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Today's Topics:
1. RE: Problem since 27th Oct 2011 (Andy Wedge)
2. RE: Problem since 27th Oct 2011 (bat guano)
3. Re: Problem since 27th Oct 2011 (Andy Bircumshaw)
4. Re: Problem since 27th Oct 2011 (J K.Eason)
5. Re: Problem since 27th Oct 2011 (Andy Stevens)
6. Re: Problem since 27th Oct 2011 (dinkypumpkin)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:52:00 +0100
From: "Andy Wedge"<andy_we...@lineone.net>
To:<get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: Problem since 27th Oct 2011
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-----Original Message-----
From: get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org [mailto:get_iplayer-
boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Allan Preston
Sent: 27 October 2011 11:30
To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Problem since 27th Oct 2011
Using your suggested method, no change here.
~$ get_iplayer --get --modes=flashhd "Rab C Nesbitt"
get_iplayer v2.80, 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:
524: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 1. Broke, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Sitcoms,TV, default,
525: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 2. Fugue, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Sitcoms,TV, default,
526: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 3. Cuts, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Sitcoms,TV, default,
527: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 4. Fight, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Popular,Sitcoms,TV, default,
INFO: 4 Matching Programmes
INFO: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 1. Broke (b015r55r) Already in history
(/home/milambar/.get_iplayer/download_history) - use --force to override
INFO: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 2. Fugue (b015yghz) Already in history
(/home/milambar/.get_iplayer/download_history) - use --force to override
INFO: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 3. Cuts (b016946k) Already in history
(/home/milambar/.get_iplayer/download_history) - use --force to override
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: No specified modes (flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh,flashstd)
available for this programme with version 'default' (try using
--modes=)
ERROR: Failed to record 'Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 4. Fight (b016p72l)'
Allan
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Andy Wedge<andy_we...@lineone.net>
wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org [mailto:get_iplayer-
boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Allan Preston
Sent: 27 October 2011 10:50
To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Problem since 27th Oct 2011
Any new shows added to the iplayer's index since 27 Oct 2011 have a
blank
modes: which means get_iplayer can't download them. For example:
modes: ? ? ? ? ?default:
modesizes: ? ? ?default:
name: ? ? ? ? ? Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10
nameshort: ? ? ?Rab C Nesbitt
pid: ? ? ? ? ? ?b016p72l
:~$ get_iplayer --get 527
get_iplayer v2.80, 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:
527: ? ?Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 4. Fight, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Popular,Sitcoms,TV, default,
INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: No specified modes (flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh,flashstd)
available for this programme with version 'default' (try using
--modes=)
ERROR: Failed to record 'Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 4. Fight
(b016p72l)
This problem seems to affect all programs "added" since midnight 26
Oct
2011, and I first noticed it on 27 Oct 2011.
Is it a problem that is affecting only me, or is it a change the BBC
have
implemented?
Oh, and hello :) Im Allan, from Manchester UK
I get the same issue using Web PVR Manager under Windows 7.
However if I open a command prompt and manually specify a mode (as
suggested in the error message) it seems to work
get_iplayer --get --modes flashhigh "helicopter heroes"
Andy
I noticed that I had used a mode of flashhigh and you had used flashhd so I've
just tried that and it also worked.
C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --get --modes flashhd "nesbitt"
get_iplayer v2.79, 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:
522: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 1. Broke, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Sitcoms,TV, default,
523: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 2. Fugue, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Sitcoms,TV, default,
524: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 3. Cuts, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Sitcoms,TV, default,
525: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 4. Fight, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Popular,Sitcoms,TV, default,
INFO: 4 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashhigh1,flashhigh2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashhigh1 mode to record tv: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 1. Broke
INFO: File name prefix = Rab_C_Nesbitt_Series_10_-_1._Broke_b015r55r_default
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO: duration 1745.11
INFO: moovPosition 28.00
INFO: width 640.00
INFO: height 360.00
INFO: videocodecid avc1
INFO: audiocodecid mp4a
INFO: avcprofile 77.00
INFO: avclevel 30.00
INFO: aacaot 2.00
INFO: videoframerate 25.00
INFO: audiosamplerate 24000.00
INFO: audiochannels 2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO: length 43625000.00
INFO: timescale 25000.00
INFO: language eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO: sampletype avc1
INFO: length 41882624.00
INFO: timescale 24000.00
INFO: language eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO: sampletype mp4a
36143.076 kB / 369.88 sec (21.1%)
I'm no expert on all the different modes etc. so maybe time for input from
someone else?
Andy
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:57:33 +0000
From: bat guano<batguano...@hotmail.com>
To:<andy_we...@lineone.net>, get_iplayer
<get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: Problem since 27th Oct 2011
Message-ID:<dub104-w38c7bc330a9c6d34fa2c1f3...@phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
INFO: 4 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashhigh1,flashhigh2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashhigh1 mode to record tv: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 1. Broke
INFO: File name prefix = Rab_C_Nesbitt_Series_10_-_1._Broke_b015r55r_default
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
Andy
_______________________________________________
Hi
This isn't the latest show, it's from October 5th.
___http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b015r55r/Rab_C_Nesbitt_Series_10_Broke/
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:59:34 +0100
From: Andy Bircumshaw<a...@networkned.co.uk>
To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Problem since 27th Oct 2011
Message-ID:<3202878e-c0b7-450e-a115-07d9ace22...@networkned.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
`get_iplayer --since 12 -i | grep modes:` shows a good number of programmes
with missing downloads here.
It's not uncommon for the odd show to show this behaviour, we should perhaps
wait a while before panicking.
If there's a particular show that's important to you, it would be worth
checking whether it's viewable on the official site, and whether it can be
downloaded using the official Windows / Mac iPlayer client (not sure if they do
a Linux version?).
aB.
On 27 October 2011, at 11:48, Chris Marriott wrote:
Hi Allan,
I'm seeing the same problem - the list of available modes is blank for new
programmes. Somewhat of a worry!
Chris
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:08 +0100 (BST)
From: "J K.Eason"<m...@john-eason.co.uk>
To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Problem since 27th Oct 2011
Message-ID:<memo.20111027120803.14...@jeason.cix.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
*From:* Allan Preston<allan.pres...@gmail.com>
*To:* get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
*Date:* Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:49:33 +0100
Any new shows added to the iplayer's index since 27 Oct 2011 have a
blank modes: which means get_iplayer can't download them. For
example:
modes: default:
modesizes: default:
name: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10
nameshort: Rab C Nesbitt
pid: b016p72l
:~$ get_iplayer --get 527
get_iplayer v2.80, 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:
527: Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 4. Fight, BBC Two,
Comedy,Guidance,HD,Popular,Sitcoms,TV, default,
INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: No specified modes (flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh,flashstd)
available for this programme with version 'default' (try using
--modes=)
ERROR: Failed to record 'Rab C Nesbitt: Series 10 - 4. Fight
(b016p72l)
This problem seems to affect all programs "added" since midnight 26
Oct 2011, and I first noticed it on 27 Oct 2011.
Is it a problem that is affecting only me, or is it a change the BBC
have implemented?
Oh, and hello :) Im Allan, from Manchester UK
That looks like a glitch at the BBC end. I've just checked the info in
the next one in the list (530) and got this:
C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer -i 530
get_iplayer v2.80, 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:
530: Rastamouse - 40. Stumped, CBeebies, Children's,Entertainment&
Comedy,Learning,Pre-School,TV, default
INFO: File name prefix = Rastamouse - 40. Stumped b016dd45 default
available: Unknown
categories: Learning,Pre-School,Children's,Entertainment& Comedy
channel: CBeebies
desc: Stop-motion series featuring Rastamouse, Scratchy and
Zoomer, crime-fighting special agents who solve mysteries and play in a
reggae band. Da Easy Crew learn that when it comes to cricket, Dwain, da
postman, is da expert. It's da big cricket match and Wensley Dale's star
player is injured. When the President's cricket kit goes missing da Easy
Crew must initiate a winning plan to catch a very knowledgeable teef. And
later when tings are really hanging in the balance Scratchy must show
some bare skills to help win da President's cricket cup.
descmedium: Stop-motion series featuring a crime-fighting special
agent who plays in a reggae band. It is da big cricket match and Wensley
Dale's star player is injured.
descshort: Da Easy Crew learn that when it comes to cricket, Dwain
da postman, is da expert.
dir: D:\Ulead
dldate: 2011-10-27
dltime: 11:58:49
duration: 600
durations: default: 600
episode: 40. Stumped
episodenum: 40
episodeshort: Stumped
expiry: 2011-11-11T15:44:00Z
expiryrel: in 15 days 4 hours
ext: EXT
filename: D:\Ulead\Rastamouse - 40. Stumped b016dd45 default.EXT
filepart: D:\Ulead\Rastamouse - 40. Stumped b016dd45
default.partial.EXT
fileprefix: Rastamouse - 40. Stumped b016dd45 default
firstbcast: default: 2011-10-20T16:35:00+01:00
firstbcastrel: default: 6 days 19 hours ago
index: 530
lastbcast: default: 2011-10-20T16:35:00+01:00
lastbcastrel: default: 6 days 19 hours ago
longname: Rastamouse
modes: default:
flashhigh1,flashhigh2,flashlow1,flashlow2,flashstd1,flashstd2,flashvhigh1,
flashvhigh2,n95_wifi1,rtsphigh1,rtsphigh2,rtsplow1,
rtsplow2,rtspstd1,rtspstd2,rtspvhigh1,rtspvhigh2,subtitles1
modesizes: default:
flashhigh1=58MB,flashhigh2=58MB,flashlow1=29MB,flashlow2=29MB,flashstd1=35
MB,flashstd2=35MB,flashvhigh1=110MB,flashvhigh2=110
MB,n95_wifi1=13MB,rtsphigh1=58MB,rtsphigh2=58MB,rtsplow1=29MB,rtsplow2=29M
B,rtspstd1=35MB,rtspstd2=35MB,rtspvhigh1=110MB,rtspvhigh2=110MB
name: Rastamouse
nameshort: Rastamouse
pid: b016dd45
etc...
530 also downloaded ok without specifying a mode.
Regards
John (m...@john-eason.co.uk)
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:12:54 +0100
From: "Andy Stevens"<insomniacpeng...@googlemail.com>
To:<get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Problem since 27th Oct 2011
Message-ID:<AE8BCB5DA03745CA9E7931F44561E7F6@Anon>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Could be intermittent problems at the BBC.
I had a similar experience with a Radio 4 Extra programme a few days ago -
an error message saying none of the modes I'd specified were available, and
when I tried a --info the modes line was empty. Trying to access it on the
iPlayer web site showed an error message saying the programme was
unavailable and to try again later.
A couple of hours later I wrote a message in the "contact us" section of the
site complaining about the missing program; luckily, before hitting "send" I
tried once more and get_iplayer successfully downloaded it... The web site
was working again too.
Andy
