Re: OT: Re: Unknown unknows. was Re: Why no Formula E?

2021-04-25 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 25 Apr 2021 at 19:52, Andrew Andrew wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:09:15 +0100 > "Peter S Kirk" wrote: > > > On 25 Apr 2021 at 13:10, Jim web Jim web wrote: > > > > > The problem being unknown unknowns > > > > Another unkown i

Re: Unknown unknows. was Re: Why no Formula E?

2021-04-25 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 25 Apr 2021 at 13:10, Jim web Jim web wrote: > The problem being unknown unknowns Another unkown is why anyone watches - pit stop changeover is a joke ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: YouTube with OBS

2020-10-26 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 26 Oct 2020 at 11:50, michael norman michael norman wrote: > I'll ask again, what does this gave to do with GIP ? Useful OT chat to record non-BBC sources ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: YouTube with OBS

2020-10-26 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 26 Oct 2020 at 14:37, Peter Corlett Peter Corlett wrote: > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 11:50:47AM +, michael norman wrote: > > On 26/10/2020 11:40, Chris Brady wrote: > >> An alternative to actual downloading it is possible to use the free > >> open-source OBS screen capture app. to copy

Re: RIAA wipes youtube-dl from the internet

2020-10-25 Thread Peter S Kirk
The one thing I've not seen link to, other than El Reg, is the RIAA DMCA takedown notice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md They seem to have given up on torrent sites as TPB, Zooqle etc now available on BT. Moved on to unfunded community projects. imo evil

Re: Demise of get_iplayer PPA

2020-07-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
Mark, Great work, Thank you for sharing On 5 Jul 2020 at 10:49, Mark Grant Mark Grant wrote: > > I noticed in the Release Notes for v3.26 the announcement of the demise > of the get_iplayer PPA. I have, for a number of years, been packaging > and publishing my own software for Debian and

Re: GiP and ffmpeg

2019-11-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Nov 2019 at 14:15, Budge Budge wrote: > The Linn DS engineer advised that he received a file from you and advised that > if you convert the track to FLAC or ALAC that it plays. > The problems are caused by the file being split into an enormous number > of tiny chunks (over 400,000 audio

Re: BritBox: BBC and ITV set out plans for new streaming service

2019-08-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 28 Jul 2019 at 13:24, Peter Corlett Peter Corlett wrote: > > It started impacting Youtube a few months ago - all BBC Comedy, Docu, Drama > > third party uploads being deleted and replaced with Pay To View. > > It may be worth noting that many of those videos are only blocked for UK IP >

Re: BritBox: BBC and ITV set out plans for new streaming service

2019-07-27 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 19 Jul 2019 at 9:57, CJB CJB wrote: > BritBox: BBC and ITV set out plans for new streaming service > > Wonder if this will impact GiP? > > Huh - a cache a year old might be a tad large!! > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49037855 > > ITV and BBC programmes will move on to

Re: Porridge

2019-07-09 Thread Peter S Kirk
Boxed sets are old, thus not on PVR Copy and paste pid url then hit Record, if that's too difficult then pay for dvd or my recordings Stop whining On 7 Jul 2019 at 22:31, CJB CJB wrote: > Just tried a search for "porridge" with the web-based PVR and also > with the commandine version.

Re: New distro.

2019-07-01 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 30 Jun 2019 at 19:50, RS RS wrote: > > mainly because third party library libx265 (video encoder) > > has been configured with NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) support, > > a feature absent under Vista+XP: > > > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/procthread/numa-support > >

Re: New distro.

2019-06-22 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 22 Jun 2019 at 22:37, MacFH - C E Macfarlane MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: > Please see below ... > > On 22/06/2019 18:52, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > XP SP3 32bit > > GiP 3.14.0 > > FFMPEG N-76331-gf8d429e > > When upgrading from 2.x to 3.x, did you run a

Re: New distro.

2019-06-22 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 21 Jun 2019 at 21:42, MacFH - C E Macfarlane MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: > On 21/06/2019 18:51, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > I run GiP under XP 32 with no problem. iirc all that is needed is to > > replace ffmpeg with last XP compat version# > > Which version?   My rec

Re: New distro.

2019-06-21 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 Jun 2019 at 13:39, MacFH - C E Macfarlane MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: > > I think we all have our methods, and I'm not convinced that mine or > anyone else's is better than other possible methods, but in the > confusion of suggestions, there is the possibility of important >

Re: WS podcast sideffect, was Re: Grenfell Tower podcasts

2019-03-27 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 26 Mar 2019 at 14:32, David Cantrell David Cantrell wrote: > Also note > that while the government made the BBC fund the World Service recently, > it has historically not been funded from the licence fee. Now that it > *is* funded by the licence fee we should welcome adverts on it as a way >

Re: Steam radio...

2019-03-16 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 16 Mar 2019 at 12:42, Jim web Jim web wrote: > (Prompted by some Tv programmes on 'Hornby' :-) ) James May? Hornby scrapping all the old dies had me ranting, they should have sold/auctioned/ebayed them. Lesson for woman in shop: don't make up excuses for Hornby's delays, tell the truth

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

2019-01-08 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 8 Jan 2019 at 18:17, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet wrote: > On Tue Jan 8 08:52:54 GMT 2019, CJB wrote: > > > > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6566501/BBC-wants-shows-available-iPlayer-12-months-bid-compete-rivals.html > > From that: > > >> to compete with Netflix and

Re: Converting AAC to MP3 / FLAC

2018-12-21 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 21 Dec 2018 at 12:53, CJB CJB wrote: > Hi - someone kindly sent me a download in AAC format. How can I > convert it to MP3 or FLAC. Thanks - Chris B. ffmpeg -i audio.aac -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3 FLAC ? Why, it won't improve already lossy compressed

Re: Slightly OT Video conversion

2018-12-09 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 9 Dec 2018 at 10:25, Colin Law Colin Law wrote: > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 08:55, Dave Widgery wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I am trying to convert some .ts files to mp4 > > ffmpeg should be able to do that, see this for example >

Re: Loss of BBC HD channels on satellite

2018-10-18 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Oct 2018 at 15:46, VeniVidiVideo VeniVidiVideo wrote: > Better deconstruction: > > Original poster politely communicates what could be vital information for > people who have a shared interest in BBC > programming. > > Second poster has a stick up his butt. +1

Re: Downloading Subtitles

2018-10-07 Thread Peter S Kirk
Until recently subtitles were downloaded first thus get_i pvr could be stopped once done. Now they are downloaded after video. Why? On 8 Oct 2018 at 0:08, Graham Temple Graham Temple wrote: > I've often wondered that > > Graham Temple > +44 (0)1502 533433 > +44 (0)7508 578446 > > >  

Re: OT Help with picture size please.

2018-08-27 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 27 Aug 2018 at 10:32, Budge Budge wrote: > Forgive my ignorance but I am stuck with a picture size problem with old > editions of Inspector Morse videos. These have been saved as .mp4 > videos and are generally 4x3 format. > > Given that my screen is a wide format screen I can accept that

Re: no more hslv format ?

2018-05-02 Thread Peter S Kirk
Many posts back it was mentioned they are not true 50fps, instead each frame from a 25fps is duplicated merely to allow BBC to boast about 50fps streaming. On 2 May 2018 at 19:07, Owen Smith Owen Smith wrote: > What do you mean this isn't a lossy transcoding? How can

Re: Unsubscribe!

2018-04-30 Thread Peter S Kirk
Why did you join if no understanding? Answer may help refine group description. As James says to stop. On 30 Apr 2018 at 21:06, Geoff Vost Geoff Vost wrote: > No idea how but please stop! > I cannot understand any of this and just want it to stop filling my mail box! >

Ffmpeg XP x86 2018

2018-04-30 Thread Peter S Kirk
"EDIT: Someone made a new build of FFmpeg compatible with XP. This is his build (I didn't compile it and I have nothing to do with it, but I'm gonna share it to let you all know): http://rwijnsma.home.xs4all.nl/files/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-N-89661-ge45f7bc-win32- static_legacy.7z Edited April 7 [2018]

Re: no more hslv format ?

2018-04-30 Thread Peter S Kirk
Jim, What ISP and plan is that? On 30 Apr 2018 at 13:56, Jim web Jim web wrote: > I can avoid a 'cap' as I do all the fetching before the 9am start of our > 'metered' period. ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-17 Thread Peter S Kirk
Paul, You say pvr plays .ts Then: "The sound is fine (I combine the video, audio and subtitle files using MKVMerge), but there is no video at all." Doesn't that result in a .mkv? Have you tried: 1. rename .mkv to .mp4 - sometimes works 2. running .mkv through ffmpeg to change to .mp4 Cheers

Re: No .xml - what is work-around?

2017-04-27 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 28 Apr 2017 at 0:23, J K.Eason J K.Eason <m...@john-eason.co.uk> wrote: > > *From:* Peter S Kirk > > *To:* get_iplayer <get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org> > > *Date:* Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:13:46 +0100 > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08

Re: Strange email - from "Fred Flange"

2017-04-14 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 14 Apr 2017 at 23:18, Kevin Lynch Kevin Lynch wrote: > Hi Guys > > I got a strange email - my gmail decided it was spam. I don't > recognise the senders name. > > Here's a screenshot http://imgur.com/a/nbjRj > > I don't understand the mailers point - does he mean he's

Re: BBC Licensing Expose

2017-03-01 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 28 Feb 2017 at 22:40, michael norman michael norman wrote: > Best thing might be not to post links from the Mail which hates the BBC > to a pro BBC list. As others have said the Mail is not a reliable source > for anything. The Mail is a reliable source for news

Re: v2.97 with sensible TV download sizes?

2016-10-02 Thread Peter S Kirk
Top post quick reply: mode flashhigh or flashhd maybe? I too want 640, 702, 832 not 1024 On 2 Oct 2016 at 16:01, Sharon Kimble Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I'm currently using v2.94 as it is the only version that I have > available to me that gets sensible download

Re: [Get-iPlayer] Re: BBC iPlayer login will be required from 2017

2016-09-29 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 29 Sep 2016 at 8:11, CJB CJB wrote: > I predict a huge rise in torrenting and seedboxes next year ... I have access to a 1Gbs VPS which can be used for torrenting were a torrent client installed. According to others, it could be used to download movies and all manner

Re: BBC iPlayer login will be required from 2017

2016-09-28 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 28 Sep 2016 at 15:05, Jim web Jim web wrote: > In article <427BC14D94A04F7A88642EAF344B9F15@RJCDESK>, RS > wrote: > > My television does not even call itself a Smart TV, but it does support > > DLNA. > > FWIW I always have recommended that people

Re: License question

2016-09-02 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 2 Sep 2016 at 12:23, Larry Yaeger Larry Yaeger wrote: > On Sep 2, 2016, at 11:13 AM, michael norman wrote: > > The licence fee is cheap. > > I so sincerely wish I could pay the license fee. I'm an unwilling moocher > from the US that would

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-15 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Aug 2016 at 18:35, tellyaddict tellyaddict wrote: > > OK, I think this thread has now ran it's course. Enough of the > > speculation and OT chatter. > > I have to disagree. > > I don't think this is OT. This is a current problem with the current version > of

Re: Offtopic noise: Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a...

2016-05-16 Thread Peter S Kirk
:38 +0100, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > > > Stop the OT poltical campainging posts: > > "Over 275,000 of us signed an emergency petition to keep the BBC > > independent" > > > > List is for GiP discussion and help ONLY. > > > > Respect that and

Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a TV licence to watch to catch up with their favourite shows

2016-05-16 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 16 May 2016 at 16:01, Geoff Smith Geoff Smith wrote: > Do we not have a moderator who can put a stop to the verbal diarrhoea > of this off-topic thread? > At very least, will the perpetrators please take it off-group! > > Geoff Smith Here, here. Chris - list owner:

Re: Audio and video gradually go out of sync

2016-04-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 Apr 2016 at 8:00, Nick Payne Nick Payne wrote: > I've been downloading the daily highlight packages from the BBC coverage > of the World Snooker Championships > (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00b436n). The first two episodes > play without any

Re: Request for BBC Contact - OT

2016-04-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
All, Please cease this OT thread which has nothing to do with GiP. Politics is not relevant here, take it elsewhere. Thanks On 6 Apr 2016 at 12:29, David Lake (dlake) David Lake (dlake) wrote: > Sorry - by muppets at the top I meant Dodgy Dave and his chums, not the Beeb. >

Re: Setting Locale in UK

2016-03-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Mar 2016 at 2:23, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet wrote: > "This programme will be available soon". That is always worth looking for on Programme Website page before posting a Why can't I download". Set the page to reload every x mins, then when "Watch

Re: BBC 3 goes off-air tonight.

2016-02-17 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 16 Feb 2016 at 22:40, Dennis Smith Dennis Smith wrote: > Parliament TV has almost > no viewers and continues to run without interruption. Costs very little. BBC3, BBC Alba and the many other local and national BBC radio cost a lot. imho Alba and all UK Radio except R4

Re: BBC 3 goes off-air tonight.

2016-02-17 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 17 Feb 2016 at 15:18, David Cantrell David Cantrell <da...@cantrell.org.uk> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:00:49PM -0000, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > > BBC4 used to be offer a reasonable range of programmes, but last year or so > > it has degenerated to

Re: GiP mp4s and Panasonic PVR

2015-11-23 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 23 Nov 2015 at 14:39, Nick Payne Nick Payne <nick.pa...@internode.on.net> wrote: > On 23/11/2015 6:28 AM, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > On 22 Nov 2015 at 22:42, Nick Payne Nick Payne > > <nick.pa...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > > >> I recently purchased

Re: GiP mp4s and Panasonic PVR

2015-11-22 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 22 Nov 2015 at 22:42, Nick Payne Nick Payne wrote: > I recently purchased a Panasonic DMR-HWT250 PVR, which can also function > as a DLNA client - I run Serviio on my PC as the server. I can use the > DLNA client on the PVR to play MP4s I create myself, but if

Re: Requests For Features

2015-09-26 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 26 Sep 2015 at 17:07, Budgie Budgie wrote: > Had a few moments to sort out my flv downloads. There are quite a few, > all with long complex titles with meaningless reference numbers which > make them difficult to type without error so I tried a wee batch file >

Re: Channel 4

2015-09-15 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Sep 2015 at 6:47, CJB CJB wrote: > Sorry to break the rules. Any ideas how I can download this programme please: > > http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-commemorates-battle-of-britain-with-aerial-spectacular > > Channel 4 announces a unique

Re: Inconsistencies

2015-08-29 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 29 Aug 2015 at 12:06, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: I wonder, Jim, whether this is part of the general inconsistency we've commented on previously - where sometimes you download a file and it's not the usual 1280x720 norm, but you go back a few days later and

RE: Requests For Features (off topic)

2015-08-11 Thread Peter S Kirk
Please stop the OT discussing of RTMP download of non BBC channels. This list is for help and discussion of GiP only. If it is OT take it off list and communicate directly. On 11 Aug 2015 at 21:50, C E Macfarlane C E Macfarlane c.e.macfarl...@macfh.co.uk wrote: See below ...

Re: Region blocking?

2015-08-09 Thread Peter S Kirk
Apologies everyone, my mistake. Some brain fade aka blond moment here. Must be the hot weather - it hit 19C here in Edinburgh today. On 9 Aug 2015 at 20:47, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: Hi, Would someone in UK - but not in Scotland - please check

Re: Coast issues

2015-08-09 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 9 Aug 2015 at 12:52, Charlie Heard Charlie Heard charliehe...@gmail.com wrote: Just come back off holiday, and I'm trying to catch up on things. I'm getting errors trying to get the latest Coast episodes 4 5. I ran the PVR download, and it completed Coast very quickly - the file was

Region blocking?

2015-08-09 Thread Peter S Kirk
Hi, Would someone in UK - but not in Scotland - please check if this is available to watch: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b065ylqd Thanks - Web Hosting and VPS provided by HostSlim https://clients.hostslim.eu/aff.php?aff=079 ___

Re: Requests For Features

2015-07-24 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 23 Jul 2015 at 21:56, Colin Law Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 July 2015 at 09:59, Jim web w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: ... FWIW I tend to use this to 'snip' files ffmpeg -ss hh:mm:ss -i infile.ext -acodec copy -vcodec copy -t hh:mm:ss output.ext You might occasionally

Re: Paywall for iPlayer?

2015-07-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 6 Jul 2015 at 20:18, Nic Siddle Nic Siddle nicsid...@gmail.com wrote: and isn't it odd that the supposed savings to the government of the proposed requirement of the BBC to fund licences for the over 75's just happens to be the cost of a single licence multiplied by the number of over

Re: Paywall for iPlayer?

2015-07-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 6 Jul 2015 at 21:34, michael norman michael norman michaeltnor...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/06/2015 09:13 PM, TQ wrote: On 06 July 2015 at 21:04 michael norman michaeltnor...@gmail.com wrote: Rather than promote conspiracy theories about non doms and media owners. Direct your

Re: Embedded not downloading

2015-07-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Jul 2015 at 4:23, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: On Sat Jul 4 22:32:39 BST 2015, Peter S Kirk wrote: INFO: Trying pid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/4463 (snip) ERROR: rtmp server sent error ERROR: rtmp server requested close

Embedded not downloading

2015-07-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
XP SP3 x86 GiP V2.94 INFO: Trying pid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/4463 using type: tv INFO: Trying to stream pid using type tv INFO: pid not found in tv cache Matches: INFO: 1 Matching Programmes INFO: Checking existence of default version INFO: flashnormal1 modes will be tried

Re: DOS PATH

2015-06-21 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 21 Jun 2015 at 17:28, CJB CJB chrisjbr...@gmail.com wrote: When I run the short cut from the Start menu - I get Web PVM Manager. That is how GiP was installed. I didn't know that there was a short cut for the Command Line version. I have been using get_iplayer for years on XP and Win 7 and

Re: DOS Path

2015-06-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 19 Jun 2015 at 2:13, CJB CJB chrisjbr...@gmail.com wrote: OK - thanks though. Huh - I'd forgotten that Pearl and other apps also would need to be in the PATH. I was just being lazy. Actually a friend of mine in the US is having difficulty working out how DOS commands work. He can use the

Re: GiP v2.93 / 2.94- snafus

2015-06-07 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 7 Jun 2015 at 4:24, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: On Thu Jun 4 21:40:56 BST 2015, M Clark wrote: cookies set by 127.0.0.1 my address bar has http://localhost:1935/ I just wish I could remember to back-up Firefox cookies for when I

Re: Localhost not starting up ...

2015-06-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 6 Jun 2015 at 17:03, Owen Smith Owen Smith owen.sm...@cantab.net wrote: msmpeng.exe goes mad occasionally consuming 100% cpu, usually after scanning the entire hard disc. A quick reboot of the machine fixes it without compromising security. Your fix leaves you wide open, you have

Re: Localhost not starting up ...

2015-06-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 6 Jun 2015 at 16:41, CJB CJB chrisjbr...@gmail.com wrote: 2/ an Abode Acrobat plugin for Chrome - two versions of which were running and both hogging 100% of the cpu. These have now been closed down. Chrome has built in adobe plugins which are sometimes a problem:

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.94 released

2015-06-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Jun 2015 at 19:54, tellyaddict tellyaddict tellyaddic...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Can you elaborate on 'will not download'? It works here... Same here no problems downloading the installer from infradead. Installed 2.94 from infradead on XP x86. Download of BBC The Game E06 with subs worked.

Re: GiP 2.93 snafu?

2015-06-03 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 3 Jun 2015 at 18:30, M Clark M Clark mcl...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Using Windows Vista (yes, I'm the ONE) To prevent future embarrassment you may prefer to refer to is a Windows 6.0 or Windows Longhorn ;) Cheers - Web Hosting and VPS provided by HostSlim

Re: Revolting People PVR Manager

2015-05-30 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 30 May 2015 at 20:10, James Daley James Daley jms.da...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I routinely use the excellent PVR Manager to set up the download of a series but for some reason it seems unable to find Revolting People even though it is in the cache : $ grep -i revolting radio.cache

Re: OT Live Streaming Radio 4 News

2015-05-27 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 27 May 2015 at 22:51, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: Earlier this year (I think 't was the end of February), the BBC killed off the Windows Media Audio (WMA) streams both for Listen Live (Live Radio) and Audio- on-Demand; this was an announced move,

Re: Numeric Only Search

2015-05-20 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 May 2015 at 20:46, Derek Kaye wrote: Good evening all, Having a bit of trouble setting up a pvr search where the term is numeric only. I'm looking to download the BBC four programme '1864', but the best search I can come up with is the following: $ get_iplayer --fields title

Re: [Maybe OT]British Library National Audit of Sound Collections

2015-05-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 May 2015 at 6:57, Nick Payne wrote: On 19/05/2015 21:09, David Cantrell wrote: In this case the tapes are whatever unsigned bands consisting of impoverished students could buy in bulk. So cheap crap made out of swarf and brown paint probably. A friend of mine who spent a couple

Re: BBC Global iPlayer to close in June

2015-05-14 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 14 May 2015 at 22:24, CJB CJB chrisjbr...@gmail.com wrote: The BBC has confirmed the global version of its iPlayer on-demand service will close next month. The corporation had charged users subscription fees to watch programmes via the app in Western Europe, Australia and Canada.

Re: iPlayer Still Truncating Radio Progs.

2015-05-14 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 14 May 2015 at 22:36, TQ TQ t...@tqvideo.co.uk wrote: On 14 May 2015 at 22:30 CJB chrisjbr...@gmail.com wrote: Damn damn damn - the Beeb still hasn't got its timings right. Just recently the Navy Lark endings have been truncated at the end. And many other programmes are close

Re: Live download problem - fails - error

2015-05-10 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 10 May 2015 at 9:54, Mark Carroll Mark Carroll m...@ixod.org wrote: Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz writes: Any suggestions for downloading Live stream to file? Win XP Pro SP3, rtmpdump-20140302-git-79459a2-win32 get_iplayer --type=livetv --pid=bbc_one get_iplayer v2.90

Re: secret history of our streets - sd or hd

2015-04-29 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 29 Apr 2015 at 17:16, Jim web Jim web w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: Oh well, my main interest in these programmes are when they are the kinds of areas I remember from my ancient past. So - fingers crossed - I hope later editions that I'm interested in *are* HD! Its particularly useful for

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes

2015-04-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 19 Apr 2015 at 12:23, Jim web Jim web w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: Short answer: Yes the files available did change a while ago. Longer answer: The background is more complex. Jim, Thank you for that well written detailed explanation. I found it interesting and informative.

Re: Requests For Features

2015-04-16 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Apr 2015 at 18:03, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: Peter Kirk wrote: C4 C5 are not possible as they use rtmpe and afaik no solution has been found. 4oD currently uses AdobeHDS (over HTTP) with FlashAccessDRM encryption, which has not been

Re: Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments - Episode 1

2015-04-12 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 12 Apr 2015 at 16:37, C E Macfarlane C E Macfarlane c.e.macfarl...@macfh.co.uk wrote: Does anyone have any idea why this episode of ... Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments - 1 Forts and Castles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074mbx ... has apparently never been available

Re: Incorporating Thumbnail in .mp4 file

2015-04-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Apr 2015 at 23:40, Budgie Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: Been doing some housekeeping and find I still have a number of downloaded episodes with separate .mp4 and .jpg files dating from one of the times when I failed to install AtomicParsley correctly. I understand it is

Re: Seedbox GiP

2015-03-26 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 26 Mar 2015 at 15:02, David Cantrell David Cantrell da...@cantrell.org.uk wrote: Peter Kirk wrote: Reason VPS is in Holland is price: initially Euro 30 pa, now discounted. Peter Corlett wrote The Dutch love a bargain, but that price can't possibly be sustainable. For a very

Re: Seedbox GiP

2015-03-25 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 25 Mar 2015 at 4:16, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet northmed...@the.forthnet.gr wrote: On Tue Mar 24 21:49:13 GMT 2015, Peter S Kirk wrote: Went through all the steps and it would not work. (snip) VPS was in Holland. Hello Peter! Would it not work even for radio files? I

Re: Seedbox GiP

2015-03-24 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 24 Mar 2015 at 11:16, Roger Bell_West Roger Bell_West ro...@firedrake.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:50:43AM +, CJB wrote: I wonder if it would work on a seedbox (of the kind normally used for torrenting)? There's no reason it wouldn't (it's just another computer, after

Re: Bug: -u updates get_ipayer(.pl) only in v2.91 v2.92

2015-03-16 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Mar 2015 at 23:13, Howard Orgel Howard Orgel howard.or...@orgels.demon.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:41:13 +, Peter S Kirk wrote: Release notes: The installer will update the following components to the indicated versions: Component Version get_iplayer main

Re: Bug: -u updates get_ipayer(.pl) only in v2.91 v2.92

2015-03-15 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Mar 2015 at 18:46, Howard Orgel Howard Orgel howard.or...@orgels.demon.co.uk wrote: Thank you for all your hard work with this latest release. However, there appears to be a bug in the in-program update code: When I invoked get_iplayer -u to update from v2.91 to v2.92 on the day of

Re: Dude, where's my Top Gear news item ...

2015-03-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Mar 2015 at 22:29, Mable Syrup Mable Syrup blackonesu...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 4/3/15, tellyaddict tellyaddic...@gmx.co.uk wrote: snip Looking at --info on it it looks like there are 2 working versions available. editorial and shortened. Editorial HD is 1069 MB compared

Re: Post-processing

2015-01-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 6 Jan 2015 at 16:12, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer jn.ml.gti...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk wrote: I'm not sure I'd do it at all though, because I find I always want to sanity check the size of fetched files, and for TV programmes I always load what's arrived into

Re: If you only use GIP to download two things this Christmas...

2015-01-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
Downloaded. Thanks for heads-up. Enjoyed prev Cabin Pressure eps. Didn't know it was an A-Z series. On 24 Dec 2014 at 19:51, Jonathan H Jonathan H lardconce...@gmail.com wrote: Stupid accidental send. As I was saying, the only thing you'll need is... get_iplayer.cmd --type=radio

Re: James May - Flight Club

2014-12-29 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 29 Dec 2014 at 20:49, Dave Liquorice Dave Liquorice allso...@howhill.com wrote: Unless it's an older series catch up episode, in which case it may still be in the cache too, but that's less common now that things are generally available for 30 days. How does one explain Click, the

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.91 released

2014-12-24 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 23 Dec 2014 at 22:08, Jon Davies Jon Davies j...@hedgerows.org.uk wrote: On 23/12/2014 20:09, Peter S Kirk wrote: I can confirm all except BBC News result in a 404 Error here too. Perhaps its ISP and/or region issue - Virgin Media cable, Scotchland Very possibly, though that would

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.91 released

2014-12-23 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 23 Dec 2014 at 9:43, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote: On 23/12/2014 02:17, Alex Poylisher wrote: BBC Four: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/playlists/hds/pc/ak/bbc_four_hd.f4m BBC News:

Re: Help

2014-12-14 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 14 Dec 2014 at 23:46, K Richard Whitbread K Richard Whitbread richard.whitbr...@tesco.net wrote: I normally use PVR to download Cerys on 6, Weekend Wogan and Johnnie Walker Sounds of the Seventies (all Sunday broadcasts). PVR failed so I found the programme using search and got this

Re: An Exclude Programmes (Web PVR) truncates data

2014-12-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Dec 2014 at 4:56, M Clark M Clark mcl...@gmx.co.uk wrote: If one types a string containing and in the Exclude Programmes field that and all subsequent characters are dropped. eg. Dennis Gnasher becomes Dennis Platform used is Windows (if that makes any difference). I noticed

Re: GitHead questions from the uninitiated

2014-12-03 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 3 Dec 2014 at 7:40, Colin Law Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: For HEAD updates I use the 'if it works for me stick with what I have got' approach. I update when there is a formal release and just pick up the head if I have a problem and there are suggestions that it has been addressed

Re: GitHead questions from the uninitiated

2014-12-02 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 2 Dec 2014 at 22:32, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: In the last week or so, I've been patching get_iplayer using GitHeadWin to make sure I'm using the latest version. I presume GitHead is a way of advising interim patches prior to issuing an official update?

Re: GetIPlayer v2.90 Not Downloading Some Radio Programmes

2014-11-21 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 21 Nov 2014 at 19:48, C E Macfarlane C E Macfarlane c.e.macfarl...@macfh.co.uk wrote: GetIPlayer v2.90 does not appear to be downloading some radio programmes, particularly Radio Nan Gaidheal, for example (Linux bash command-line) ... for P in b04n9006 b04phh5n b04phh9f b04phhcz b04phhgl

Re: Slow radio downloads - a bit off topic

2014-11-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 19 Nov 2014 at 12:57, Jim web Jim web w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: For some years I've had a baffling behaviour where the connection is dropped once a day. BT and my ISP monitored this and confirmed the connection from them to my router was being lost and then refound a few seconds later,

Re: OT Slow radio downloads was Re: Slow radio downloads

2014-11-18 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Nov 2014 at 17:12, Dave Liquorice Dave Liquorice allso...@howhill.com wrote: Don't fall BT's marketing of fibre optic broadband it's not. If it was they'd be offering 100 Mbps symmetrical as a basic service with options up to 1 Gbps or higher. To defend BT/Sky/TalkTalk etc, it is the

RE: Slow radio downloads - a bit off topic

2014-11-18 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Nov 2014 at 18:46, George Eycott George Eycott geo...@eycott.co.uk wrote: 2Mb/s download, yep we get that OK until the schoolbus pulls up in the village in the afternoon then 10 minutes later everything slows to a crawl. We are lucky to get 100Kb/s upload speed at any time, often it

Re: Slow radio downloads

2014-11-18 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Nov 2014 at 15:29, CJB CJB chrisjbr...@gmail.com wrote: However I have noticed that t.v. is painfully slow - I guess due to the huge files for the default of HD. I always forget to ask for the non-HD files. Change the recording mode in the Web PVR interface to default, click apply then

Re: iplayer audio to lpcm

2014-11-08 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 8 Nov 2014 at 17:14, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: On 08/11/2014 14:10, Jim Lesurf wrote: On 08 Nov, Owen Smith owen.sm...@cantab.net wrote: Blasted mailing list, I sent the message below as a personal reply, AGAIN. I simply cannot get my brain to accept how

Re: Thank you - great work ....

2014-11-07 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 7 Nov 2014 at 14:12, SquarePenguin SquarePenguin getipla...@squarepenguin.co.uk wrote: On 7 Nov 2014, at 13:21, CJB wrote: Only small point is that at the end of a record there are hundreds of these - which slows down the Run PVR: size= 116kB time=00:00:07.39 bitrate=

Re: confirm excessive bounces

2014-11-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 6 Nov 2014 at 12:33, Mable Syrup Mable Syrup blackonesu...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I may move over (to gmail although I don't like the tabbing model they use - prefer folders myself). You get used to it quickly, personally I think of the labels as folders anyway. Also, you don't need to use

Re: Hello World...

2014-11-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Nov 2014 at 15:23, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: Except that quite often the tail end of broadcasts includes announcers giving information about upcoming programmes. That's why prefer I prefer the get_iPlayer version, but YMMV! iPlayer downloads have the

Re: PATCH get_iplayer.cgi

2014-11-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Nov 2014 at 20:01, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote: But - for pete's sake include a descriptive subject line with your patch messages. I can already see what files are affected, and a file name isn't a very informative commit message. Don't you mean for

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