RE: Get_iplayer no longer converts to m4a

e" error that you're seeing. There's a current version of ffmpeg for Windows here - https://www.videohelp.com/software/ffmpeg You need to download https://www.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeg-5.0.1-full_build.7z, unpack it with 7-Zip and copy the ffmpeg.exe file from the bin folder to the utils\bin f

Re: Get_iplayer no longer converts to m4a

e - do you have a similar folder? Steve From: get_iplayer on behalf of Jonathan Bryden Sent: 05 June 2022 16:03 To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Get_iplayer no longer converts to m4a   Hi everyone, Much to my surprise this morning I had the following error message after d

Re: Failing to download msg

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 22:59, James Scholes wrote: > All that being said, there appears to be something blocking GiP from > accessing Bidi. Maybe it needs authentication now, maybe it's just broken. > Who knows. Either way, blocking Bidi requests should never lessen the > effectiveness of

Re: Why no Formula E?

content was the same it added some general history but that's going off topic ;) Steve On 26/04/2021 17:50, George Eycott wrote: Ah fair enough, I was just a bit thrown as to why you would need/want to exclude a load of channels when you have specified a PID, but it sounds like they are p

Re: Why no Formula E?

Would this be more reliable for other series too? For example having "search0 Click" for pvr can match other things too so I've other options and excludes. Do you have an example or link I can use to configure pvr to do this? Steve. ___ get_ip

RE: Failing to download iPlayer file

I think that you've missed out the "--" in front of pid (it looks like you've got a single -) get-iplayer --pid=p099f5jp --modes=hvfxsd1 tvmode good --type=tv What's weird is that you don't get an error but you get the info on 2 completely unrelated programmes! -Original Message-

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

to run just the ffmpeg command to convert it. If you don't then the --force may well be the only option. You may need to use get_iplayer --info ... to establish what the , and are in your case. Steve. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Repair Shop S05E23

If you're not already aware, this episode aired tonight and the one that was dropped last week (ep38) should air tomorrow. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000h3nb/the-repair-shop-series-5-episode-23 Steve. On 16/09/2020 20:22, Chris Brady wrote: Well - a response from the Beeb

Re: Get_iplayer with Podcasts

And whats the parent PID? The first episode? or the main page? I tried both to no avail.. Stev e On 03/12/2019 18:52, James Scholes wrote: 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

Get_iplayer with Podcasts

way I can automate this? Cheers Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: "Canal Boat Diaries" problem?

On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 21:22, Steve Dodd wrote: > Anyone else see weird problems with "Canal Boat Diaries", > https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000bks0/canal-boat-diaries ? > > Episodes 1-4 have only downloaded in SD, and I'm seeing all sorts of > errors like: [.

Iplayer login

Hi guys, I'm a bit concerned as I'm getting a request to log in to the bbc iPlayer radio pages to play audio, will this ever impact on get-iplayer and require a login to download? ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: get_iplayer 3.15 released

It displays V3.16 when running? Steve On 05/07/18 06:58, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplay...release315 <https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release310to319#release315> macOS: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplay...tag/

Re: no more hslv format ?

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:24 AM, RS wrote: > I think it was Nick Payne who said he had experimented with re-encoding in > HEVC (H.265) and found that the file size was the same for 25fps as it was > for 50fps, which led him to conclude that frames were being duplicated to

Re: Using ffmpeg to halve frame rate

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 9:59 PM, Nick Payne wrote: > I experimented a while ago with running some GiP downloads through > Handbrake to convert the video to the x265 codec. That reduced the file > size to about 1/3 of the original download, with no subjective > difference in

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 5:50 PM, RS wrote: > My initial reaction was that it was too early to worry about this. When we > had problems with Segment not found errors in HLS, that was at a holiday > time and many programmes were corrected within a week of broadcast. >

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:39 PM, CJB wrote: > Not sure about loudness of narrators, what I find extremely irritating > - to the point of switching to another channel - is the overly-LOUD > dramatic music. This is so loud that the narrator cannot be heard, and > I then have

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 6:34 PM, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: > Yes, I can see that that might be so, but I don't think it alters the thrust > of my argument, does it? Wouldn't 1080p25 still be better to watch than > 720p50? Brains are weird things, could easily

RE: A few ffmpeg queries

which hasn’t been wasted! Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: BBC Licensing Expose

On 27/02/2017 12:34, David Woodhouse wrote: On Mon, 2017-02-27 at 12:08 +, Tony Quinn wrote: has content which should be discussed. It is off-topic for this list, and even if it wasn't, it's not appropriate to post links to that site. Find it in credible news media or don't link to it at

Re: Preparing for latest update - modes questions.

On 06/02/17 18:52, CJB wrote: All of these changes in terminology are confusing the hell out of me and I am a computer professional. Been into computers from the start and certainly before the Internet. Yeah, me too, 25 years in IT, bring back OS2! Steve

RE: [OT] Crystal Palace transmitter problems?

The checker here https://www.radioandtvhelp.co.uk/ says that Crystal Palace is OK but I'm not sure where it gets its information. Steve -Original Message- From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of David Cantrell Sent: 03 January 2017 14:48

Re: Failed recordings

Try remming out your radio mode in the options file, its working for me now. On 20/12/16 19:38, Shakib Otaqui wrote: All attempts to record radio or TV using the most recent versions of get_iplayer.pl have failed. Reverting to the version released on 15 December solves the problem. I'm

RE: TV Cache missing some days

ptions) nopurge 1 that way when you next upgrade it won't change the behaviour. Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Another BBC News Clip

you cant, looks like they're Flowplayer, I couldnt Flashgot them in Firefox either. Steve On 05/02/16 15:02, CJB wrote: OK - guys. Please how can I download these clips: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35492517 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35427447 Thanks - Chris B

Re: now for something completely different

or the quality of the kit it is being used in. I've had a few PNY sd's in my Openelec, and they all died within weeks, switched to Sandisk, no problems whatever, faster too! Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http

Re: What is the source of files downloaded by GiP?

On 4 January 2016 at 14:42, David Cantrell wrote: > My understanding is that they don't normally capture "off air", but from > the broadcast stream so it's the same as off air but without drop-outs > caused by birds nesting on the aerial etc. And only some stuff is >

Downloading Italian language video La mappa misteriosa

Can anybody tell me if it is possible to use get_iplayer to retrieve the video from this (and similar) pages: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/lamappa/episode/1 Trying to watch the video through the web page is just about impossible - you get a few seconds at a time and then it pauses for

Re: Random stalling

It's possible some of the randomness is due to the server that is 'chosen' when an the download attempt is made - using --exclude-supplier=limelight or --exclude-supplier=akamai might shed some light on that. On 24 June 2015 at 09:53, Jim Lesurf w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: I don't think the

Re: cache refresh/index feed

That fixed it for me - thanks! On 2 June 2015 at 14:42, Nigel J Taylor ni...@openbsd.org wrote: On 06/02/15 14:14, Steve wrote: I'm also getting the 'Not a SCALAR reference' problem when I try: get_iplayer --pid=b05xgvh0 (I've tried the various fixes for this, but nothing seems to be working

Re: cache refresh/index feed

I'm also getting the 'Not a SCALAR reference' problem when I try: get_iplayer --pid=b05xgvh0 (I've tried the various fixes for this, but nothing seems to be working ) May be another co-incidence.. Running --verbose with this gives me: INFO: pid found in cache Matches: 3420: This World -

cache refresh/index feed

I'm getting lots of warning messages trying to refresh the cache - is anyone else experiencing this, is it my connection, or has something been changed at the BBC end? ~$ get_iplayer --refresh get_iplayer 2.92-ppa22, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO

Problems downloading programs which are shown multiple times

? Looking at the data, there's a field first_broadcast_date and another available_until so I'd guess if now is in between those dates then the programme is available to download. Thanks for any help you can give. Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Radio categories

if I search for radio programmes with a category of drama: get_iplayer --test --type=radio --category=Drama I get returned: get_iplayer 2.91-ppa21, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty. This is free software, and you

pid recursive use?

Using the pid method, GIP responded for me to use the --pid-recursive command. Tried a few options but no good so resorted to the manual but found no further advice. Anyone enlighten me please?? Thanks ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Me too!

Thanks DP! where would we be without you! What happens when Nitro kicks in then? another re-write of Get_Iplayer? Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Updated version of Get_Iplayer

Ok, I got the new version Get_Iplayer.pl and all seems well again, I only use it for Radio 4 but all my PVR's jumped back into action and started downloading again - Great Work DinkyPumpkin! Is this a permanant fix, or will there be any more problems in the future? Steve

No More Get_Iplayer

Well I guess its back to recording onto a Minidisc with a power timer! ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Atomic Parsley Update

Thanks Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Detectorist Episode 1

an FAQ...wahoo!! Did the job, thanks; understand why now and also my fault with the syntax using pid method which I haven't used for a while Steve - Original Message - From: dinkypumpkin dinkypump...@gmail.com To: get_iplayer get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Cc: Sent: Tuesday, 21

Re: Fw: Confirming Membership of List

this opportunity to promote LastPass to you? [1] You won't know how you survived without it... [1] - https://lastpass.com/f?88606 - This link should get us both 1 month premium membership for free :-) Steve. ___ get_iplayer mailing list

W1A download issue

Have tried to download episode 2 of W1A a few times over the last 5 days but not successful. Keep getting message application provided invalid, non monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1.etc Is there anything I can do or is it an issue in the bbc source file? Have used the

Re: W1A download issue

2014, 21:15 Subject: Re: W1A download issue On 02/04/2014 20:58, steve phillips wrote: Have tried to download episode 2 of W1A a few times over the last 5 days but not successful. Keep getting message application provided invalid, non monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1.etc

Re: MP4 to MP3 (Video+Audio - Audio)

On 25/08/13 15:48, Shevek wrote: On 25 August 2013 13:11, Kris Szajdzicki k...@ndmeter.co.uk wrote: Is there any way of using get_iplayer to just save the audio part of a TV broadcast as MP3 (or anything convertible). I have tried several converters to extract the audion, but all seem to

Problem with output directory

\vlc.exeflvstreamer .\RTMPDump\rtmpdump.exeatomicparsley .\AtomicParsley\AtomicParsley\AtomicParsley.exe i.e. there is no output line, and c:\Documents and Settings\Steve\.get_iplayer\options is empty Please can someone point me in the right direction to solve this problem? I tried re-installing

Re: Bad News: Radio Downloader and BBC Radio

Can we expect a similar email from the Beeb about Get_Iplayer? On 27/06/13 21:30, Chris J Brady wrote: Radio Downloader and BBC Radio Latest news Following a request from the BBC, I have removed the Radio Downloader source and installers. They will return shortly minus the BBC Radio

Re: How do I use pid recursive?

dont mind running the two scripts as it mainly runs when I'm asleep anyway, but I'd like to do it a bit more elegantly if possible ie all within get_iplayer. Cheers Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http

RE: Windows installation method

-Original Message- From: Vangelis forthnet [mailto:northmed...@the.forthnet.gr] Sent: 09 February 2013 23:52 To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Windows installation method On Sat Feb 9 19:07:15 GMT 2013, Steve Dimond wrote: Hi, I should like to install get_iplayer on my

Windows installation method

don't have the link to the program. Would someone please be so kind as to post the link, or if the program is no longer available, point me to an alternative installation method for Windows PCs? Many thanks, Steve __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature

Re: Remuxing get_iplayer downloads to play on my TV

Mmm. ok. Try this then: ffmpeg -i programme.mp4 -vtag xvid -vcodec mpeg4 -acodec libmp3lame -sameq That is about 20% smaller, but my rubbish TV can't play it :-( I think I'll just have to stick with what I have and be grateful that a conversion is possible, without whining about the size!

Re: Windows web interface

manager should launch get_iplayer and then point your browser to the http:// interface to talk to it. Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Remuxing get_iplayer downloads to play on my TV

that if the program pays any attention to the file extension then the MPEG-4 variants that it can play are going to be AVI or MOV. Sorry for being a bit dense. Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org

Remuxing get_iplayer downloads to play on my TV

I'm a bit of a newbie at video formats, so please excuse me if my question appears stupid! I have been enjoying playing programs captured with get_iplayer on my PC, but it seems to be necessary to convert them to a different format to play them on my TV (from USB stick). I found a format that

Re: Remuxing get_iplayer downloads to play on my TV

BTW: TV is a Technika 23-231-BB-G ...is there a format that my TV can play which requires only a remux (of what get_iplayer downloads) rather than a conversion? Unfortunately not. The .mp4 files contain a video stream in avc format (now part of mpeg4, but neither simple or advanced simple

Scheduling PVR recording of future episodes (WinXP)

Using Web PVR Manager under Windows XP Nice piece of software, working great for downloading so far. I thought I'd have a go a scheduling a future download of something not made available yet. I'm a bit of a newbie here. The functionality is not what I expect, am I doing something wrong?

Re: Scheduling PVR recording of future episodes (WinXP)

On 04/03/2012 10:02, Steve Champion wrote: The particular example I'm using (although the details may be out of date by the time you read this) is The Tube. At the time of writing, Episodes 1 and 2 have been transmitted, so they are visible in Web PVR. However, at bbc.co.uk/iplayer, episode 3

Unable to get any programmes

Getting closer ☺ Thanks for your help. The output from perl -V was as expected, with the libraries pointing to get_iplayer\lib However printing $? Displayed -1 - running rtmpdump using backticks failed. This did use to work and I have no idea what I have changed on my system to break it.

Re: Distorted AAC audio on LG TV

On 13 October 2011 11:53, Dan Ashby d...@slickpepper.co.uk wrote: Does anyone else have a problem where the audio (particularly in HD downloads) is at such a high level that it clips? This is particularly noticable on speech, where it really sounds awful. Yes - the AAC audio is very loud. I've

Re: How go I get get_iplayer working again after restoring my PC?

option available in the Linux version? Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: Can't download _any_ TV programmes even with patched script

/18269_21576_10player.swf?revision=18269_21576 Try replacing the swfUrl variable with that - it should work. I did something similar a while ago and it fixed my woes. Steve -- Irregular Shed - http://www.twindx.co.uk ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer

Re: Chapters

PIDs Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Converting M4a Files to MP3 with Soundconverter

On 08/05/2011 15:44, Steve wrote: Nigel Roles wrote: Is this a bug in the latest git version of get_iplayer, or am I missing something that it needs? Also, if anyone can suggest how to convert the other aac files I'd downloaded into MP3s, it'd be appreciated... Yes I use Soundconverter

Purging download_history

I noticed my download_history file in .get_iplayer is getting rather large, is there a command to purge old history? other than just deleting it and having to re-download the last weeks PVR's? Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer

Broken FLV's the Next Generation

: Command: ffmpeg -i /home/steve/iplayer/Costing_the_Earth_-_Deepwater_Horizon_-_The_Real_Damage_b0106rvq_default.partial.aac.flv -vn -acodec copy -y /home/steve/iplayer/Costing_the_Earth_-_Deepwater_Horizon_-_The_Real_Damage_b0106rvq_default.partial.aac FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c

Still saving in a corrupt AAC format

libavformat version: 1d.51.10.0 built on Mar 31 2011 19:03:11, gcc: 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu3) [flv @ 0xb76f9110]Unsupported audio codec (a) Input #0, flv, from '/home/steve/iplayer/Afternoon_Reading_-_Saints_and_Sinners_3._My_Two_Mothers_b0106tjt_default.partial.aac.flv': Duration: 00:16:00.0, start

Now on the old FFmpeg

-1ubuntu4) Ran Get_Iplayer again and got a playable AAC which now converts back to mp3 ok. Hmm dont know why its suddenly stopped converting to m4a though? Is AAC any better/worse quality than M4a? Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer

More copies found

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 06:00:57PM +0100, Steve wrote: FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al. Run this: find / -type f -name ffmpeg You still have multiple ffmpeg binaries on your system. Yeah, found another one in OPT/Miksoft/lib part of Mobile

Nort converting FLV to M4a

? This is in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy. Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Confused

I dont,know,about everyone else, but Im getting confused about all these different patches. Can we have some kind of version numbering system so we know what we're running and what we need to address certain problems? Cos my patched Dinky version still says 2.79. Steve

Re: legality

in I'd immediately read that as shady behaviour rather than that of a group of technically minded individuals making a publicly funded service work better for them. One more time. IANAL. Steve -- Irregular Shed - http://www.twindx.co.uk ___ get_iplayer

Still using BBC 7 channel name

I did a search for a BBC Radio 4 Extra program - We can Remember it for you wholesale, and it didnt work until I changed the channel to BBC Radio 7! I wonder how long theyre going to leave the old channel data on for BBC 7? ___ get_iplayer mailing

Timing out on download in Ubuntu Hardy

, but dont really see the point until someone manages to download from the new UK Radioplayer (If they can!) Steve ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

get_iplayer on a Pogoplug - success!

. If not, I don't mind! Steve -- Irregular Shed - http://www.twindx.co.uk ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

BBC now sending radio shows in AAC format instead of MP3

files to Conversion Folder (WMA) 30 01,07,10,17 * * 1-5 mv -f /home/steve/iplayer/*.wma /home/steve/iplayer/WMA 2/tmp/wma-move.log # Convert WMA Files to MP3 45 17 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/soundconverter -b -m audio/mpeg -s .mp3 /home/steve/iplayer/WMA/*.wma # Move Converted MP3 Files from WMA Folder

Re: BBC now sending radio shows in AAC format instead of MP3

bat guano wrote: Hi Stev My Ubuntu Karmic Koala Linux downloads the aac radio shows. Probably you haven't got RTMPDump installed. Yeah, Im still running Hardy thats probably why, I really dont mind, quality is fine for spoken word. Steve

Re: Transcoding video for Topfield boxes

of get_iplayer's transcoding is changing the container format, in this case from flv to mp4. No processing of the streams inside the container takes place at all - that's why it's so quick at the end of a download. Steve -- Irregular Shed - http://www.twindx.co.uk

Re: [Re: Mp3 from Radio]

in favour of a companion script that works with the files downloaded; maybe scanning the downloads directory when invoked and transcoding the files that match criteria. I should also mention at this point that I have absolutely no spare time to develop this - it's just an idea! Steve -- Irregular