frideric_Handel_1685-1759_1._Handel_and_his_Italian_Patrons_b01r1vt2_default.m4a >> >> get_iplayer v3.22, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis >> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use >> --warranty. >> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under >> certain >> conditions; use --conditions for details. >> >> >> Episodes: >> Composer of the Week - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Handel and >> his Italian Patrons, BBC Radio 3, b01r1vt2 >> INFO: 1 total programmes >> >> WARNING: No media streams found for requested programme versions and >> recording modes. > > get_iplayer --pid b01r1vt2 --info > displays a lot of metadata including longdesc. That suggests > > 1. Vangelis is right that the online sources for metadata stay there > for good. > > 2. get_iplayer is able to retrieve metadata even when all streams for a > programme have ceased to be available. > > If get_iplayer is able to retrieve metadata, it can pass it to Atomic > Parsley for tagging or re-tagging. > > The wiki states, > "Re-tagging files > > Metadata tags can be added (or re-added) to existing files with the > --tag-only option. Use --pid to identify the programme whose metadata is > to be used and --tag-only-filename to identify the file to modify." > > Yours is not the only example of a "No media streams" warning when > trying to tag or re-tag a file when the streams have ceased to be > avaialable. There are much more recent examples. > get_iplayer --type=radio --pid=m00076mg --tag-only > and for tv > get_iplayer --pid=b0b123j5 --tag-only > show similar warnings. This would appear to be a bug. As shown above, > --info shows that the streams are not needed to retrieve the metadata > for tagging. get_iplayer is checking for the existence of streams when > it does not need to. > > You do need to give it a .mp4 or .m4a file to tag. As far as I can make > out, if the file still has the same name and path as when it was > downloaded and converted to .mp4 or .m4a there is no need to specify > --tag-only-filename. If you do specify it, the file name and path you > specify must exist. The "Cannot tag missing file:" warning is telling > you that the file does not exist. > > Best wishes > Richard > > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Hi Richard, I am not clear which part of your advice is a quote from the wiki and which is from you based on my message. I have identified the full path to the file in my command so it should work. Any ideas what more I can do?
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