Can't download _any_ TV programmes even with patched script

[Carl Fletcher]

On 28/07/11 18:46, zaphod wrote:
> I found I had to delete the .swfinfo file as well, which is in
> "C:\Documents and Settings\username" on XP
>
> I put the old one back and it broke again
>
> old one is:
>
> url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/revisions/18269_21576_10player.swf
> ctim: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:53:59 GMT
> date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:59:26 GMT
> size: 000f9c9b
> hash: 756ef5b1b33f59e88680ba06bcbc967e34468c82119df9e3789965513e7e57f5
>
> and the new one:
>
> url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/revisions/18269_21576_10player.swf
> ctim: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:47:57 GMT
> date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:59:26 GMT
> size: 000f9c9b
> hash: 756ef5b1b33f59e88680ba06bcbc967e34468c82119df9e3789965513e7e57f5
>
> I think I already had the amended script as I got it for the --acctomp3
> switch
> (much appreciated) several days ago before the problem occured
> but I'm not entirely certain of that, it all got rather confusing
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Marriott"
> <chris at chrism.demon.co.uk>
> To: "Nigel Taylor" <njtaylor at asterisk.demon.co.uk>
> Cc: "get_iplayer" <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Can't download _any_ TV programmes even with patched script
>
>
>> >Hi,
>>> The new URL to use is :-
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/revisions/18269_21576_10player.swf?revision=18269_21576
>>>
>>> Looks like you haven't installed the get_iplayer patch correctly go
>>> to here - for instructions
>>> https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/instructions
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Nigel Taylor
>>
>> Thank, Nigel.
>>
>> Well that was DAMNED strange.
>>
>> I'd downloaded the edited script correctly and using Windows Explorer
>> to copy it to "C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer". When I opened it
>> in "notepad" it showed the correct, edited, version of the script. But
>> when it ran it was still using the old version of the script!
>>
>> I have a vague memory that when you try to amend a file in "Program
>> Files", Windows 7 actually makes a copy of the file to some other
>> location, and makes it appear to be in "Program Files" - I think
>> that's what's going on here.
>>
>> In the end I ran my editor as "Administrator", opened the downloaded
>> file and saved it in the "get_iplayer" directory, and then it FINALLY
>> "stuck" and my downloads are now working again.
>>
>> Very frustrating!
>>
>> Thanks again, all.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
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The latest scrip solves all issues here in openSUSE Linux 11.4
It's in /usr/bin
Which probably the case for most distributions, but check.
Just rename the existing file get_iplayer to get_iplayer.bak
Move the new file in place and do: sudo chmod a+x get_iplayer

As a note, just be careful when you copy the script from the browser to 
your text editor that it doesn't throw an extra line in at the top.