[ANN] get_iplayer 2.94 released

2015-06-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
get_iplayer 2.94 was released shortly after 2.93 to fix a bug in live streaming of some stations. Release notes are in the same location as 2.93: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release293 ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Re: GiP 2.93 snafu?

2015-06-03 Thread Peter S Kirk
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Re: Re: My bat_iplayer script now has a problem.

2015-06-03 Thread batguano999
Line 28 of your bash script uses the blocked XML playlist URL - as per my comments above, this won't get you now the proper prog title :-( Yes, it fails to generate the title so it defaults to lines 30/31/32 if [ -z $TITLE ] then TITLE=radio so the result is radio_b05wndrq.m4a

Re: My bat_iplayer script now has a problem.

2015-06-03 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Wed Jun 3 21:34:23 BST 2015, batguano999 wrote: Since the recent changes (snip) it doesn't show the name properly, like this: radio_b05wndrq.m4a Any suggestions how to modify my script (near line 25) to show a descriptive title again ? Hello there batguano999 :-) As well as removing the

Re: My bat_iplayer script now has a problem.

2015-06-03 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Wed Jun 3 23:51:38 BST 2015, tellyaddict wrote: Do you think this was aimed at us? Hi - if by us you mean the GiP users, I honestly don't think we are their sole concern; their actions in general aim to cripple all 3rd party apps services, to keep their rights holders happy - from:

Re: Re: My bat_iplayer script now has a problem.

2015-06-03 Thread tellyaddict
Line 28 of your bash script uses the blocked XML playlist URL - as per my comments above, this won't get you now the proper prog title :-( Yes, it fails to generate the title so it defaults to lines 30/31/32 if [ -z $TITLE ] then TITLE=radio so the result is

Still no joy for me

2015-06-03 Thread John Reay
What was previously working for me has been broken since the BBC's change. Now I get all the time. john@system7:~$ ./get_iplayer --pid=b05xxh0h --file-prefix=title_episode_pid --force get_iplayer v2.94, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for

Re: GiP v2.93 / 2.94- snafus

2015-06-03 Thread M Clark
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 at 9:52 PM From: CJB chrisjbr...@gmail.com To: get_iplayer-request get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: GiP v2.93 / 2.94- snafus OK - solved the mystery of the blank black screen. The system was actually downloading a list of over 1,000 TV programmes as

[ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released

2015-06-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
Release notes here: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release293 ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Is this the Beginning of The End for get_iplayer?

2015-06-03 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 01:21:58PM -0500, artisticforge . wrote: This would appear to be a show stopper. As I wrote in the subject: Is this the Beginning of The End for get_iplayer? Honest question. Not flame bait. Not trolling. I assume that once the Nitro API is opened to the public

Re: THE BBC HAS BLOWN UP TV LISTING FEEDS (WITH WORKAROUND)

2015-06-03 Thread Jim web
Afraid I'm still unclear if what people are reporting at present is two different issues in two distinct topic threads, or one problem with various manifestations. As a result I'm still unclear as to any solution to the problem I'm getting. This has two aspects. One is that some attempts to

Re: cache refresh/index feed

2015-06-03 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 03/06/2015 06:37, YellowYeti wrote: On 02/06/2015 22:52, Alan Milewczyk wrote: A few programmes have downloaded since lunchtime when it stopped working for me but this fix is working for programmes which weren't working until I applied your quick fix. Many thanks YellowYeti! Regards

Re: cache refresh/index feed

2015-06-03 Thread Chris Marriott
-Original Message- From: YellowYeti Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 9:33 PM To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: cache refresh/index feed The 'quick fix' I applied, which solved my problem, involved manually editing the get_iplayer.pl file. This is probably wrong on many

[ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released - Ubuntu/Raspian

2015-06-03 Thread Kevin Lynch
Hi Jon Just a friendly reminder 2.93 is out - in March you did not notice the 2.92 release was out for a couple of days. I appreciate your busy but if you can let us know when you'll get a chance to package it up that would be great Thanks Kevin ___

Nitro API

2015-06-03 Thread Kevin Lynch
I know there is a certain amount of negativity about the Nitro API, but I had to use an API to get the ability to automatically upload to my dropbox from a shell script on my unix machine. https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader is the tool, the process was straightforward and simple -

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released - Ubuntu/Raspian

2015-06-03 Thread Kevin Lynch
Of course there can often be a good reason for holding off doing a package straight off the release upstream DP has just flagged he's found another issue and needs to do a respin later tonight :) Kevin On 3 June 2015 at 14:51, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jon Just a friendly

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released - Ubuntu/Raspian

2015-06-03 Thread Jon Davies
On 3 June 2015 at 14:51, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jon Just a friendly reminder 2.93 is out - in March you did not notice the 2.92 release was out for a couple of days. I appreciate your busy but if you can let us know when you'll get a chance to package it up that would be

Re: Nitro API

2015-06-03 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 03:42:02PM +0100, Jon Davies wrote: On 3 June 2015 at 15:08, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at it in glass half full way maybe the use of the nitro API could be something that's easily incorporated into get_iplayer if the implementation of the API is

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released

2015-06-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 3 Jun 2015, at 13:40, John Warburton j...@johnwarburton.com wrote: Unfortunately, an attempt to stream BBC News (80002) gives: INFO: 1 Matching Programmes ERROR: Failed to get version pid metadata from iplayer site Note to packagers: Unfortunately, I will have to make another release

Re: Nitro API

2015-06-03 Thread Jon Davies
On 3 June 2015 at 15:08, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at it in glass half full way maybe the use of the nitro API could be something that's easily incorporated into get_iplayer if the implementation of the API is get_iplayer friendly The nature of the licensing for Nitro

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released

2015-06-03 Thread Owen Smith
I feel the loss of ability to search for signed or audio described versions is a great shame. I don't need either of these, but for some people they are essential. The BBC is doing such people a great dis-service by removing this metadata and should be ashamed. -- Owen Smith

Re: Is this the Beginning of The End for get_iplayer?

2015-06-03 Thread Michael Pavling
On 2 June 2015 at 19:21, artisticforge . artisticfo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello This would appear to be a show stopper. The show is running perfectly here - yesterday with the workarounds to the options (and tweak to the $conn), today with 2.93 Is this the Beginning of The End for

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released

2015-06-03 Thread John Warburton
Enormous congratulations and thanks to those who re-wrote this software in such a short time. BBC One and nearly all the other live programmes I checked work beautifully. Unfortunately, an attempt to stream BBC News (80002) gives: INFO: 1 Matching Programmes ERROR: Failed to get version pid

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released

2015-06-03 Thread Ian Andrews
-Original Message- From: dinkypumpkin Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 12:07 PM To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.93 released Release notes here: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release293 Thank you everyone involved for such quick

Re: Nitro API

2015-06-03 Thread David Lake
The idea of an API key is fine - the fact that Beeb has limited it to commercial operators and BBC Employees only is not. I can freely and openly get an API key for a myriad of other services just by signing up; it is used as a method for opening up access. Beeb are using it as a method of

Re: [Get-iPlayer] Re: Nitro API

2015-06-03 Thread g+get_iplayer
On 03/06/15 15:42, Jon Davies wrote: On 3 June 2015 at 15:08, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at it in glass half full way maybe the use of the nitro API could be something that's easily incorporated into get_iplayer if the implementation of the API is get_iplayer friendly The

Re: Nitro API

2015-06-03 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 03:02:23PM +, David Lake wrote: The idea of an API key is fine - the fact that Beeb has limited it to commercial operators and BBC Employees only is not. They've said that they're going to open it up to the public, and we have no reason to doubt that. -- David

Re: Nitro API

2015-06-03 Thread Terry L. Ridder
Hello You are assuming that anyone associated with get_iplayer will be granted access to the Nitro API. I doubt that the BBC will grant anyone associated with get_iplayer access to the Nitro API. Sent from my iPad terry l. ridder On Jun 3, 2015, at 9:08, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Nitro API

2015-06-03 Thread David Lake
You're assuming that they are enabling an API key for WIDER distribution of the content - they aren't! Or rather, their RIGHTS HODLERS don't want to. Remember - this is not the same BBC that used to produce most of it's own content; the production companies are profit-centric operators, and,

GiP 2.93 snafu?

2015-06-03 Thread CJB
Installed the latest Windows PVM (Win 7 on Acer 532h) v2.93 Clicked on PVM in Start menu. Got a black screen for http://localhost:1935/ But no search window with search / refresh fields. All I got was the black window with the field headings: get_iplayer / Search / Recordings / PVR List / Run

Re: GiP 2.93 snafu?

2015-06-03 Thread M Clark
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 at 5:14 PM From: CJB chrisjbr...@gmail.com To: get_iplayer-request get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: GiP 2.93 snafu? Installed the latest Windows PVM (Win 7 on Acer 532h) v2.93 Clicked on PVM in Start menu. Got a black screen for

Re: GiP v2.93 / 2.94- snafus

2015-06-03 Thread M Clark
Stupid question, maybe, but your Programme type BBC TV is ticked, isn't it, (in the web PVR)? Yep, it was a stupid question because the box must have been ticked to refresh the tv cache. Ho-hum, has to be something else, sorry. Regards, M. ___

Re: Still no joy for me

2015-06-03 Thread SquarePenguin
On 04/06/2015 01:54, John Reay wrote: Any ideas? You haven't really given a huge amount of detail here. What is your OS? Where did you get the installer from? Did you do it manually? There are many installation guides available - did you follow the relevant one absolutely to the letter?