Re: Subtitles Round 3

2013-09-28 Thread Peter S Kirk
I always download subs, not had any problems yet. Will try patched version for next download. Win XP and gui in chrome On 28 Sep 2013 at 0:27, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > I wasn't satisfied by my earlier attempt at subtitles, so I've had > another go. This time I decided to attack th

Re: Subtitles Round 3

2013-09-28 Thread Peter S Kirk
XP Chrome gui Tried patched .pl with: Beechgrove Garden E23 gave a 0kb .srt with both old and new Gardeners_World_-_2013_Episode_24 Old gave 11kb .srt which missed when speaker changed New gave complete 43kb .srt Question Time 26 Sep - Tried new only and all perfect. That was a good test as ma

Re: subs round ????????/patch

2013-09-29 Thread Peter S Kirk
Copy the text from the link dinky gave open notepad, paste, save as get_iplayer.pl.new to your program files location\get_iplayer eg C:\Program Files\get_iplayer rename get_iplayer.pl to get_iplayer.pl.old rename get_iplayer.pl.new to get_iplayer.pl On 29 Sep 2013 at 23:44, chris chery chris ch

Re: Subtitles Round 3

2013-09-30 Thread Peter S Kirk
FYI Running Question Time through Handbrake did sync the subs On 29 Sep 2013 at 20:31, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > > QT needed a 3.5sec subtitle advance in VLC to sync - is that get_i, vlc or > > bbc problem? I'm running it through handbrake to see if it syncs subs > > That's the BBC.

Failed to record embedded

2013-10-09 Thread Peter S Kirk
2.84 Web PVR Win XP Chrome Failure on all on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0371jnp/clips Anyone have a workaround to record them? eg http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jdw6m Recording The Following Programmes http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jdw6m - - (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01j

Incomplete .flv

2013-10-10 Thread Peter S Kirk
WinXP Chrome Web PVR get 2.84 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ccs7k/Pain_Pus_and_Poison_The_Search _for_Modern_Medicines_Pus/ WARNING: rdf URL contained no data WARNING: PID URL contained no RDF data. Trying to record PID directly. INFO: Trying pid: Pain_Pus_and_Poison_The_Search_for_Mode

ffmpeg-20131018-git-f6b56b1-win32-static

2013-10-21 Thread Peter S Kirk
ffmpeg-20131018-git-f6b56b1-win32-static Tested and working in 2.84 Win XP Cheers ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

Re: BBC SD->HD changes

2013-12-24 Thread Peter S Kirk
Alex, BBC introduced BBC3 and BBC4 HD channels a couple of weeks ago, hence the appearance of more HD content on iplayer. I can't comment on quality of new or old shows. However, you could try comparing: Byzantium.A.Tale.Of.Three.Cities.S01E01.PDTV.x264-BARGE with Byzantium.A.Tale.Of.Three.Citi

End of download processing

2013-12-30 Thread Peter S Kirk
Hi, How do I configure the web PVR to do nothing when stream ends? ie leave it as partial.mp4.flv I want to do this as my connection often breaks and I then have to start downloading from 0% done again. I make regular copies of the partial, usually every 100Mb, however I often can't resum

Re: Massive memory footprint from rtmpdump

2014-02-10 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 10 Feb 2014 at 20:19, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > On 10/02/2014 17:39, Nick wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:20:12 + > > Jimmy Aitken wrote: > >> Does anyone have any thought as to why this may have started? I'm now > >> reticent to leave any jobs running automatically via cron

Re: Massive memory footprint from rtmpdump

2014-02-12 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 10 Feb 2014 at 21:53, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > On 10/02/2014 20:39, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > at ~500KBS, but no files are increasing in size. > > I've observed the same thing, but only when rtmpdump is attempting to > resume an interrupted download. It is s

Re: 4GB filesize limit

2014-02-13 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 13 Feb 2014 at 8:42, Derek Balling Derek Balling wrote: > What OS are you on? > > 4GB file limit sounds a lot more like an OS-/Filesystem-driven limitation > than a get_iplayer limitation. > > D > > > On Feb 13, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Sam P wrote: > > > i just tried to record with winter ol

Re: 4GB filesize limit

2014-02-15 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Feb 2014 at 16:58, Paul Phillips Paul Phillips wrote: > But FLVExtractCL doesn't work for me - the app just flashes up for a > split second then vanishes. I am on Windows 8 64 bit. I wonder if it's > not compatible? I've tried various compability mode without success > too. You need to ru

Re: Run PVM / Refresh cache - not working

2014-02-22 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 22 Feb 2014 at 23:23, Don Grunbaum Don Grunbaum wrote: > >> > >> There is a Chrome add-in that will open any given web-page in IE. > >> You could try that, or temporarily change your default browser, or > >> simply copy the the ip address from Chrome into a IE/Firefox/WHY > > > > Not sure tha

Re: 4od-dl info? List etc?

2014-03-13 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 13 Mar 2014 at 14:36, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > On 13/03/2014 14:26, Adrian Hicks wrote: > > I know this is the wrong list, but I'm keen to find out about Rob > > Watkins' 4OD-dl script. From github it appears that dinkypumpkin has > > It is dead. C4 implemented DRM encryption. >

Re: Problem with thumbnails

2014-03-18 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Mar 2014 at 8:04, Shevek Shevek wrote: > 'm getting multiple errors from AtomicParsley lately. > > Is anyone else seeing this: > > INFO: Downloaded Thumbnail to > 'E:\ServerFolders\Incoming\iPlayer\television\Fast and Fearless~Fast > and Fearless~Britain's Banger Racers Episode 2~Britain'

Web PVR Failure

2014-03-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
Tried a few TV shows and all fail with same error. Win XP and get V2.84 Tried deleting TV cache and record history and still no success. Tried Chrome and Firefox, same error in both. Help please recording mode default: Recording The Following Programmes http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod

Re: Web PVR Failure FIXED

2014-03-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
Cancel the below error report BBC iplayer was broken, not get_iplayer. Sorry On 19 Mar 2014 at 22:18, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk wrote: > Tried a few TV shows and all fail with same error. > > Win XP and get V2.84 > Tried deleting TV cache and record history and still no su

War Walks - Green Line

2014-03-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
Hi, http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074l7h/War_Walks_Series_2_Boyne/ I've downloaded this three times and all copies have a vertical green line about 1/4 from right. On iplayer I don't see the green line. Would appreciate if some others tried and post their results. Cheers, Peter 15GB

Re: War Walks - Green Line

2014-03-20 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 Mar 2014 at 1:05, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk wrote: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074l7h/War_Walks_Series_2_Boyne/ > > I've downloaded this three times and all copies have a vertical green line > about 1/4 from right. On iplayer I don't

Re: War Walks - Green Line

2014-03-21 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 21 Mar 2014 at 7:33, Shevek Shevek wrote: > On 20 March 2014 21:00, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2014 at 1:05, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk > > wrote: > >> > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074l7h/War_Walks_Series_2_Boyne/ > >> &

Re: War Walks - Green Line

2014-03-22 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 21 Mar 2014 at 13:05, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: > "Peter S Kirk" wrote: > > > Very strange, you gave a horizontal line online and I have a vertical line > > in the downloaded .flv Yet it appears OK in iPlayer on bot

Re: Modes=best?

2014-03-22 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 22 Mar 2014 at 15:41, Arthur Dent Arthur Dent wrote: > > If you tell get_iplayer to rename the downloaded program file according to > > its attributes this can be clearer. For example I use: > > > > get_iplayer --type=tv --fatfilename --whitespace --file-prefix "T= > > S= E= M= Z= F= > > L

Re: Incompleate downloads creating mp4

2014-03-25 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 25 Mar 2014 at 23:10, Dave Widgery Dave Widgery wrote: > Hi, I have a fairly slow and sometimes unreliable internet connection (hence > I use get_iplayer rather than trying to stream video) sometimes if a > download fails I get a xxx.partial.mp4.flv file left, that is a little > annoying but

Re: Incompleate downloads creating mp4

2014-03-25 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 25 Mar 2014 at 22:24, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk wrote: > On 25 Mar 2014 at 23:10, Dave Widgery Dave Widgery > wrote: > > > Hi, I have a fairly slow and sometimes unreliable internet connection (hence > > I use get_iplayer rather than trying to stream video) someti

Re: ERROR: DECODING ERROR, IGNORING BYTES UNTIL NEXT KNOWN PATTERN!

2014-04-03 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 3 Apr 2014 at 10:30, Chris J Brady Chris J Brady wrote: > Please can someone advise as to why this happened? I have the katest > web-based PVM Manager. The programme is not listed in a Search, and so I used > the Quick URL feature. Thank you - CJB. > > Recording The Following Programmes >

You don't appear to have any compatible media plugins

2014-04-03 Thread Peter S Kirk
Not seen this before, any tips for using get_i to download it? We are sorry but you don't appear to have any compatible media plugins. http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/comedy/broadband/video/rippingyarns _ep3?size=4x3&bgc=00&bbram=1&nbram=1&st=no Cheers, Peter 15GB + 5GB bonus Fre

Re: get_iplayer 2.86 released

2014-04-10 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 7 Apr 2014 at 17:32, Trevor Campbell Davis Trevor Campbell Davis wrote: > One query. > > If I download a thumbnail as described (after the event) to replace a grey > rectangle, can I / how do I then merge it with the original downloaded mp4? mp3tag will help you do that: http://www.mp3tag.

OT Windows Help

2014-04-13 Thread Peter S Kirk
Hope someone can help off list. I need to activate a Lenovo E73 downgraded to W7 Pro 64bit. The Lenovo OEM key is rejected by MS. I need a partner/msdn/technet/volume licencing W7 Pro 64 Key Thanks Peter Tel: 0131 445 1232 Mob: 0771 051 0496 ___

Re: Loss of "Linux" favicon on the list archives

2014-04-17 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Apr 2014 at 2:56, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet wrote: > > Up until a week or so, whenever I navigated in my browser (Mozilla Firefox > 24.4.0esr) to the main list archives at > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/ > (which is my default way of keeping track of what's be

Re: Problem downloading radio programmes

2014-04-23 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 23 Apr 2014 at 21:12, Don Grunbaum Don Grunbaum wrote: > I remain slightly puzzled > why some people did not encounter any problems, but that will remain "on > file Probably the problem was on one of the BBC's CDN partners and it was the one your ISP defaulted to. I had a similar problem

Re: Subtitles ahead not offset

2014-05-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 7 May 2014 at 0:11, Fintan Gaughan Fintan Gaughan wrote: > > I know how to delay subtitles by -suboffset 3500 > But how do you make it go ahead by a minute? > > I downloaded "in the flesh" and the subtitles are horribly slow > > > Fintan > In VLC: Tools, Track Synchronisation Cheers,

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

2014-06-20 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 Jun 2014 at 0:14, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > For now, a quick and dirty suggestion: Try using --subtitles and start a > download of the programme, something like: > > get_iplayer --subtitles --pid b046w2n8 > > When rtmpdump kicks off, kill it (Ctrl-C or use Task Manager in Windo

OT ITV

2014-06-20 Thread Peter S Kirk
Hi, Commando ITV/STV Player will not let me watch these, stays at the revolving circle forever in Chrome, Firefox and IE (Win XP Pro SP2 and SP3) http://player.stv.tv/programmes/commando/ https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/commando-return-to-the-front-line/series- 1/episode-1-commando-return-to-the-

Re: Confirming Membership of List

2014-07-01 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 1 Jul 2014 at 14:18, Gareth Ellis Gareth Ellis wrote: > It's a "feature" of mailman, and as far as I'm aware it's a random > password that only lets you unsubscribe. > > The mailing list content is public anyway : > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/ > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 a

Re: BBC Website problems causing difficulties to get_iplayer

2014-07-20 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 Jul 2014 at 17:12, Chris Marriott Chris Marriott wrote: > There's a notice on the site that currently says: > > BBC iPlayer " Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 July > > We are currently experiencing technical difficulties affecting certain parts > of BBC Online which are resulting in error messag

Linux CLI help request

2014-07-27 Thread Peter S Kirk
Hi, I'm trying to learn how to use get_iplayer CLI on Debian Linux with little success. What I want to do is download the .flv with subtitles then in the convert to .mp4 phase: 1. Specify output filename 2. Filename less .mp4 as Title 3. Replace Artist field with blank 4. Sometimes replace dow

Re: Banned From Posting?

2014-07-31 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 31 Jul 2014 at 19:20, Shevek Shevek wrote: > On 31 July 2014 17:37, Chris J Brady wrote: > > > > My last post was bounced back with a suspicious header. Yet another snafu > > due to Yahoo I suppose. CJB. > > > > Chris, also ALL your emails to the group end up in my Spam folder (Gmail) Prom

Re: Major Close Down

2014-08-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Aug 2014 at 16:09, Jonathan H Jonathan H wrote: > So, let me try and get this clear in my head... > > Have you really just compared the deaths of millions of young men who > sacrificed their lives in two world wars, to the voluntary closure of > a site hosting stolen material? > > And on

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-10 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 10 Oct 2014 at 22:38, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > 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 bee

Re: Another download issue.

2014-10-10 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 11 Oct 2014 at 2:07, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet wrote: > On Fri Oct 10 23:40:42 BST 2014, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > > Thought I would test on last week's This Week. > > Hi, Peter; do you mean this episode? > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod

Re: Help with --command syntax

2014-10-23 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 23 Oct 2014 at 19:38, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet wrote: > On Wed Oct 22 20:50:10 BST 2014, I wrote: > > > But if I, somehow, tell GiP to run the command > > I originally posted: > > > > cmd /k "cd /d "F:\Downloads\FLVtoMP4remux" & "remux.bat" ^&& exit" > > > > that "cd"s to where bo

Re: [livetv] empty mode list?

2014-10-26 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 26 Oct 2014 at 15:33, Alex Poylisher Alex Poylisher wrote: > On 10/26/14 13:56, dinkypumpkin wrote: > > 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. > > Much appreciated. +1 Thanks dinky.

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

2014-10-30 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 29 Oct 2014 at 19:09, Paul Phillips Paul Phillips wrote: > I'm going to an open evening the iplayer team are having in early > December in Salford , and I expect to be able to speak directly to the > iplayer product team so if you have any questions let me know and I'll > see if I can get the

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-10-31 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 31 Oct 2014 at 10:53, Owen Smith Owen Smith wrote: > But BBC iPlayer Download insists I play the download on my PC. That's useless > to me, my laptop has a small screen and > isn't connected to my surround sound system. With get_iplayer I was copying > the downloaded file to my Freeview PVR

Re: get_iplayer repair update #1

2014-11-01 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 1 Nov 2014 at 1:52, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: > dinkypumpkin wrote: > > > get_iplayer has been more or less repaired, but there are still some > > wounds. I'm going to release what I have on Sunday > > This is excellent news, and I have to sa

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-11-01 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 31 Oct 2014 at 21:58, Peter S Kirk Peter S Kirk wrote: > > I'm visiting mum tomorrow and will try to remember to test if her two Sony > smart TVs still work with BBC iPlayer. > Update: visited mum today. Her bedroom Sony smart TV sticks on "loading..." when i

Re: We should be grateful ( was Re: A message from Auntie )

2014-11-02 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 1 Nov 2014 at 22:27, Owen Smith Owen Smith wrote: > This is a problem the BBC should have foreseen. As soon as you put software > into embedded devices like TVs or PVRs, > either you have to support it for at least 10 years or you will break > someone's viewing experience. It appears to me

Re: some insights and thoughts

2014-11-02 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 2 Nov 2014 at 22:43, Budgie Budgie wrote: > There are > likely to be an increasing number of younger viewers who will however > latch on to the time shift loophole and cease paying for licence. I > remember when I was a student, friends using similar dodges to avoid > trunk telephone calls

Re: Thank You

2014-11-03 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 3 Nov 2014 at 20:57, Don Grunbaum Don Grunbaum wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "dinkypumpkin"> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 8:43 PM > Subject: Re: Thank You > > > On 03/11/2014 19:43, Don Grunbaum wrote: > >> Having installed 2.90 the PVR works, but for some reason this

Re: ePetition Covering Public Data From The Likes Of The BBC

2014-11-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
Signed On 4 Nov 2014 at 20:53, Robert Snelling Robert Snelling wrote: > have just signed it and I would urge all on this mailing list to do so > too. > > On 04/11/14 14:40, C E Macfarlane wrote: > > Now available for signatories. Please sign if you are a UK resident and > > feel remotely abl

Re: PVR "unwanted features"

2014-11-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Nov 2014 at 21:01, Don Grunbaum Don Grunbaum wrote: > 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. imho a few PVR cache problems are inevitable aft

Re: Hello World...

2014-11-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Nov 2014 at 15:23, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk wrote: > Except that quite often the tail end of broadcasts includes announcers > giving information about upcoming programmes. > > That's why prefer I prefer the get_iPlayer version, but YMMV! iPlayer downloads have the same announces of

Re: PATCH get_iplayer.cgi

2014-11-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Nov 2014 at 20:01, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > But - for pete's sake include a descriptive subject line with your patch > messages. I can already see what files are affected, and a file name > isn't a very informative commit message. > Don't you mean "for dinky's sake"? I don't

Re: Hello World...

2014-11-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Nov 2014 at 20:06, Nic Siddle Nic Siddle wrote: > you need a TV > license to watch programmes as they are being shown on TV but not if > they are time shifted (e.g. in i-Player or with a tape recorder). That > license also allows you to record said programmes by any means. You do > not n

Re: Hello World...

2014-11-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Nov 2014 at 14:11, Mark Carroll Mark Carroll wrote: > When I do have to use the BBC's site, I tend to find > roughly the page I want via Google rather than trying to actually > navigate it; I wouldn't dream of using it to actually discover the > availability of things I want to watch. Same

Re: http://localhost:1935/ - Page Not Found

2014-11-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Nov 2014 at 17:31, CJB CJB wrote: > When I start the PVM in Chrome and IE (both the latest) I get for > > http://localhost:1935/ > > Page Not Found. Try 127.0.0.1:1935 ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.i

Re: Hello World...

2014-11-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
> On 05/11/2014 17:22, artisticforge . wrote: > My friends at Big FInish Productions saw their series Sapphire and > Steel essentially killed off solely because of piracy. > > Peoples investments and employment is at stake. > There has to be a reasonable compromise The compromise is to do as Netfl

Re: confirm & excessive bounces

2014-11-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 6 Nov 2014 at 12:33, Mable Syrup Mable Syrup wrote: > I may move > over (to gmail although I don't like the tabbing model they use - prefer > folders myself). You get used to it quickly, personally I think of the "labels" as folders anyway. Also, you don't need to use their interface. Inst

Re: Thank you - great work ....

2014-11-07 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 7 Nov 2014 at 14:12, SquarePenguin SquarePenguin wrote: > On 7 Nov 2014, at 13:21, CJB wrote: > > > Only > > small point is that at the end of a record there are hundreds of these > > - which slows down the Run PVR: > > > > size= 116kB time=00:00:07.39 bitrate= 129.0kbits/s > > size=

Re: iplayer audio to lpcm

2014-11-08 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 8 Nov 2014 at 17:14, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk wrote: > On 08/11/2014 14:10, Jim Lesurf wrote: > > On 08 Nov, Owen Smith wrote: > >> Blasted mailing list, I sent the message below as a personal reply, > >> AGAIN. I simply cannot get my brain to accept how this list works. I'm > >> on hal

Re: iplayer audio to lpcm

2014-11-08 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 8 Nov 2014 at 22:35, Owen Smith Owen Smith wrote: > The facts as I see it are: > > 1) David has a VERY entrenched deeply held belief about this > 2) almost no-one else on the list agrees with him in principle > 3) notwithstanding 2), many agree David runs the list and so sets the rules > Ye

Re: Starting November 11, 2014 output filenames missing underline/underscore

2014-11-17 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 17 Nov 2014 at 11:15, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > On 17/11/2014 06:17, artisticforge . wrote: > > while looking at the BBC Radio Wales issue, I noticed a separate issue. > > Starting November 11th, output file names for programmes from the National > > BBC Radio Stations and at least 2

Re: Slow radio downloads

2014-11-17 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Nov 2014 at 0:05, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk wrote: > Is anyone else experiencing painfully slow radio downloads (Radio 4 and > Radio4Extra)? > > I've checked my internet connection and there are no problems there, nor > with the TV downloads. > > I'm on Windows 7 using the latest g

Re: OT Slow radio downloads was Re: Slow radio downloads

2014-11-18 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Nov 2014 at 17:12, Dave Liquorice Dave Liquorice wrote: > Don't fall BT's marketing of "fibre optic broadband" it's not. If it was > they'd be offering 100 Mbps symmetrical as a basic service with options up > to 1 Gbps or higher. To defend BT/Sky/TalkTalk etc, it is the same as Virgin'

RE: Slow radio downloads - a bit off topic

2014-11-18 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Nov 2014 at 18:46, George Eycott George Eycott wrote: > 2Mb/s download, yep we get that OK until the schoolbus pulls up in the > village in the afternoon then 10 minutes later everything slows to a crawl. > We are lucky to get 100Kb/s upload speed at any time, often it would > actually be

Re: Slow radio downloads

2014-11-18 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 18 Nov 2014 at 15:29, CJB CJB wrote: > However I have noticed that t.v. is painfully slow - I guess due to > the huge files for the default of HD. I always forget to ask for the > non-HD files. Change the recording mode in the Web PVR interface to default, click apply then save as default. I

Re: Slow radio downloads - a bit off topic

2014-11-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 19 Nov 2014 at 12:57, Jim web Jim web wrote: > For some years I've had a baffling behaviour where the connection is > dropped once a day. BT and my ISP monitored this and confirmed the > connection from them to my router was being lost and then refound a few > seconds later, prompting a restar

Re: GetIPlayer v2.90 Not Downloading Some Radio Programmes

2014-11-21 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 21 Nov 2014 at 19:48, C E Macfarlane C E Macfarlane wrote: > GetIPlayer v2.90 does not appear to be downloading some radio programmes, > particularly Radio Nan Gaidheal, for example (Linux bash command-line) ... > > for P in b04n9006 b04phh5n b04phh9f b04phhcz b04phhgl b04nytw7 b04phhgq > b0

Re: GitHead questions from the uninitiated

2014-12-02 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 2 Dec 2014 at 22:32, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk wrote: > In the last week or so, I've been patching get_iplayer using GitHeadWin > to make sure I'm using the latest version. > > I presume GitHead is a way of advising interim patches prior to issuing > an official update? But I'm puzzled

Re: GitHead questions from the uninitiated

2014-12-03 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 3 Dec 2014 at 7:40, Colin Law Colin Law wrote: > For HEAD updates I use the 'if it works for me stick with what I have > got' approach. I update when there is a formal release and just pick > up the head if I have a problem and there are suggestions that it has > been addressed in git. > > C

Re: An & Exclude Programmes (Web PVR) truncates data

2014-12-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Dec 2014 at 4:56, M Clark M Clark wrote: > If one types a string containing and & in the Exclude Programmes field that > and all subsequent characters are > dropped. > eg. > Dennis & Gnasher > becomes > Dennis > > Platform used is Windows (if that makes any difference). > > I noticed this

Re: PVR search term suggestions

2014-12-12 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 12 Dec 2014 at 3:26, Alan Milewczyk Alan Milewczyk wrote: > On 11/12/2014 23:46, Terry L. Ridder wrote: > > To download the BBC Radio 4 Extra item "Vent", i used the single word > > "vent". > > Downloaded Advent, Coventry, Adventure, inventory, etc. I am still > > sorting through the downlo

Re: Help

2014-12-14 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 14 Dec 2014 at 23:46, K Richard Whitbread K Richard Whitbread wrote: > I normally use PVR to download Cerys on 6, Weekend Wogan and Johnnie > Walker Sounds of the Seventies (all Sunday broadcasts). > > PVR failed so I found the programme using search and got this message: > > Recording The

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.91 released

2014-12-23 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 23 Dec 2014 at 9:43, dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin wrote: > On 23/12/2014 02:17, Alex Poylisher wrote: > > BBC Four: > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/playlists/hds/pc/ak/bbc_four_hd.f4m > > > > BBC News: > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/playlists/hds/pc/ak/bbc_news_channel_hd.

Re: [ANN] get_iplayer 2.91 released

2014-12-24 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 23 Dec 2014 at 22:08, Jon Davies Jon Davies wrote: > > On 23/12/2014 20:09, Peter S Kirk wrote: > >> > >> I can confirm all except BBC News result in a 404 Error here too. Perhaps > >> its ISP and/or region issue - Virgin Media cable, Scotchland > > &g

Re: James May - Flight Club

2014-12-29 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 29 Dec 2014 at 20:49, Dave Liquorice Dave Liquorice wrote: > > Unless it's an older "series catch up" episode, in which case it > > may still be in the cache too, but that's less common now that things are > > generally available for 30 days. > > How does one explain Click, the entire last 1

Re: If you only use GIP to download two things this Christmas...

2015-01-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
Downloaded. Thanks for heads-up. Enjoyed prev Cabin Pressure eps. Didn't know it was an A-Z series. On 24 Dec 2014 at 19:51, Jonathan H Jonathan H wrote: > Stupid accidental send. As I was saying, the only thing you'll need is... > > get_iplayer.cmd --type=radio --pid=b04vf25d,b04vf959 > > T

Re: Post-processing

2015-01-06 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 6 Jan 2015 at 16:12, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: > I'm not sure I'd do it at all though, because I find I always want to sanity > check the size of fetched files, and for TV programmes I always load what's > arrived into VLC and make sure that the end

Re: Dude, where's my Top Gear news item ...

2015-03-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Mar 2015 at 22:29, Mable Syrup Mable Syrup wrote: > On Wed, 4/3/15, tellyaddict wrote: > snip > Looking at --info on it it looks like there are > 2 working versions available. editorial and shortened. > Editorial HD is 1069 MB compared to the shortened HD version > at 1030MB. Def

Re: help please concerning command prompt.....lol

2015-03-14 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 14 Mar 2015 at 14:17, Bob McLellan Bob McLellan wrote: > Hi there, > > I have been searching for this and cannot find out how to do it. Everywhere, > it tells you what to type to get various features or modes, all in the > command prompt, ie > > get_iplayer --type=radio news > > just wher

Re: Bug: -u updates get_ipayer(.pl) only in v2.91 > v2.92

2015-03-15 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Mar 2015 at 18:46, Howard Orgel Howard Orgel wrote: > Thank you for all your hard work with this latest release. > > However, there appears to be a bug in the in-program update code: > When I invoked "get_iplayer -u" to update from v2.91 to v2.92 on the day > of release, the Windows insta

Re: Bug: -u updates get_ipayer(.pl) only in v2.91 > v2.92

2015-03-16 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Mar 2015 at 23:13, Howard Orgel Howard Orgel wrote: > On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:41:13 +0000, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > > Release notes: > > > "The installer will update the following components to the indicated > > versions: > > Component Versio

Re: Seedbox & GiP

2015-03-24 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 24 Mar 2015 at 11:16, Roger Bell_West Roger Bell_West wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:50:43AM +, CJB wrote: > > I wonder if it would work on a seedbox (of the > >kind normally used for torrenting)? > > There's no reason it wouldn't (it's just another computer, after all), > but you'l

Re: Seedbox & GiP

2015-03-25 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 25 Mar 2015 at 4:16, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet wrote: > On Tue Mar 24 21:49:13 GMT 2015, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > > Went through all the steps and it would not work. > > (snip) > > VPS was in Holland. > > Hello Peter! > > Would it not work

Re: Seedbox & GiP

2015-03-26 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 26 Mar 2015 at 12:58, Peter Corlett wrote: > > Peter Kirk wrote: > > I was not aware of that, I often wondered why OVH is there when UK has > > bigger "pipes", that explains it. > > Much of the UK's Internet infrastructure is concentrated in data centres and > other hastily-erected barns in

Re: Seedbox & GiP

2015-03-26 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 26 Mar 2015 at 15:02, David Cantrell David Cantrell wrote: > > > Peter Kirk wrote: > > > Reason VPS is in Holland is price: initially Euro 30 pa, now discounted. > > Peter Corlett wrote > > The Dutch love a bargain, but that price can't possibly be sustainable. > > For a very small VPS run

Re: Incorporating Thumbnail in .mp4 file

2015-04-04 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 4 Apr 2015 at 23:40, Budgie Budgie wrote: > Been doing some housekeeping and find I still have a number of > downloaded episodes with separate .mp4 and .jpg files dating from one of > the times when I failed to install AtomicParsley correctly. > > I understand it is possible to run somethin

Re: libxml2-2_.dll missing?

2015-04-10 Thread Peter S Kirk
> > On Apr 10, 2015, at 12:43, Philip Colmer wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > Yes, it is Windows. Whilst I understand your point about the Perl > > installation, it is the get_iplayer Windows installer that takes care of all > > of that. I don't have Perl installed separately on my computer. > > >

Re: Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments - Episode 1

2015-04-12 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 12 Apr 2015 at 16:37, C E Macfarlane C E Macfarlane wrote: > Does anyone have any idea why this episode of ... > Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments - 1 Forts and Castles: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074mbx > ... has apparently never been available via iPlayer, despite it

RE: RE: Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments - Episode 1

2015-04-12 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 12 Apr 2015 at 19:40, C E Macfarlane C E Macfarlane wrote: > So I guess my point still stands, why aren't they > available now, and why have not been so in recent weeks? Mr Macfarlane, I have all six episodes on cloud storage which I can share with you. PM me if interested. As for debatin

Re: Requests For Features

2015-04-16 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 15 Apr 2015 at 18:03, Vangelis forthnet Vangelis forthnet wrote: > Peter Kirk wrote: > > > C4 & C5 are not possible as they use rtmpe > > and afaik no solution has been found. > > 4oD currently uses AdobeHDS (over HTTP) with FlashAccessDRM encryption, > which has not been reverse-engineered

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes

2015-04-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 19 Apr 2015 at 12:23, Jim web Jim web wrote: > Short answer: > > Yes the files available did change a while ago. > > Longer answer: > > The background is more complex. Jim, Thank you for that well written detailed explanation. I found it interesting and informative. Cheers, Peter ___

Re: secret history of our streets - sd or hd

2015-04-29 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 29 Apr 2015 at 17:16, Jim web Jim web wrote: > Oh well, my main interest in these programmes are when they are the kinds > of areas I remember from my ancient past. So - fingers crossed - I hope > later editions that I'm interested in *are* HD! Its particularly useful for > seeing the map proj

Live download problem - fails - error

2015-05-09 Thread Peter S Kirk
I have tried a few options - logs below - all failed. Any suggestions for downloading Live stream to file? Win XP Pro SP3, rtmpdump-20140302-git-79459a2-win32 get_iplayer --type=livetv --pid="bbc_one" get_iplayer v2.90, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis INFO Trying to stream pid using type liv

Re: Live download problem - fails - error

2015-05-10 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 10 May 2015 at 9:54, Mark Carroll Mark Carroll wrote: > "Peter S Kirk" writes: > > Any suggestions for downloading Live stream to file? > > > > Win XP Pro SP3, rtmpdump-20140302-git-79459a2-win32 > > > > get_iplayer --type=livetv --pid="bbc_one

Re: BBC Global iPlayer to close in June

2015-05-14 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 14 May 2015 at 22:24, CJB CJB wrote: > The BBC has confirmed the "global" version of its iPlayer on-demand > service will close next month. > > The corporation had charged users subscription fees to watch > programmes via the app in Western Europe, Australia and Canada. > > However, it never

Re: iPlayer Still Truncating Radio Progs.

2015-05-14 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 14 May 2015 at 22:36, TQ TQ wrote: > > On 14 May 2015 at 22:30 CJB wrote: > > > > > > Damn damn damn - the Beeb still hasn't got its timings right. > > > > Just recently the Navy Lark endings have been truncated at the end. > > And many other programmes are close to being so. > > > > The

Re: [Maybe OT]British Library National Audit of Sound Collections

2015-05-19 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 May 2015 at 6:57, Nick Payne wrote: > On 19/05/2015 21:09, David Cantrell wrote: > > In this case the tapes are whatever unsigned bands consisting of > > impoverished students could buy in bulk. So cheap crap made out of > > swarf and brown paint probably. > > A friend of mine who spent

Re: Numeric Only Search

2015-05-20 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 20 May 2015 at 20:46, Derek Kaye wrote: > Good evening all, > Having a bit of trouble setting up a pvr search where the term is numeric > only. > > I'm looking to download the BBC four programme '1864', but the best > search I can come up with is the following: > > $ get_iplayer --fields tit

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