This explanation is really off-topic but maybe it's helpful to understand the strategic goals of iPlayer which affect the delivery of content we access through get_iplayer.
The iPlayer and BBC sounds are very much a product of the current licence fee arrangement and the BBC's response to streaming media. BBC Radio 4's "In Our Time",and BBC Radio 5 live's "Fighting Talk" were one of the first radio programmes to be 'podcast'. I think this would have been around 2013. Since then the BBC had an "audio product" whose name escapes me that then was rewritten to be "BBC Sounds". If you look carefully the BBC doesn't promote "BBC Radio" anymore. It's all "BBC Sounds". The BBC now deprecates podcasts, driving users to BBC Sounds, It's kind of weird as I still have IOT in my podcast app and it turns up 4 weeks after broadcast. The Fri Night comedy spot on BBC Radio 4 turns up 4 weeks late. I don't care which is a bit pointless for "The News Quiz" and "The Now Show". "Fighting Talk" being a topical sports comedy show, turns up straight after broadcast. because there's a different remit at 5 live and the team made their case. Local Radio doesn't fit into the vision of streaming based content. BBC Local radio in England is being decimated at the moment as well loved presenters are applying to do their jobs in regions that used to span one county becoming regions like Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent a listener in Hunstanton talking about seals on the beach is not going to be relatable to the listener in New Romney. My Nephew is a choral scholar and he's appalled at the changes at Radio 3 and the proposed axing of BBC Singers. This group is actually one of our cultural crown jewels. They are extremely talented singers and are known for their ability to quickly sight read and pick up new music. This is one of the reasons that many of the classical composers write for the BBC Singers as they are so good at delivering what the composer intended. This is a strategy because it means BBC Sounds has a place on smartphones beside Spotify, Amazon, Netflix, Apple Music etc. Additionally BBC executives who "created" BBC Sounds are well positioned for lucrative positions in streaming media companies.. There is an ITU conference in 2028? where they are looking into the question "Do Broadcasters Need Dedicated Radio Frequency Spectrum?" Around the world mobile phone networks say "No", most Broadcasters say "Yes". In the UK the Radio and TV networks are owned and operated by Arqiva so the BBC is inclined to say they want to ditch Digital Terrestrial Television as a transmission medium. https://cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/15797/news/campaign-to-save-terrestrial-tv-hits-a-snag/ In this context you can see the way the BBC are going and how that influences their media store (iPlayer and Sounds) One last thing someone was looking for "flac" streams. I think they are now deprecated. Youtube delivers high-quality audio through 256 kbps AAC and OPUS I'd say that the modern codec development means that the audio in a flac format is easily accommodated in the smarter packing arrangments in the 256k Opus file. I'd say BBC Sounds will look to store audio in the 256k Opus format, Possibly streaming it in a drm wrapper to the BBC Sounds app. Kevin On Sat, 13 May 2023 at 09:43, Budge <aje...@errichel.co.uk> wrote: > > On 12/05/2023 23:53, MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News wrote: > > On 12/05/2023 23:34, Kevin Lynch wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, 12 May 2023 at 19:17, MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News > >> <n...@macfh.co.uk> wrote: > >>> > >>> Amid a lack of current programmes to test with, that was just a guess on > >>> my part; it could well be that your suggestion turns out better than mine. > >> > >> C:\Users\kevin>get_iplayer --info --pid b09k1f9h > >> > >> <Etc> > > > > All that you say is true, but the above is not one of the programmes the OP > > was asking about, none of which appear to be available ATM, hence my saying > > that I couldn't verify anything for those programmes. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > get_iplayer mailing list > > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > Many thanks to Kevin and MacFH, > The fact that podcast is deprecated makes sense and I can avoid in future if > necessary. > > I haven't yet looked for or found a podcast but I recall they are used on the > iPlayer website. I shall examine further when I have time but it is not an > issue at present. > > I note Kevin's advice and I recall using --pid-recursive in the past. > > My history file is a trip down memory lane, as is my .mp4 and .m4a database. > Re-activating my pvr list was fun and amazingly some programmes missing from > my library turned up and helped me fill the gaps. > > Good to be in touch once more and thanks for the help. > Regards, > Alastair > > _______________________________________________ > 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
