First of all, a big thank you to those of you responsible for a few
wonderful years of Get_iPlayer use. It’s been one of the most useful daily
tools on my system.
I use it for both radio and TV downloads, mainly from R3 and BBC4.
Originally using the command prompt for single downloads, I
Well I guess its back to recording onto a Minidisc with a power timer!
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 09:08:26AM -, Trevor Campbell Davis wrote:
It’s a pain, but I can easily manually source the PIDs of the
programmes that I want on a daily basis. What I don’t want (or have
time) to do is to manually enter single command line instructions for
each programme when the
The feeds are gone, but at least for now the bbc schedules are still there. I
am not sure you need scraping … yet.
Here is one of the schedules:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/schedules/hd/this_week.xml
This gives an option for an immediate workaround to get the pvr going again (as
But BBC iPlayer Download insists I play the download on my PC. That's useless
to me, my laptop has a small screen and isn't connected to my surround sound
system. With get_iplayer I was copying the downloaded file to my Freeview PVR
and playing it on my TV from there which worked well. There is
I use an S-VHS VCR to record Classic FM since their Listen Again feed is of
such awful sound quality.
(Damned list, I sent a private reply to Steve first, grr mutter...)
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On 31 Oct 2014, at 09:28, Steve startrek.st...@gmail.com wrote:
Well I
On 31/10/2014 02:55, Dave Ford wrote:
As posted on the BBC Internet blog - from Jon Billings:
'In particular, the BBC does not sanction XBMC, get_iplayer or similar
clients, and the iPlayer RSS feeds were never designed or intended to
support them. Nitro will almost certainly not support their
Seems like it is ...
http://wftpd.com/ifetch.html
CJB
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On 31/10/14 02:55, Dave Ford wrote:
As posted on the BBC Internet blog - from Jon Billings:
'In particular, the BBC does not sanction XBMC, get_iplayer or similar
clients, and the iPlayer RSS feeds were never designed or intended to
support them. Nitro will almost certainly not support their
On 31/10/2014 08:57, Chris Marriott wrote:
Sorry if I'm missing something here, but what's the problem with
downloading by PID? It's always worked perfectly well for me, and this
change hasn't affected it at all.
Chris
It does work, but the PVR option was a great feature, particularly when
Damnd list bounced this - why?
--- On Fri, 31/10/14, Chris J Brady chrisjbr...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Chris J Brady chrisjbr...@yahoo.com
Subject: iFetch broken too ... ?
To: get_iplayer get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
Date: Friday, 31 October, 2014, 11:22
Seems like it is ...
I got your first message, though it did appear in my spam folder
On 31 October 2014 12:04, Chris J Brady chrisjbr...@yahoo.com wrote:
Damnd list bounced this - why?
--- On Fri, 31/10/14, Chris J Brady chrisjbr...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Chris J Brady chrisjbr...@yahoo.com
Subject: iFetch
I wish to extend my thanks to Ross and User Name, the fix described here is
working fairly well. The patch as described works on my Raspberry Pi with
get_iplayer version 2.88
edit /usr/bin/get_iplayer and modify as described.
I was then able to refresh with
get_iplayer --refresh --type=radio
Comments can be made at the Which site:
Re: Expert view – ‘Nice changes, but can everyone enjoy them?’
http://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/internet-tv/bbc-iplayer-gets-new-look-on-web-browsers/comment-page-1/
Also see
http://ecustomeropinions.com/survey/survey.php?sid=776524682data1=TV
CJB
This is a useful site that still appears to be working. It allows the
identification of Titles v.v. PIDs
http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk/r/4/aod/default.aspx
Surely the scripting behind this could populate a PVM Cache?
However like other users I am keen to find a CMD script that will:
1/
Hi,
It seems that bbc have altered in the last couple of days, and
getiplayer does not work. Any chance of getiplayer being updated?
Best wishes,
Ray
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hello
In most cases PID still works. I know of one case where PID fails.
The specific case is where the same PID exists in the past and in the future.
The case is with BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong
Broadcast on Wednesday and repeated on Sunday.
Cannot download because get_iplayer is determining
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 01:46:58PM +, Ray West wrote:
It seems that bbc have altered in the last couple of days, and
getiplayer does not work. Any chance of getiplayer being updated?
Please read recent list traffic where this has all been discussed at
some length. If you're new to the list,
artisticforge . artisticfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Cannot download because get_iplayer is determining that the program is
not available because it has not yet been broadcast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/programmes/schedules/this_week
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mbmzb
A few minutes ago I got
-Original Message-
From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On
Behalf Of Ray West
Sent: 31 October 2014 13:47
To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
Subject: BBC messed up
Hi,
It seems that bbc have altered in the last couple of days, and
getiplayer does
Download by PID is too finnicky. I never seem to be able to get it to work, and
yes I have read the instructions.
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On 31 Oct 2014, at 11:18, Chris Marriott ch...@chrism.demon.co.uk wrote:
-Original Message- From: Owen Smith
Sent:
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 02:46:03PM +, Charles Coyle wrote:
Please could you tell me, are there any instructions on how to do this aimed
at a complete beginner as I'm new to the program?
Here's what I now do:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2014-October/006299.html
*From:* Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer
jn.ml.gti...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk
*To:* get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
*Date:* Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:23:31 +
artisticforge . artisticfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Cannot download because get_iplayer is determining that the
program is not available
Given the XML feed already discussed in other emails, I would have thought the
short answer to can get_iplayer be fixed is yes it can.
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On 31 Oct 2014, at 14:15, artisticforge . artisticfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello
the short answer is No.
-Original Message-
From: Owen Smith
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 2:44 PM
To: get_iplayer
Subject: Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )
Download by PID is too finnicky. I never seem to be able to get it to work,
and yes I have read the instructions.
What's
On 31 October 2014 14:46:03 GMT+00:00, Charles Coyle ccoyleli...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hello,
Please could you tell me, are there any instructions on how to do this
aimed at a complete beginner as I'm new to the program?
See here:
https://squarepenguin.co.uk/guides/
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On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:54:00 -, J K.Eason m...@john-eason.co.uk
wrote:
PID works fine here
Same here
get_iplayer-2.87-1.1
openSUSE 13.1
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Roger Bell_West ro...@firedrake.org wrote:
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 09:08:26AM -, Trevor Campbell Davis wrote:
It’s a pain, but I can easily manually source the PIDs of the
programmes that I want on a daily basis. What I don’t want (or have
time) to do is to manually enter single command
Thank you, User Name. Here's another patch (from version 2.83) that
fixes the BBC iPlayer feeds in the programme titles.
In the sub generate_filenames, change one line from:
$prog-{name} = $name if $name ! $prog-{name};
to
$prog-{name} = $name if $name (! $prog-{name} ||
Paul Oldham p...@the-hug.org writes:
On 31/10/14 02:55, Dave Ford wrote:
As posted on the BBC Internet blog - from Jon Billings:
'In particular, the BBC does not sanction XBMC, get_iplayer or similar
clients, and the iPlayer RSS feeds were never designed or intended to
support them. Nitro
I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems
best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse engineer
the API, though it is legal to reverse engineer in Europe, you may
have a problem if you apply for a license and use that as a basis to
engineer a solution, as it
On 31 Oct 2014 at 10:53, Owen Smith Owen Smith owen.sm...@cantab.net
wrote:
But BBC iPlayer Download insists I play the download on my PC. That's useless
to me, my laptop has a small screen and
isn't connected to my surround sound system. With get_iplayer I was copying
the downloaded file
First my grateful thanks for the massive amount of work which
dinkypumpkin and others have put into GiP. I have made constant use of
--pvr facility, mainly for radio, over the last two years and am most
grateful for the work which has brought my family and me a great deal of
pleasure. I too
On 2014/10/31 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote:
- Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide
a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but
capable of exporting the information for use in get_iplayer. This could
even reconstruct the old XML RSS feeds, but
On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 23:12 +, Stuart Henderson wrote:
On 2014/10/31 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote:
- Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide
a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but
capable of exporting the information for use in
On 31/10/14 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote:
I apologise if this covers old ground. I have read most, but not all of
the mail that has arisen from this situation.
Three solutions to this situastion come to mind. From least to most
attractive:
- Scrape the BBC web site directly for the information that
Ian Macdonald ianma...@gmail.com wrote:
I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems
best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse engineer
the API...
The problem isn't the API, so far as I understand it. The problem is that
any request has to include a 'key'.
The Nitro API is freely available to anyone who applies for a licence.
There would be no reverse engineering involved.
On 31/10/2014 21:38, Ian Macdonald wrote:
I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems
best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse
On 31/10/2014 23:42, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote:
Ian Macdonald ianma...@gmail.com wrote:
I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems
best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse engineer
the API...
The problem isn't the API, so far as I
On 31/10/2014 23:12, Stuart Henderson wrote:
On 2014/10/31 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote:
- Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide
a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but
capable of exporting the information for use in get_iplayer. This could
On 31/10/2014 23:18, David Woodhouse wrote:
Whether or not this could export something that would be useful to
get_iplayer, it would be useful in itself. I've certainly used get_iplayer
a few times to look for programmes of interest because the search facilities
areslightly better than the
On 31/10/2014 23:24, Budgie wrote:
On 31/10/14 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote:
- Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide
a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but
capable of exporting the information for use in get_iplayer. This could
even
On 31/10/2014 23:55, David Lake (dlake) wrote:
Check the banner at the top of the page.
Beta The BBC Developer site is currently open for registration to
BBC Employees. Account requests from other users are not currently
being activated. Please check back soon for more info.
Then check
Rob Dixon rob.di...@gmx.com wrote:
There is a simple application form, which I filled in today, to get a
licence for accessing the Nitro API, and there's no implication that
there's a BBC-staff-only restriction. I'll keep people updated about what
I hear back.
On all three of:
On 31/10/2014 23:11, Budgie wrote:
Also I see references to JSON. OK, JavaScript Object Notation but what
does it mean to me and where does it fit in with GiP and BBC. I
thought, in my ignorance, that JavaScript was going the way of the brown
ball. Certainly I get grave warnings when it is
There is a simple application form, which I filled in today, to get
a licence for accessing the Nitro API, and there's no implication
that there's a BBC-staff-only restriction. I'll keep people updated
about what I hear back.
The banner at the top of https://developer.bbc.co.uk/nitro says
On 01/11/2014 00:03, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote:
On all three of:
https://developer.bbc.co.uk/nitro
https://developer.bbc.co.uk/nitropubliclicence
https://developer.bbc.co.uk/content/nitro-quickstart
I get a banner across the top of the page that says:
The BBC Developer site is
On 31/10/2014 00:08, Steven Maude wrote:
https://github.com/StevenMaude/nitroradical
Thanks for that. From underneath 10,000 lines of Perl I gaze longingly
at that lovely strictly-indented, sigil-less Python.
It would take some time to populate the programme data. Scraping the
index pages
get_iplayer has been more or less repaired, but there are still some
wounds. I'm going to release what I have on Sunday. I'm on the road
next week, so I've run out of time to do more for the time being.
Consider it a stopgap until progress can be made on other fronts. This
is where things
On 01/11/2014 00:27, dinkypumpkin wrote:
I tried this same approach, but it foundered on radio programmes. There
is just too much stuff there. It's soul-crushingly slow to scrape the
iPlayer Radio site, at least for a desktop cache. It would be great to
have everything available on iPlayer
Wireshark MAY tell you that they're using the Nitro API with a defined key
I couldn't possibly comment though.
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Steven Maude
Sent: 31 October 2014 18:08
To: get_iplayer
Subject: Re:
On 01/11/2014 01:09, Rob Dixon wrote:
I would use the BBC server to do the search for me, after which there is
little work to be done. For instance, if I look for all Book at Bedtime
episodes with this URL
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/a-z/by/book%20at%20bedtime/player
then I am taken
On 01/11/2014 01:29, Steven Maude wrote:
At a glance, robots.txt doesn't seem to disallow accessing the sections
needed. In the terms of use, there is this though:
(d) You agree to use BBC Online Services and access, download, view
and/or listen to BBC Content as supplied to you by the BBC and
On 01/11/2014 00:27, dinkypumpkin wrote:
On 31/10/2014 00:08, Steven Maude wrote:
https://github.com/StevenMaude/nitroradical
Thanks for that. From underneath 10,000 lines of Perl I gaze longingly
at that lovely strictly-indented, sigil-less Python.
I also think there could be some mileage
dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote:
get_iplayer has been more or less repaired, but there are still some
wounds. I'm going to release what I have on Sunday
This is excellent news, and I have to say I'm impressed by the amount you've
managed to do in such a short time.
(I realise
Rob Dixon rob.di...@gmx.com wrote:
I'm no lawyer, but on the face of it I would say we're clear.
as supplied to you by the BBC says to me that it mustn't be modified,
not that it mustn't be stored.
We already all store this stuff in browser caches when using the website as
normal.
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On 01/11/2014 00:27, dinkypumpkin wrote:
Thanks for that. From underneath 10,000 lines of Perl I gaze longingly
at that lovely strictly-indented, sigil-less Python.
Python is really easy to use, though not everyone loves the indentation!
You wouldn't necessarily need to drill all the way
On 01/11/2014 02:01, Steven Maude wrote:
Finally, Rob's suggestion in this thread of using BBC search is a great
one. It means you don't need to scrape the whole thing, though you'd
have a short, acceptable wait for each search to run; that might be the
way to go, unless there are compelling
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