Thumbnails not downloading with pid
Hi When get_iplayer stopped working a few days ago, the first thing I did was install the latest version. I am able to download using pid, but the thumbnails are generally not downloading. This also applies when I try to download current thumbnails only (although a lot of thumbnails only from my history are downloading). I don't know whether this problem is because I've upgraded to the new version, or because of the BBC changes. Can someone please advise on what the problem might be and how I can download the files with thumbnails. I'm using Windows 7, with Windows Installer 4.9. Many thanks. Tony ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Downloading multiple pids
Hi Now that we are forced into using pids, does anyone know how to download more than one at the same time? I haven't yet managed to find a way that works. (I am using Windows 7 with Windows Installer 4.9.) Thanks. Tony ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading multiple pids
I believe the next release will allow multiple pids to be specified. On 1 Nov 2014, at 09:01, Tony Spearshaker tonyspearsha...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Now that we are forced into using pids, does anyone know how to download more than one at the same time? I haven't yet managed to find a way that works. (I am using Windows 7 with Windows Installer 4.9.) Thanks. Tony ___ 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
Re: Information Overload on GiP Changes
On 31/10/14 23:11, Budgie wrote: First my grateful thanks for the massive amount of work which dinkypumpkin and others have put into GiP. I have made constant use of --pvr facility, mainly for radio, over the last two years and am most grateful for the work which has brought my family and me a great deal of pleasure. I too am deeply troubled by the loss of this facility. I have been following the fast moving discussion and developments of fall back options but regret have not been able to keep up. In fact I am left at starting gate. Please could somebody point me to where I can find out what exactly is Nitro API and where does it fit in with BBC. Also I see references to JSON. OK, JavaScript Object Notation but what does it mean to me and where does it fit in with GiP and BBC. I thought, in my ignorance, that JavaScript was going the way of the brown ball. Certainly I get grave warnings when it is used or fails to work on the web management interface of my L2 managed switch. Hope to learn more in due course and with help. Regards, Budgie ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer Just to defend JavaScript - it is a perfectly capable language that in the hands of a programmer can produce some fantastic results. Its main problem is MS/Apple/Adobe who all joined the ECMA committee to try and stop it being developed properly so their products could be sold instead of it. Their efforts have mostly failed (JS2 would have been really handy tho) but they did manage to convince a lot of people that somehow JavaScript was a bad language - and like any other programming language you can write rubbish programs with it and as many people do, and everyone in the world can see it, it gets the blame when its really MS who sold the lie that 'computing' was easy that should get a good kicking. Tom ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Proof-of-concept scraper for iPlayer web frontend TV data to JSON
On 01/11/14 02:01, Steven Maude wrote: On 01/11/2014 00:27, dinkypumpkin wrote: Thanks for that. From underneath 10,000 lines of Perl I gaze longingly at that lovely strictly-indented, sigil-less Python. Python is really easy to use, though not everyone loves the indentation! As someone who has written many ASP (PHB .NET etc) pages this feature of Python makes it almost completely unusable in that situation. I do use it for some things but its just a computer language and any any feature that seems to make one thing easier almost invariably makes something else harder. At certain level of coding most python stuff seems to write and compile C++ to get the job done! Tom ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
On 31 October 2014 21:21, Rob Dixon rob.di...@gmx.com wrote: Scrape the BBC web site directly for the information that used to come from the RSS feeds. Apart from being a very clumsy approach, this is almost certainly against the terms of service for the web site. Nevertheless, as a stop-gap (so my daughter doesn't freak out at missing episodes of '64 Zoo Lane') I've written a (very rough) Ruby script which runs through my PVR files, pulls out the search term, and scrapes the iplayer site for matching episodes' PIDs. These get pumped into a system call to download the episode by PID. A hideous process... I'm doing hundreds of calls to the iplayer website, and the filtering functionality is much reduced from what GiP gives/gave (I can't specify by channel - yet - for instance). Also, it's only working for TV, since the Radio channels' interface for iplayer is totally different (and more obfuscated) - so I'll nibble away at that tonight. I'll stick it on github later - but it *might* only work on *nix - I'll leave a Windows user to see if they can get it working for them. PS Sorry, to Rob Dixon for multiple copies of this email - it seems I can't work a mailing list :-/ ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading multiple pids
-Original Message- From: Tony Spearshaker Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 9:01 AM To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Downloading multiple pids Hi Now that we are forced into using pids, does anyone know how to download more than one at the same time? I haven't yet managed to find a way that works. (I am using Windows 7 with Windows Installer 4.9.) Use the for command. Eg: for %F in (b04n8rx0, b04n9831, b04n69xt) do get_iplayer --mode=flashhigh --pid=%F Will download all three programmes, one after the other. Regards, Chris ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: get_iplayer repair update #1
On 01/11/2014 00:45, dinkypumpkin wrote: get_iplayer has been more or less repaired, but there are still some wounds... A huge THANK YOU for your previous, and continuing, efforts to keep get_iPlayer alive. It is much appreciated by many people. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: [ANN] get_iplayer search and PVR functions no longer work - no fix available
On 29 October 2014 13:20, dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote: The BBC have removed the programme data feeds used by get_iplayer It seems that the programme schedule data feeds are still working (lots of xml, e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/hd/2014/10/31.xml) and these have pids listed for both historic and future programmes. It doesn't tell you whether a particular programme is actually available on iplayer, but these would at least provide some data that could be searched. Jon ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: [ANN] get_iplayer search and PVR functions no longer work - no fix available
Don't forget that with most services, including the bbc, you just swap .xml for .json if you prefer json and find it easier to work with an object. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/hd/2014/10/31.json Also, the Yahoo Query Language console might be worth a look for transforming data.. https://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/ On 1 November 2014 12:50, Jon Davies j...@hedgerows.org.uk wrote: On 29 October 2014 13:20, dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote: The BBC have removed the programme data feeds used by get_iplayer It seems that the programme schedule data feeds are still working (lots of xml, e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/hd/2014/10/31.xml) and these have pids listed for both historic and future programmes. It doesn't tell you whether a particular programme is actually available on iplayer, but these would at least provide some data that could be searched. Jon ___ 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
Shell script to get PIDs from schedules
Apologies if this arrives twice -- I forgot to send it as plain text the first time. I rarely used get_iplayer's searches and I only use Linux and the command line. I have a script to get the PIDs from the radio4 schedule; I have modified it to do TV too. It is very crude but someone may find it useful. You can get it here: http://www.apxd65.dsl.pipex.com/freeScripts/#getPids (It is not polished enough for my github page.) -- email: p.sc...@shu.ac.uk website: http://peterscott.eu NB: My mobile is a not at home phone; I don't hear or see it at home. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Multiple pids - another way, in some cases
For those new to using the command line or terminal and wanting to secure all programs from a series, there may be an alternative to harvesting and entering multiple pids. In some cases the program series may have a series web page. For example, Germany: Memories of a Nation has this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dwbwz/broadcasts/2014/11 The pid from that url is b04dwbwz but that will not --get you anything apart from a list of pids for the individual programs. Add: --pid-recursive to your command and get_iplayer will try to get each individual program. It will fail where the program is too old, not yet broadcast, already in your download history or some other BBC problem and as a consequence, you will get loads of error messages but it will get what is available that you do not already have. This is not a panacea but may help in some cases though do check the downloads are what you expect as you may need to go hunt the errant episode manually. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
[PATCH] Hack to enable finding programmes through programme schedules
below is a hack that uses last week's schedules (and stuff before
today in this week's schedules) to enable some degree of searching for
tv programmes. Dinkypumpkin's proposed updates will almost certainly
provide a better solution, but this seems to be making the pvr work
again for me. YMMV
for Ubuntu users I'm in the process of rolling this into my ppa at
get-iplayer-testing and it should pop out of there in the next couple
of hours. To use the -testing ppa follow the instructions at
https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/ubuntu but substitute
jon-hedgerows/get-iplayer for jon-hedgerows/get-iplayer-testing.
You can download a patched copy of the get_iplayer script here:
http://packages.hedgerows.org.uk/gip/
Jon
diff --git a/get_iplayer b/get_iplayer
index bc2e569..d835b82 100755
--- a/get_iplayer
+++ b/get_iplayer
@@ -7414,13 +7414,15 @@ sub get_links {
# Get future schedules if required
# http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/this_week.xml
# http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/next_week.xml
- if ( $opt-{refreshfuture} ) {
+ { # hack: always use schedules as feeds no longer work
# Hack to get correct 'channels' method because this
methods is being shared with Programme::radio
my %channels = %{
main::progclass($prog_type)-channels_filtered(
main::progclass($prog_type)-channels_schedule() ) };
# Only get schedules for real channels
@channel_list = keys %channels;
for my $channel_id ( @channel_list ) {
my @schedule_feeds = (
+ # last_week finds some old programmes
through schedules instead of feeds
+
http://www.bbc.co.uk/${channel_id}/last_week.xml;,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/${channel_id}/this_week.xml;,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/${channel_id}/next_week.xml;,
);
@@ -7569,7 +7571,8 @@ sub get_links {
# Don't create this prog
instance if the availablity is in the past
# this prevents programmes
which never appear in iPlayer from being indexed
- next if
Programme::get_time_string( $available ) $now;
+ # don't skip old programmes,
feeds don't work
+ ###next if
Programme::get_time_string( $available ) $now;
# build data structure
$prog-{$pid} =
main::progclass($prog_type)-new(
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Re: Information Overload on GiP Changes
On 31/10/14 23:36, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: First my grateful thanks for the massive amount of work which dinkypumpkin and others have put into GiP. I have made constant use of --pvr facility, mainly for radio, over the last two years and am most grateful for the work which has brought my family and me a great deal of pleasure. I too am deeply troubled by the loss of this facility. I have been following the fast moving discussion and developments of fall back options but regret have not been able to keep up. In fact I am left at starting gate. Please could somebody point me to where I can find out what exactly is Nitro API and where does it fit in with BBC. NITRO is the new way that apps (including internal BBC ones) ask questions of the database(s) of programmes etc and get answers back. So for example when you use the BBC website to search for all dramas, behind the scenes the process is being handled by programmes following NITRO protocols. It's irrelevant to us at the moment because- according to the BBC developers website - no-one outside the BBC is beung granted access to write their own code to interrogate that system directly. Also I see references to JSON. OK, JavaScript Object Notation but what does it mean to me Nothing unless you're a programmer. It's a way of representing an arbitrarily complicated data structure (eg a list of lists of lists of some sets of information) in one long string of characters. That string of characters can be sent from one computer to another - eg as the answer to a Nitro query - then the program that receives it can rebuild the list of lists of lists... and manipulate it. It's an alternative to representing a list of lists of lists... in an XML file. Thanks Jeremy, that helps me understand a bit more. Having continued to read on the BBC site it certainly seems to me they are working towards a closed system to prevent leakage of licence fees. I guess the public will only get access to the iPlayer material if they have a TV licence or some new on-line license. Just a guess but is it a credible threat? Now to do some PID searches. Thanks again, Budgie ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Information Overload on GiP Changes
Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk writes: I guess the public will only get access to the iPlayer material if they have a TV licence or some new on-line license. Just a guess but is it a credible threat? I'd be fine with having to put my television licence number in a .iplayerrc file or somesuch for get_iplayer to pass on to the BBC! I guess we'll see what happens ... -- Mark ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Information Overload on GiP Changes
I agree, it also looks to me like they are moving to some sort of closed model that needs keys to access it. Quite how on earth they will do this without locking out lots of legacy devices I don't know. Thanks Jeremy, that helps me understand a bit more. Having continued to read on the BBC site it certainly seems to me they are working towards a closed system to prevent leakage of licence fees. I guess the public will only get access to the iPlayer material if they have a TV licence or some new on-line license. Just a guess but is it a credible threat? Now to do some PID searches. Thanks again, Budgie ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer -- Paul Phillips ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Further Thoughts On The Data Issue
Steven Maude Wrote: There's three ways something like this could be used: 1. Client-side scraping of programme data (maybe a Perl script that more directly hooks into get_iplayer would be better?) It would take some time to populate the programme data. Scraping the index pages for TV actually doesn't take that long, but in some cases you'd have to pull out individual programme pages to get all the episode info for them. As is, my script just gets the most recent episode. I have also thought about this. For one thing, the problem is that this would be extremely prone to failure. As we have seen, the BBC are constantly changing things, and this includes their website (and, IMO, every time they change it, the result is less ergonomically efficient, and therefore less usable, at least with old browsers, than it was before - the current site is horrendous, it's desperately slow, difficult to search, and it takes for ever to go systematically through the programmes available, but I suppose in this context that's only peripherally relevant). But, apart from that, the BBC have rather shot themselves in the foot, because if we all start implementing this choice, the additional traffic on their site would certainly be most unwelcome and perhaps might even bring it down. However, there is a possible variant. There are already existing programmes that may be open to adaptation, for example Digiguide, http://digiguide.tv/. Both the web-page based Digiguide.tv Premium - a mere £2.99/yr which I would imagine everyone here would be happy to pay - and the programme Digiguide For Windows - a rather more pricey $14.99/yr for the latest version, although when I renewed yesterday using an old version, 8.3, it was only £9.99 - give much better and quicker screen displays than the BBC iPlayer site, are far easier to use, and to varying extents can be customised. Already with D4W one can customise how alerts look and behave, and can even script their behaviour using JavaScript, and add-ins have already been created to set up recordings on TV Tuner cards, etc. Ideally, one would prefer the relevant iPlayer information to be displayed by the program without extra scripting, and accordingly I've just created this post, Suggestions: http://forums.digiguide.tv/forum.asp?id=2. However, even failing this making any headway, rather than all users scraping the BBC site for all programmes, it would make more sense for each user to only have to scrape for those details relevant to that particular user's interests, as defined by the alerts that (s)he has set within the program, and I'm now just beginning to look into doing this via the alert process. It seems to me that it should be possible to get the Digiguide For Windows version to launch GetIPlayer For Windows automatically a few minutes after the programme to be recoreded ends, or, if it is already running, add the programme's details to a queue list instead. 2. Server-side scraping of programme data so that users could scrape on a server and set up a feed users can access. There would undoubtedly be copyright issues with this, as the metadata must be owned by the BBC. IMO, a better, though long-term, approach would be tackle this from the head down. I've just created a government petition which, if accepted, (well, let's dream for a while) would require all government and government- or publically-funded institutions to use Open Source software and Open Data standards wherever reasonably possible, specifically mentioning the BBC, C4 and other recipients of PSB funding. I'll link to it if and when it gets put out to signatories. If ever implemented, we could use that as a stick to beat the BBC into reinstating the lists. The advantage of this is that it would be much quicker for users as you could access the processed feed in a single HTTP request (rather than hitting the BBC site numerous times). Yes. However, dinkypumpkin mentioned that centralising a feed wasn't a preferred option. That said, there's nothing to stop having a user-specified option to point get_player to a specific feed URL. If someone hosts a feed, then decides to takes it down, someone else could take over. Yes, and it's also a central point of failure, and easy for the BBC to 'go after', either by technical means, such as IP blocking, or legally. It would be better to implement such a solution by Peer-To-Peer sharing, each user only getting a fraction of the data, and sharing it with everyone else to make up the whole. Both of those would need get_iplayer to be modified. That's now neither here nor there as it's already been so! 3. It would be possible to use the output of this scraper client-side to search for programmes of interest, and then call get_iplayer with the appropriate pid to download the programme if any are found. More work would be needed for this, and it would be hacky, but could work too. This wouldn't need get_iplayer to be modified; it
Re: Information Overload on GiP Changes
Mark Carroll m...@ixod.org wrote: Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk writes: I guess the public will only get access to the iPlayer material if they have a TV licence or some new on-line license. Just a guess but is it a credible threat? I'd be fine with having to put my television licence number in a .iplayerrc file or somesuch for get_iplayer to pass on to the BBC! I guess we'll see what happens ... I thought, and correct me if I'm wrong, there are fringe cases wherein one does not need to get a TV licence in order to watch iPlayer content: 1) You do not plan to watch live content at any time. This includes watching BBC live feeds on the iPlayer. 2) If visually impaired/blind, do not display visual content on any display of any kind. In other words, only listen to audio. Therefore, I doubt the BBC will require one to have a license to watch catch-up content. Sources: http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/tvlicence http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-home/blindseverely-sight-impaired-aud5 http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/how-to-tell-us-you-dont-watch-tv-top12 -- Mark Timothy ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )
On 31 Oct 2014 at 21:58, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: I'm visiting mum tomorrow and will try to remember to test if her two Sony smart TVs still work with BBC iPlayer. Update: visited mum today. Her bedroom Sony smart TV sticks on loading... when iPlayer selected. The living room Sony smart TV - 10 months newer - is still working, but many programmes are missing and it is very slow. Dear BBC, Thanks for breaking mum's TV :( ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: get_iplayer repair update #1
Can I also say a massive thank you to Dinky and others who have worked in double quick time to get a fix. I have used get_iplayer for several years but only joined the mailing list when disaster seemed to strike late last week. The response has been a fantastic demonstration of open source community work, and I hope a more permanent solution will be possible in the coming weeks (or months). Thank you also to Jon for maintaining the ppa for ubuntu users (like me -- I also use get_iplayer on the raspberry pi). Reading the posts has made me want to start learning perl or python, but I am probably too old (50) and am stuck at present learning scratch with my younger son (aged 6). On Sat, 1 Nov, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: On 1 Nov 2014 at 1:52, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer jn.ml.gti...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk wrote: dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote: get_iplayer has been more or less repaired, but there are still some wounds. I'm going to release what I have on Sunday This is excellent news, and I have to say I'm impressed by the amount you've managed to do in such a short time. (I realise that we may have been lucky with the time of year; I should think that it's a bad time for any sort of pumpkin to be out of the ... house? shed? field? ... wherever a pumpkin normally feels at home. I've seen some dreadful sights in the last 12 hours - pumpkins being carried around by witches etc...) Dinky, As Jeremy says, a huge thank you for the effort you and others are putting into work arounds for the BBC changes. Very much appreciated. I too am pleased you survived another Halloween uncut :) Jeremy, well done - very amusing and made me laugh :) Cheers, Peter PS Ignore previous copy.com referal link for bonus - it no longer works as copy have implemented a max five referals policy :( I have other referal links which will give the 5GB bonus - PM me. Sorry if you have joined and not received bonus 5GB, with details and I will make a complaint as I was not informed of this change. ___ 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
Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )
This is a problem the BBC should have foreseen. As soon as you put software into embedded devices like TVs or PVRs, either you have to support it for at least 10 years or you will break someone's viewing experience. It appears to me that insufficient thought was given to this. I've been in the software industry for nearly 30 years and I foresaw problems like this about 3 years ago. -- Owen Smith owen.sm...@cantab.net Cambridge, UK On 1 Nov 2014, at 22:05, Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: Update: visited mum today. Her bedroom Sony smart TV sticks on loading... when iPlayer selected. The living room Sony smart TV - 10 months newer - is still working, but many programmes are missing and it is very slow. Dear BBC, Thanks for breaking mum's TV :( ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )
It might be worth raising it on the Sony forum, or checking which firmware it's got and what the most recent is on the Sony support page for that model. I have a Sony TV from what I believe to be the first year they did Internet TVs - 2010 - and I've just checked, the iPlayer is working fine. There was a firmware update for my TV less than a year ago to fix some earlier iPlayer problems. Ian -Original Message- From: Peter S Kirk Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 10:05 PM To: get_iplayer Subject: Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie ) On 31 Oct 2014 at 21:58, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: I'm visiting mum tomorrow and will try to remember to test if her two Sony smart TVs still work with BBC iPlayer. Update: visited mum today. Her bedroom Sony smart TV sticks on loading... when iPlayer selected. The living room Sony smart TV - 10 months newer - is still working, but many programmes are missing and it is very slow. Dear BBC, Thanks for breaking mum's TV :( ___ 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
Re: Multiple pids - another way, in some cases
That method doesn't seem to work for me - for TV, anyway. For example, BBC4 have a number of blues programs available in their archive (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p01m79bn). If I try to use the p01m79bn pid, I get the following: get_iplayer --pid=p01m79bn --pid-recursive --output D:\Users\Nick\Videos --tvmode=best get_iplayer v2.87, 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. WARNING: rdf URL contained no data WARNING: PID URL contained no RDF data. Trying to record PID directly. INFO: Trying pid: p01m79bn using type: tv INFO: Trying to stream pid using type tv INFO: pid not found in tv cache Matches: INFO: 1 Matching Programmes ERROR: Failed to get version pid metadata from iplayer site Nick On 02/11/2014 02:09, roadcone wrote: For those new to using the command line or terminal and wanting to secure all programs from a series, there may be an alternative to harvesting and entering multiple pids. In some cases the program series may have a series web page. For example, Germany: Memories of a Nation has this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dwbwz/broadcasts/2014/11 The pid from that url is b04dwbwz but that will not --get you anything apart from a list of pids for the individual programs. Add: --pid-recursive to your command and get_iplayer will try to get each individual program. It will fail where the program is too old, not yet broadcast, already in your download history or some other BBC problem and as a consequence, you will get loads of error messages but it will get what is available that you do not already have. This is not a panacea but may help in some cases though do check the downloads are what you expect as you may need to go hunt the errant episode manually. ___ 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
BBC Radio Downloads
Hello, And firstly, thanks for all of your efforts so far that has made it possible for me and many others to listen to BBC radio here in New Zealand and around the world. This ability has allowed me and my family to keep up with what is happening back home for the last few years and its now something that I consider invaluable to me when driving to work to be able to listen to downloads of my favourite BBC radio programmes. Unfortunately, I gather that this has now been made imposable by recent changes to the BBC I Player (thanks BBC, what about all the UK expats around the world!). I would be most grateful if you could somehow work around this problem and restore the ability to listen to downloads of the BBC while overseas. Thanks, Tim --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: BBC Radio Downloads
Hello There have been several patches suggested to get_iplayer-2.87. It is not clear which operating system you are using so I cannot be more helpful. I use Debian Linux and Mac OSX Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion/Mavericks/Yosemite. My get_iplayer computer is a Mac Mini using a 40in flat panel TV for monitor. All the radio programs are put into iTunes so I can listen to them no matter which room I happen to be in. I have airports and speakers in nearly every room. I use my iPad with a VNC app to control the Mac Mini. Sent from my iPad terry l. ridder On Nov 1, 2014, at 20:03, Tim Errington terring...@ihug.co.nz wrote: Hello, And firstly, thanks for all of your efforts so far that has made it possible for me and many others to listen to BBC radio here in New Zealand and around the world. This ability has allowed me and my family to keep up with what is happening back home for the last few years and its now something that I consider invaluable to me when driving to work to be able to listen to downloads of my favourite BBC radio programmes. Unfortunately, I gather that this has now been made imposable by recent changes to the BBC I Player (thanks BBC, what about all the UK expats around the world!). I would be most grateful if you could somehow work around this problem and restore the ability to listen to downloads of the BBC while overseas. Thanks, Tim --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ 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
RE: BBC Radio Downloads
Hello Terry, Thanks for the swift reply. It's really rather simple this end, Windows 7 on a pc. All I use Get_Iplayer for is downloading radio programmes (Chris Evans) to save on a USB memory stick and listen on the car radio! As kiwi radio is so damn awful, it's really refreshing to listen to some quality radio..even Chris Evans. Cheers, Tim -Original Message- From: Terry L. Ridder [mailto:artisticfo...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 2 November 2014 2:59 p.m. To: Tim Errington Cc: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: BBC Radio Downloads Hello There have been several patches suggested to get_iplayer-2.87. It is not clear which operating system you are using so I cannot be more helpful. I use Debian Linux and Mac OSX Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion/Mavericks/Yosemite. My get_iplayer computer is a Mac Mini using a 40in flat panel TV for monitor. All the radio programs are put into iTunes so I can listen to them no matter which room I happen to be in. I have airports and speakers in nearly every room. I use my iPad with a VNC app to control the Mac Mini. Sent from my iPad terry l. ridder On Nov 1, 2014, at 20:03, Tim Errington terring...@ihug.co.nz wrote: Hello, And firstly, thanks for all of your efforts so far that has made it possible for me and many others to listen to BBC radio here in New Zealand and around the world. This ability has allowed me and my family to keep up with what is happening back home for the last few years and its now something that I consider invaluable to me when driving to work to be able to listen to downloads of my favourite BBC radio programmes. Unfortunately, I gather that this has now been made imposable by recent changes to the BBC I Player (thanks BBC, what about all the UK expats around the world!). I would be most grateful if you could somehow work around this problem and restore the ability to listen to downloads of the BBC while overseas. Thanks, Tim --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: BBC Radio Downloads
Hello I will send you the patched get_player and use it. Just call it as get_iplayer-patched instead of get_iplayer or get_iplayer.pl . It should work. I like the Doctor Blake Mysteries and the Miss Fisher program. Sent from my iPad terry l. ridder On Nov 1, 2014, at 21:18, Tim Errington terring...@ihug.co.nz wrote: Hello Terry, Thanks for the swift reply. It's really rather simple this end, Windows 7 on a pc. All I use Get_Iplayer for is downloading radio programmes (Chris Evans) to save on a USB memory stick and listen on the car radio! As kiwi radio is so damn awful, it's really refreshing to listen to some quality radio..even Chris Evans. Cheers, Tim -Original Message- From: Terry L. Ridder [mailto:artisticfo...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 2 November 2014 2:59 p.m. To: Tim Errington Cc: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: BBC Radio Downloads Hello There have been several patches suggested to get_iplayer-2.87. It is not clear which operating system you are using so I cannot be more helpful. I use Debian Linux and Mac OSX Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion/Mavericks/Yosemite. My get_iplayer computer is a Mac Mini using a 40in flat panel TV for monitor. All the radio programs are put into iTunes so I can listen to them no matter which room I happen to be in. I have airports and speakers in nearly every room. I use my iPad with a VNC app to control the Mac Mini. Sent from my iPad terry l. ridder On Nov 1, 2014, at 20:03, Tim Errington terring...@ihug.co.nz wrote: Hello, And firstly, thanks for all of your efforts so far that has made it possible for me and many others to listen to BBC radio here in New Zealand and around the world. This ability has allowed me and my family to keep up with what is happening back home for the last few years and its now something that I consider invaluable to me when driving to work to be able to listen to downloads of my favourite BBC radio programmes. Unfortunately, I gather that this has now been made imposable by recent changes to the BBC I Player (thanks BBC, what about all the UK expats around the world!). I would be most grateful if you could somehow work around this problem and restore the ability to listen to downloads of the BBC while overseas. Thanks, Tim --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Information Overload on GiP Changes
On 01/11/2014 17:50, Nick wrote: On Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:59:14 + Tom madtom1...@googlemail.com wrote: [...JS] - and like any other programming language you can write rubbish programs with it and as many people do, and everyone in the world can see it, it gets the blame when its really MS who sold the lie that 'computing' was easy that should get a good kicking. Tom A technology on the cutting edge of humanity's inventiveness is complicated and so inherently difficult? Really? Yes, really. I don't understand why you find that difficult to accept. Rob --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
