Re: Failing to download msg

2021-04-26 Thread James Scholes
. Regards, James Scholes On 26/04/2021 at 3:58 pm, George Muter wrote: > I've just tried this out on a couple of Fawlty Towers episodes currently > available. The first with the exclude-supplier bidi command and the second > without it. What surprised me was that the first, which did exclud

Re: Failing to download msg

2021-04-26 Thread James Scholes
-dbe481da3633 Regards, James Scholes On 26/04/2021 at 3:58 pm, George Muter wrote: > I've just tried this out on a couple of Fawlty Towers episodes currently > available. The first with the exclude-supplier bidi command and the second > without it. What surprised me was that the first, whi

Re: Failing to download msg

2021-04-26 Thread James Scholes
prompt the error in my very basic testing. You can also add that to your preferences or presets, although the syntax for doing that easily escapes me at the moment. Regards, James Scholes On 26/04/2021 at 1:15 pm, Chris Brady wrote: > Yes - I get these all of the time. CJB > > On 2

Re: Version 3.27.1 released

2021-04-12 Thread James Scholes
taking multiple hours (or days!) for the iPlayer to have a copy of a broadcast. Regards, James Scholes On 12/04/2021 at 1:44 pm, J K.Eason wrote: >> *From:* George Eycott >> *To:* get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org >> *Date:* Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:29:57 +0100 >> >>

Re: get_iplayer Remux: Programme "already in history" error

2021-01-03 Thread James Scholes
Maybe I'm missing something, but just run FFmpeg on the file directly. If you have the file, you don't need get_iplayer. If you don't have the file, you'd want to redownload it. Regards, James Scholes On 03/01/2021 at 4:26 pm, Xander Squier wrote: > Hello 1, > We are trying to remux

Re: iPlayer Tags 'shortened' v.v 'original'

2020-09-19 Thread James Scholes
of some programs, with both the original and shortened tags, and the shortened versions have a larger file size... make of that what you will. Regards, James Scholes On 19/09/2020 at 3:21 am, Chris Brady wrote: I'm trying to rationalse what's going on in Brit. comedy re-airings on iPlayer

Re: Demise of iPlayer

2020-09-17 Thread James Scholes
and won't have any impact on get_iplayer. Regards, James Scholes On 17/09/2020 at 5:55 pm, Chris Brady wrote: As you guys likely know the Beeb is ceasing use of Flash for both video and audio (sorry sounds). Where does this place get_iplayer ? CJB

Re: Repair Shop

2020-03-06 Thread James Scholes
. The other episodes haven't been broadcast in that timeframe, so the search won't find them. When in doubt, use a recursive PID download. That will scrape the specific pages required to find everything. Regards, James Scholes On 05/03/2020 at 8:52 am, CJB wrote: There are over 20 epsiodes incl

Re: Search Fails to Find Early ‘Last Tango in Halifax’.

2020-02-17 Thread James Scholes
will be or has been on TV. If the GiP search isn't going to catch up to that fact, it may as well just be removed. Regards, James Scholes On 17/02/2020 at 8:22 am, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, I recently noticed S05E01 of ‘Last Tango in Halifax’ had been added to the available programs. It's also

Re: Podcast - no pid?

2020-02-04 Thread James Scholes
Why are you expecting that get_iplayer will be able to download anything from the British Library? Regards, James Scholes On 04/02/2020 at 3:13 pm, CJB wrote: Am trying to download all in this series https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Bob-Davenport-Archive/025M

Re: Get_iplayer with Podcasts

2019-12-03 Thread James Scholes
Use the parent PID with --pid-recursive: get_iplayer --pid-recursive --pid=p06spb8w --type=radio Regards, James Scholes On 03/12/2019 at 12:36 pm, Steve wrote: Hi guys, Just got 3.23 and all's back to normal, Im trying to automate the new h p lovecraft drama on radio 4 - whisperer

Re: GiP and ffmpeg

2019-10-23 Thread James Scholes
nt podcasts, specify an alternative version or list of versions in either the --versions parameter, or the versions option within the config or preset file. --versions=default should avoid podcasts. Regards, James Scholes On 22/10/2019 at 9:41 pm, Budge wrote: On 22/10/2019 21:25, RS wrote:

Re: Update crashes my PC.

2019-10-10 Thread James Scholes
If the installer works fine on your other machines, it's likely nothing to do with get_iplayer at all. A system completely freezing or blue-screening is relatively rare these days, so it sounds like there is something seriously wrong with your computer. Regards, James Scholes On 10/10/2019

Re: Yesterday in Parliament - not quite OT

2019-09-26 Thread James Scholes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00097ry Regards, James Scholes On 26/09/2019 at 10:38 am, Charles Johnson wrote: This is a difficult one to unravel, but i was under the impression that the BBC (Parliament channel?) produced continuous coverage of parliamentary sessions. I'm trying to get

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread James Scholes
ime period is between source code changes and public deployment. https://github.com/bbc/programmes-frontend/pull/175 Regards, James Scholes On 04/09/2019 at 5:14 pm, Jim web wrote: In article <7da31d6e-1c5d-3501-22bf-bc979197b...@jls-radio.com>, James Scholes wrote: This URL successfully tak

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread James Scholes
/p013blmc/yesterday Thanks again, Welcome. Let me know if you need a full PID list for local/regional and/or national radio. Regards, James Scholes On 04/09/2019 at 3:00 pm, Jim web wrote: In article , James Scholes wrote: Here's the full list (although not all PIDs are guaranteed

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread James Scholes
st (All Regions): p00fzl9l BBC WORLD NEWS North America (All Regions): p00fzl9m BBC WORLD NEWS South Asia (All Regions): p00fzl9n CBBC (All Regions): p00fzl9r CBBC HD (All Regions): p01kv86b CBeebies (All Regions): p00fzl9s CBeebies HD (All Regions): p01kv8yz Regards, James Scholes On 04/09/2019

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-27 Thread James Scholes
it. Regards, James Scholes On 26/07/2019 at 2:10 pm, RS wrote: On 25/07/2019 11:13, Jim web wrote: Which then leads to the conundrum that iPlayer TV becomes the poor relation when it comes to music broadcasts like Proms. A mere 128k aac compared with the 320k aac of R3 and the 5.1. surround

Re: Just noticed the download title includes [legal]

2019-07-18 Thread James Scholes
On 17/07/2019 at 10:22 pm, Budge wrote: Is it because I have signed up for iPlayer and my address is known or something more sinister? When you download something using get_iplayer, that access is not linked to your BBC user account at all. Indeed, a user account is not even required to use

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-17 Thread James Scholes
On 17/07/2019 at 6:11 pm, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: checking back I find that everything I've downloaded in almost-HD since 1/1/2019 is at 128kbps audio or less Which is exactly what I was working from. The program I spotted with 320K audio was from Sunday the 14th of July, and I made an

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-17 Thread James Scholes
Scratch what I said previously, the format of the URLs has changed and the 320K streams are still available. Just posted the info here: https://forums.squarepenguin.co.uk/thread-2062.html Regards, James Scholes On 17/07/2019 at 4:11 pm, James Scholes wrote: On 17/07/2019 at 3:18 pm, MacFH

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-17 Thread James Scholes
ly just gotten round to it. I say this because get_iplayer was only able to access them by changing part of a playlist URL, i.e. the BBC mediaselector APIs didn't advertise the availability of such streams. Regards, James Scholes ___ get_iplayer mail

Re: Checking my emails are received - grateful if one person would respond

2019-05-27 Thread James Scholes
Came through fine. Regards, James Scholes On 27/05/2019 at 5:54 pm, Clive wrote: Over the last few weeks I have sent two emails to this group and I am not sure if either have been received. I see my own copy but have not seen/received any responses - and that is very unusual for this group

Re: Which is quicker, converting to 320 or 256 bitrate?

2019-02-10 Thread James Scholes
In theory converting to 256 requires more compression so would probably take longer. But any difference is likely to be small. GiP uses FFmpeg for MP3 conversion, so why not run some tests through it directly and time them? Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes

Re: BBC-wants-shows-available-iPlayer-12-months-bid-compete-rivals

2019-01-08 Thread James Scholes
will remain DRM-free. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: My Sounds

2018-12-01 Thread James Scholes
C will be interested. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Compulsory podcasts - In Our Time

2018-11-18 Thread James Scholes
. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Compulsory podcasts - In Our Time

2018-11-18 Thread James Scholes
it plays the podcast version. So this is not a get_iplayer issue and you would have to ask the BBC why they haven't made an original broadcast version of this (and other episodes) available yet and whether or not they plan to. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes

Re: Compulsory podcasts - In Our Time

2018-11-18 Thread James Scholes
, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Iplayer login

2018-11-14 Thread James Scholes
Chris Dunne wrote: Does it still use the same fundamental format as iPlayer (and just a marketing rebrand) Pretty much, yes. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http

Re: Iplayer login

2018-11-13 Thread James Scholes
that they're only pushing the login requirement on radio programs to try and increase their conversion rate for the new BBC Sounds service and app. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer

Re: Radio 4 screwed?

2018-10-29 Thread James Scholes
which didn't work, which does work for others? Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Recording programmes more than 30 days old

2018-07-14 Thread James Scholes
, that they upload a DASH version before that date. But I doubt they will. The only reason it's available over HLS at all is because mobile devices don't support Flash. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Re: No Wimbledon Today?

2018-07-06 Thread James Scholes
to edit out before making the program available to stream. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Unsubscribe!

2018-04-30 Thread James Scholes
There is a link at the bottom of every email to go to the list info page, you can unsubscribe from there: http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer Alternatively send a blank email to: get_iplayer-unsubscr...@lists.infradead.org Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com

Re: GiP trying to download incorrect PID

2018-04-29 Thread James Scholes
t by name on the command line using the --versions parameter. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Unable to play with VLC

2018-04-02 Thread James Scholes
Paul Thornett wrote: raw=1 The MP4 and M4A files produced by get_iplayer play fine in VLC. What advantages do you gain from using the raw .ts files instead? Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing

Re: Format of options file

2018-03-03 Thread James Scholes
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: No .m4a file extensions for radio on Linux

2018-01-12 Thread James Scholes
Scratch that, I had to convert the line endings in the options file with dos2unix to avoid adding junk to the end of the filenames. All fixed now. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer

No .m4a file extensions for radio on Linux

2018-01-12 Thread James Scholes
daflow, haflow, hlsaaclow nocopyright true outputradio /home/jscholes/radio overwrite true whitespace true Any ideas? Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.or

Re: --no-hq-audio

2017-11-04 Thread James Scholes
going to discard it straight afterwards by remuxing the file anyway is inefficient. This seems like a good time to add this in. Regards, James Scholes https://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http

Re: New radio PIDs, more than 8 characters

2017-08-15 Thread James Scholes
to extract a valid PID from text of unknown length or complexity, the regexp probably is not very efficient. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman

Re: New radio PIDs

2017-08-13 Thread James Scholes
The definitive source for a correct PID regexp is probably the BBC themselves, and it just so happens that they provide one: https://github.com/bbc/programmes-pages-service/blob/master/src/Domain/ValueObject/Pid.php#l14 ^[0-9b-df-hj-np-tv-z]{8,}$ HTH. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com

Re: BBC Earth

2017-06-14 Thread James Scholes
programs, usually outside of the UK but also for BBC Two etc. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Red Button now on iPlayer

2017-05-15 Thread James Scholes
iPlayer and apps will try the stream with the lowest priority first, and if performance seems lackluster or there's an error they will try the stream with the next highest priority and so on. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer

Re: hlsstd mode not available for most programmes

2017-05-03 Thread James Scholes
Chris Marriott wrote: Is there any other mode I could use to get smaller files than hlsvhigh? How about dafstd or dafmed?* * I'm using 3.00 so these might have different names in GiP 2.99; I don't even try to understand the modes system as it's an absolute usability nightmare. -- James

Re: using hls mode to download getting errors

2017-05-02 Thread James Scholes
Use: get_iplayer --pid=p04x8cf5 --type=radio --mode=dafhigh1 -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Programme metadata feed changes

2017-04-17 Thread James Scholes
JSON feeds are currently available and have been for years, and they've been pulling their data from the Nitro API for quite a while. So I don't quite understand what your BBC contact was refering to. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesSch

Re: iPlayer red button content - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04zsmg0

2017-04-14 Thread James Scholes
don't specify --type=all which shouldn't make a difference but perhaps try it without? Also, which version of get_iplayer are you using, because in your command output I don't see the recent notice about requiring a TV license. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes

Re: iPlayer red button content - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04zsmg0

2017-04-14 Thread James Scholes
Kevin Lynch wrote: I tried that - results here https://pastebin.com/shQL6z2m It seems we have different modes set up as our defaults. In any case, did you try doing what it suggests? Adding --modes=hvfxsd1 will download the program successfully, probably others too. -- James Scholes http

Re: iPlayer red button content - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04zsmg0

2017-04-14 Thread James Scholes
-- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: April fool or real?

2017-04-06 Thread James Scholes
Jim web wrote: The question in my mind is if/how I could get it *without* using a browser. And how I'd record the results for analysis. You can most likely stream the DASH manifest that Tim posted using FFmpeg and store it to disk. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes

Re: Download errors on both TV and Radio

2017-03-18 Thread James Scholes
version of get_iplayer and try switching to a more modern downloading method which might work better for you, then report back. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http

Re: Loss of XML feeds...

2017-03-16 Thread James Scholes
most likely no longer make use of this data in any of their own systems. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: get_iplayer-2.99 odd behaviour

2017-02-14 Thread James Scholes
e > progress displays can be forced into a file with the new > --log-progress option. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Streamed output

2017-02-14 Thread James Scholes
ks: https://gist.github.com/dinkypumpkin/7dd022d20838dd4a840b32dd919ead9c. > • Streaming of on-demand programmes > ◦ Includes removal of "Play" links in Web PVR search results > ◦ Web PVR can still stream downloaded programmes HTH. --

Re: Don't want the .m4a file

2017-02-08 Thread James Scholes
that FFmpeg hasn't exited with an error code meaning you delete the original by accident. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Deprecated features to be removed in next release (2.97)

2016-09-01 Thread James Scholes
ormation at execution time (see https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/documentation#substitution-parameters). -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infr

Re: hvfvhigh, new ffmpeg, etc

2016-08-23 Thread James Scholes
Anyone know the magic options for > the audio codec processing in this situation? Try: ffmpeg -i input.ts -vn -vcodec copy -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc output.mp4 -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing l

Re: Cant download Rio videos

2016-08-14 Thread James Scholes
date your version of get_iplayer. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Future of get-iplayer when BBC changes licence

2016-08-01 Thread James Scholes
nts. And who knows, the heavy hand of the law might prove me completely incorrect. Regardless though, in the worst case senario, if an app on an iPhone can still access their streams, so can get_iplayer after a bit of snooping. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScho

Re: hlshd download speeds

2016-07-11 Thread James Scholes
osting about it on the forum, as it would greatly decrease download times. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Bl**dy Beeb Truncations on iPlayer

2016-06-30 Thread James Scholes
and only clocks in at 28? -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Offtopic noise: Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a...

2016-05-18 Thread James Scholes
lease try to bear that in mind before replying to me just to tell me how much you disagree with my tone. Or if you do, have the decency and common sense to do it off-list. Thank you, and a good afternoon to you all. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/Jam

Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a TV licence to watch to catch up with their favourite shows

2016-05-15 Thread James Scholes
to work out what is going on if they do lock things down. So I think we're jumping to conclusions based on a very vaguely-worded document. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http

Re: Where should problems with dev version be reported?

2016-05-13 Thread James Scholes
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/issues/ -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Using get_iplayer.295dev

2016-05-10 Thread James Scholes
ttp://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Sandy Denny prog.

2016-05-04 Thread James Scholes
> get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Setting Locale in UK

2016-03-14 Thread James Scholes
Try: get_iplayer --pid=b073mlfh -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Can't Download: The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 13 - Invisible

2016-02-06 Thread James Scholes
ther" versions are definitely quieter than the broadcast ones. Not that quieter necessarily means better, and generally I have no complaints about the iPlayer's audio quality. But if you want the best possible results, downloading pre-broad

Re: 320kbps radio audio available via MPEG-DASH

2016-01-01 Thread James Scholes
pt - it can fetch playlists to verify that the 320k audio is available, and return the URL of the DASH manifest file. The next step is to parse those manifest files in order to get the URLs to the parts of the media for download, before combining them into one MP4/M4A. Thanks for your interest. -- James Sc

Re: BBC to move to HTML5/DASH video

2015-09-30 Thread James Scholes
carry DRM? Or are you just saying that get_iplayer doesn't support such streams *at the moment*. -- James Scholes http://twitter.com/JamesScholes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer