Thank you to all that have responded ... and I've now found one answer to my own question

2019-05-27 Thread Clive
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Thank you

2017-05-02 Thread Charles Johnson
At the risk of irritating with noise, i'll say it anyway: MANY thanks for keeping this app going! ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Thank you - great work ....

2014-11-07 Thread CJB
Wonderful restoration of get_iplayer - thank you. All works well - even the Cache Refreshes fly. BTW I'm using Windows PVR Manager. 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= 129.0kbits/s

Re: Thank you - great work ....

2014-11-07 Thread Dave Liquorice
On Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:12:27 +, SquarePenguin 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= 129.0kbits/s size= 163kB time=00:00:10.34 bitrate= 128.7kbits/s Aren't those

Re: Thank you - great work ....

2014-11-07 Thread SquarePenguin
On Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:45:57 + (GMT) Dave Liquorice allso...@howhill.com wrote: I run get_iplayer on Raspberry-Pi and the bit rate shown during transcoding a HD download is normally around 2500kbits/sec which I have always taken to be the bitrate of the resultant stream. It also reports a

Re: Thank you - great work ....

2014-11-07 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Fri Nov 7 14:12:27 GMT 2014, SquarePenguin wrote: After download it transcodes (I think that's the right word) the flv to mp4 With respect SP, transcodes refers to change of video and/or audio codec (from one codec to another codec - this involves decoding the first codec and encode

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: Thank you - great work ....

2014-11-07 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Fri Nov 7 21:16:37 GMT 2014, SquarePenguin wrote: I'm conflating terms and mixing up file types and all sorts. (snip) I can never remember which one means what There's not much to it, really... A container is a file format that contains (elementary) audio and/or video streams (it is

Thank You

2014-11-05 Thread Dave Liquorice
Just joined the list to say a *BIG* thank you to the maintainers for getting the search/PVR functionality back into get_iplayer so quickly. When get_iplayer --pvr failed to work the other day and I saw the message in tv.cache I thought that was it. B-( Using the pid or URL method worked

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Jonathan H
On 4 November 2014 01:51, Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: Email a complaint to the Ministry of Fun aka Incredibly ill-though out idea. regarding: 1. The double speak in: ...designed to clamp down on clients such as XBMC or get_iplayer, which allow programmes to be watched or

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread wacla...@btconnect.com
On 04/11/14 01:51, Peter S Kirk wrote: After all, GiP is no different from the old method of recording TV to VCR or Radio to cassette tape. Isn't that the point, by using GIP we are only using another type of recording device to record content from the BBC. I could buy a DigitalTV today,

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2014-11-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
I'm amazed at these discussions. The issue for the BBC is one of the protection of intellectual property. Yes, the problem has been around since recording devices became available but since the advent of digital technology it has spiralled out of all belief as a problem to the copyright

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Tom
On 04/11/14 09:54, Alan Milewczyk wrote: I'm amazed at these discussions. The issue for the BBC is one of the protection of intellectual property. Yes, the problem has been around since recording devices became available but since the advent of digital technology it has spiralled out of all

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Colin Law
On 4 November 2014 09:54, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: ...The BBC is sitting on a massive treasure trove. What makes anyone think they will give this up willingly. Ignoring the technical limitations of the BBC iPlayer, the BBC lets us enjoy THEIR content for a limited period.

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 04/11/2014 10:09, Tom wrote: The mistake you and they are making is that it can somehow be protected and so is worth a fortune. It cant and so it isn't. As you say they could shut down GIP today but that would not stop anything they broadcast or make available appearing on 'pirate' sites

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2014-11-04 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer
Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: Digital gives us the unprecedented ability to make a perfect copy, not a lossy copy as with tape ... But it's a perfect copy of an imperfect (compressed, loss of detail etc) source I'd think they'd be more concerned about digital tv recorders

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
But they will certainly disagree that their content belongs to you and that you have unfettered rights over it. That's what the LOL was for! A On 04/11/2014 11:11, Colin Law wrote: On 4 November 2014 11:01, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: LOL, try arguing that in a court of law!

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Colin Law
On 4 November 2014 11:18, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: But they will certainly disagree that their content belongs to you and that you have unfettered rights over it. That's what the LOL was for! I did not say it belongs to me, I said it belongs to the British people. Also I did

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2014-11-04 Thread Ian Stirling
On 11/04/2014 09:54 AM, Alan Milewczyk wrote: We've seen how the film studios have been clamping down on piracy. The BBC is sitting on a massive treasure trove. What makes anyone think they will give this up willingly. Ignoring the technical limitations of the BBC iPlayer, the BBC lets us

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Yawn, is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour? On 04/11/2014 11:33, Colin Law wrote: On 4 November 2014 11:18, Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: But they will certainly disagree that their content belongs to you and that you have unfettered rights over it. That's what the

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2014-11-04 Thread Welshmike
On 04/11/14 12:54, Ian Stirling wrote: ... - so I typically have to try to download several times - and I can't do this with my linux PC. I was able to do this on my Ubuntu Linux system using the older get_iplayer. I was once prompted to use the --force option whan wanting to download a

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Colin Law
On 4 November 2014 13:49, Ian Tomkinson ian.tomkin...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: I did not say it belongs to me, I said it belongs to the British people. Also I did not say we had unfettered rights, I pointed out that copyright and

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Nick
On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:54:47 + Alan Milewczyk a...@soulman1949.com wrote: I'm amazed at these discussions. I wonder how many BBC people are actually subscribed to the list. And I'm not angling for a list admin to look, it is private. But there's gotta be some lovies watching, at least :)

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Alan Milewczyk
I don't disagree with anything you say, Nick. I'm just taking the devil's advocate position from the viewpoint of film studios, BBC etc etc, i.e. the media producers. But yes, we currently have an untenable King Canute situation - the waves of technology have been destroying previous

Re: Thank You

2014-11-04 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer
Nick get_ipla...@i.lucanops.net wrote: Which is the irony of the enforcement of OTT IP. The restrictions won't ever truly work - even with some closed network, server and client system the end-user could still video the screen. And how much is a phone these days that can video something? :)

A big thank you

2014-11-03 Thread Charles Johnson
to dinkypumpkin for all that hard work. What i don't get (and maybe someone can enlighten me here) is that there appears to be a number of BBC-sanctioned clients other than iPlayer itself which have needed to be patched and in some cases have, successfully. How? Would it be a question of

Re: A big thank you

2014-11-03 Thread K Richard Whitbread
Charles Johnson cehjohn...@gmail.com wrote to dinkypumpkin for all that hard work. And from here - thank you. -- Richard ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Thank You

2014-11-03 Thread Charles Holding
Thank you to everyone involved for fixing get_iplayer, I can now get back to downloading CBeebies for my little ones to watch over and over again. Is there a donation link anywhere? I'd like to buy you all a drink. Charles -- Charles Holding

Re: Thank You

2014-11-03 Thread Don Grunbaum
- Original Message - From: Charles Holding cjhold...@gmail.com To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 7:27 PM Subject: Thank You Thank you to everyone involved for fixing get_iplayer, I can now get back to downloading CBeebies for my little ones to watch

Re: Thank You

2014-11-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 03/11/2014 19:43, Don Grunbaum wrote: Having installed 2.90 the PVR works, but for some reason this weekend's F1 programmes are missing. I have downloaded the using the PID and CLI, Fixed in Git for next release. If you want it now:

Re: Thank You

2014-11-03 Thread Don Grunbaum
- Original Message - From: dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Thank You On 03/11/2014 19:43, Don Grunbaum wrote: Having installed 2.90 the PVR works, but for some reason this weekend's F1

Re: Thank You

2014-11-03 Thread Budgie
On 03/11/14 19:27, Charles Holding wrote: Thank you to everyone involved for fixing get_iplayer, I can now get back to downloading CBeebies for my little ones to watch over and over again. Is there a donation link anywhere? I'd like to buy you all a drink. Charles My thought too. Budgie

A belated thank you to DP....

2014-11-03 Thread Alan Milewczyk
...for restoring normal service, you've no idea how much it is appreciated. Thank you again Alan ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

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2014-11-03 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 3 Nov 2014 at 20:57, Don Grunbaum Don Grunbaum d...@grunbaum.co.uk wrote: - Original Message - From: dinkypumpkin Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Thank You On 03/11/2014 19:43, Don Grunbaum wrote: Having installed 2.90 the PVR works, but for some

Re: Thank you

2013-02-18 Thread Colin Law
On 18 February 2013 00:23, Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: Dinkypumpinkin and the rest of the crew who work or have worked on updating and improving get_iplayer and it's plugins (rtmp dump etc) A big thank you for all your hard work, it is much appreciated by me and I'm sure

Re: Thank you

2013-02-18 Thread Christopher Woods (CM)
On 18/02/2013 09:25, Colin Law wrote: On 18 February 2013 00:23, Peter S Kirk peter.k...@isauk.biz wrote: Dinkypumpinkin and the rest of the crew who work or have worked on updating and improving get_iplayer and it's plugins (rtmp dump etc) A big thank you for all your hard work, it is much

Thank you

2013-02-17 Thread Peter S Kirk
Dinkypumpinkin and the rest of the crew who work or have worked on updating and improving get_iplayer and it's plugins (rtmp dump etc) A big thank you for all your hard work, it is much appreciated by me and I'm sure by countless others too. A special Thanks to Phil Lewis for his work creating