Re: Life On Earth - Supposedly available but no episodes 1-8?

2019-01-17 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 17/01/2019 13:52, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: Has anyone else managed to download any of episodes 1-8 of Life On Earth?  And was it possible in HD? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qjcmb/episodes/player Yes, I've just downloaded all 13 episodes in HD (HVFHD2 is the fastest for me).

Re: BBC-wants-shows-available-iPlayer-12-months-bid-compete-rivals

2019-01-09 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 09/01/2019 02:02, Peter S Kirk wrote: imo BBC are calling them Competitors under false pretensions. BBC is UK only and Free. This plea to Ofcom is an attempt to destroy Amazon, Netflix etc in UK I hope Ofcom rejects BBC extension Sorry, but I think you're very wrong.  Viewing habits are

Re: [Announcement]GiP 3.18 released!

2018-12-29 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 29/12/2018 17:32, RS wrote: On 29/12/2018 15:58, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 29/12/2018 13:25, artisticforge Niemand wrote: hello I am glad the extraneous  updates has been fixed. I have just noticed an issue with updating to get_iplayer-3.18. in 2016 I downloaded, Natural_World_2008-2009_-_9

Re: [Announcement]GiP 3.18 released!

2018-12-29 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 29/12/2018 13:25, artisticforge Niemand wrote: hello I am glad the extraneous updates has been fixed. I have just noticed an issue with updating to get_iplayer-3.18. in 2016 I downloaded, Natural_World_2008-2009_-_9._Bears_on_Top_of_the_World_b00h37zc_original.mp4 given the years that

Re: Europe

2018-12-21 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 21/12/2018 22:08, Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip wrote: On 2018-12-21 14:27, Paul Thornett wrote: VPNs are often very slow. Much faster, and a solution that works well for me, is something called Smart DNS, which is essentially a different set of DNS addresses. Do you mean you're using different

Re: Converting AAC to MP3 / FLAC

2018-12-21 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 21/12/2018 13:46, CJB wrote: Thanks Mark. I j=have the latest VLC and will try as you suggest. Have a great Xmas and N.Y. Chris B. Any reason for converting the download? As you have already VLC, this will play the file without difficulty. A --- This email has been checked for viruses

Re: 'A History of Christianity' - #5 "Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion" NA

2018-12-20 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 20/12/2018 11:47, Mark Carroll wrote: On 12 Dec 2018, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 12/12/2018 13:18, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p5wrk As per subject and programme page link above, all the other episodes of this series are available and have already

Re: 'A History of Christianity' - #5 "Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion" NA

2018-12-17 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 12/12/2018 17:52, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: On 12/12/2018 15:18, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Ah but just found this on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/programme-availability/programme-issues/history-of-christianity Moral, check the "programme issues and updates&

Re: 'A History of Christianity' - #5 "Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion" NA

2018-12-12 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 12/12/2018 13:18, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p5wrk As per subject and programme page link above, all the other episodes of this series are available and have already downloaded aright, but not #5.  Does anyone know why? Strange, the only version

Re: BBC Versions

2018-11-28 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 28/11/2018 14:50, Budge wrote: On 25/11/2018 15:22, Anna Obarzanowska wrote: The different versions may also be pre/post-watershed, or signed. [snip] Further to this I have just had an issue with a recent download which was shown as pre-watershed and then crashed for some reason.  The

Re: OT: I have received a series of duplicate emails.

2018-11-20 Thread Alan Milewczyk
No dupes here, Budge! On 20/11/2018 08:31, Budge wrote: Hi, just received a series of duplicate emails in the "Compulsory podcasts - In Our Time" thread.  Is there a server issue or is it at my end?  Seems to have abated for now but it has happened before. Budge --- This email has been

Re: pid listed but not available

2018-11-03 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 04/11/2018 00:08, Mark Carroll wrote: On 03 Nov 2018, artisticforge Niemand wrote: Hello; the entry for Natural World 2009-2010 Episode 13 Saving Luna is list in the tv.cache and get_iplayer --info --type=tv --pid=b00q2s16 returns Which appears to state that it should be available. I am

Re: Loss of BBC HD channels on satellite

2018-10-18 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 18/10/2018 21:26, Jonathan H wrote: On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 21:16, Peter S Kirk wrote: On 18 Oct 2018 at 15:46, wrote: Second poster has a stick up his butt. +1 +2 ___ +3 Why are some posters so bleedin' anal? I was pleased to hear about this topic from the OP, as it was the

Re: Obscure Errors in Radio Download

2018-10-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 08/10/2018 11:27, CJB wrote: Not sure what's happening - but seemed to download OK (but a tad short of 30 mins) Tried this twice but with identical results. CJB ==snip== Hi Chris Nothing to be concerned about. Although my download was 27m13s, the programme plays in full plus a

Re: Downloading Subtitles

2018-10-07 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 08/10/2018 00:32, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 08/10/2018 00:05, CJB wrote: Please - is there a way of downloading subtitles after the respective video file has been downloaded? The latter file is a large one and I don't wont to download it again. But trying to watch the video the sound

Re: radio recordings using latest gip version

2018-08-26 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 26/08/2018 23:37, RS wrote: On 26/08/18 21:55, Clive wrote: On 26/08/18 19:17, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 26/08/2018 16:43, I wrote: (although I did get the headphone version of The Planets) What is the "headphone version"? Thanks Alan https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06drb3s

Re: radio recordings using latest gip version

2018-08-26 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 26/08/2018 21:55, Clive wrote: On 26/08/18 19:17, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 26/08/2018 16:43, RS wrote: (although I did get the headphone version of The Planets) What is the "headphone version"? Thanks Alan https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06drb3s Ah, thank you, sounds i

Re: radio recordings using latest gip version

2018-08-26 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 26/08/2018 16:43, RS wrote: (although I did get the headphone version of The Planets) What is the "headphone version"? Thanks Alan --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___

get_iplayer 3.17 released

2018-08-17 Thread Alan Milewczyk
From the get_iplayer forum: Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release310to319#release317 Windows: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/3.17.0 macOS: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_macos/releases/3.17.0 Source:

Re: Radio Scotland Missing

2018-08-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 08/08/2018 11:58, CJB wrote: INFO: Indexing radio programmes (concurrent) . ERROR: Failed to download BBC Radio Scotland schedule page (3/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl8f/2018/w32 ERROR: Response:

Re: BBC Radio Scotland, Highlands and Islands schedule variation discontinued...

2018-08-07 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 07/08/2018 00:27, Vangelis forthnet wrote: Good to hear from you, dear friend. It may well look as though, from Aug 1st 2018, the BBC Radio Highlands and Islands variation HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED! I get "354 Matching Programmes", but it's hard to tell how many of them are unique to the

Re: Trust me i'm a doctor

2018-07-13 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 13/07/2018 17:08, Dave Widgery wrote: Hi I have been trying to download trust me I'm a doctor and failing, from looking on iplayer it looks like only the signed versions are available. What is the command line option to download signed versions, I used to know it but forgotten and haven't

Re: No Wimbledon Today?

2018-07-09 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 09/07/2018 12:52, David Cantrell wrote: On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 05:27:53PM +0100, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 06/07/2018 13:48, David Cantrell wrote: On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 05:09:26PM +0100, Alan Milewczyk wrote: I've never known it so bad. You've obviously not been paying attention

Re: No Wimbledon Today?

2018-07-06 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 06/07/2018 13:48, David Cantrell wrote: On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 05:09:26PM +0100, Alan Milewczyk wrote: I've never known it so bad. You've obviously not been paying attention to people whining about things not being instantly available before on this very mailing list. Uh? Hot weather

get_iplayer 3.16 released!

2018-07-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
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Re: No Wimbledon Today?

2018-07-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 05/07/2018 14:09, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: Please see below ... On 03/07/2018 13:41, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote:  What I was complaining about was the inordinately long time it took to make the programmes available on iPlayer.  In a rural location with ~1Mb/s download speeds, it's

get_iplayer 3.15 released

2018-07-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplay...release315 macOS: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplay...tag/3.15.0 Windows:

Re: No Wimbledon Today?

2018-07-02 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Patience! ;-) My system started to download them overnight. But I now have a helluva dilemma - the BBC2 file is 23 GB. This 2 GB per hour mode is a PITA! :-( On 02/07/2018 23:19, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: Since the first of the main BBC1/2 coverage programmes finished at 18:00, I've been

Re: Ray Mears - Bushcraft - What No Episode 4?

2018-06-11 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 11/06/2018 19:15, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: On 11/06/2018 18:54, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Hi Charles I've now a response to my query to the BBC: "Hello David, Thanks so much for getting in touch. We are sorry to hear that you could not get watching Ray Mears's Bushcraft – Ser

Re: Ray Mears - Bushcraft - What No Episode 4?

2018-06-11 Thread Alan Milewczyk
ramme is not available is because we did not have the rights to make this episode available online for on demand access, unlike the rest of the series. == " I don't know who David is but anyway, we now have our answer! Alan (not David) On 10/06/2018 15:56, Alan Milew

Re: Ray Mears - Bushcraft - What No Episode 4?

2018-06-10 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Hello Charles On 10/06/2018 14:38, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: On 10/06/2018 13:30, Alan Milewczyk wrote: I have reported it to the BBC using the contact page (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help) saying that the previous three programmes in the series were available and asking whether

Re: Ray Mears - Bushcraft - What No Episode 4?

2018-06-10 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 10/06/2018 12:28, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: On 10/06/2018 05:52, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 10/06/2018 01:13, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: Hi, Anyone else having difficulty in downloading Ray Mears - Bushcraft - 4 Africa Camp, which, despite what it claims here ...     https

Re: Ray Mears - Bushcraft - What No Episode 4?

2018-06-09 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 10/06/2018 01:13, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: Hi, Anyone else having difficulty in downloading Ray Mears - Bushcraft - 4 Africa Camp, which, despite what it claims here ...     https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009qzch ... was actually broadcast Fri 8/6? Well, that's as may be, but it

Re: Clydebuilt - Cutty Sark

2018-06-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Using GIP3.14 Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Downloads here without any problems whatsoever, correct size and duration. I'd be tempted to look at the quality/speed of the internet connection in the first instance. Alan On 08/06/2018 15:58, Tony Quinn wrote: On 08/06/2018 15:46, CJB wrote:

Some 6Music Radio programmes not appearing in cache

2018-06-06 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Using GIP3.14 and Win7 x64 Ultimate I download programmes using a batch file searching on the programme name. I've just found that a few recently broadcast 6Music programme series haven't got downloaded. Doing a search from the command prompt didn't bring them up either. The programme series

Re: Dr. Who Downloads

2018-06-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 05/06/2018 20:56, Jimmy Aitken wrote: --pid b0074drw Hmmm, well using "get_iplayer --pid  b0074drw" on GIP3.14 and Win7 x64 Ultimate, that episode downloaded successfully, no problems whatsoever. Alan --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

Re: no more hslv format ?

2018-05-20 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 20/05/2018 10:16, Jim web wrote: And poking may make things worse. So end of story, sadly. Jim Thanks, Jim. I agree with all the points you make, it's a strange result that they quote but I'd rather live with the current system than risk losing GIP. Mind you, I shudder at the prospect of

Re: no more hslv format ?

2018-05-20 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 20/05/2018 09:56, Mark Carroll wrote: On 20 May 2018, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 19/05/2018 22:27, Mark Carroll wrote: On 17 May 2018, Budge wrote: I have tried to follow this thread as I have just found my download of The Bridge file size and resolution are less than before. Upgraded

Re: no more hslv format ?

2018-05-20 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 19/05/2018 22:27, Mark Carroll wrote: On 17 May 2018, Budge wrote: I have tried to follow this thread as I have just found my download of The Bridge file size and resolution are less than before. Upgraded to 3.14.0 and forced a new download and file size is more than twice the first. I

Re: no more hslv format ?

2018-05-01 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 01/05/2018 12:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Jim, I've been discussing the 'loss' of the 1280x720 25fps version with someone at the BBC. I miss those 1 GiB ~= 1 hour ones too. They were `just right'. Me too! :-( It has also set me wondering about arranging for gip to fetch to ram

Re: BBC Watchdog 25 April 2018 and catchup

2018-04-25 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 25/04/2018 23:58, RS wrote: On 25/04/18 23:37,  wrote: A few days ago we discussed the possible effect of changes in the way the BBC presented programme information on smart televisions.  On Watchdog this evening, about 28 minutes into the programme, there was an item where people were

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 18/04/2018 07:33, iz wrote: On 18 April 2018 at 07:28, Paul Thornett wrote: OK, but, previously, the tvmode=best has produced an .mp4 file that my PVR is quite happy with. This is no longer the case. Does that not suggest something has changed? Only that you're now

Re: Problem recording radio programs using version 3.12.0

2018-04-17 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Hi Yusuf I download those programmes every day and I can confirm that in the last 24 hours, I was able to download the latest broadcast editions of those programmes. You should update to the latest version 3.13, which was released on 24th March 2018, as changes at the BBC broke the cache

Re: Download speeds

2018-04-16 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Hi Richard On 16/04/2018 15:27, RS wrote: Speeds do vary enormously between CDNs and between modes and occasionally some programmes are slower.  In general I have found Akamai to be faster than Limelight.  I don't know about Bidi. Yes indeed. I just downloaded two programmes on hvfhd2,

Re: Download speeds

2018-04-16 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Hi Richard, many thanks for the reply. On 16/04/2018 13:49, RS wrote: I have just downloaded two episodes of the second series of Salamander from hvfhd1/bi (Azure?) at 148Mbit/s.  That is similar to the HLShd speed.  It does vary with time of day, and can go down to 60Mbit/s. Wow, that's

Download speeds

2018-04-15 Thread Alan Milewczyk
I'm with Virgin and my 200 Mbps connection has typically achieved download speeds of around 50 Mbps from the hlshd CDNs. As quite a few TV programmes are no longer available in hlshd, I decided reluctantly to switch to the 50fps option so I can still get HD content. However, hvfhd downloads

Re: PVR Cache Refresh Broken

2018-04-15 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 15/04/2018 15:34, CJB wrote: Completely filed for all t.v. listings. OK for radio. CJB. ___ Filed? No problems here for TV programmes. As for radio, I get a notification after refresh that ""x" programmes have been added" although a number of programmes I look for haven't been updated

Re: BBC JSON feeds to be discontinued from 1st May

2018-04-15 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 15/04/2018 12:21, Peter Scott wrote: On 15-04-2018 10:06, RS wrote: dinky has replied in the forum with this comment. https://forums.squarepenguin.co.uk/thread-1749-post-7639.html#pid7639 Things have already started changing.  I tried to get:

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

2018-04-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 08/04/2018 10:36, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: Please see below ... On 06/04/2018 16:21, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 06/04/2018 13:37, David Cantrell wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 01:45:50PM +0100, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Notwithstanding this, Charles was making the point that, from time

Re: Missing from TV index

2018-04-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Is it because this series has not been BROADCAST? Sure, it's available on iplayer, as are many clips, but as they're not broadcast, get_iplayer won't pick them up. Alan On 08/04/2018 12:08, Charles Johnson wrote: I could be being thick, but I'm wondering why things available on iPlayer are

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

2018-04-06 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 06/04/2018 16:07, David Cantrell wrote: Broadcast rights and online rights are not the same thing. Absolutely. I suspect this is the reason why so much material on Channel 4's excellent "All4.com" under the "Walter Presents" tag is only available online, rather than being broadcast on

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

2018-04-06 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 06/04/2018 13:37, David Cantrell wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 01:45:50PM +0100, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Notwithstanding this, Charles was making the point that, from time to time, in a series we might have some programmes at one mode and others at another mode. Some consistency across

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

2018-04-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 05/04/2018 10:41, RS wrote: On 04/04/18 23:58, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: I do wish the BBC would get their act together, this is by no means the first time that this sort of thing has happened  - others include: > ... The BBC's policy is set out in

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

2018-04-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 05/04/2018 10:41, RS wrote: The BBC's policy is set out in http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2015-07-the-development-of-new-video-factory-profiles-for-bbc-iplayer (an article I have linked to before). I'd forgotten about this document! Thanks for reminding us. HLShd does not appear in the

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

2018-04-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 04/04/2018 22:03, RS wrote: On 04/04/18 19:27, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 04/04/2018 16:12, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: Hi, Was able to download the previous day's Episode 1 as hafhd, but seemingly can only download Episode 2 as hvfhd at twice the disk space.  Has anyone else been able

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

2018-04-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 04/04/2018 16:12, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: Hi, Was able to download the previous day's Episode 1 as hafhd, but seemingly can only download Episode 2 as hvfhd at twice the disk space.  Has anyone else been able to download Ep 2 as hafhd or hlshd? Afraid not.  I tried to download

Re: The Coroner series 2 Episode 8 not available

2018-03-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 09/03/2018 00:09, Chris Marriott wrote: It's perhaps worth noting that repeats of daytime TV quite commonly seem to miss out episodes at random. I guess they show however many episodes they need to fill a gap until the next new series starts. Looking back, I see that I recorded S2E8 of "The

Re: FAO BBC: Same Series and Episode, Differents PIDs and Description.

2018-03-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 08/03/2018 18:02, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, There's been much weirdness recently in get_iplayer's tv.cache due to what's being published by the BBC AFAICS. The latest example, I have some older more complex ones to write up, is PIDs b09wc2m1 and b09wbylq are both S02E01 of _The Repair

Re: more creatures gret and small question

2018-03-07 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 07/03/2018 14:42, artisticforge . wrote: hello More Creatures Great and Small Episode 9 in in the tv.cache It's not the first time programmes have been rescheduled but if you look at the BBC two schedule page for that day (Friday 2nd March) at

Re: Format of options file

2018-03-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 05/03/2018 19:07, Roger Bell_West wrote: On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 06:25:58PM +0800, Alan Milewczyk wrote: I've been following the gist of the thread but not the detail. I am wondering whether the answer to your second question is that they can't!!! Sorry my statement should be qualified

Re: Format of options file

2018-03-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 05/03/2018 17:52, RS wrote: What is the answer?  How can Windows and Linux exchange data in text files without requiring the user to run them through external conversion programs? I've been following the gist of the thread but not the detail. I am wondering whether the answer to your

Nothing to report

2018-02-09 Thread Alan Milewczyk
No aardvarks were involved in accidents on the M6 today (courtesy "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" c1972) The list is quiet, not because it's dead, it's because everyone is hibernating for the winter (or, more likely, no-one has anything to report/ask/query. Back to sleep ;-) Alan

Re: OT: recording ITV

2018-01-29 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Just a quick thank you for the direct e-mail responses. Youtube-dl did the job beautifully. Thanks again and best wishes Alan On 29/01/2018 17:51, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 29/01/2018 17:28, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Forgive the OT nature of this request. I set my satellite box to record an ITV

Re: OT: recording ITV

2018-01-29 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 29/01/2018 17:28, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Forgive the OT nature of this request. I set my satellite box to record an ITV programme for last night but the recording failed. I'm wondering whether anyone can recommend a program which will allow me to download a show from the ITV hub. I

OT: recording ITV

2018-01-29 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Forgive the OT nature of this request. I set my satellite box to record an ITV programme for last night but the recording failed. I'm wondering whether anyone can recommend a program which will allow me to download a show from the ITV hub. I was previous recommended FRD (FreeRapid

get_iplayer 3.12 released

2018-01-14 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Here we go again, the latest version https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release310to319#release312 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ get_iplayer mailing list

get_iplayer 3.11 released

2018-01-13 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Here's this week's GIP update ;-) https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release310to319#release311 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Re: Reduced resolution and sync problems

2018-01-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Hi Dave On 09/01/2018 07:04, Dave Widgery wrote: My internet connection is very poor at the moment and I am guessing that if either the sound and vision files get an error they do not match up correctly when the final file is created. but I still don't understand why the quality and file size

get_iplayer 3.10 released

2018-01-07 Thread Alan Milewczyk
They keep coming thick and fast! ;-) Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release310to319#release310 For Windows: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest Alan --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

Re: Downloading Podcast?

2018-01-02 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 02/01/2018 20:06, Budge wrote: On 02/01/18 09:26, RS wrote: On 02/01/18 01:14, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 02/01/2018 03:10, Budge wrote: I have found a short (video) clip p0081fsp (I don't understand why the 'p' when it is video. Video podcast!!!) My problem is I can play it on my

Re: Downloading Podcast?

2018-01-01 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 02/01/2018 03:10, Budge wrote: I have found a short (video) clip p0081fsp (I don't understand why the 'p' when it is video.   Video podcast!!!) My problem is I can play it on my workstation but cannot download using get_iplayer --pid p0081fsp What am I doing wrong and how can I get it

get_iplayer 3.09 released

2017-12-31 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Couldn't sleep and put the laptop on again to find. https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release300to309#release309 Alan --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___

get_iplayer 3.08 released

2017-12-31 Thread Alan Milewczyk
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release300to309#release308 It's 1am in the Philippines on New Year's Day, time to hit the sack and download this one in the morning. Happy New Year everyone! Alan --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

Re: With 3.07 .dash.m4v left behind

2017-12-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 05/12/2017 18:44, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Nick, I assume this is meant to be deleted once the conversion to mp4 has been completed, but this isn't happening consistently. OS is Windows 10 x64. Does Windows allow a file to be deleted if a process still has it open? Unix does. Not unless

Re: Off-Topic forum error

2017-12-03 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 04/12/2017 08:02, Owen Smith wrote: Now that's insane. A thread in the off-topic section being closed for asking about problems with download speeds? Like I said, the more I see the more Dinky puts me off get_iplayer. Dinky takes the view that 1. slow speeds are nothing to do with

Re: Cannot download b09hzwsn

2017-12-02 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 03/12/2017 10:08, Nick Payne wrote: GiP 3.07 on Windows 10 x64. When I try to download this pid (UK Snooker championship round 2 highlights part 2), it comes back with "no streams found". If I use --info on this pid, I can see that GiP doesn't find any available modes: I wonder whether you

Re: get_iplayer for Windows 3.07.0 released

2017-11-30 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 30/11/2017 13:14, The Kernel wrote: On 29/11/17 23:58, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Despite all the protestations of superior architecture/security etc etc etc from the Linux crew I just find the lack of Linux software too limiting for what I use my PCs for. Uh? >I must admit I find Li

Re: get_iplayer for Windows 3.07.0 released

2017-11-29 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 30/11/2017 00:38, RS wrote: From: Alan Milewczyk Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 6:12 AM Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release300to309#release307 https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest... Many thanks to dinky

get_iplayer for Windows 3.07.0 released

2017-11-28 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release300to309#release307 https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest... --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: Sometimes get file rename error at end of download

2017-11-25 Thread Alan Milewczyk
I get this from time to time, alternatively I get a file with a -temp- suffix where x is a random series of numbers. IIRC it's been put down to connnection issues. I've read that repeating the download instruction is supposed to force the correct actions but that's not worked for me.

Re: Searching for programmes which start with a number

2017-11-17 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 16/11/2017 04:56, Paul Oldham wrote: If you try searching for "1834", which is a BBC Radio 4 Xtra programme, you don't get any matches for the programme If you want to be very specific get_iplayer --type radio "^1834 $" So, for example, get_iplayer "^This Week$" will only pick up "This

Re: 3.06 and 25fps/50fps modes

2017-11-06 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 06/11/2017 08:03, Nick Payne wrote: I'm trying to download episodes 9 and 10 of Ken Burns' Vietnam War series via the command line. The previous eight episodes (downloaded with older versions of GiP) all downloaded as hlshd by specifying --tvmode=best, but when I use --tvmode=best for

Re: Audio Offset

2017-11-05 Thread Alan Milewczyk
- downloaded around 2am Saturday morning - offset of around 0.4 seconds re-downloaded today - no noticeable offset in either. I'll put it down to problems at the bbc end for the moment. On 05/11/2017 01:20, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 04/11/2017 22:55, YellowYeti wrote: Is anyone else

Re: Audio Offset

2017-11-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 04/11/2017 22:55, YellowYeti wrote: Is anyone else experiencing an offset between audio & video lately? I assume it's down to this new-ish method of splicing audio & video from different sources. I noticed it particularly on the latest 'have i got news for you' - with around a second or so

Re: Still No Listings with PVR v3.06

2017-11-03 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Hi Lorenzo It's useful keeping track of things on the forum as that's the only place the developer communicates on this subject, but you're more likely to get an in-depth friendlier debate here. I do both. Alan On 03/11/2017 15:15, Lorenzo Martinelli wrote: On 03/11/2017 15:04, RS wrote:

Re: Programme Version

2017-10-31 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Hi Don If you go to the programme page at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007mf4f/episodes/guide you will see that, for some reason, two "Episode 3"s are listed one of them being the one in question. If you click on that episode there is a message saying that "this episode is not available

Re: Error just noticed

2017-10-29 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 29/10/2017 19:08, Tony Quinn wrote: ERROR: Programme type '' does not exist Not the programme - but the programme "type" Oops sorry misunderstood! Having come back from the pub - normal service appears to have been resumed Good! A --- This email has been checked for viruses by

Re: Error just noticed

2017-10-29 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Hi Tony I'm assuming you have a complete cache for the past month, in which case I can tell you that Arena has not been broadcast in that time. Hence the PVR will not pick up any old programmes broadcast before that period, nor will: get_iplayer --get "Arena" The only way is to go to the

get_iplayer 3.06 released

2017-10-25 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release300to309#release306 Latest Windows release: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: 3.05 separate downloads for video+audio and audio

2017-10-19 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 19/10/2017 04:18, Nick Payne wrote: I recently upgraded from 3.02 to 3.05. I notice that with the new version, when I download a TV programme GiP performs two separate downloads. The first is shown in the terminal output as being [audio+video], the second much smaller download as just being

Re: Radio 1 Vintage

2017-10-14 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Superb, thanks! On 14/10/2017 20:54, CJB wrote: This is a nice companion piece to the Radio 1 Vintage stuff. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096nbbd CJB --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: OT re Humax Foxsat-HDR

2017-10-14 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Try me, I've been using the modified firmware for about 5 years now. Alan On 14/10/2017 08:40, Budge wrote: Please forgive the OT but I recall a mention a while ago of the captioned device and modified firmware in the context of GiP. Please could I, through these pages and PM, ask for some

get_iplayer 3.05 for Windows released

2017-10-12 Thread Alan Milewczyk
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/tag/3.05.0 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

get_iplayer 3.05 released

2017-10-12 Thread Alan Milewczyk
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release300to309#release305 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: BBC Collections

2017-10-09 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 09/10/2017 08:21, Mike Casswell wrote: I am unable to download the programmes in bulk, using pid-recursive, at BBC Collections locations such as http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p056n6px This method has worked in the past for apparently similar collections - but note the use of 'group' in

Re: Radio 1 Vintage

2017-10-06 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 06/10/2017 01:12, Vangelis forthnet wrote: If you went ahead and patched your script last week, successive radio.cache refreshes will have got you a total of 56 "Radio 1 Vintage" entries. 53 actually according to the episode guide. Although the episode numbers do indeed go up to 56, for

Re: get_iplayer 3.04 released

2017-10-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 05/10/2017 00:26, Vangelis forthnet wrote: This is a bug-fix release: Hehehe, you beat me to it! Hope life is treating you well, all the best! A --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

get_iplayer 3.04 released

2017-10-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release304 https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ get_iplayer

Re: Radio 1 Vintage

2017-09-30 Thread Alan Milewczyk
I haven't heard it yet but will be downloading all the shows on Tuesday after Radio1 Vintage ends. Kenny was one of the most inventive and imaginative DJs in my lifetime. He started his career on the offshore station Radio London (Big L) in December 64 where he also had a joint show (the

get_iplayer 3.03 released

2017-09-30 Thread Alan Milewczyk
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release303 https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ get_iplayer

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