Re: BBC iPlayer Desktop

== On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:57:47 +0000 Len Lawrence took the time to
write ==

>Len Lawrence wrote:
>> Peter Watson wrote:
>>> The command get_iplayer gives me a list of programmes with numbers in 
>>> the first column.
>>>
>>> Then the command get_iplayer --get 123 will download the programme 
>>> with number 123. However sometimes I receive a message that there is 
>>> no iphone version, in this case I use the comand 
>>> get_iplayer --type=tv --get 123 --modes=iphone,flashhigh,flashnormal --
>>> flvstreamer=flvstreamer  (this command all on one line)
>>>
>>> This works but does require the seperate programme flvstreamer, I 
>>> downloaded the fedora version of this from the get_iplayer site and 
>>> it seems to work fine.
>>>
>>> I notice in the documentation that there is also an option to 
>>> download a high quality flash version but I have not tried this.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>>
>> In view of all the problems I decided simply to download the latest 
>> get_iplayer and run it from my own bin directory.  The first problem 
>> was no links on the BBC iPlayer site to a download.  Everything ended 
>> up at iPlayer Desktop so I had to google for the script.  Found it at 
>> LinuxCentre http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/download.  So has the 
>> BBC withdrawn support for get_iplayer by itself?
>>
>> The good news is that the get_iplayer --get nnn command now works.
>>
>However, although flvstreamer from Fedora is in /usr/bin the 
>modes=flashvhigh option fails to convert the .flv file to mp4 when the 
>download completes, leaving a .mp4.flv file which as far as I can see is 
>unplayable.  Can't remember the error report.
>
>Len

Len, try renaming the file leaving out the .mp4 part.


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