On 15/07/18 22:53, Vangelis forthnet wrote:
On Sun Jul 15 15:52:31 BST 2018, RS wrote:
He says the file needs to be in the original location,
and gives a workaround if it is not.
He also says the --tag-podcast-radio is needed.
Hi Alastair, Richard et company :-)
Yes, I am still alive (however numerous real life and
additional health issues are currently plaguing me...)
The reasons behind my vanishing act from the list
will remain, for the moment at least, undisclosed;
let me assure you they are not related in any sense
with anyone among the list members, especially with
those more "permanent" ones that I, dare say, became
closer with over the course of the years frequenting
this list; it sort of shakes me emotionally when I still
see my name mentioned here in a positive manner,
although I do realise I wasn't always pleasant to all,
how could I have been?
Extended apologies to my, undoubtedly, best friend here
amomg you all, Alan, for failing to match his friendship
and failing to respond to his off-list queries about my
whereabouts/well-being... A, probably long, apologetic
personal mail is scheduled sometime later, when I commit
myself to it... Alan: THANKS!
Besides Alan, I had /have a soft spot for Alastair (Budge),
because he was /is always so polite, kind and thankful; I
just broke my silence here because of him, to finish off
what started in the referenced 2015 reply of mine...
I won't offer a detailed analysis here (that I was infamous for),
but, as you may be aware, huge changes were brought upon
get_iplayer since 2015 (and not all of them for the better...),
when my linked solution was relevant.
Using a fairly recent version of GiP, you can tag an untagged
(at the time of download) (tv|radio) BBC file if you are in
possession of only one piece of data: the PID string.
The file doesn't have to reside in the original downloads folder,
the programme it pertains to doesn't have to be present
inside your (tv|radio).cache, doesn't have to be present
in your history file (should be there by default,
though), so the history needs not be searched.
relevant options:
--tag-only
Only update the programme metadata tag and not download the programme.
Use with --history or --tag-only-filename.
--tag-only-filename <filename>
Add metadata tags to specified file (ignored unless used with --tag-only)
<filename> : Full path to the current location of untagged file
(doesn't have to be original location; just indicate to GiP the (current)
location of the file to be tagged)
--tag-podcast-radio
Tag only downloaded radio programmes as iTunes podcasts
(needed when you want to import the radio programme to iTunes;
I find it doesn't hurt to have this switch on by default, hence I
recommended it...).
--tag-tracklist
Add track list of music played in programme (if available) to lyrics field.
--tag-credits
Add programme credits (if available) to lyrics field.
(useful mostly for TV, but radio progs may have credits, too).
For audio downloads, I prefer square thumbnails, so of use also:
--thumbnail-square
Download square version of thumbnail image.
Example:
Say I downloaded --pid=w3cswrxf with the --no-tag flag;
downloaded file is untagged; I then archived the file to a new location
"D:\Vangelis\Chart Show\535 - TOC,06-07-18"
with a modified file name:
"BBCWS_TOTPs_Florence&TheMachine_20180707030600Z[w3cswrxf].m4a"
If I want to tag (or re-tag) the file at its new location, I'll use
get_iplayer --type=radio --pid=w3cswrxf --tag-only --tag-podcast-radio
--tag-only-filename="D:\Vangelis\Chart Show\535 -
TOC,06-07-18\BBCWS_TOTPs_Florence&TheMachine_20180707030600Z[w3cswrxf].m4a"
--tag-tracklist --tag-credits --thumbnail-square --thumbnail-size 384
Recent versions of GiP have become really stingy
with their verbosity, use --verbose to see more details...
PS: The TOTPs World Service show, when initially uploaded on a Saturday
morning,
only has a minimal set of metadata available; it takes several days for
someone to
manually update the metadata to its full set, hence I find I have to
retag the file
at a second stage... One additional detail: when AP retags a file, it
adds a second
thumbnail if the file was originally tagged without the --no-artwork
flag; all other
metadata fields are overwritten with new values; as said in the past,
your best choice
to inspect the metadata is MediaInfo (other apps may be used...).
Best regards
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Hi Vangelis,
Very many thanks for picking up my thread and great to hear from you.
Hope you are well and not suffering too much from heat of summer. Here
we are at the end of unusually hot weather (for Scotland) and running
into trouble with our private water supply so I am praying for rain.
Many thanks for the detailed and helpful advice which will take me a
while to try. Meanwhile only one question:- Does this work if original
is no longer available for iPlayer etc? and if so how?
Best wishes,
Alastair.
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