[ubuntu-uk] get_iPlayer

[David King]

Sometimes one of the problems with things like help documentation in a 
program, is that it lists lots of options but no examples on how to use 
them. For example, I thought that just using -o option by itself would 
set the default download location for all downloads, whereas your 
example shows that it has to append the download instruction with 
programme number. But the help in the program does not specify that.

Thanks for clarifying the usage with your example.

David King



Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/3/6 David King <linuxman at avoura.com>:
>   
>> I downloaded and installed the program as per your instructions, but
>> when using it there are two things I do not seem to be able to do:
>> 1. set the output directory (it just lists all the programs when I use
>> ./get_iplayer -o DirectoryPath)
>>     
>
> Yes, you have to actually tell it what you want to download from the list..
>
> This will update the list:-
>
> alan at wopr:~/iplayer$ ./get_iplayer --type=radio
> :
> 12389:	Stand-Up With the Stars - Episode 1, BBC Radio 4, Comedy,Standup,Radio
> :
>
> Then this will download a programme from the list
>
> alan at wopr:~/iplayer$ ./get_iplayer --type=radio -g 12389 -o
> ../files_from_iplayer/
> get_iplayer v1.42, Copyright (C) 2009 Phil Lewis
>   This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
>   This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
>   conditions; use --conditions for details.
>
> Matches:
> 12389:	Stand-Up With the Stars - Episode 1, BBC Radio 4, Comedy,Standup,Radio
>
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
> INFO: iphone,real modes will be tried
> INFO: Trying iphone mode to download radio: Stand-Up With the Stars - Episode 1
> INFO: File name prefix =
> Stand-Up_With_the_Stars_-_Episode_1_b00hyjd6_default
> WARNING: iphone version not available
> WARNING: Retrying download for 'Stand-Up With the Stars - Episode 1 (b00hyjd6)'
> INFO: File name prefix =
> Stand-Up_With_the_Stars_-_Episode_1_b00hyjd6_default
> WARNING: iphone version not available
> WARNING: Retrying download for 'Stand-Up With the Stars - Episode 1 (b00hyjd6)'
> INFO: File name prefix =
> Stand-Up_With_the_Stars_-_Episode_1_b00hyjd6_default
> WARNING: iphone version not available
> INFO: Trying real mode to download radio: Stand-Up With the Stars - Episode 1
> INFO: File name prefix = Stand-Up_With_the_Stars_-_Episode_1_b00hyjd6
> INFO: Transcoding
> ../files_from_iplayer//Stand-Up_With_the_Stars_-_Episode_1_b00hyjd6.partial.mp3
> MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6700  @ 2.66GHz (Family: 6,
> Model: 15, Stepping: 6)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
>
> Playing rtsp://rm-acl.bbc.co.uk:554/radio4fmcoyopa/radio_4_fm_-_sunday_1330.ra?timestamp=1235999202&pid=b00hyjd2&BBC-UID=c499c896bfb35593d79584b5c070a1cc296fecba1000f11484bfd8317ffb9665&SSO2-UID=.
> Resolving rm-acl.bbc.co.uk for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: rm-acl.bbc.co.uk
> Resolving rm-acl.bbc.co.uk for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server rm-acl.bbc.co.uk[212.58.227.104]: 554...
> Cache size set to 128 KBytes
> Cache fill: 18.75% (24576 bytes)
> REAL file format detected.
> Stream description: audio/x-pn-multirate-realaudio logical stream
> Stream mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio
> [real] Audio stream found, -aid 0
> Clip info:
>  name: BBC Radio 4
>  copyright: British Broadcasting Corporation 2009, all rights reserved.
> ==========================================================================
> Forced audio codec: mad
> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 64.1 kbit/4.54% (ratio: 8010->176400)
> Selected audio codec: [ffcook] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg COOK audio decoder)
> ==========================================================================
> [AO PCM] File: /home/alan/.get_iplayer/namedpipe.24356 (WAVE)
> PCM: Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le
> [AO PCM] Info: Faster dumping is achieved with -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast
> [AO PCM] Info: To write WAVE files use -ao pcm:waveheader (default).
> AO: [pcm] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Video: no video
> Starting playback...
> A:  64.7 (01:04.6) of 1801.0 (30:01.0)  7.9% 3%
>
> It's now downloading....
>
> alan at wopr:~/iplayer$ ls -l ../files_from_iplayer/
> total 18040
> -rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan 18448384 2009-03-06 20:25
> Stand-Up_With_the_Stars_-_Episode_1_b00hyjd6.partial.mp3
>
> When it's finished I'll have an MP3 in that folder.
>
>   
>> 2. when downloading it always uses iphone mode which means fairly small
>> files, but they are low quality, it would be nice if the files
>> downloaded were of a higher quality.
>>
>>     
>
> It can only download what is available. It will try the iPhone
> versions of files and the realaudio ones too.
>
> The documentation for get_iplayer is at:-
>
> http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/documentation/
>
> Cheers
> Al.
>
>