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user-416

12-03-2014, 11:59 AM
Greetings all!

Is there any chance of get-i-player downloading BBC archive radio and telly programmes? If yes, what is/what are the command(s) to use?

tnob

user-2

12-03-2014, 01:08 PM
Use the PID (7-character alphanumeric code) in the episode player page URL:

Code:
get_iplayer --pid <PID>



If that doesn't work, try the episode player page URL itself:

Code:
get_iplayer --url <URL>



If that doesn't work, post the URL for the programme you want to download.

user-809

30-12-2014, 01:16 PM
I am also having problems with get_iplayer and BBC Archive. some programmes will download from the GUI, and others wont. I have tried the --pid, --get, & --url methods with some that don't. Some times it works. Here is the code of one that doesn't:

Code:
sadiq@dougal:~> get_iplayer --url http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03495yn/lets-imagine-a-branch-line-railway-with-john-betjeman#group=p01277qd
get_iplayer v2.91, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 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.

INFO: Episode-only pid detected
INFO: Trying pid: b03495yn using type: tv
INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid found in cache
Matches:
820:    Let's Imagine - A Branch Line Railway with John Betjeman, BBC, Factual,Lifestyle & Leisure,Travel, default

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
WARNING: No programme versions found
sadiq@dougal:~> get_iplayer --get 820
get_iplayer v2.91, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 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:
820:    Let's Imagine - A Branch Line Railway with John Betjeman, BBC, Factual,Lifestyle & Leisure,Travel, default

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
WARNING: No programme versions found
sadiq@dougal:~>

user-809

30-12-2014, 01:19 PM
PS Forgot the close tags function! Sorry. Would be nice to have an Edit button.

Thanks for any help.

user-809

30-12-2014, 02:11 PM
Problem solved. Did some more searching on the forum and found the --playlist-metadata option.

Code:
sadiq@dougal:~> get_iplayer --get "Let's Imagine - A Branch Line Railway with John Betjeman" --playlist-metadata
get_iplayer v2.91, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 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.

INFO: 0 Matching Programmes
sadiq@dougal:~> get_iplayer --modes=default --pid b03495yn --playlist-metadata
get_iplayer v2.91, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 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.

INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid found in cache
Matches:
819:    Let's Imagine - A Branch Line Railway with John Betjeman, BBC, Factual,Lifestyle & Leisure,Travel, default

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,flashhigh1,flashhigh2,flashstd1,flashstd2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashvhigh1 mode to record tv: Let's Imagine - A Branch Line Railway with John Betjeman
INFO: File name prefix = Lets_Imagine_-_A_Branch_Line_Railway_with_John_Betjeman_b03495yn_default                
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB


Did the trick.

Thanks to all you guys this forum is a very usefull resource. I have good computer and technical skills, but am retired and have some health issues which have made me parially housebound. get_iplayer is a huge boon to someone in my position, particulalry as I'ved discovered all the old Horizons and other docs in the Archive.

user-30

30-12-2014, 02:51 PM
Well done for finding this yourself and I'm glad the forum helped!
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