Re: [Dorset] BBC iPlayer downloads
Version 2.86 in the Ubuntu repository is out of date, the version on github is 2.92 so there might have been new changes to fix the issues you're seeing On Mon, 25 May 2015 at 09:33 Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: On Sunday 24 May 2015 21:39:40 Ralph Corderoy wrote: Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: You could always try https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer instead. That's what I use, and quite a few others I know. Ralph, Have you used this recently? I remember using this some years ago, but then started having problems, so I gave up. I just installed it again (it's in the Ubuntu repository as 'get-iplayer') and this is what I got: First a raw search: terry@BEIGE:~$ get_iplayer get_iplayer v2.86, 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. Matches: 1: BBC iPlayer Feeds - -, BBC News, HD,Highlights,Popular, default,audiodescribed,signed, INFO: 1 Matching Programmes Apparently only one feed. I then tried recording: terry@BEIGE:~$ get_iplayer --get 1 get_iplayer v2.86, 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. Matches: 1: BBC iPlayer Feeds - -, BBC News, HD,Highlights,Popular, default,audiodescribed,signed, INFO: 1 Matching Programmes ERROR: No PID for index Unknown (try using --type option ?) According to the Wiki and the man page it's expecting the Index number from the search. I only get one and it doesn't work, so what am I doing wrong? I tried the search using --type, but I only get the same answer. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] BBC iPlayer downloads
On Monday 25 May 2015 08:39:43 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: Version 2.86 in the Ubuntu repository is out of date, the version on github is 2.92 so there might have been new changes to fix the issues you're seeing OK. I uninstalled V 2.86, downloaded the latest version, made it executable and ran it as: terry@BEIGE:~$ ./get_iplayer On first execution, it installed some plugins and on the second it gave exactly the same result as V 2.86. What do others get, when they type 'get_iplayer' for a simple search? -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] BBC iPlayer downloads
I installed the script as described here: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/manual Running it the first time with no arguments, downloaded some plugins as you described, running it again like so: ./get_iplayer apollo Printed out a whole load info whilst getting TV index feeds, then finished with 3 matches, like so: Matches: 838: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 1, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 839: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 2, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 840: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 3, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default Running the following: ./get_iplayer 838 --get Began downloading the episode On Mon, 25 May 2015 at 09:59 Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: On Monday 25 May 2015 08:39:43 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: Version 2.86 in the Ubuntu repository is out of date, the version on github is 2.92 so there might have been new changes to fix the issues you're seeing OK. I uninstalled V 2.86, downloaded the latest version, made it executable and ran it as: terry@BEIGE:~$ ./get_iplayer On first execution, it installed some plugins and on the second it gave exactly the same result as V 2.86. What do others get, when they type 'get_iplayer' for a simple search? -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] BBC iPlayer downloads
Hi Terry, The BBC quite often change things meaning an up-to-date script is required. The -u option will update the script and plugins with later versions if they're available. Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: I installed the script as described here: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/manual Running it the first time with no arguments, downloaded some plugins as you described, running it again like so: ./get_iplayer apollo Printed out a whole load info whilst getting TV index feeds, then finished with 3 matches, like so: Matches: 838: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 1, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 839: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 2, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 840: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 3, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default AIUI, the BBC withdrew the source of information for what was available so searches can miss some of what's available now that they're using information cobbled together from elsewhere. https://squarepenguin.co.uk/wiki/releasenotes/release289/ has more details. I still find its search sufficient, but one can always use the BBC's iPlayer web site to search and then use the resulting URL or PID with -g/--get, e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vlwxj or b05vlwxj. Running the following: ./get_iplayer 838 --get Began downloading the episode --subtitles can also be useful. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] BBC iPlayer downloads
On Sunday 24 May 2015 21:39:40 Ralph Corderoy wrote: Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: You could always try https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer instead. That's what I use, and quite a few others I know. Ralph, Have you used this recently? I remember using this some years ago, but then started having problems, so I gave up. I just installed it again (it's in the Ubuntu repository as 'get-iplayer') and this is what I got: First a raw search: terry@BEIGE:~$ get_iplayer get_iplayer v2.86, 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. Matches: 1: BBC iPlayer Feeds - -, BBC News, HD,Highlights,Popular, default,audiodescribed,signed, INFO: 1 Matching Programmes Apparently only one feed. I then tried recording: terry@BEIGE:~$ get_iplayer --get 1 get_iplayer v2.86, 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. Matches: 1: BBC iPlayer Feeds - -, BBC News, HD,Highlights,Popular, default,audiodescribed,signed, INFO: 1 Matching Programmes ERROR: No PID for index Unknown (try using --type option ?) According to the Wiki and the man page it's expecting the Index number from the search. I only get one and it doesn't work, so what am I doing wrong? I tried the search using --type, but I only get the same answer. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] BBC iPlayer downloads
On 25/05/15 09:58, Terry Coles wrote: On Monday 25 May 2015 08:39:43 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: Version 2.86 in the Ubuntu repository is out of date, the version on github is 2.92 so there might have been new changes to fix the issues you're seeing OK. I uninstalled V 2.86, downloaded the latest version, made it executable and ran it as: terry@BEIGE:~$ ./get_iplayer On first execution, it installed some plugins and on the second it gave exactly the same result as V 2.86. What do others get, when they type 'get_iplayer' for a simple search? I downloaded this from somewhere years ago (can't remember where), this may help - Usage Run: ‘get_iplayer -h’ For Advanced and extended options run: ‘get_iplayer --long-help’ Examples Searching * List all tv programmes (either from BBC site or cached): get_iplayer * List all tv programme names matching ‘News’: get_iplayer news * List all Radio programme names matching ‘News’: get_iplayer --type=radio news * List all tv programmes with long descriptions: get_iplayer --long * List all tv programmes showing only ‘pid’, ‘name’ and ‘episode’ get_iplayer --listformat=’pid: name - episode’ * Search all tv programmes for the word ‘hello’ in the ‘episode’ and ‘channel’ fields get_iplayer --fields=’episode,channel’ hello * List all tv programmes with categories containing the word ‘News’ and on channel ‘BBC One’ get_iplayer --channel=’BBC One’ --category=News * List all tv programmes added to the cache since 24 hours ago: get_iplayer --since=24 * List all available categories for BBC Radio and BBC TV programmes: get_iplayer --list=categories --type=’tv,radio’ * List all available radio channels: get_iplayer --list=channel --type=radio * List all ITV programmes and BBC podcasts get_iplayer --type=’podcast,itv’ * List all programmes with categories not containing the string ‘child’ on BBC One: get_iplayer --exclude-category=child --channel=’bbc one’ * List all programme metadata and available download modes for programme with index number 123: get_iplayer --info 123 Downloading Essentially, you can just add ‘--get’ to any of the above searches to download them. * Download programme number 123 (see index list): get_iplayer --get 123 * Download Radio programme number 10123 (see index list): get_iplayer --get 10123 * Download Radio programme number 10123 and tv programme number 324 (see index list): get_iplayer --get 10123 324 * Download Podcasts matching ‘Moyles’: get_iplayer --type=podcast --get ‘Moyles’ * Download all tv programmes with ‘blue peter’ in the title/episode: get_iplayer --get ‘blue peter’ * Download all tv programmes with ‘blue peter’ in the title/episode, and programme index 123: get_iplayer --get ‘blue peter’ 123 * Download all programmes with URL that contains a programme ID (pid) b002a23a (i.e. the URL of the programme page on BBC iplayer): get_iplayer --get --pid http://blah.blah.blah/b002a23a.shtml * Download all programmes with ‘comedy’ in the title, episode or long description: get_iplayer --long --get comedy * Download all programmes with categories containing ‘music’: get_iplayer --get --category=comedy * Download an ITV player TV programme (requires mplayer) get_iplayer --type=itv --get 123 * Using rtmpdump tool to get high or normal quality Flash download version of a TV programme (--rtmpdump is optional) get_iplayer --type=tv --get 123 --vmode=rtmp --rtmpdump=’/path/to/rtmpdump’ * Download a TV programme trying iphone, flashhigh and flashnormal modes in order until one succeeds. get_iplayer --type=tv --get 123 --vmode=iphone,flashhigh,flashnormal --rtmpdump=’/path/to/rtmpdump’ * Using rtmpdump tool to get high quality Flash download version of a BBC Radio programme (--rtmpdump is optional) get_iplayer --type=radio --get 12345 --amode=flashaudio --rtmpdump=’/path/to/rtmpdump’ * Download a radio programme trying iphone, flashaudio, flashaac then realaudio modes in order until one succeeds. get_iplayer --type=radio --get 12345 --amode=iphone,flashaudio,flashaac,realaudio --rtmpdump=’/path/to/rtmpdump’ Other Features * Refresh/flush the tv programme cache (this happens after 4hrs automatically - see --expiry option): get_iplayer --flush * Refresh/flush the programme cache for all types: get_iplayer --flush --type=all * Refresh/flush the radio programme cache: get_iplayer --flush --type=radio * Check for Updates and Download new version of get_iplayer (also creates backup): get_iplayer --update Streaming * Stream a programme in mplayer or xine while downloading it to disk: get_iplayer --stdout --get 123 | mplayer -cache 3072- get_iplayer --stdout --get 123 | xine stdin:/ * Stream a programme in mplayer or
Re: [Dorset] BBC iPlayer downloads
On Monday 25 May 2015 09:18:04 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: I installed the script as described here: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/manual Running it the first time with no arguments, downloaded some plugins as you described, running it again like so: ./get_iplayer apollo Printed out a whole load info whilst getting TV index feeds, then finished with 3 matches, like so: Matches: 838: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 1, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 839: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 2, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 840: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 3, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default Running the following: ./get_iplayer 838 --get Began downloading the episode Well; don't ask me why, but I just typed: ./get_iplayer and it downloaded the full Index! There is nothing different to what I was doing this morning; all I've done is to shut down the machine while we went shopping. As the Yanks would say - go figure! -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] BBC iPlayer downloads
I'm visiting folks in Scotland at the mo so not at my machine for exact reference, but it's worth mentioning that get-iplayer also has an embedded CGI server you can access to provide a web GUI to your browser, which looks quite similar to the BBC iPlayer pages and has similar search capabilities. Very handy if you don't want to handle the complicated CLI commands. Look at the 'web PVR Manager' section of the wiki docs at https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/manual#manual-wpm On 25 May 2015 at 13:15, Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: On Monday 25 May 2015 09:18:04 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: I installed the script as described here: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/manual Running it the first time with no arguments, downloaded some plugins as you described, running it again like so: ./get_iplayer apollo Printed out a whole load info whilst getting TV index feeds, then finished with 3 matches, like so: Matches: 838: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 1, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 839: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 2, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default 840: Live at the Apollo: Series 9 - Episode 3, BBC One, Comedy,Standup, default Running the following: ./get_iplayer 838 --get Began downloading the episode Well; don't ask me why, but I just typed: ./get_iplayer and it downloaded the full Index! There is nothing different to what I was doing this morning; all I've done is to shut down the machine while we went shopping. As the Yanks would say - go figure! -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR -- best regards, 웃 Victor Churchill, Bournemouth -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
