Using flvstreamer with get_iplayer

[Simon Nash]

Richard Mace wrote:
>> Coming back to my original question, are there any problems with using
>> flvstreamer for this purpose? For example, could I be experiencing
>> stream restarts because the lack of swfVfy support in flvstreamer?
>> I haven't noticed any restarts, but perhaps I don't know what to look for.
>>
>> Simon
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> Simon, my feeling on this is if you were getting stream restarts you would know about it. I certainly did, that's why I changed to rtmpdump, but this was downloading 'recorded' programs, not live streams. I am not sure whether the live streams use swfVfy verification. Looks like they don't?
> Regards,
> Richard
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Richard,
I've now been able to try this with a recorded program (Performance on 3)
and I was able to listen for over 2 hours without any sign of a stream
restart.  When a stream restart happens, do you hear a gap in the audio,
see an error message, or both?

   Simon