Re: Converting flv to mp3 automatically

2013-07-05 Thread Derek Moss
OK, I didn't think so and tried get_iplayer --prefs-add --wmatomp3 in case that was an option but it wasn't. I'm not sure exactly why it can't cope with video without using raw, maybe it's because it's reading and writing from the same HDD simultaneously but I know it takes forever and once we

Re: Converting flv to mp3 automatically

2013-07-05 Thread Derek Moss
Yeah, I didn't think so but then again thought maybe it covered all audio downloads without being unwieldy like --AACandWMAtomp3. Anyway, thinking about it it's probable I only saw it try wma because he had peerblock enabled, which was preventing access, so he probably won't get any wma downloads

RE: Converting flv to mp3 automatically

2013-07-04 Thread bat guano
as his PC is too slow to handle doing the conversion of video. Hi get_iplayer doesn't convert video. It only repackages the flv file into an mp4 container. ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Re: Converting flv to mp3 automatically

2013-07-04 Thread J K.Eason
*From:* Derek Moss d...@stoptheviolence.co.uk *To:* get_iplayer get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org *Date:* Thu, 4 Jul 2013 18:43:18 +0100 My brother has the raw option set as default in the prefs, as his PC is too slow to handle doing the conversion of video. However, this causes radio

Re: Converting flv to mp3 automatically

2013-07-04 Thread Derek Moss
Well his PC still struggles with that and it takes ages. On 4 July 2013 18:56, bat guano batguano...@hotmail.com wrote: as his PC is too slow to handle doing the conversion of video. Hi get_iplayer doesn't convert video. It only repackages the flv file into an mp4 container.

Re: Converting flv to mp3 automatically

2013-07-04 Thread Derek Moss
Great, thanks. On 4 July 2013 18:56, J K.Eason j...@jeason.cix.co.uk wrote: *From:* Derek Moss d...@stoptheviolence.co.uk *To:* get_iplayer get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org *Date:* Thu, 4 Jul 2013 18:43:18 +0100 My brother has the raw option set as default in the prefs, as his PC is too slow

Re: Converting flv to mp3 automatically

2013-07-04 Thread Derek Moss
Actually, will that cover wma downloads, as I think some of his downloads are using that? On 4 July 2013 18:56, J K.Eason j...@jeason.cix.co.uk wrote: *From:* Derek Moss d...@stoptheviolence.co.uk *To:* get_iplayer get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org *Date:* Thu, 4 Jul 2013 18:43:18 +0100 My

Re: Converting flv to mp3 automatically

2013-07-04 Thread J K.Eason
Actually, will that cover wma downloads, as I think some of his downloads are using that? Doesn't look like it from the description at https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/options#wiki-output-optio ns but I'm no expert on transcoding. From your other message about the PC struggling