Are podcasts handled differently in the cache?  I don't seem to be able to request a program using the ID as I would with tv and radio.

Here's a example using a well known programme ...


(Still on Ubuntu 10.04 for this - I know, I know - if that's of any consequence)

It appears that you have never updated the podcast plugin, which was changed years ago. Index numbers for podcasts are > 200000. Try:
then refresh your podcast cache.

Plugin files have been removed for the next release, so you shouldn't ever need to do this again.

Makes sense - grabbing a podcast by ID is something I haven't had to do for quite a while.

The u[date command didn't work though:


Do I have to go and read the wiki - if so, which section?

Thanks
Mable

Wiki won't be any help. You appear to have a packaged version of get_iplayer, but it doesn't look like the PPA build (which is no longer available for 10.04 anyway), so not sure what you've done to your system.  The simplest thing would be to download this file:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-ip...ast.plugin

and use it to replace both of these files (if found on your system - you may have either or both):

/usr/share/get_iplayer/plugins/podcast.plugin
$HOME/.get_iplayer/plugins/podcast.plugin

Thanks - I'll give it a try.

I've no idea how I ended up with this configuration - I set it up years ago, and, at some stage used the jon-hedgerows ppa.  It's been pretty much automatic updates since then, with iirc, some manual finger-pokery at 2.94, but nothing drastic.  A testament to the 'product' that it's been pain free all the time I've been using it. 

Must stop putting off that OS upgrade.

(06-01-2016, 12:41 AM)Must stop putting off that OS upgrade.

I suggest you take up the next LTS release when it appears in April.  Once that release is available, there will be some changes to get_iplayer that will make things a bit more difficult for holdouts with obsolete Linux systems.