Choice of file format

[Peter Jones]

Hi

yes I used --modes as well . the example I have is 'James_Hilton Lost
Horizon'


On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Dan Ashby <dan at slickpepper.co.uk> wrote:

> It should be:
>
> --modes= not --mode=
>
> Sorry.
>
> What program are you trying to grab?
>
> Dan
>
>
> --On 15 September 2010 14:43 +0200 Peter Jones <
> peter.llewelyn.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Dan
>>
>> Thanks fro the input.
>>
>> The mode=flashaudio,iphone returns an error 'No specidied modes
>> available' and Im asked to try flashaaclow,rtspaaclow,wma .
>> So I try again and the INFO tells me that  flashaaclo1w,wma1 will be
>> tried for the version default. Soit does seem not possible to force MP3
>> mode.
>>
>> I also see a message
>> WARNING: Your version of flvstreamer/rtmpdump does not support SWF
>> verification (FLVstreamer v1.9).
>>
>> a file with type default.partial.aac.flv is then downloaded and FFmpeg
>> tries and fails to convert this (file has Unknown format). The flv file
>> is retained.
>>
>> All this on Ubuntu 10.04.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Dan Ashby <dan at slickpepper.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> I use
>>
>> mode=flashaudio,iphone
>>
>> Not everything comes out in iphone format, hence the use of flashaudio.
>>
>> I stopped using flvstreamer and went over the rtmpdump and this helped
>> with some download problems I was having. See some earlier posts on this
>> problem:
>>
>> <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2010-August/000111.html
>> >
>> <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2010-August/000116.html
>> >
>>
>> .partial.flv is the default file extension before the file is finished
>> downloading. flv is a flash container that ffmpeg typically dumps the
>> audio / video stream from when the download is finished.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --On 04 September 2010 09:32 +0200 Peter Jones
>> <peter.llewelyn.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I would like to have MP3 format for all files that I download from BBC
>> radio
>> With the option --modes one can select the type of file for the download
>> of a radio program.
>> I have version 2.78 and I am limited to files in aac or wma using the
>> --modes option. However today I tried to download a Steve Wright BBC2
>> program
>> and by mistake I downloaded another BBC program and this arrived as MP3.
>> What decides the type of output for the file, is it the host or can I
>> force something on my side?
>>
>> Also when trying to download a program of more than 1 hour get_iplayer
>> stops and this is a regular occurrence. The downloaded program file is
>> then something like
>> ...default.partial.aac.flv .
>>
>> Can someone explain what is happening and what I can do to force MP3
>> download and ensure that whole programs are downloaded.
>>
>> Many thanks for your help
>>
>>
>>
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