Recent problems and rtmpdump

Wed Aug 3 04:31:26 EDT 2011

I can confirm that with rtmpdump 2.3, changing to
"--modes=flashvhigh2" made downloading 'Sarah Jane Adventures" merely
very hard instead of impossible. Is it the case that adding the "2" is
taking the data from a different content delivery network?

What I do find is that I dare not use the internet connection for
anything else when get_iplayer is running. If the stream fails to keep
up even for a split second the download always fails, with the endless
unsuccessful resume attempts, regardless of "mode".

In any case the success reports from rtmpdump2.4 are promising. Is
there a build for Windows?

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>   1. Re: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
>      (spam.mc)
>   2. RE: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
>      (Ross James)
>   3. Re: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
>      (Marshall Cleave)
>   4. Re: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
>      (Carl Fletcher)
>   5. Re: Recent read failure (Berni Elbourn)
>   6. Cannot download programs of type 'signed', need fix
>      (??? ??????????? ?????)
>   7. Re: Cannot download programs of type 'signed', need fix (marshall)
>   8. Re: Cannot download programs of type 'signed', need fix
>      (Carl Fletcher)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "spam.mc" <spam.mc at gmail.com>
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:24:10 +0100
> Subject: Re: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
> I also seem to be experiencing similar problems again now.
>
> Nothing's changed since everything was last working, then I had problems, then it was okay, now having trouble again.
>
> I expect it's the BBC end of things....
>
> It's a shame it's got flaky again.
>
> On 02/08/2011 11:59, David W. Legg wrote:
>>
>> For the last few days, I have been getting:
>>
>> 'WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame, ignoring data...
>> 96382.681 kB / 254.76 sec (16.4%)
>> Couldn't resume FLV file, try --skip 1
>>
>> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
>> ERROR: Failed to record 'The Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 4 - Lost in Time: Part 1 (b00vz64d)'
>> '
>>
>> The WARNING gets repeated loads of times.
>> I get a file of size about 95MB.
>>
>> The command was:
>> 'get_iplayer --get 723 --modes=flashvhigh'
>>
>> Any steers?
>>
>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Ross James" <ross_james at connectfree.co.uk>
> To: <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 17:55:07 +0100
> Subject: RE: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
>
> A tip that may or may not help people with this problem:
>
> I've been having this issue for a while now, it seems a programme will
> either work fine or always fail at the same point, usually around 60MB in. I
> normally use the "--modes=flashvhigh" paramater, but using
> "--modes=flashvhigh2" is giving me much better success, haven't had one fail
> yet since trying that.
>
> Worth a try....!
>
>
> Ross
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org
> [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Robert Sharp
> Sent: 02 August 2011 16:20
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
>
>
> On 02/08/11 14:49, marshall wrote:
>> On 02/08/11 13:09, chrism at spamcop.net wrote:
>>> Quoting "David W. Legg" <dwlegg at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> For the last few days, I have been getting:
>>>>
>>>> 'WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame, ignoring
>>>> data...
>>>> 96382.681 kB / 254.76 sec (16.4%)
>>>> Couldn't resume FLV file, try --skip 1
>>>>
>>>> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
>>>> ERROR: Failed to record 'The Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 4 - Lost
>>>> in
>>>> Time: Part 1 (b00vz64d)'
>>>> '
>>>>
>>>> The WARNING gets repeated loads of times.
>>>> I get a file of size about 95MB.
>>>>
>>>> The command was:
>>>> 'get_iplayer --get 723 --modes=flashvhigh'
>>>>
>>>> Any steers?
>>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> I think this is all related to the issues that have been widely
>>> reported on the list for the last week or so, which all seem to stem
>>> from "rtmpdump" and restarting streams after a redirection. The Beeb
>>> seem to have changed something around about last Tuesday.
>>>
>>> Make sure you have the latest patched version of the "get_iplayer"
>>> script. Other than that, all I can suggest, if you get this issue, is
>>> to delete the partial file and re-try the download.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> The RTMPdump 2.4 update came down this morning.
>> ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/rtmpdump
>> I shall be testing tonight with a fresh git pull. :)
>>
>> Regards
>> Marshall
>>
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> Hi
>
> I had this problem when I did a fresh install (2.79). I had an older version
> of flvstreamer (1.8) on my old disk and by using this
> (--flvstreamer) I avoid the problem. Not sure what I lose out on otherwise?
>
> Robert
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marshall Cleave <Marshall at brooklandsand.co.uk>
> To: marshall <marshall at brooklandsand.co.uk>
> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 18:41:04 +0100
> Subject: Re: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
> On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:49:29 +0100
> marshall <marshall at brooklandsand.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 02/08/11 13:09, chrism at spamcop.net wrote:
>> > Quoting "David W. Legg" <dwlegg at gmail.com>:
>> >
>> >> For the last few days, I have been getting:
>> >>
>> >> 'WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame, ignoring
>> >> data...
>> >> 96382.681 kB / 254.76 sec (16.4%)
>> >> Couldn't resume FLV file, try --skip 1
>> >>
>> >> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
>> >> ERROR: Failed to record 'The Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 4 -
>> >> Lost in Time: Part 1 (b00vz64d)'
>> >> '
>> >>
>> >> The WARNING gets repeated loads of times.
>> >> I get a file of size about 95MB.
>> >>
>> >> The command was:
>> >> 'get_iplayer --get 723 --modes=flashvhigh'
>> >>
>> >> Any steers?
>> >
>> > Hi David,
>> >
>> > I think this is all related to the issues that have been widely
>> > reported on the list for the last week or so, which all seem to
>> > stem from "rtmpdump" and restarting streams after a redirection.
>> > The Beeb seem to have changed something around about last Tuesday.
>> >
>> > Make sure you have the latest patched version of the "get_iplayer"
>> > script. Other than that, all I can suggest, if you get this issue,
>> > is to delete the partial file and re-try the download.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> The RTMPdump 2.4 update came down this morning.
>> ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/rtmpdump
>> I shall be testing tonight with a fresh git pull. :)
>>
>> Regards
>> Marshall
>>
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>
> Well, I have grabbed 18 programmes this afternoon with rtmpdump 2.4 and
> a fresh get_iplayer from git. All came down without error. Most of
> the downloads came from ceebeebees and a couple from bbc parliment. All
> were in flashlow.
> Anyone else able to confirm better stability with rtmpdump 2.4? or
> maybe I'm just lucky this time.
>
> Regards
> Marshall
>
>
>
> Sent from claws mail/nokia n900
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Carl Fletcher <kernelbasher at gmail.com>
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:51:22 +0100
> Subject: Re: WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame
> On 02/08/11 18:41, Marshall Cleave wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:49:29 +0100
>> marshall<marshall at brooklandsand.co.uk>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 02/08/11 13:09, chrism at spamcop.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Quoting "David W. Legg"<dwlegg at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> For the last few days, I have been getting:
>>>>>
>>>>> 'WARNING: Stream does not start with requested FLV frame, ignoring
>>>>> data...
>>>>> 96382.681 kB / 254.76 sec (16.4%)
>>>>> Couldn't resume FLV file, try --skip 1
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
>>>>> ERROR: Failed to record 'The Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 4 -
>>>>> Lost in Time: Part 1 (b00vz64d)'
>>>>> '
>>>>>
>>>>> The WARNING gets repeated loads of times.
>>>>> I get a file of size about 95MB.
>>>>>
>>>>> The command was:
>>>>> 'get_iplayer --get 723 --modes=flashvhigh'
>>>>>
>>>>> Any steers?
>>>>
>>>> Hi David,
>>>>
>>>> I think this is all related to the issues that have been widely
>>>> reported on the list for the last week or so, which all seem to
>>>> stem from "rtmpdump" and restarting streams after a redirection.
>>>> The Beeb seem to have changed something around about last Tuesday.
>>>>
>>>> Make sure you have the latest patched version of the "get_iplayer"
>>>> script. Other than that, all I can suggest, if you get this issue,
>>>> is to delete the partial file and re-try the download.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> get_iplayer mailing list
>>>> get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
>>>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
>>>>
>>> The RTMPdump 2.4 update came down this morning.
>>> ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/rtmpdump
>>> I shall be testing tonight with a fresh git pull. :)
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Marshall
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> get_iplayer mailing list
>>> get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
>>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
>>
>> Well, I have grabbed 18 programmes this afternoon with rtmpdump 2.4 and
>> a fresh get_iplayer from git. All came down without error. Most of
>> the downloads came from ceebeebees and a couple from bbc parliment. All
>> were in flashlow.
>> Anyone else able to confirm better stability with rtmpdump 2.4? or
>> maybe I'm just lucky this time.
>>
>> Regards
>> Marshall
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from claws mail/nokia n900
>>
>>
>>
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>
> I started an earlier thread on this whole issue, but this AM I grabbed a couple of programs with no error. I hadn't changed anything in my setup. So I'll be watching the list and steady as she goes, wait and see.
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Berni Elbourn <berni at elbournb.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:52:36 +0100
> Subject: Re: Recent read failure
> On 02/08/11 09:48, Berni Elbourn wrote:
>>
>> On 01/08/11 17:49, Graham Cobb wrote:
>>>
>>> I am running on Debian Testing, with RTMPDump v2.3. I believe the
>>> problem is
>>> with resuming streams in rtmpdump (not in get_iplayer) and had been
>>> reported
>>> on their mailing list in January but they are too busy or not
>>> able/interested
>>> in fixing it.
>>>
>>> See
>>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2011-February/000809.html
>>>
>>> and
>>> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/rtmpdump/2011-January/001267.html.
>>>
>>> Graham
>>
>> Yep. Right on the nail. I recently upgraded to stable which gave me
>> rtmpdump 2.3 too.
>>
>> I am going to try the rtmpdump 1.9 from debian multimedia...
>>
>
>
> rtmpdump 1.9 and 2.4 work just fine here. 1.9 seems to download without the need to resume. 2.4 resumed successfully several times on my test.
>
> 2.4 is not packaged for Debian yet...but follow or copy and paste the instructions at post number 3 here to produce and install your own .deb package:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1816737
>
> And yes the final ldconfig is needed.
>
>
>
>
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> From: "Имя отправителя писем" <riga at pisem.net>
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:25:25 +0400
> Subject: Cannot download programs of type 'signed', need fix
> Hello,
> current version of get_iplayer appears to be unable to download tv
> programmes where "Audio Described,Sign language" is the only version
> available.
> Examples of these would be PID b010n0gv, b010j544, b0108tsq.
> A fix would be appreciated before these expire in ~13 days.
>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: marshall <marshall at brooklandsand.co.uk>
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:53:10 +0100
> Subject: Re: Cannot download programs of type 'signed', need fix
> On 03/08/11 02:25, Имя отправителя писем wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> current version of get_iplayer appears to be unable to download tv
>> programmes where "Audio Described,Sign language" is the only version
>> available.
>> Examples of these would be PID b010n0gv, b010j544, b0108tsq.
>> A fix would be appreciated before these expire in ~13 days.
>>
> I don't think it's a get_iplayer problem. The content is unavialable on the webpage.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010j544 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010j544>
> Where I get a message. "This content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later"
> Same for the other two PID's in your list.
>
> -Marshall
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Carl Fletcher <kernelbasher at gmail.com>
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:49:24 +0100
> Subject: Re: Cannot download programs of type 'signed', need fix
> On 03/08/11 05:53, marshall wrote:
>>
>> On 03/08/11 02:25, Имя отправителя писем wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> current version of get_iplayer appears to be unable to download tv
>>> programmes where "Audio Described,Sign language" is the only version
>>> available.
>>> Examples of these would be PID b010n0gv, b010j544, b0108tsq.
>>> A fix would be appreciated before these expire in ~13 days.
>>>
>> I don't think it's a get_iplayer problem. The content is unavialable on
>> the webpage.
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010j544
>> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010j544>
>> Where I get a message. "This content doesn't seem to be working. Try
>> again later"
>> Same for the other two PID's in your list.
>>
>> -Marshall
>>
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> Mind you, I have seen this issue myself with BSL/Audio Described versions
>
>
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