HD Video Download Issues

Graham Cobb g+get_iplayer at cobb.uk.net
Sat Jan 15 08:21:01 EST 2011


On Saturday 15 January 2011 12:12:02 Jeff wrote:
> I was encountering a similar problem with exactly the same programme -
> although using Get iPlayer Automator for Mac OS (which uses
> get_iplayer 2.78 and RTMPdump 2.3) - however 'Come Fly With Me -
> Episode 4 (b00xjzmv)' now appears to be completely unavailable on BBC
> iPlayer in any format.
> 
> I thought I would try it to see if it was just that programme and
> instead attempted to download 'Human Planet - 1. Oceans - Into the
> Blue' and had multiple tries all to fail, often at 99%.

This is the same problem I am experiencing.  Looks to me like a problem in 
rtmpdump when resuming HD downloads, particularly (although not exclusively) 
at >95% done.

The version of get_iplayer doesn't seem to make any difference.

Graham



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