I can't record *Lost Land of the Volcano*

[Steve Anderson]

On 13 January 2011 16:54, ZULU <zulu.romeotangohotel at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> I have another problem...  :o)
> I want to record *Lost Land of the Volcano*
>
> I have *recording Modes* set to:
> flashaudio,flashaachigh,flashaacstd,flashhigh,flashstd,flashnormal,realaudio,flashaaclow
>
> When I tried to record I got (pasred from PVR Manager):
>
> ---------------------------------
> Recording The Following Programmes
>
>   * Lost Land of the Volcano - Episode 1 (b00mq3p1)
>
>
> INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
> INFO: pid found in cache
> Matches:
> 401: Lost Land of the Volcano - Episode 1, BBC One, Factual,HD,Nature &
> Environment,Science & Nature,TV, default,
>
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
> INFO: Checking existence of default version
> INFO: No specified modes
> (flashaudio,flashaachigh,flashaacstd,flashhigh,flashstd,flashnormal,realaudio,flashaaclow)
> available for this programme with version 'default' (try using
> --modes=flashhd,rtsphd)
> ERROR: Failed to record 'Lost Land of the Volcano - Episode 1 (b00mq3p1)'
>
> Recording complete
> -------------------------------------
> It isn't, of course...
>
> 1) Why didn't it record?

You don't have any modes suitable for TV in your defaults - they're
all audio. With things set up as they are, you can only use
get_iplayer for audio. (This is why I never, ever use the PVR thing -
command line all the way.)

> 2) Now that it thinks it _is_ recorded...how do I try again?

--force is your friend

Steve

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