Hi,
With get_iplayer 2.92, I find the PVR doesn't always download programmes
that are available, e.g. PID b05t2dkd. It plays fine in the browser at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05t2dkd/the-beechgrove-garden-2015-episode-5
Here's what I think are relevant lines from --info.
$
Hi,
I made a small change to ./get_iplayer locally. When listing all that's
new, e.g.
./get_iplayer --future --since 2
I find it useful to see those that are already marked for PVR download,
perhaps because I've already done more specific searches and added them.
This lets me skim the larger
Hi Vangelis,
and hope that no ill sentiment exists on your part...
Nope, none at all. :-) I realise different conventions exist in
different communities; just wanted to point out my motivations. And on
the short time I've been on this list, I've already seen how much you
chip in with the
Hi Mark,
If people [change the subject in a reply] on this list, it will
actually reject their message automatically?
No, as I found, their email will be automatically held for moderation
and they'll be emailed that this has happened. I assumed list
moderator(s) would release it to the list
Hi Vangelis,
I received this private e-mail from Ralph Corderoy:
(I think it's widely considered impolite to make private emails public.
:-)
Ralph wrote to the list owner:
I replied to Vangelis's
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2015-May/007595.html
changing
Hi Dave,
My browser doesn't like the certificate that
https://squarepenguin.co.uk presents it thinks it is invalid or
corrupted error code -8182, squarepenguin is not unique in this but
it's not very common. My browser, Mozilla 1.7.12 running under OS/2
Warp 3 with Warp 4's TCP/IP stack, so
Hi Jim,
The bbc.co.uk /popart URL took me to a /programmes/p02yt4dz page.
To save those playing along at home to have to manually do it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02yt4dz
But others have different articles/. formats with lng 'random'
alphanumeric sequences.
Hi,
C E Macfarlane wrote:
> Vangelis wrote:
> > PID strings which begin with "b0xx" 99.9% of times
> > correspond to (full) broadcast episodes/shows - these do come
> > into HD versions (as a rule of thumb; exceptions may apply...).
> [snip]
> > PID strings that begin with
Hi CJB,
> Any ideas how I can download this programme please:
> http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-commemorates-battle-of-britain-with-aerial-spectacular
Perhaps http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/
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Hi David,
> Not trivially, no. Otherwise I'd have done it long ago. We do expect
> people to be able to use email properly, unfortunately.
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Hi Chris,
> I don't think GiP will get this though.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35943428
Sorry, why is this posted to the list? :-)
There seems to be a lot of off-topic noise here.
Could the list moderator please fill in the "About get_iplayer"
section of
Hi John,
> What's happening is that the programme that began as 50 half-frames
> (i.e. fields) is now being sent as 50 full frames per second, with
> interpolation being used to create the missing lines.
Does this explain why I normally see BBC credits as double-vision when I
pause; every one
Hi Andrew,
> Has anyone else received such a message?
Yes, they have. See the mailing list archives to catch up. I think
it's just the thread that starts with
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2016-April/008930.html
Cheers, Ralph.
Hi terry,
> get_iplayer-2.94 is the last version to update with '-u'
> all versions after 2.94 must be updated manually.
Thanks. It's a shame -u wasn't deprecated for one version so I would
have been upgraded to 2.95 which then tells me -u no longer works. I've
been happily using -u
Hi,
I'm using 2.94 and finding --pid does not work now the BBC data has gone
AWOL again. Examining recent archives of this list suggest 2.99 is
required. But I'd already used `get_iplayer -u'.
INFO: Current version is 2.94
INFO: Checking for latest version from www.infradead.org
Hi C.E.,
> Cannot find encoding "cp850" at C:\Programs\GetIPlayer\get_iplayer.pl
> line 323.
Try using `--encoding-console-out cp1252' option at the start of the options.
Only a quick guess; I don't have Windows.
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Hi Vangelis,
> > Try using "--encoding-console-out cp1252" option
>
> Of course Ralph is a code wizard, so he could possibly enlighten us
> further, but according to --longhelp, "cp1252" is the value used as a
> default fallback when autodetection fails in the cases of
> --encoding-locale &
Hi C. E.,
> So, yielding to your superior knowledge of PERL, for the sake of
> clarity for the benefit of those who may have had difficulty in
> following the nuances of the argument, or been confused by the
> multiple suggestions, would we both agree with?:
> \b[bpw][0-9][a-z0-9]{7,13}\b
Hi M,
> > ^(?:[bp]0|w3)[a-z0-9]{6}$
>
> Thanks for coding help but, the problem is worse (for me...), PID
> w172vg029mkl852 Business Matters - Former US Vice President Al Gore on
> Climate Change (w172vg029mkl852)
More samples would allow the regexp to reject invalid ones, but perhaps
Hi C. E.,
> it might be necessary to bracket it at the beginning and end with
> non-capturing non-word meta- or pseudo-characters
Rather than \W, representing a single non-word character, \b would be
better, meaning a zero-width boundary between a word, \w, and non-word,
\W, character, or the
Hi Vangelis,
> On Sun Aug 13 19:51:22 BST 2017, James Scholes wrote:
> > ^[0-9b-df-hj-np-tv-z]{8,}$
Very useful, though I'm surprised they dropped the vowels but left in
`y'. Having an alleged PID and checking it's syntactically correct,
i.e. matches the regexp, is distinct from hunting for a
Hi M,
> I'm horrified by the code repetition. Doesn't Perl allow 'functions'?
Yes, that's those
sub foo {
...
}
you see.
It can also hold a regexp in a variable so a `$pid_regexp' could be
defined once and used repeatedly.
$ perl -e '
> $re =
Hi Vangelis,
> ...to begin with either "b0" or "p0".
>
> New radio PIDs like "w3csv1y9" or "w3csvnyc", beginning with "w3",
...
> [bp]0[a-z0-9]{6}
> with
> [bpw][a-z0-9]{7}
Other approaches, getting gradually more specific.
^[bpw][03][a-z0-9]{6}$
But this allows b3.
Hi C. E.,
> for a high-level language, [Perl's] syntax is unnecessarily difficult
> and obscure.
Perl's syntax is heavy on notation, but then notation is powerful
compared to the long-hand alternatives, and that's why it's fine in
maths, chemistry, and Perl. For the occasional visitor, Python's
Hi Graham,
> I have received nothing from the list since 18/6. Can I be added back
> on to the mailing list please?
AFAIK you're still on it, and there hasn't been anything on the mailing
list since then. See
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer and
Hi Vangelis,
> Be sure to include -vn in the command if the output file extension is
> ".m4a"
Ah, this is to avoid attempting to copy any "video" album sleeve, etc?
I didn't know of this option, always using -map 0:0 or similar to pluck
just the audio in those cases. Thanks.
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Hi Mark,
> I guess I could use 2^24 or something
All my scripts that run get_iplayer pass `-e 31536000', that being a
year's seconds, apart from the script that explicitly refreshes.
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Hi,
I just tried to add TV programme `1' to the PVR.
$ ./get_iplayer --nopurge -e 31536000 --future --modes best \
> --subtitles --versions default,audiodescribed 1
get_iplayer v3.01, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
Hi David,
> > If your distribution handles PPAs, there is little point, but if it
> > does not, it could be very handy.
>
> Not really. I have no idea what a PPA is so I presume that my OSes
> don't handle them. I just regularly 'brew update;brew upgrade' on OS X
> and 'apt-get update;apt-get
Hi Chris,
> Mojo::Reactor::Poll: I/O watcher failed: Can't open file
> "C:\Users\CHRISJ~1\AppData\Local\Temp\mojo.tmp": Permission denied at
> Mojo/Asset/Memory.pm line 18.
Why doesn't it have permission on that location?
Does directory C:\Users\CHRISJ~1\AppData\Local\Temp exist?
Is mojo.tmp
Hi Chris,
> The path "C:\Users\CHRISJ~1\AppData\Local\Temp\mojo.tmp" exists - its
> full of junk.
Then what is it about it that makes get_iplayer think there are
permission problems? Have you inspected the permissions of that file?
Or its containing `Temp' directory?
> The path does not
Hi Charles,
> ..works on pid urls (i was much amused to find)
>
> youtube-dl 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08pgswt'
Yes, it's this extractor
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
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Hi Howard,
> I use --refreshexclude .* on the command line to suppress automatic
> cache refreshes. It works very well.
This still has get_iplayer go through the motions of refreshing the
cache, it's just there are never any channels to update when it gets to
the `for every channel...' point.
Hi Andy,
> Yes, the --force option is described in the recording options but it
> mentions -u which I can't see referenced anywhere else.
In 2.90, one of the old version I have here, -u is present.
update => [ 2, "update|u!", 'Config', '--update, -u',
"Update get_iplayer if a newer
Hi Martin,
> Does anyone think reinstating the -u flag would be a good idea??
I don't think it will happen. Presumably, it was removed to encourage
one to read the upgrade and installation notes and follow them, rather
than just assume it's all automatic?
An option that was silent unless a new
Hi Richard,
> In another part of the code there is a variable sanitize_mode which
> can have values between 0 and 4 to denote different treatment for
> sanitising file and directory names, and I haven't worked out how that
> gets set.
$sanitize_mode is set at the start of substitute() from the
Hi Graham,
> This doesnt seem to have been circulated is there something wrong with
> it?
...
> get_iplayer mailing list
> get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
That URL gives access to the list's archives so one can check without
asking the
Hi Richard,
> The function/procedure/subroutine parameters I have difficulty with
> are ones of the form
> my $string = shift;
> I am inclined to agree with MrBrightside's comment in stackoverflow.
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7082811/what-does-assigning-shift-to-a-variable-mean
>
Hi Richard,
> if ($opt->{subdirformat} != '') {
> my $subdir = $prog->substitute($opt->{subdirformat}, 1)
> };
> else {
> $subdir = $prog->substitute ('', 0)
> };
>
> I need to get some help to get the syntax right.
Try
my $subdir;
if
Hi Richard,
> I was frantically reading about the scope of variables. My background
> is Algol 60 and PLI where a block is a compound statement with local
> declarations. I gather in Perl it's the other way round.
No, I think it's the same as those language, C. Running
$n = 1;
sub
Hi,
With 3.00, programme PID b08nyc9z has no `available' field when I
./get_iplayer --no-purge --future -e 31536000 -i --pid b08nyc9z
Here's some of the interesting fields it does have.
dldate: 2017-05-04
dltime: 08:22:19
episodenum: 8
expires:in
Hi Vangelis,
> I have never claimed to be infallible and have welcome anybody who
> have spotted something out of place in my posts to say so, for it to
> be fixed...
No, no, I agree. I hope it didn't come across that I was complaining.
I have scripts to `get', `info', etc., that kick off
Hi Chris,
Vangelis wrote:
> Hello Chris - as you say, it's the same error as in
>
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2017-May/010586.html
:Reactor::Poll:
I/O watcher failed: Can't open file
"C:\Users\CHRISJ~1\AppData\Local\Temp\mojo.tmp": Permission denied
at
Hi Jimmy,
> Does anyone know if this need to be raised on the Wiki/support forums,
> or is the fact that it's in the mailing list sufficient for it to be
> looked at for future releases and hopefully fixed?
I've also wondered that and just had a look. "ALL... problem reports
should go to the
Hi Jimmy,
> WARNING: Invalid attributes in HLS playlist:
> BANDWIDTH=979000,CODECS="mp4a.40.5
> (http://vod-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd_ad/ab83dd-b08pq8jz/vf_b08pq8jz_c46b7e01-c3af-44fe-ad32-d4
>
Hi Vangelis,
> > With 3.00, programme PID b08nyc9z has no `available' field when I
> >
> > ./get_iplayer --no-purge --future -e 31536000 -i --pid b08nyc9z
>
> Can't repro here
...
> I get the same when omitting --future switch.
$ ./get_iplayer --no-purge --future -e 31536000 -i --pid
Hi Vangelis,
> Apparently it is:
If you remove it from the cache by deleting that line, does --info then
obtain the availabledate from what's now out on the Internet to
retrieve?
> Have you performed --cache-init immediately after you updated to GiP
> 3.00?
Yes, I did and read all the 3.00
Hi Vangelis,
> > It seems to have.
>
> > I have done ./get_iplayer --quiet --refresh --refresh-future
>
> "--refresh --refresh-future" won't help you in this case; your
> tv.cache gap for pid=b08nyc9z is for a broadcast date more than a week
> in the past; "--refresh --refresh-future" will index
Hi Vangelis,
> just examining page source of
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p056n6px
> I'm seeing href="*" URIs with "#group=p056n6px"
> appended to them... That's the ones containing the PIDs.
Here in Unix-land, renowned for its text processing...
$ g=p056n6px
$ curl -sS
Hi Vangelis,
> 21888: Radio 1 Vintage - Kenny Everett, Radio 1 Vintage, p059kfxn
I really enjoyed his TV programme when I was a kid, but never heard him
on the radio. Have just got hold of this, and looking forward to
hearing it. Thanks! (No patch needed, in case others would like to do
the
Hi Dave,
> I am having problems downloading the following episode of the Top of
> the Lake
I just watched S01 because they repeated it what with S02 coming along.
I watched _The Night Of_ instead of S02. :-)
>
Hi RS,
> Any thoughts?
I've lost the plot a bit. You're saying that your tv.cache contains all
the episodes of _Quacks_ and that you can download any of them now if
you explicitly give the --pid $pid? Episode two here says it's
available tomorrow, but if it could be downloaded now then you
Hi RS,
> so it is no hardship to download by PID or wait for the broadcast
If you --pvr-queue them all then do they all download when you run the
queue as they're all available, even though some are before their
broadcast date?
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C E Macfarlane wrote:
> Note that perl uses the TMPDIR environment setting, and its absence
> can lead to some problems with memory, particularly with embedded
> devices, but perhaps also with Linux PCs. Presuming you have a /tmp
> directory, you need to include in one of, in order of preference
Hi John,
> so I deleted the executable in /usr/local/bin. However even though
> 'which get_iplayer' returns /usr/bin (the location where the PPA
> version is installed) when I try to run it, something is still
> pointing to /usr/local/bin.
How do you know this?
Try `type get_iplayer' as an
Hi John,
> But which is correct?
Use the latest and greatest?
/usr/bin/ffmpeg -version
/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -version
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Hi John,
> However, if I sudo, it works
Don't do that. :-)
This is Ubuntu? I wonder where the core dump is ending up. You could
`ulimit -c' to see the current limit on core-file size for that shell
and then `ulimit -c unlimited' if it's not that already.
Run `./get_iplayer --verbose' to see
Hi,
I missed the start of this thread, but jumping in midway...
> > > INFO: Command: "ffmpeg" "-loglevel" "fatal" "-stats" "-y" "-i"
...
> > > INFO: Command exit code 0 (raw code = 0)
> > > ERROR: Could not rename file:
> > >
Hi Nick,
> Yes, that was the problem. But I could download it fine with iPlayer
> on my phone at the same time as GiP was not seeing any modes...
I *think* a `--get --pid $pid' searches for $pid through the existing,
already downloaded, cache of what's available. It could be that cache
was too
Hi Nick,
> I assume this is meant to be deleted once the conversion to mp4 has
> been completed, but this isn't happening consistently.
>
> OS is Windows 10 x64.
Does Windows allow a file to be deleted if a process still has it open?
Unix does. Perhaps this is another manifestation of my guess
Hi Nick,
> I have noticed, on numerous pids, that if I download them using
> --tvmode=best then the highest quality 25fps stream that is found is
> dvfxhigh (704x396 25fps).
>
> However, if I explicitly use --tvmode=hlshd, then I get the 1280x720
> 25fps stream.
I too am unclear on how the
Hi Charles,
> > ] wildcard search: get_iplayer ".*" - note the quotes.
>
> Thanks so much for that Mark. That looks like a regex. Is it, do you know?
Yes. `^' also suffices.
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Hi Charles,
> > Yes. `^' also suffices.
>
> Interesting. I wonder if 'match beginning of the line' is less
> expensive internally?
Perl's regexp engine is historically extremely good at spotting
optimisations, and some of those details can be seen with its -D option
if perl is compiled
Hi Nick,
> > > I have noticed, on numerous pids, that if I download them using
> > > --tvmode=best then the highest quality 25fps stream that is found
> > > is dvfxhigh (704x396 25fps ).
> > >
> > > However, if I explicitly use --tvmode=hlshd, then I get the
> > > 1280x720 25fps stream.
I'm
Alan wrote:
> get_iplayer --type radio "^1834$"
For those that don't know regexps but want to have "wildcarded" searches
consisting of one or more strings that must appear in order, e.g.
`money', `mouth', `13', join them together with `.*', that means any
character repeated zero or more times, to
Hi Richard,
> get_iplayer --cache-rebuild --type=tv,radio
...
> You can only add the last two weeks anyway.
--cache-rebuild implies --refresh-limit=30, unless that's already been
set to some other value. 30 (days) is the current maximum.
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Hi Richard,
> The way the cache is refreshed has changed so much recently that I may
> be confusing a historical regime with the present one.
Yes, the arms race does make it tricky to keep up. I only dig when
something stops working.
> My understanding is that the 30 day limit refers to how
Hi Charles,
> I'm looking at the modesizes for I Know Who You Are and note the
> lowest is c. 400MiB. I was wondering what sort of mode size we're
> talking about when watching that as default on an Android phone's
> iPlayer? I mean - approximately. No doubt the small device size should
> lower
Hi Richard,
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/subtitles/ng/modav/bUnknown-5df25dc8-d38f-43e5-93a2-38b6c778f852_b09c79wx_1509625417009.xml
...
> I may be slightly wrong about that. The problem subtitles file began
>
That's fine. https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#NT-XMLDecl
> -
> where - is a dash
Hi Chris,
> > ./get_iplayer --future --since 1 ^
>
> The issue for me is - yes I can do a PVR search if I know what I am
> looking for. But for new programmes I prefer to do an eyeball on the
> listing.
Right, so why doesn't searching for "everything" with the `^' regexp as
a second command
Hi Lorenzo,
> > > I used to find the list of additions to the cache tremendously
> > > useful. An essential feature, even. And I would use it to find
> > > programs I wanted to watch or hear very quicky.
Can't you let the cache update happen as normal, and then search it with
a regular
Hi Richard,
> I have just tried [the regexp ^]
> again with
> --refresh --since=1
> and without --verbose
> and I got a list of 40 added programmes.
> Whether the programmes were all
> added in the last hour is a bit difficult to tell. It seems unlikely since
> there were 4 News programmes.
Hi Richard,
> I can turn it off by default by including --no-hq-audio in my
> preferences. Although there is a hqaudio variable in the script,
> there does not appear to be a --hq-audio option.
Try --no-no-hq-audio? That's based on the description of `!' at
Hi Nick,
> D:\Users\Nick>get_iplayer --pid=b09bdyrl --info
> get_iplayer 3.06.0, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
Mine differ on the version. [] is yours, {} is mine.
get_iplayer [-3.06.0,-] {+v3.06,+} Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
> Matches:
>
> brand: The Vietnam War
Hi again John,
> > > > INFO: Indexing tv programmes (concurrent)
> > > > .Mojo::Reactor::Poll: I/O watcher failed: SSL_ca_file
> > > > SCALAR(0xfeb188) does not exist at /usr/share/perl5/IO/Socket/SSL.pm
> > > > line 1642.
>
> have you tried `get_iplayer --refresh --no-index-concurrent'?
I
Hi John,
> I've discovered that if I update the cache from a terminal window
> using 'sudo get_iplayer --refresh' instead of just 'get_player
> --refresh' everything works fine.
> So it's a permissions issue, for some reason. get_player 3.06 running
> on Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa".
It might not be a
Hi Richard,
> Does Perl distinguish between desktop and laptop machines?
No. :-)
> Any ideas on what is causing the different behaviour?
Do you physically sit at all of these machines' screens, or access some
over a network? What OS are they running? If Linux, are you using the
same
Hi Richard,
> I eventually found it was a Unix Epoch Timestamp, the number of
> seconds since 1 January 1970. It can be converted to a date by
> formatting a cell containing =(((E1/60)/60)/24)+DATE(1970,1,1) as a
> date.
Yes, that works most of the time and is good enough.
I think the
Hi Jon,
> I'm struggling to know where to look next - there isn't any real clue
> in the program output - is there a way to find out *why* it fails "to
> download programme schedule
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/programmes/schedules/last_week; etc.?
The code ignores the error and just tries
Hi Jon,
> 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not
> installed)
> Content-Type: text/plain
> Client-Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:51:01 GMT
> Client-Warning: Internal response
>
> LWP will support https URLs if the LWP::Protocol::https module
> is installed.\n
Well,
Hi Richard,
> What is the significance of the index numbers returned by a search
> with --history?
They are line numbers, one based, in ~/.get_iplayer/download_history.
> Is there any easy way of getting the complete records?
It's a simple text file of one record per line, with `|'-separated
Hi Chris,
> > Right, so why doesn't searching for "everything" with the `^' regexp
> > as a second command achieve that listing of new programmes to
> > eyeball?
>
> Sorry - I'm not sure how to use "the `^' regexp as a second command"
> with the PVR. And I seldom use CLS.
Oh, I've never seen the
Hi,
> YellowYeti wrote:
> > Is anyone else experiencing an offset between audio & video lately?
I hadn't when he asked, but have since noticed it on last Thursday
night's _This Week_ downloaded on Friday. I adjusted the syncing
between the audio and video streams within the file to fix with
Hi Charles,
> Is it just me or is 'lastbcastrel' a thing of the past? Seems to have
> disappeared from the metadata
Yes, it's not in --info output here, nor mentioned in get_iplayer.
`firstbcastrel' is the opposite on both counts.
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Hi Nick,
> > > A quick skim of all the `unlink' function calls show none have
> > > their return value checked.
...
> Doesn't look as though using --verbose gives any information to help
> with the problem.
Well, it wasn't going to include anything about the unlinks returning
errors and what
Hi Richard,
> { unlink( $audio_file, $video_file ); }
> acts on two files together.
That's fine. If removing either of those fails then unlink returns
false, setting `$!' to an error. You only need to do them separately if
you want to determine which had the error, and collect possibly
Hi Richard,
> As well as separating the two files in the unlink statement at 5988 you
> could try inserting a delay between them as Ralph suggested.
No, I didn't. :-) I did suggest adding a delay *before* attempting to
unlink to allow all the bits of ffmpeg hanging around after the main
Hi Richard,
> Your complaint seems to be that a programme appeared in your cache
> when it ought not to have done because it had not been broadcast
> within the last 30 days.
Yes. I think the BBC published information that s09 would be made
available, and then stopped publishing that
Hi,
Here's a summary of the output of get_iplayer's --info on these PIDs.
senum available pid modes
s08e01 2017-11-20T06 b03qgtzn original
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Hi Richard,
> If you go to
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006t6m6?suggid=b006t6m6 it
> lists 13 available episodes. Series 9 episode 1 is not one of them.
Agreed, and I'd checked that, but perhaps the same problem with s09 at
the Beeb is affecting iPlayer too. :-)
> The expiry
Hi Graham,
> ERROR: Failed to load subtitles:
> :7: parser error : Char 0x0 out of allowed range
...
> It is still a small % but frequent enough to be annoying if you rely
> on subtitles to fully follow the speech.
I haven't tried this, and I'm looking at 3.06 rather than 3.07, but if
you find
Hi Richard,
> PS The whole forum now seems to be affected.
Works for me, as of now, e.g.
https://forums.squarepenguin.co.uk/thread-1593-post-7103.html#pid7103
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Hi Richard,
> What matters is that the episodes you want are not available in the
> iPlayer.
And as I said before, that might just be because of the same underlying
problem that's affecting the data get_iplayer retrieves. :-)
I've deleted s09 from tv.cache and refreshed it. They don't
Hi Nick,
> > > I assume this is meant to be deleted once the conversion to mp4
> > > has been completed, but this isn't happening consistently.
> >
> > Does Windows allow a file to be deleted if a process still has it
> > open? Unix does. Perhaps this is another manifestation of my guess
> > in
Hi Richard,
> > ffmpeg can produce PNGs, one per frame, and convert only a few
> > specific seconds to avoid tens of thousands of them
>
> Would you first need to convert the H.264 or H.265 to raw video? If
> one PNG is of an I-frame and the next is a P-frame or B-frame they are
> bound to be
Hi Jim,
> My concern is that I only have a total of 8GB of ram at present on the
> machine, and the 1280x720 50fps files tend to come in at 2GB or more
> per hour.
Yes, you'd need to finish one download off, clearing RAM disk, before
starting the next.
> To save time and avoid running past 9am
Hi Jim,
> > Well, `df -t tmpfs' will probably show /tmp is a tmpfs so you could
> > `--output /tmp' and you should see its intermediate files, and the
> > final file, only appear there. `--command' could then move that
> > final file to the SSD, or run a conversion command that writes to
> > the
Hi Jim,
> > You could use get_iplayer's --command option to run a command to
> > move each final file off tmpfs as the download is finished. Its
> > --output affects all the intermediate files too, AIUI.
>
> The challenge for me is to work out how to get the fetched file to go
> onto the tmpfs
Hi Owen,
> What do you mean this isn't a lossy transcoding?
Is that aimed at me?
Perhaps if you didn't top post, and instead wrote that under a quote of
mine I'd know to which bit of the two ffmpeg invocations you were
referring! :-)
> How can ffmpeg go from 50fps to 25fps without losing
Hi Jim,
> I've been discussing the 'loss' of the 1280x720 25fps version with
> someone at the BBC.
I miss those 1 GiB ~= 1 hour ones too. They were `just right'.
> It has also set me wondering about arranging for gip to fetch to ram
> storage and then convert that into a file on my main disc.
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