downloading hd files stalls before complete files are downloaded

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Hi

I have the same problem.


C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --update
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.

ERROR: get_iplayer is not writable - aborting update (maybe a package 
manager was used to install get_iplayer?)

C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>

and here is my settings:


C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --show-options
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.

Options from Files:
         atomicparsley = .\atomicparsley\atomicparsley.exe
         ffmpeg = .\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe
         flvstreamer = .\rtmpdump-2.2d\rtmpdump.exe
         lame = .\lame\x86\lame.exe
         mmsnothread = 1
         mplayer = .\mplayer\MPlayer-1.0rc2\mplayer.exe
         nopurge = 1
         output = W:\get_iplayer
         vlc = .\vlc\vlc.exe

Options from Command Line:
         showoptions = 1

Options Used:
         atomicparsley = .\atomicparsley\atomicparsley.exe
         ffmpeg = .\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe
         flvstreamer = .\rtmpdump-2.2d\rtmpdump.exe
         lame = .\lame\x86\lame.exe
         mmsnothread = 1
         mplayer = .\mplayer\MPlayer-1.0rc2\mplayer.exe
         nopurge = 1
         output = W:\get_iplayer
         showoptions = 1
         vlc = .\vlc\vlc.exe

C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>



Christopher Woods (CustomMade) wrote:
>
>>   most hd files are converted from flv to mp4 before the
>> downloading is finished and all i get is part of
>> programmesother definitions are ok OS= windows xp  help  thanks
>>
> We need more info Chris. What version of get_iplayer are you using? Have you
> updated it recently? Did you download the infradead version or are you still
> using the old version from linuxcentre?
>
> The stalling download problem sounds like an flvstreamer problem, and latest
> versions of get_iplayer use rtmpdump with the swfVfy parameter to persuade
> the BBC streaming servers to properly supply the stream.
>
> Fwiw, the latest version of get_iplayer available via "get_iplayer --update"
> is Version 2.79 -- Sun, 9 Jan 2011.
>
>
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