downloading hd files stalls before complete files are downloaded

[Roger Burton West]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 09:57:30AM +0000, Chris Davies wrote:
>Actually, you don't (!). Go to the directory in which get_iplayer is
>installed and then run the update command again. That should fix your
>issue.

Given how often this issue and related ones come up, might I suggest
simply removing the auto-update code completely? Many many programs
manage without it...