windows version of iplayer - output format
Hi: I have the windows installer version of get-iplayer. downloading from radio broadcasts... the resulting file is of the format m4a. Can anyone advise me how to set up the iplayer so that the output format is mp3 ? Any assistance would be appreciated. Regards Rod ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: windows version of iplayer - output format
-Original Message- From: Rod Crittenden Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 9:31 AM To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: windows version of iplayer - output format Hi: I have the windows installer version of get-iplayer. downloading from radio broadcasts... the resulting file is of the format m4a. Can anyone advise me how to set up the iplayer so that the output format is mp3 ? Simply add the aactomp3 flag to the command line (ie add --aactomp3). You can apply this automatically by editing the options file in the folder C:\Users\All Users\get_iplayer and adding the line: aactomp3 1 to the file. Hope this helps, Chris ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: windows version of iplayer - output format
For what it's worth, the iPlayer uses AAC audio for all radio (in an M4A wrapper) - if your media player can handle M4A, and if it's vaguely modern it should, then I urge you to keep the original quality AAC downloads. If you ask get_iplayer to convert them to MP3, it will download the compressed AAC then *recompress* to MP3 yielding inferior quality audio. Regards Chris On 6 May 2014 09:44:37 Chris Marriott ch...@chrism.demon.co.uk wrote: -Original Message- From: Rod Crittenden Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 9:31 AM To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: windows version of iplayer - output format Hi: I have the windows installer version of get-iplayer. downloading from radio broadcasts... the resulting file is of the format m4a. Can anyone advise me how to set up the iplayer so that the output format is mp3 ? Simply add the aactomp3 flag to the command line (ie add --aactomp3). You can apply this automatically by editing the options file in the folder C:\Users\All Users\get_iplayer and adding the line: aactomp3 1 to the file. Hope this helps, Chris ___ 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: windows version of iplayer - output format
Thanks for all your responses First I want to get MP3 because that is the format that can be used by my hifi and tv to get stuff from PC around the house. Chris... your info about aactomp32 in an options file sounds perfect, except I do not seem to have an options file where you say there may be one. Can you expand on that a bit more... what is the name of the file and could it be elsewhere ( under programs (x86) for instance ). Thanks for your help Rod -Original Message- From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Chris Marriott Sent: 06 May 2014 14:01 To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: windows version of iplayer - output format -Original Message- From: Christopher Woods Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:56 AM To: Chris Marriott ; get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: windows version of iplayer - output format For what it's worth, the iPlayer uses AAC audio for all radio (in an M4A wrapper) - if your media player can handle M4A, and if it's vaguely modern it should, then I urge you to keep the original quality AAC downloads. If you ask get_iplayer to convert them to MP3, it will download the compressed AAC then *recompress* to MP3 yielding inferior quality audio. True, and certainly a consideration if you're recording music. I, however, only ever record radio drama and spoken word programmes, so not an issue for me at all. The recompressed MP3 is absolutely fine, quality-wise, for speech. Chris ___ 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: windows version of iplayer - output format
On my Windows 7 system, the file is in C:\Users\username\.get_iplayer. Just create a plain text file (with no extension) called options and put the option in there. I think there's a way of saving options via the command line, but I can't remember off-hand what it is. Ben On 6 May 2014 15:27, Rod Crittenden arress...@btinternet.com wrote: Thanks for all your responses First I want to get MP3 because that is the format that can be used by my hifi and tv to get stuff from PC around the house. Chris... your info about aactomp32 in an options file sounds perfect, except I do not seem to have an options file where you say there may be one. Can you expand on that a bit more... what is the name of the file and could it be elsewhere ( under programs (x86) for instance ). Thanks for your help Rod -Original Message- From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Chris Marriott Sent: 06 May 2014 14:01 To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: windows version of iplayer - output format -Original Message- From: Christopher Woods Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:56 AM To: Chris Marriott ; get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: windows version of iplayer - output format For what it's worth, the iPlayer uses AAC audio for all radio (in an M4A wrapper) - if your media player can handle M4A, and if it's vaguely modern it should, then I urge you to keep the original quality AAC downloads. If you ask get_iplayer to convert them to MP3, it will download the compressed AAC then *recompress* to MP3 yielding inferior quality audio. True, and certainly a consideration if you're recording music. I, however, only ever record radio drama and spoken word programmes, so not an issue for me at all. The recompressed MP3 is absolutely fine, quality-wise, for speech. Chris ___ 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 ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: windows version of iplayer - output format
get_iplayer --prefs-add --aactomp3 On 6 May 2014 15:37, Ben Shepherd bjasheph...@gmail.com wrote: On my Windows 7 system, the file is in C:\Users\username\.get_iplayer. Just create a plain text file (with no extension) called options and put the option in there. I think there's a way of saving options via the command line, but I can't remember off-hand what it is. Ben On 6 May 2014 15:27, Rod Crittenden arress...@btinternet.com wrote: Thanks for all your responses First I want to get MP3 because that is the format that can be used by my hifi and tv to get stuff from PC around the house. Chris... your info about aactomp32 in an options file sounds perfect, except I do not seem to have an options file where you say there may be one. Can you expand on that a bit more... what is the name of the file and could it be elsewhere ( under programs (x86) for instance ). Thanks for your help Rod -Original Message- From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Chris Marriott Sent: 06 May 2014 14:01 To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: windows version of iplayer - output format -Original Message- From: Christopher Woods Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:56 AM To: Chris Marriott ; get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: windows version of iplayer - output format For what it's worth, the iPlayer uses AAC audio for all radio (in an M4A wrapper) - if your media player can handle M4A, and if it's vaguely modern it should, then I urge you to keep the original quality AAC downloads. If you ask get_iplayer to convert them to MP3, it will download the compressed AAC then *recompress* to MP3 yielding inferior quality audio. True, and certainly a consideration if you're recording music. I, however, only ever record radio drama and spoken word programmes, so not an issue for me at all. The recompressed MP3 is absolutely fine, quality-wise, for speech. Chris ___ 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 ___ 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: windows version of iplayer - output format
On Tue, 6 May 2014 15:27:51 +0100, Rod Crittenden wrote: Thanks for all your responses First I want to get MP3 because that is the format that can be used by my hifi and tv to get stuff from PC around the house. Chris... your info about aactomp32 in an options file sounds perfect, except I do not seem to have an options file where you say there may be one. Can you expand on that a bit more... what is the name of the file and could it be elsewhere ( under programs (x86) for instance ). Ah! Windows 7 (64-bit)? No problem, you don't need to know where the options file is, because Get Iplayer does! Run Get Iplayer and at its command prompt enter the line below: get_iplayer --prefs-add --mp3 which will add the line aactomp3 1 to your options file, creating the file if it doesn't exist. Thereafter, even without restarting Get Iplayer, your radio downloads will be transcodes to .mp3 after downloading. -- Regards, Howard. howard.or...@orgels.demon.co.uk http://www.orgels.demon.co.uk PGP public key available. Geek Code available. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
