Hi All 

New member here, found get_iplayer last night and it looks great, having a little trouble with it.  I am trying to download Eastenders but I can't seem to get it to download the high quality files only the low ones that are about 88meg in size which isn't that great.

I have a PVR setup with this info:

fields name
modes flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh
subtitles 0
thumb 0
type tv
versionlist default
search0 eastenders


But get these errors


TMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 3, server answered 21
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
INFO: Command exit code 3 (raw code = 768)
WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Eas
tEnders_-_5125._24_08_2015_b0684n88_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh2 mode
ERROR: Failed to record 'EastEnders - 5125. 24/08/2015 (b0684n88)'
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashhd1,flashhd2,flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,flashhigh1,flashhigh2 modes will
 be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashhd1 mode to record tv: EastEnders - 5126. 25/08/2015
INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5126._25_08_2015_b0684nwv_default

RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 3, server answered 21
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
INFO: Command exit code 3 (raw code = 768)
WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Eas
tEnders_-_5126._25_08_2015_b0684nwv_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhd1 mode
INFO: Trying flashhd2 mode to record tv: EastEnders - 5126. 25/08/2015
INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5126._25_08_2015_b0684nwv_default

RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 3, server answered 21
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
INFO: Command exit code 3 (raw code = 768)
WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Eas
tEnders_-_5126._25_08_2015_b0684nwv_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhd2 mode
INFO: Trying flashvhigh1 mode to record tv: EastEnders - 5126. 25/08/2015
INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5126._25_08_2015_b0684nwv_default

RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 3, server answered 21
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
INFO: Command exit code 3 (raw code = 768)
WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Eas
tEnders_-_5126._25_08_2015_b0684nwv_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashvhigh1 mode
INFO: Trying flashvhigh2 mode to record tv: EastEnders - 5126. 25/08/2015
INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5126._25_08_2015_b0684nwv_default



I have tried to adjust the modes and I got it to download one 500meg size episode but then it skipped the other five with errors.  

Any ideas what I am doing wrong please?

Thank you very much

Stuart

Still testing here, best mode skips all better modes till it gets to the lowest...any ideas?

RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 3, server answered 21
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
INFO: Command exit code 3 (raw code = 768)
WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Eas
tEnders_-_5124._21_08_2015_b0670l9b_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh1 mode
INFO: Trying flashhigh2 mode to record tv: EastEnders - 5124. 21/08/2015
INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5124._21_08_2015_b0670l9b_default

RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 3, server answered 21
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
INFO: Command exit code 3 (raw code = 768)
WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Eas
tEnders_-_5124._21_08_2015_b0670l9b_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh2 mode
INFO: Trying flashstd1 mode to record tv: EastEnders - 5124. 21/08/2015
INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5124._21_08_2015_b0670l9b_default

RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 3, server answered 21
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
INFO: Command exit code 3 (raw code = 768)
WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Eas
tEnders_-_5124._21_08_2015_b0670l9b_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashstd1 mode
INFO: Trying flashstd2 mode to record tv: EastEnders - 5124. 21/08/2015
INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5124._21_08_2015_b0670l9b_default

RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 3, server answered 21
ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
INFO: Command exit code 3 (raw code = 768)
WARNING: Failed to stream file C:\Users\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\Eas
tEnders_-_5124._21_08_2015_b0670l9b_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashstd2 mode
INFO: Trying flashlow1 mode to record tv: EastEnders - 5124. 21/08/2015
INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5124._21_08_2015_b0670l9b_default

RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              1726.12
INFO:   moovPosition          36.00
INFO:   width                 512.00
INFO:   height                288.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            66.00
INFO:   avclevel              30.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        25.00
INFO:   audiosamplerate       48000.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                43153000.00
INFO:   timescale             25000.00
INFO:   language              und
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                82853888.00
INFO:   timescale             48000.00
INFO:   language              und
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
11603.537 kB / 233.36 sec (13.5%)

There is no need for duplicate postings containing nearly identical output spews.  We only need one.

Those programmes work fine here. One possible explanation for only getting lowest quality is that you're outside the UK and using a proxy.  If that doesn't apply to you, try --modes=hlsbest to avoid rtmpdump.  If there are some Flash servers out there that are incompatible with rtmpdump, there isn't anything we can do about it anyway.