> Sent: 25 September 2013 02:35 > To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > Subject: Searching the future (radio) cache. > > The following is a quote from 2.83's long help, get_iplayer --helplong (BTW, I > have found that these variants --help-long --longhelp --long-help also work > (?) ): > > "Search Options: > --future Search future programme schedule if it has been indexed (refresh > cache with: --refresh --refresh-future)." > > Now, I am not a native English speaker, but the way "I" understand the > above is with the emphasis being on "Future programme schedule". > Yet, when I run > > get_iplayer --type=radio -f --refresh-future --force > > followed by > > get_iplayer --type=radio --future "Pete Tong" > > I get these two results: > > Matches: > 15756: Pete Tong - 20/09/2013, BBC Radio 1, Dance & > Electronica,Music,Popular,Radio > 15757: Pete Tong - Art Department Goody Goodies, BBC Radio 1 England, > > index 15757 corresponds to coming Friday's show (27/09/2013, > pid=b03bdhd7), not yet available on iPlayer, so I would expect to see this in > the results, being a FUTURE programme. > However, I also get index 15756, i.e. LAST Friday's show, already broadcast in > the PAST relative to when the "future search" was performed, and which is > currently available on iPlayer. > If I needed to get last Friday's show as a search result, I'd have simply > typed: > > get_iplayer --type=radio "Pete Tong" > > Matches: > 15756: Pete Tong - 20/09/2013, BBC Radio 1, Dance & > Electronica,Music,Popular,Radio > > So, in its current iteration the --future search feature also searches the past > programme schedule... > > Either the long help's "--future" entry needs to be reworded, e.g. > "Additionally search within future programme schedule...", or "Search past > and future programme schedules..." > OR > a patch is needed > What are your thoughts on this? > > Vangelis.
I've not looked at future programme searches before but I've just tested this and I agree with your logic and explanation. The description of the --future search option could be clarified a little. Andy _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer