Hello all
To save space & download usage I used to get news & current affairs etc with cmd line --modes=flashlow (512x288), but have been getting 'No specified modes' errors since around 14th Jan; the lowest quality I can currently get is flashhigh (640x360).
Did the BBC stop their lowest-bandwidth programme versions, or have I missed something?

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INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid found in cache
Matches:
1035: Newsnight - 30/01/2015, BBC Two, News, default

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: No specified modes (flashlow) available for this programme with version 'd
efault' (try using --modes=flashhd,flashhigh,flashstd,flashvhigh,hlshigh,hlslow,
hlsstd,hlsvhigh,rtsphd,rtsphigh,rtspstd,rtspvhigh,subtitles)
ERROR: Failed to record 'Newsnight - 30/01/2015 (b0512kdk)'

Moved to mobile, but get_iplayer ignores Flash mobile streams. is 640x360 but almost half the bitrate of and roughly the same size as . If you really want the smaller video size, use for now.

Quote:<div class="d4p-bbp-quote-title">Quote:</div>Moved to mobile, but get_iplayer ignores Flash mobile streams.

Code:

flashstd

is 640×360 but almost half the bitrate of

Code:

flashhigh

and roughly the same size as

Code:

flashlow

. If you really want the smaller video size, use

Code:

hlslow

for now.

Ah, I had thought that flashstd & flashhigh were the same size due to same bit-rate; didn't realise the size difference as hadn't tried a full flashstd download of anything. Cheers for the pointer, those both work fine.