Re: Downloading Subtitles
On 08/10/18 10:22, I wrote: That is not quite the whole story. There were a few programmes whose subtitle XML files (TTML?) were corrupt. They included some NUL characters and, I am told, NUL is not a valid character in XML. The code was changed to ignore NUL characters. As an additional measure downloading of subtitles was delayed until the end to reduce the risk that errors in subtitles could cause the whole download to fail. I haven't got it quite right either. The 3.07 release notes say, "Fixed a bug that caused get_iplayer to exit (and skip metadata tagging) when corrupt subtitles were provided by the BBC. Corrupt subtitles will now generate an error message, but get_iplayer will not exit. As an extra precaution, subtitles download now occurs after tagging is complete." They also say, "Subtitles are now trimmed according to --start and --stop, if specified. The actual subtitles start and/or stop times are calculated to the nearest chunk boundary in the HLS or DASH stream. The value of --suboffset is still applied. This trimming is not supported for --subtitles-only. You can use --subtitles-only to re-download the full subtitles for a programme if desired. (@notnac)" I am guessing, but it is possible that a change in download order was needed to implement that. The 3.09 release notes say, "Null characters are now removed from subtitles before processing. This should prevent at least some problems caused by corrupt subtitle files. (@notnac)" Best wishes Richard ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
Thank Alan and everyone else. This did it get_iplayer --subtitles-only --pid b0bkvw2l Huh - never could get used to the Ozzie accent!!! Cheers - Chris B. On 08/10/2018, Alan Milewczyk wrote: > On 08/10/2018 00:32, Alan Milewczyk wrote: >> On 08/10/2018 00:05, CJB wrote: >>> Please - is there a way of downloading subtitles after the respective >>> video file has been downloaded? The latter file is a large one and I >>> don't wont to download it again. But trying to watch the video the >>> sound is not clear. The pid is b0bkvw2l BTW. Many thanks. Chris B. >>> >>> ___ >>> get_iplayer mailing list >>> get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org >>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer >>> >> |The following will do the job: get_iplayer --subtitles-only |pid >> b0bkvw2l >> > > Don't know what happened there. it should have read: > get_iplayer --subtitles-only --pid b0bkvw2l > > A > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ___ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
On 08/10/18 03:02, Vangelis forthnet wrote: On Mon Oct 8 00:18:40 BST 2018, Peter S Kirk wrote: Until recently, subtitles were downloaded first thus get_i pvr could be stopped once done. Now they are downloaded after video. Why? ... Because the powers that be (i.e. the one and only person still maintaining the code of GiP) decreed so: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/35d8e7b4d23815b85937727868bd9364ae829f0a The logic behind that change appears to be # Get subtitles if they exist and are required and media download succeeded i.e. the author ASSUMES you wouldn't want the subs (only) if the actual media download failed... The status quo ante was: # Get subtitles if they exist and are required # best to do this before streaming file so that the subtitles can be enjoyed while recording progresses Hi Vangelis That is not quite the whole story. There were a few programmes whose subtitle XML files (TTML?) were corrupt. They included some NUL characters and, I am told, NUL is not a valid character in XML. The code was changed to ignore NUL characters. As an additional measure downloading of subtitles was delayed until the end to reduce the risk that errors in subtitles could cause the whole download to fail. Best wishes Richard ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
From: chrisjbr...@gmail.com Sent: 8 October 2018 00:05 To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Downloading Subtitles Please - is there a way of downloading subtitles after the respective video file has been downloaded? The latter file is a large one and I don't wont to download it again. But trying to watch the video the sound is not clear. The pid is b0bkvw2l BTW. Many thanks. Chris B. Try --subtitles-only See https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/subtitles ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
On 08 Oct 2018, Alan Milewczyk wrote: > Don't know what happened there. it should have read: > get_iplayer --subtitles-only --pid b0bkvw2l That's how I do it -- just yesterday afternoon in fact. Took me a while because I forgot to check --long-help which is off where the option is hiding. -- Mark ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
On 08/10/2018 00:32, Alan Milewczyk wrote: On 08/10/2018 00:05, CJB wrote: Please - is there a way of downloading subtitles after the respective video file has been downloaded? The latter file is a large one and I don't wont to download it again. But trying to watch the video the sound is not clear. The pid is b0bkvw2l BTW. Many thanks. Chris B. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer |The following will do the job: get_iplayer --subtitles-only |pid b0bkvw2l Don't know what happened there. it should have read: get_iplayer --subtitles-only --pid b0bkvw2l A --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 00:24:29 BST, Ray Penn wrote: I always used to make use of the --subsonly option. Does that still work? On Mon, Oct 8 00:41:00 BST 2018, J K.Eason wrote: but there's no mention of --subsonly on the page I linked to. I assume it's been superseded by --subtitles-only. According to https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/blob/57ac0a5b92c926277d53d591e0d46659321583e2/get_iplayer#L144 --subsonly should still be valid! (As should be --subtitlesonly --subs-only ) Best regards, V. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
On Mon Oct 8 00:18:40 BST 2018, Peter S Kirk wrote: Until recently, subtitles were downloaded first thus get_i pvr could be stopped once done. Now they are downloaded after video. Why? ... Because the powers that be (i.e. the one and only person still maintaining the code of GiP) decreed so: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/35d8e7b4d23815b85937727868bd9364ae829f0a The logic behind that change appears to be # Get subtitles if they exist and are required and media download succeeded i.e. the author ASSUMES you wouldn't want the subs (only) if the actual media download failed... The status quo ante was: # Get subtitles if they exist and are required # best to do this before streaming file so that the subtitles can be enjoyed while recording progresses In any case, even back when the subs were fetched before media download completion, they still had the ".partial.srt" suffix and that was only removed when the video itself was fully dumped to file... And it wasn't a "recent"change, 't was more than a year ago... (... I couldn't help noticing the comment to the aforelinked commit: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/35d8e7b4d23815b85937727868bd9364ae829f0a#commitcomment-25039704 which, of course, remains unanswered to this day...) Best regards, Vangelis. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
I've never actually used subtitles, but there's no mention of --subsonly on the page I linked to. I assume it's been superseded by --subtitles-only. Actually the link at https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/subtitles#examples takes you straight to the Example section of that page. I posted the wrong link in my first message although it does go to the correct page. In case anyone wants to know how to actually use a separate subtitle (.srt) file, the instructions for using one (in VLC) are here: http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1892893/srt-file-vlc-player.html > *From:* Ray Penn > *To:* m...@john-eason.co.uk > *Date:* Mon, 8 Oct 2018 00:24:29 +0100 > > I always used to make use of the > > --subsonly > > option. > > Does that still work? -- Regards John ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
> Please - is there a way of downloading subtitles after the > respective > video file has been downloaded? The latter file is a large one and I > don't wont to download it again. But trying to watch the video the > sound is not clear. The pid is b0bkvw2l BTW. Many thanks. Chris B. https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/subtitles#raw Look under the Examples section. -- Regards John ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
Until recently subtitles were downloaded first thus get_i pvr could be stopped once done. Now they are downloaded after video. Why? On 8 Oct 2018 at 0:08, Graham Temple Graham Temple wrote: > I've often wondered that > > Graham Temple > +44 (0)1502 533433 > +44 (0)7508 578446 > > > Original Message > From: chrisjbr...@gmail.com > Sent: 8 October 2018 00:05 > To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > Subject: Downloading Subtitles > > Please - is there a way of downloading subtitles after the respective > video file has been downloaded? The latter file is a large one and I > don't wont to download it again. But trying to watch the video the > sound is not clear. The pid is b0bkvw2l BTW. Many thanks. Chris B. > > ___ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > ___ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles
I've often wondered that Graham Temple +44 (0)1502 533433 +44 (0)7508 578446 Original Message From: chrisjbr...@gmail.com Sent: 8 October 2018 00:05 To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Downloading Subtitles Please - is there a way of downloading subtitles after the respective video file has been downloaded? The latter file is a large one and I don't wont to download it again. But trying to watch the video the sound is not clear. The pid is b0bkvw2l BTW. Many thanks. Chris B. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles-Only
get_iplayer is working as intended. The programme metadata used for searching does not include any indicator of whether or not a particular programme has subtitles. I see, fair enough. I'm actually trying to use BBC subtitles as a text corpus for linguisic analysis, and was hoping to avoid downloading duplicates. But if the metadata doesn't indicate subtitle presence, there's no (easy) way for GiP to keep track of which srt files have already been downloaded. I'll just use duplicate file removal software. On a different note, can I ask why I don't get this list in my email - only on the infradead site? Or am I again missing that things are working as intended :-)? ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: Downloading Subtitles-Only
On 10/01/2013 15:05, Kapitano wrote: When I run this: get_iplayer --type tv --subtitles-only --terse --search .* --file-prefix=name - episode - dldate ...GiP doesn't just list what subtitles are available, it downloads the srt files. And if I run it again, it downloads them again. If I run it on different days, I get identical srt files with different datestamps in the filenames. If I do that with only --file-prefix=name - episode, it overwrites the previous downloads without asking. Is there a way to prevent all of these happening? Or am I missing something incredibly obvious? The only thing you're missing is that get_iplayer is working as intended. From the man page: --subtitles-only Only download the subtitles, not the programme The --subtitles-only option means download only the subtitles for the programmes which match the search condition or programme ID. You can't search for only those programmes which have subtitles. The programme metadata used for searching does not include any indicator of whether or not a particular programme has subtitles. To get that information requires retrieving the stream information for each programme, which would mean another ~1000 web requests for BBC TV, 3000+ for BBC radio - not practical or efficient. Instead, you just add the --subtitles option to --get or --pid and get_iplayer will grab the subtitles if they exist. The --subtitles-only option effectively works the same way. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
