Re: Further Questions re Syntax

2012-04-22 Thread Andy Bircumshaw
On 22 April 2012, at 00:05, Alastair wrote: Hi and many thanks to Andy et al for answering my dumb questions. I have another which I suspect is a Regex issue but how should I deal with colon : in a search string. All appears as it should in the search0 = line of the pvr list but in

Windows web interface

2012-04-22 Thread don rossie
Hi, I have just read somewhere that there is a get_iplayer web interface for windows. Can anyone point me in the right direction to obtain a copy of this. Cheers Don ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: Remuxing get_iplayer downloads to play on my TV

2012-04-22 Thread Steve Champion
Mmm. ok. Try this then: ffmpeg -i programme.mp4 -vtag xvid -vcodec mpeg4 -acodec libmp3lame -sameq That is about 20% smaller, but my rubbish TV can't play it :-( I think I'll just have to stick with what I have and be grateful that a conversion is possible, without whining about the size!

Re: Remuxing get_iplayer downloads to play on my TV

2012-04-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 April 2012 09:53, Steve Champion st...@stevechampion.com wrote: Mmm.  ok. Try this then: ffmpeg -i programme.mp4 -vtag xvid -vcodec mpeg4 -acodec libmp3lame -sameq That is about 20% smaller, but my rubbish TV can't play it :-( I think I'll just have to stick with what I have and be

Re: Windows web interface

2012-04-22 Thread Steve Champion
I have just read somewhere that there is a get_iplayer web interface for windows. Can anyone point me in the right direction to obtain a copy of this. If I remember correctly, all I did was download this package: http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer_win/get_iplayer_setup_latest.exe Web PVR

Re: Remuxing get_iplayer downloads to play on my TV

2012-04-22 Thread Steve Champion
My mistake, Jon. I was not paying attention try this: ffmpeg -i programme.mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -acodec libmp3lame -sameq programme.avi Thanks. Well, that did not yield something that my TV could play. I was wrong. My TV _can_ play this file, but I had not given the file an avi extension

RE: Windows web interface

2012-04-22 Thread Simon Morgan
-- Message: 5 Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:31:09 +0200 From: don rossie don.ros...@gmail.com To: Get iPlayer get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Windows web interface Message-ID: ca+j90wnb3jweia4rzh6wkg1mn+gxp+eh++dk0ykb66p5w8a...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type:

Unable to update or re-install

2012-04-22 Thread Dominic Di Chiera
Today I decided to update/re-install Get Iplayer, but the windows installer now fails. Im using WIn7x64 running the installer in Admin mode and have even turned off my AV. I get error messages for all components, so I tried doing one at a time. The first message I get is: Download of

Re: Unable to update or re-install

2012-04-22 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 22/04/2012 16:01, Dominic Di Chiera wrote: Today I decided to update/re-install Get Iplayer, but the windows installer now fails. Im using WIn7x64 running the installer in Admin mode and have even turned off my AV. I get error messages for all components, so I tried doing one at a time. The

Re: basic guide to getting started on get_iplayer using Windows

2012-04-22 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 22/04/2012 07:38, Andy Bircumshaw wrote: On 22 April 2012, at 07:27, Jim Gregory wrote: Hi - I wonder if you know if there is a basic guide to getting started on get_iplayer using Windows 7? Many thanks. http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/documentation For Windows users, employ the

Re: Further Questions re Syntax

2012-04-22 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 22/04/2012 19:29, dinkypumpkin wrote: As Andy says, the file quality of previous downloads is in the download history. However, you appear to be using the web interface, which can't Alastair- Ignore all the web interface guff in my previous post. I don't think it applies to you after

Re: Unable to update or re-install

2012-04-22 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 22/04/2012 21:20, Dominic Di Chiera wrote: Thanks for your reply. Please make sure your replies are addressed to the list and not to the sender. I can see the server and can connect to both links. I agree it's an issue with the PC as I managed to install it on another PC without

How to download the Authors Live embeds

2012-04-22 Thread Shevek
I am trying to download some of the Authors Live webcasts on the BBC Scotland site (E.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/authorslive/james_mayhew/) Having extracted the URL from the Embed code I have tried the following command which does not work: C:\Program Files

Re: How to download the Authors Live embeds

2012-04-22 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 22/04/2012 22:01, Shevek wrote: INFO: Brand pid detected INFO: Brand: '' (p00gxm28) INFO:Series:None WARNING: rdf URL contained no data WARNING: Episode PID rdf URL contained no RDF data. INFO: Trying pid: using type: tv INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv INFO: pid not found in tv

Re: How to download the Authors Live embeds

2012-04-22 Thread Shevek
On 22 April 2012 23:22, dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote: You need to download the Git version: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/instructions A change went in after 2.80 release that enabled these downloads.   It works for me. Ah! Of course. I had updated one of