No specified modes

gary lists at lazygranch.com
Fri Aug 26 20:32:02 EDT 2011


I found get_iplayer on the repo. Not sure why I didn't find it before. 
Anyway, I have two different "runs" with the same error. The first is 
just running the get_iplayer.pl with perl. The second is using 
get_iplayer from the opensuse repo. Same basic error.
======================

> perl get_iplayer.pl --get 420 --output="/windows/E/video/" --modes=flashvhigh
> get_iplayer v2.79, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
>   This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
>   This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
>   conditions; use --conditions for details.
>
> Matches:
> 420:    Newsnight - 22/08/2011, BBC Two, News,TV, default,
>
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
> INFO: Checking existence of default version
> INFO: No specified modes (flashvhigh) available for this programme with version 'default' (try using --modes=)
> ERROR: Failed to record 'Newsnight - 22/08/2011 (b013ytrz)'
> linux-dn9d:/usr/local/src/getiplayer/get_iplayer-2.79 #
> ===========================================================================
>
> Recording The Following Programmes
>
>     BBC Channel Islands News - 26/08/2011 (b013qqqb)
>
>
> INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
> INFO: pid found in cache
> Matches:
> 35:	BBC Channel Islands News - 26/08/2011, BBC One, News,TV, default,
>
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
> INFO: Checking existence of default version
> ERROR: Failed to get iphone URL from iplayer site
>
> INFO: No specified modes (flashaachigh,flashaacstd,flashaudio,flashhigh,iphone,flashstd,flashnormal,realaudio,flashaaclow) available for this programme with version 'default' (try using --modes=)
> ERROR: Failed to record 'BBC Channel Islands News - 26/08/2011 (b013qqqb)'
>
> Recording complete
>
> get_iplayer Web PVR Manager v0.71, ©2009-2010 Phil Lewis - Licensed under GPLv3



On 8/26/2011 5:18 AM, Carl Fletcher wrote:
> On 26/08/11 10:02, gary wrote:
>> I'm a new get_iplayer user. I've tried windows and linux. It works for
>> radio, but not video.
>>
>> I saw a post about a new (patched) get_iplayer.pl on the archives to get
>> around the "no specified modes" error when downloading BBC video. I got
>> the latest get__iplayer.pl and still have the same problem.
>>
>> I run it just as a command line
>> (perl get_iplayer.pl --get 123 --options),
>> dumping the media to file. Any idea why I get the "no specified modes?"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
> What version of Linux
>
> Normally it's
>
> get_iplayer --get 123
> (for standard mp4)
>
> or
> get_iplayer --get 123 --modes=flashvhigh
> (for HQ mp4)
>
> The main Linux disros have get_iplayer in their repos
>
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