Re: BBC SD-HD changes

2013-12-25 Thread Christopher Woods 
Ultimately, depends on whether the programme was supplied as HD to the 
Beeb. Other stuff will be upconverted, but the hardware upconverters used 
on TX will still yield a better, higher quality result (albeit larger 
filesize) than SD equivalent.


A quick check of /programmes shows an HD indicator next to BBC Three stuff 
originated in high def (e.g. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/programmes/schedules/2013/12/25), is that of 
any use?


Merry Christmas :)
Chris


On 24 December 2013 20:23:28 Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote:

Alex,

BBC introduced BBC3 and BBC4 HD channels a couple of weeks ago, hence the 
appearance of more HD content on iplayer. I can't comment on quality of new 
or old shows. However, you could try comparing:


Byzantium.A.Tale.Of.Three.Cities.S01E01.PDTV.x264-BARGE
with
Byzantium.A.Tale.Of.Three.Cities.S01E02.HDTV.x264-BARGE
Byzantium.A.Tale.Of.Three.Cities.S01E02.720p.HDTV.x264-BARGE
and
Byzantium.A.Tale.Of.Three.Cities.S01E03.HDTV.x264-BARGE
Byzantium.A.Tale.Of.Three.Cities.S01E03.720p.HDTV.x264-BARGE

As the addition of HD ocurred after E01 was broadcast

Merry Christmas,

Peter

On 24 Dec 2013 at 19:50, Alexis Fotiadis Alexis Fotiadis 
alexisfotia...@hotmail.com wrote:


 Hello
 A few weeks ago I noticed that many BBC progs were suddenly available in 
HD; even repeats of older progs which were previously available in 
flashvhigh eg:

 The A to Z of TV Cooking, The Life of Birds
 Can anybody give a clearer picture of the change - is the actual quality 
of repeats that are now aired in HD any better than their original 
lower-res versions, or has the Beeb fudged the resolution in some way, like 
a digital rather than optical camera zoom? I had downloaded double copies 
of a few progs in varying resolutions, but didn't have time to check the 
picture quality difference before I went abroad.
 I would try checking from here if I knew anything about proxy servers, 
but I don't, and seem to remember ppl are careful about discussing that on 
the message-board since it's breaking the BBC rules,  may cause legal 
problems.

 Cheers
 Alex


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Stopped working after updating to 2.85

2013-12-25 Thread Patrick James 
Hi

I had get_iplayer working on my Mac Pro but I decided to update it to the 
latest version (2.85) but now it is not working :(

I am not an expert with Terminal commands and suchlike.

I used the instructions here:

http://squarepenguin.co.uk/guides/mac-os-x-quick-install-guide/

Everything has been installed using the command line and it all seems to be in 
the right place.

.get_iplayer folder is in users folder

and inside usr/local/bin is:

AtomicParsley
ffmpeg
get_iplayer
get_iplayer.cgi
mplayer
rtmpdump

I have a couple of other things in there, but I think those are the five that 
relate to get_iplayer.

However if I put command get_iplayer into the Terminal I get:

get_iplayer:  command not found.

I will mention that it all works fine on my MacBook Pro.

So I am wondering if anyone here has any suggestions as to how I might get it 
to work on my Mac Pro?

Thank you!

Patrick


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Re: Stopped working after updating to 2.85

2013-12-25 Thread dinkypumpkin 

On 25/12/2013 15:49, Patrick James wrote:

However if I put command get_iplayer into the Terminal I get:

get_iplayer:  command not found.


Most likely cause is that /usr/local/bin is not in your PATH environment 
variable.  Run echo $PATH at prompt to check.  If it doesn't contain 
/usr/local/bin, google for instructions on how to add it.



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