Re: firstbcast field absent

2014-06-02 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 02/06/2014 19:19, Robert Snelling wrote: span class=release First shown: 4.15pm 1 Jun 2014 /span Searching for first, in all 3 cases, results in only 1 match, namely the above line. Could this be the cause? I'm on a business ADSL line The first/last broadcast dates do not come from the

Re: How to download subtitles when episode is not in cache

2014-06-19 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 19/06/2014 17:40, Timothy wrote: Here's my log, though I'm assuming one of my options in the options file is interfering? There is nothing wrong with your options, except perhaps that they indicate you could update get_iplayer. You're going to have to find another example to test,

Re: PVR setting

2014-06-19 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 19/06/2014 19:16, Don Grunbaum wrote: I have set up an entry with the values: fields name,episode search0 value1 search1 value2 Fields are not searched individually. fields name,episode means each of your search terms is applied against the two fields concatenated with a space - name

Re: How to download subtitles when episode is not in cache

2014-06-19 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 19/06/2014 22:30, Timothy wrote: dinkypumpkin: You're going to have to find another example to test, though. Okay, here's one about dolphins (one output is with program in cache, one without): OK, my mistake. I guess the first test you sent wasn't valid, i.e., it must have been in my

Re: How to download subtitles when episode is not in cache

2014-06-19 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/06/2014 00:14, dinkypumpkin wrote: But I have to ask: Can you show any real-life example of this, i.e., one not contrived my editing your cache? Is there a programme that: a) can be downloaded with --pid; 2) has subtitles available; 3) is not in the listing feeds used to populate

Re: Seeking within live stream

2014-07-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 28/06/2014 00:33, Calvin Sykes wrote: On the BBC website, it's possible to seek backwards in time while watching a livestream. Am I correct in saying it's not possible to do this using get_iplayer? Correct. The live rewind facility depends on a different type of streaming (Adobe HDS)

Re: Starting get_iplayer quickly

2014-07-04 Thread dinkypumpkin
displaying it. This is a known issue: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/wpmchrome It has come up on this list before as well. As Grant says, it only affects Chrome. If anyone knows of a solution, chime in. Bottom line: Do not use Chrome with the web pvr, on any platform. You

Re: HandleInvoke, Sanity failed. no string method in invoke packet

2014-07-11 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 11/07/2014 12:45, Nick Payne wrote: Yes, it's still downloading content. If I run system monitor and look at resource use, it shows the network card receiving a fairly constant ~200Kb/s, and as soon as I Ctrl+C the process in terminal this network activity stops, as does the rtmpdump process

Re: Web PVR Manager breaks with Cannot fork error

2014-07-12 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 10/07/2014 08:52, Philip Colmer wrote: Cannot fork at get_iplayer.cgi line 307. and PVR then stops working. Is there a fix for this, or should I be using a different method to keep the PVR running all of the time?

Re: HandleInvoke, Sanity failed. no string method in invoke packet

2014-07-12 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 11/07/2014 16:20, get_ipla...@i.lucanops.net wrote: Is there a hack to workaround this? I've done the above many times, No. If rtmpdump receives garbage, there is nothing it - or you - can do about it. If you're the same Nick as the OP, then you already know the solution: use the

Re: A problem with rtmpdump on a flakey internet connection

2014-07-13 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 13/07/2014 20:41, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: other people. I changed the line that says: push @{ $binopts-{rtmpdump} }, ( '--timeout', 10 ); to read: push @{ $binopts-{rtmpdump} }, ( '--timeout', 90 ); You can use --rtmp-tv-opts or --rtmp-radio-opts to override the

Re: A problem with rtmpdump on a flakey internet connection

2014-07-13 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 13/07/2014 23:10, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 13/07/2014 20:41, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: other people. I changed the line that says: push @{ $binopts-{rtmpdump} }, ( '--timeout', 10 ); to read: push @{ $binopts-{rtmpdump} }, ( '--timeout', 90 ); You can use --rtmp-tv

Re: Web PVR stopped working

2014-07-15 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 15/07/2014 16:33, list...@masbelair.com wrote: In case anyone has a similar issue in future I got to the bottom of it: it was Trusteer Rapport causing the problems. Uninstalled Rapport and everything went back to normal. Somebody flagged up a similar problem to me some time ago. In that

Re: Just podcasts producing unplayable files

2014-07-25 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 25/07/2014 23:41, L Xenakis wrote: while, for getting radio only, but have noticed recently that all the podcasts now produce an unplayable file, whereas the standard radio https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/issues ___ get_iplayer

Re: PVR script not running reliably

2014-09-05 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 05/09/2014 11:45, Philip Colmer wrote: but nothing happens when the script is run via the Windows Task Scheduler. I got to the bottom of this and thought I'd share the outcome in case there are any other Windows users that might be affected by this. Thanks for sharing the solution. It's

Re: Funny characters in the cache files

2014-09-10 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 10/09/2014 00:19, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: There's a TV programme at the moment named: The £100k House. In the tv.cache file, this programme's name is stored as: The £100k House - that is there's an unexpected character - hex c2 - before the pound sign. It Open the cache

Re: Can't find Horizon episode using PVR interface

2014-09-14 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 14/09/2014 17:20, Geoff Soper wrote: Hi, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04g507y (Horizon - Allergies: Modern Life and Me) is showing on-line as being available for three days longer but I can't find it using the web PVR interface. I've searched for it in various ways (name, episode) and

Re: Debian freeze approaching; release plans

2014-09-14 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 14/09/2014 19:24, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: Is there likely to be a new get_iplayer release before the end of October? Yes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Can't find Horizon episode using PVR interface

2014-09-14 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 14/09/2014 21:51, geoff.getipla...@alphaworks.co.uk wrote: Reply to the list, not to me. Well spotted on the episodes 10 and 12! But I was wrong about your episode not being on the iPlayer site. It is there after all, but that still doesn't mean a get_iplayer search will find it.

Re: Problems downloading a programme

2014-09-14 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 15/09/2014 00:27, Alan Milewczyk wrote: WARNING: No programmes are available for this pid with version(s): default (available versions: audiodescribed,signed) get_iplayer is telling you what's wrong. This programme is available only in audiodescribed or signed versions, which you have to

copyri...@kickass.to bounces

2014-09-14 Thread dinkypumpkin
Is anyone else seeing bounce messages from copyri...@kickass.to as a result of posts to this list? It looks like some jackass subscribed that address to the list, but maybe it's just me that is affected. ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Re: copyri...@kickass.to bounces

2014-09-15 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 15/09/2014 08:28, Shevek wrote: On 15 September 2014 08:26, David Woodhouse dw...@infradead.org wrote: On 15 September 2014 07:58, Shevek she...@shevek.co.uk wrote: Well, I did get one once last week, but not this time... Hopefully the address has been removed now. I've just done so.

Re: Problems downloading a programme

2014-09-16 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 16/09/2014 17:16, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Two queries, firstly the signed version wasn't signed at all. Secondly, none of the previous 3 programmes in the series were marked as audiodescribed/signed, so I'm puzzled why this one was, especially when it was a normal recording. Coding error?

Re: copyri...@kickass.to bounces

2014-09-16 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 16/09/2014 17:23, Alan Milewczyk wrote: H a spam response to my problems downloading a programme query sent direct to my e-mail inbox (not via the list). It's a torrent site e-mail address (kick ass torrents): Unless the same jackass re-subscribed that address to the list, you

Re: Google Chromecast compatible MP4s

2014-09-25 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 25/09/2014 10:03, Paul Oldham wrote: I recently got a Chromecast and I'm using rygel[1] as a UPnP AV MediaServer controlled by BubbleUPNP[2] to server videos stored on my file server to my Chromecast. So far so good: it works a treat with content like VOBs off DVDs converted to MP4 with the

Re: podcast listings missing a digit

2014-09-30 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 30/09/2014 23:26, hennessey rogers wrote: Hi, I'm trying to get get_iplayer working on puppy linux. I've installed libwww and rtmpdump. I can list and download tv and radio programs showing that its basically working.But when I list podcasts I only get an index with five digits like

Re: podcast listings missing a digit

2014-10-01 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 01/10/2014 08:59, Steve Beynon wrote: Hi, I have already tried several get_iplayer perl scripts versions. All show my $version = 2.86; at their start. I even tried the one that had been working under windows and that showed the same problem. I'm wondering whether puppy has a missing perl

Re: Can't locate episodes that I can find through iPlayer

2014-10-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 03/10/2014 10:58, Julian Smith wrote: I've been wanting to find episodes of Brian Cox's radio show called 'Infinite Monkey Cage' via get_iplayer. However, at the simplest level, I cannot find any of these episodes by doing... Programmes generally disappear from the listings used by

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-07 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 07/10/2014 01:48, Vangelis forthnet wrote: This is quite odd, because the video DOES PLAY in the browser, so the flash plugin must have a way to obtain the version PID (aka mediator identifier) and hence access the rtmp streams. I have tried to examine the web traffic of my browser to

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-08 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 07/10/2014 19:04, Vangelis forthnet wrote: Yes, the player gets the vPID by fetching this json file: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/[pid]/playlist.json I've been observing this as well. These have been rolling in with changes in the flash player and episode pages. I noticed some radio

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-08 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 08/10/2014 19:34, dinkypumpkin wrote: I think this can be done automatically without the need for a new option simply by trying the JSON playlist if the XML playlist returns noItems. This looks like it will do the trick, though it still needs a bit more work. I should have some changes

Re: FW: Your message to get_iplayer awaits moderator approval

2014-10-09 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 09/10/2014 20:01, C E Macfarlane wrote: Apropos of the following, any chance that the message might be allowed to go through? Message body is too big: 419275 bytes with a limit of 40 KB I think I can safely say there is no chance. Why are you sending a 400K email? Nobody wants

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-09 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 08/10/2014 23:45, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 08/10/2014 19:34, dinkypumpkin wrote: I think this can be done automatically without the need for a new option simply by trying the JSON playlist if the XML playlist returns noItems. This looks like it will do the trick, though it still needs a bit

Re: Your message to get_iplayer awaits moderator approval

2014-10-09 Thread dinkypumpkin
shouldn't expect someone else to figure out what you changed. Fork get_iplayer on GitHub, create a branch and commit your changes to it, then send a pull request. See: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/contribute If you don't like GitHub, at least post your changes in the form

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-10 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 10/10/2014 04:24, Vangelis forthnet wrote: INFO: Recorded D:\Vangelis\iPlayer Recordings\The_Chris_Evans_Breakfast_Show_-_T ip-Top_Tiffin_b04k6rgy_default.m4a ERROR: Thumbnail Download failed Damned thumbnails. Hopefully now fixed in Git HEAD.

Re: Tommies won't download

2014-10-10 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 10/10/2014 21:56, roadcone wrote: Anyone have any idea why Tommies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03thbp3 won't download using --pid=b03thbp3. It plays fine in iplayer. Although it is in the afternoon drama slot, the search noon drama does not find it nor does the --long search for

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-10 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 09/10/2014 22:47, dinkypumpkin wrote: Patch has been pushed to GitHub. See Git HEAD section in installation docs for how to install: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/installation Git HEAD has been updated again to fix thumbnail and metadata issues, so update if you're

Re: Availability Pattern (?)

2014-10-12 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 12/10/2014 03:25, Vangelis forthnet wrote: pid=b04lckj1 JSON pl - vpid=b04lckgr ms4 URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/mtis/stream/b04jtzhv - media bitrate=1500 encoding=h264 expires=2014-11-09T23:45:00Z These are the CORRECT values for every episode; if GiP could be patched to parse

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-13 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 13/10/2014 19:36, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: This one might have a different fundamental cause. On the day it should have come available it was listed on bbc website pages but wouldn't fetch. By the following day it had ceased to be listed at all, that is they listed eps ... 12,

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-13 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 13/10/2014 20:19, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote: On 13/10/2014 19:36, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: This one might have a different fundamental cause. On the day it should have come available it was listed on bbc website pages

Re: More (or less) Tommies

2014-10-15 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 15/10/2014 18:11, Clive wrote: Now parts 1 2 of Tommies from the afternoon drama slot are available on iplayer to play but they are not listed in the searches tommies or noon drama. Their --pid returns the error not found in radio cache and fails with no programmes are available for this pid

Re: More (or less) Tommies

2014-10-15 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 15/10/2014 22:06, roadcone wrote: I have not yet replaced the perl script on my Linux machine due to my unfamiliarity with folder ownership and not knowing the consequences of taking over ownership from root. And if I do, do I leave it as mine or will that cause other apps problems later? Do

Re: Can't get the correct number of search matches

2014-10-16 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 16/10/2014 09:31, Tony Gioia wrote: Right now on the BBC Iplayer there are 8 episodes of Andy's Wild Adventures (S1E1 S1E7-S1E13) but when I search with get_iplayer I find only 5 (S1E9-S1E13) You can't search for programmes 7 days old. And no, it doesn't matter that they are available

Re: Can't get the correct number of search matches

2014-10-16 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 16/10/2014 10:18, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 16/10/2014 09:31, Tony Gioia wrote: Right now on the BBC Iplayer there are 8 episodes of Andy's Wild Adventures (S1E1 S1E7-S1E13) but when I search with get_iplayer I find only 5 (S1E9-S1E13) You can't search for programmes 7 days old

Re: Can't get the correct number of search matches

2014-10-16 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 16/10/2014 13:09, Tony Gioia wrote: Are you saying, though, that it is still possible to record programs 7 days by using the PID? Only with the patched version of get_iplayer, in theory. I tried but got message saying PID not found (I double-checked the command by using the PID of the

Re: Can't get the correct number of search matches

2014-10-16 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 16/10/2014 16:48, dinkypumpkin wrote: Unfortunately, the episodes in your particular series lack the metadata even the patched get_iplayer requires to download by PID after 7 days. Likely broken at the BBC end, but hard to say these days. If anyone else finds some of these, post the URLs

Re: Can't get the correct number of search matches

2014-10-17 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 17/10/2014 09:05, Tony Gioia wrote: As an aside, I did noticed another possible issue, which is that get_iplayer won't record the Sign-languaged programs in the Andy's Wild Adventures series (message about no versions for PID), It doesn't bother me (I can just wait for the non-signed

[ANN] get_iplayer 2.87 released

2014-10-19 Thread dinkypumpkin
Release notes here: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/release287 ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.87 released

2014-10-19 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 19/10/2014 23:40, Nick wrote: Is this a problem of my doing? $ get_iplayer iggy -g Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xa9, with no preceding start byte) at /home/nick/bin/get_iplayer line 10484. It looks like the self-update mechanism mangles UTF-8 characters in the

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.87 released

2014-10-19 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/10/2014 00:28, batguano999 wrote: Line 27 of the script shows... my $version = 2.88 Is this intentional, to keep the git version one ahead of the released version? Yes, but I changed my mind and reverted it back to 2.87. Sorry about that.

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.87 released

2014-10-20 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/10/2014 13:09, Nick wrote: I did have a look at the line and it looks OK to me a non-perl programmer :) The copyright symbol is there and visible in a text editor (Leafpad). but looking at the file in a terminal with less and the copyright symbol shows as A9, with inverted colours!

Re: [PATCH] Clean up correctly on more signals

2014-10-20 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/10/2014 13:20, Mike Crowe wrote: Ensure that everything is cleaned up even if get_iplayer is killed by other signals. Signed-off-by: Mike Crowe m...@mcrowe.com --- get_iplayer |2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/get_iplayer b/get_iplayer index

Re: UTF-8 question - 2.87

2014-10-20 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/10/2014 14:34, Kevin Lynch wrote: I've not upgraded yet but I've seen the warnings about using UTF-8 characters. I just want to be clear about what will cause trouble and what will be safe. I That was only related to the encoding of get_iplayer's source code. Nothing to do with normal

Re: [PATCH] Clean up correctly on more signals

2014-10-20 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/10/2014 15:05, Mike Crowe wrote: This patch is rather old. I added it during a time that my Internet connection was rather unreliable and I was killing off get_iplayer after a certain period of time so that it didn't consume bandwidth during the day. Perhaps it didn't help as much as I

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.87 released

2014-10-20 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/10/2014 19:23, Nick wrote: Now I've had a proper wade in out of my depth the update uses a specific user agent to make the update URL provide the current release of get_iplayer? The odd entries in your httpd logs will be me trying to The user agent is probably just for tracking.

Re: Video file indexed as radio

2014-10-21 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 21/10/2014 04:29, Vangelis forthnet wrote: get_iplayer --force -g 12620 --modes=best --raw FAILS, because GiP searches for radiomodes, not tvmodes. I have to explicitly ask for --modes=flashhigh for the command to work. When get_iplayer caches programme listings, all it knows is what

Re: --info and --{metadata,subtitles,thumbnail}-only now work with --pid

2014-10-21 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 21/10/2014 05:59, Vangelis forthnet wrote: My locally patched copy of the script is well pre-2.87, but when I run, e.g.: get_iplayer --pid=b04m0l3g --force --subtitles-only get_iplayer --pid=b04m0l3g --force --thumbnail-only the switches DO PERFORM their usual functions, i.e. only the

Re: Detectorist Episode 1

2014-10-21 Thread dinkypumpkin
waited for windows 2.87 to become available, but not only does 2.87 not find Episode 1 still, it doesn't find Episode 2 either Any ideas? You need to re-read the release notes. Or, we now even have an FAQ (singular): https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/faq

Re: Atomic Parsley Update

2014-10-21 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 21/10/2014 15:32, J K.Eason wrote: I also noticed a long pause while 2.87 was trying to download Atomic Parsley. (This was updating from 2.86.) Checking the installation, GIP seems to have Atomic Parsley version 0.9.6-hg109.9183fff907bf (utf16) and the file dates are for 27/06/2014 so I guess

Re: Problem with downloading AD version for episode of Wolfblood

2014-10-21 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 21/10/2014 22:48, Timothy wrote: dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/10/2014 07:07, Timothy Wynn wrote: get_iplayer --subtitles --versions audiodescribed --pid b04jtt0w I get: INFO: 1 Matching Programmes INFO: No versions of this programme were selected (available versions

Re: [PATCH] Clean up correctly on more signals

2014-10-22 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 22/10/2014 17:30, Mike Crowe wrote: On Monday 20 October 2014 at 17:30:27 +0100, dinkypumpkin wrote: Looks like it would have worked well enough with SIGTERM. If you mean that adding SIGTERM as I did in my patch then I concur. run_cmd catches SIGTERM so there's probably no reason why

Re: Help with --command syntax

2014-10-22 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 22/10/2014 20:50, Vangelis forthnet wrote: Dear dinky, any thoughts? Try this: --command cmd /c cd /d F:\Downloads\FLVtoMP4remux ^^ remux.bat If your path has white space: --command cmd /c cd /d F:\Downloads\FLV to MP4remux ^^ remux.bat Comments on your earlier experiments: - Just

Re: default is not defined in %Encode::EXPORT_TAGS

2014-10-23 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 23/10/2014 15:29, Colin Law wrote: default is not defined in %Encode::EXPORT_TAGS at ./get_iplayer line 77 main::BEGIN() called at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/Encode.pm line 77 eval {...} called at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/Encode.pm line 77 Can't continue after import errors at ./get_iplayer line

Re: Help with --command syntax

2014-10-24 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 23/10/2014 17:38, Vangelis forthnet wrote: On Thu Oct 23 00:29:15 BST 2014, dinkypumpkin wrote: --command cmd /c cd /d F:\Downloads\FLVtoMP4remux ^^ remux.bat Many thanks for this, that works up to a point due to limitations of remux.bat described above; works PERFECTLY with remux1.bat

Re: [livetv] empty mode list?

2014-10-26 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 26/10/2014 05:16, Vangelis forthnet wrote: 2.88 is still months away Will be out within the next week. Live TV fix is in Git now. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: Accessing programmes more than a week old?

2014-10-27 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 27/10/2014 11:06, Nicholas Youell wrote: It says I am already at that level. Which probably is not the case or is the case... Trying to figure it out. Read the Fedora installation instructions in the GitHub wiki. There are directions on what to do right at the top of the page.

[ANN] get_iplayer search and PVR functions no longer work - no fix available

2014-10-29 Thread dinkypumpkin
The BBC have removed the programme data feeds used by get_iplayer, so search and PVR functions no longer work. There is no programme information to cache, and it was the cache that supported search and PVR functions. There is no fix available at this time. You can still download individual

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer search and PVR functions no longer work - no fix available

2014-10-29 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 29/10/2014 19:13, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 29/10/2014 13:20, dinkypumpkin wrote: The BBC have removed the programme data feeds used by get_iplayer, so Some follow-up: And some more: You may find some screwy metadata in your downloads as well. If fields formerly found in the now-dead

How to download via PID

2014-10-29 Thread dinkypumpkin
For people asking how to download via PID, you could do worse than to read the documentation: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/documentation#recording If you still don't get it, go to: https://squarepenguin.co.uk/forums/topic/get_iplayer-search-and-pvr-functions-no-longer-work

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer search and PVR functions no longer work - no fix available

2014-10-30 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 30/10/2014 04:16, User Name wrote: I found that by co-opting (and modifying slightly the behaviour of) the --refreshfuture cmdline option, I was able to re-populate the cache with a fair amount of stuff. I have modified the 2.86 git version of the get_iplayer.pl script I have on Windows

Re: Proof-of-concept scraper for iPlayer web frontend TV data to JSON

2014-10-31 Thread dinkypumpkin
another go at some point. However, dinkypumpkin mentioned that centralising a feed wasn't a preferred option. That said, there's nothing to stop having a user-specified option to point get_player to a specific feed URL. If someone hosts a feed, then decides to takes it down, someone else could take

get_iplayer repair update #1

2014-10-31 Thread dinkypumpkin
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

Re: Proof-of-concept scraper for iPlayer web frontend TV data to JSON

2014-10-31 Thread dinkypumpkin
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

[ANN] get_iplayer 2.89 released

2014-11-02 Thread dinkypumpkin
get_iplayer 2.88 was withdrawn due to a bug found after it was released for Homebrew. v2.89 is the successor to v2.87. Release notes here: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/release289 ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer

Windows Installer: AtomicParsley download location changed due to download failure

2014-11-02 Thread dinkypumpkin
BitBucket borked the AtomicParsley download used by the Windows installer. It looks like they've blocked it unless you download from their site, but I'm not sure what is going on. It could just be some temporary problem. They've broken the download before, so I've relocated AtomicParsley

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.89 released

2014-11-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 03/11/2014 01:55, Owen Smith wrote: I'm intrigued about the lack of episode thumbnails for radio. Looking in my iPlayer plugin for Logitech Media Server (aka Squeezebox Server) I wish I had known this yesterday. They're using series series thumbnails, but that would still be a bit nicer

Windows installer antivirus warnings

2014-11-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/winmanual Someone with with better tools or more knowledge on this subject should weigh in. If the installer is in fact infected, I'll withdraw it. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http

Re: Windows installer antivirus warnings

2014-11-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 03/11/2014 15:49, dinkypumpkin wrote: Avast and Kaspersky are known to reject get_iplayer installers, going The other obvious thing I forgot to mention is that the latest installer has only been in the wild for 2 weeks, so as the various antivirus vendors update their definitions, false

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.89 released

2014-11-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 03/11/2014 07:56, Nick Payne wrote: I've noticed that the last two Windows installers I have run, for 2.87 and 2.90, have both for some reason thought I had VLC 2.06 installed and wanted to upgrade it to 2.15, whereas on both occasions I already had 2.15 installed... get_iplayer installs a

Re: Episode Numbering not working

2014-11-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 03/11/2014 20:29, Charles Holding wrote: I've just let my pvr jobs download and the episode numbers appear to be missing in filename (getting s01e00, s02e00 etc.) and .nfo metadata? Probably fixed in Git for next release. If you want it now: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer

Re: Thank You

2014-11-03 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 03/11/2014 19:43, Don Grunbaum wrote: Having installed 2.90 the PVR works, but for some reason this weekend's F1 programmes are missing. I have downloaded the using the PID and CLI, Fixed in Git for next release. If you want it now: https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki

Re: PVR unwanted features

2014-11-04 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 04/11/2014 21:01, Don Grunbaum wrote: Repeating my thanks to DP et al for their very swift resolution to the First, DP's fix for the past weekend's two Formula 1 programmes doesn't seem to have worked for me (Windows XP and 7). The Radio 5 live programmes show in the cache, but not the TV.

Re: PATCH get_iplayer.cgi

2014-11-05 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 05/11/2014 16:54, Sharon Kimble wrote: - for ( './get_iplayer', './get_iplayer.cmd', './get_iplayer.pl', '/usr/bin/get_iplayer' ) { + for ( './get_iplayer', './get_iplayer.cmd', './get_iplayer.pl', '/usr/bin/get_iplayer' '/usr/local/bin/get_iplayer' ) { Your patch has a bug.

Re: PATCH get_iplayer.cgi

2014-11-05 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 05/11/2014 17:42, Stuart Jarvis wrote: Aside: unusual for this to appear on the list - patches normally via github pull request, I guess? Much preferred, but not required. get_iplayer receives so few contributions that it doesn't make much difference. But - for pete's sake include a

Re: PVR unwanted features

2014-11-05 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 05/11/2014 19:47, Don Grunbaum wrote: Having rebuilt my cache files from scratch, with the same command I get 0 matches Your original post referred to the recent fix for sports programmes, so I assumed you had the updated version of get_iplayer, but you obviously don't. Go to the Git

Re: PATCH addition of /usr/local/bin/ in 'get_iplayer.cgi'

2014-11-05 Thread dinkypumpkin
Sorry, but your patch doesn't apply. A few things, for anyone who wants to submit a patch to the list: 1. Don't expand the leading tabs to spaces. That's a no-no for get_iplayer, and will cause the patch to fail as in this case. In general, you should follow the indentation convention for

Re: PATCH addition of /usr/local/bin/ in 'get_iplayer.cgi'

2014-11-05 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 06/11/2014 00:14, dinkypumpkin wrote: Sorry, but your patch doesn't apply. A few things, for anyone who wants to submit a patch to the list: Before any pedants pop up: Yes, those instructions only apply if you're using Git (as I hope you are). If you can create a patch with git format

Re: Episode Numbering not working

2014-11-06 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 06/11/2014 11:24, Barry Caruth wrote: I noticed an error message about screen scraping not working if HTML::Parser was out of date - so I updated my Perl modules and it seems to be working better now. That's part of it, but there are some more changes necessary to pick up episode numbers

Re: PATCH addition of /usr/local/bin/ in 'get_iplayer.cgi'

2014-11-06 Thread dinkypumpkin
commit 497ad9c648b4133e53bff84257850b628fe68279 Author: Sharon Kimble boudiccas at skimble.plus.com Date: Wed Nov 5 16:25:54 2014 + Merged - thanks. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: Looks like Nitro isn't the way forward for open data - developer keys being revoked in one week :(

2014-11-06 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 06/11/2014 14:35, Jonathan H wrote: I got a key, but the whole system seemed extremely flaky and undocumented. There was supposed to be a forum, but it had 3 old posts and no new postings ever got allowed through. One of those 3 lonely posts pointed to some Nitro-based code developed for

Re: Looks like Nitro isn't the way forward for open data - developer keys being revoked in one week :(

2014-11-06 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 06/11/2014 19:25, dinkypumpkin wrote: One of those 3 lonely posts pointed to some Nitro-based code developed for http://atlas.metabroadcast.com (https://github.com/mbst/glycerin). Looking through their source, it looks like Nitro might support the kinds of queries that would be useful

Re: XBMC iPlayer plugin

2014-11-07 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 07/11/2014 20:54, Jonathan Larmour wrote: Like XBMC, dinkypumpkin changed GiP to use the ion feeds. Here's a direct For anyone using this latest version (2.6.3+) of the XBMC plugin: I would be curious to know if you can get programme listings for Radio 3, Radio 4 and World Service. I

Re: Episode Numbering not working

2014-11-07 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 07/11/2014 23:06, Dave Liquorice wrote: Episode numbering isn't working (for me) with a programme *in* the cache: That should be fixed as well in next release. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: XBMC iPlayer plugin

2014-11-07 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 07/11/2014 23:23, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 07/11/2014 20:54, Jonathan Larmour wrote: Like XBMC, dinkypumpkin changed GiP to use the ion feeds. Here's a direct For anyone using this latest version (2.6.3+) of the XBMC plugin: I would be curious to know if you can get programme listings

Re: 'fileprefix' filename templates are having characters elided

2014-11-08 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 08/11/2014 12:40, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: --fatfilename --whitespace --file-prefix $GRAB-SN130-002369 R=nameshort - --whitespace changed with 2.87. See the 2.87 release notes. ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Re: 'fileprefix' filename templates are having characters elided

2014-11-08 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 08/11/2014 13:52, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 08/11/2014 12:40, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: --fatfilename --whitespace --file-prefix $GRAB-SN130-002369 R=nameshort - --whitespace changed with 2.87. See the 2.87 release notes. Sorry - seems you already knew that. Will look again

Re: 'fileprefix' filename templates are having characters elided

2014-11-08 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 08/11/2014 13:58, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 08/11/2014 13:52, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 08/11/2014 12:40, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: --fatfilename --whitespace --file-prefix $GRAB-SN130-002369 R=nameshort - --whitespace changed with 2.87. See the 2.87 release notes. Sorry - seems

Live TV pining for the fjords

2014-11-08 Thread dinkypumpkin
It looks the BBC have removed the RTMP streams for live TV. At least, they're no longer where get_iplayer looks for them. If anyone knows that they are still running, and how to locate them, let me know. Since the live streams were switched to Adobe HDS a little while back, it's no surprise

Re: Your message to get_iplayer awaits moderator approval

2014-11-09 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 08/11/2014 21:08, C E Macfarlane wrote: 1) This patches get_iplayer v2.90 to use nice with the parameter -n 19, Others have beaten me to the punch here: nice does not belong in get_iplayer. Use a wrapper script or shell alias to apply nice to get_iplayer itself. Leaving that aside,

Re: Your message to get_iplayer awaits moderator approval

2014-11-09 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 09/11/2014 18:05, C E Macfarlane wrote: been quite sufficient, but you required me to submit sort of patch just so From your response, it now seems clear you weren't submitting your code for inclusion in get_iplayer. My apologies for considering it as such and holding it to that

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