[PATCH] Update iPlayer EMP version

Andy Bircumshaw andy at networkned.co.uk
Tue Oct 19 20:07:57 EDT 2010


On 19 Oct 2010, at 18:35, David Woodhouse wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 18:08 +0100, Jeff Cole wrote:
>> DEBUG: swfUrl   :
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/10player.swf?revision=15501_15796
>
> That's not the current URL. Either you didn't update, or you're
> overriding it in your config.

Note that under (or at the end of) Phil Lewis' maintainership the  
common configuration for get_iplayer to bypass the verification was  
something like:

   get_iplayer --flvstreamer /usr/bin/rtmpdump --rtmp-tv-opts --swfVfy http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/10player.swf?revision=15501_15796

Since this was lengthy to add to the command line every time you  
wanted to catch up with EastEnders, I'm guessing that most people used  
"--prefs-add", the same way I did:

   get_iplayer --flvstreamer /usr/bin/rtmpdump --rtmp-tv-opts '-- 
swfVfy http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/10player.swf?revision=15501_15796' -- 
prefs-add

Thus users should be checking for this:

   $ get_iplayer --prefs-show | grep swfVfy
	rtmptvopts = --swfVfy http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/10player.swf?revision=15501_15796
   $

If "--prefs-show" returns this "rtmptvopts" line, then it indicates  
the verification has been set manually.

You can remove this option with:

   get_iplayer --rtmp-tv-opts '' --prefs-del

   (note the above is two ' quotes, not a single ", and *is* necessary)

I wasn't aware myself until now that the shockwave verification had  
now been hard-wired.

aB.




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