Re: BBC iPlayer Desktop

Peter Watson wrote:
> On Sunday 20 Dec 2009 11:07:34 Len Lawrence wrote:
>   
>> Has anybody had any success with installing this on 32bit or 64bit
>> systems?  It requires Adobe Air (32bit only) but I cannot get to 
>>     
> first
>   
>> base because of the dependencies.  All technical help is based on
>> Ubuntu, Fedora and SuSE.  It can be assumed that it is 
>>     
> straightforward
>   
>> for those distributions if the instructions are followed, probably.
>>
>> Len
>>
>>
>>     
> No!
>
>  When I try to install it from the BBC website I just get a never 
> ending progress bar and nothing works. I get a folder ~/.adobe 
> created which contains a number of sub folders, but the only file 
> created  is one called .directory which only contains a time stamp.
>
> On the other hand I have usually found get_iplayer very successful. 
> The current version seems to do only BBC (not ITV etc) 
> programmes. I generally download programmes I want and make a 
> DVD with Devede.
>
> Regards
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>   
I managed to download programmes in the past but have forgotten how I 
did it.  Now when I try --get the program comes up with something like 
"trying iphone option" and fails. One download started successfully but 
that was an experiment on a programme that I did not want.  Confusing.  
When I try downloading from the browser I am told to install the iPlayer 
Desktop.  After agreeing to that the installer goes through its paces, 
using /opt and saying installing ...whatever then comes up with an error 
2004 on completion.  "Sorry, this application cannot be installed" and 
then the never ending progress bar.  My guess is that there are missing 
dependencies.  The help page has a long list and the FAQ pages give 
explicit instructions for installing Air and its dependencies on a 64bit 
system.  That is where I came unstuck.  Nothing new in .adobe or /opt.

I would be interested in HD versions of some of the programmes but 
iPlayer seems to deal in low resolution only.
I was hoping that the Desktop would have more options.

P.S.  Just trying again with get_iplayer -g EastEnders:
Trying iphone mode
No iphone version for EastEnders omnibus
Skipping iphone mode
Then a successful lowres download of a single episode, exactly the 
opposite behaviour from last night's attempt.
Have had no success with an index number or --pid.  It is not clear 
which number or string is the pid.

Len






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