PVR switch syntax - help please

[Alastair]

On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:00:02 -0400 get_iplayer-request at lists.infradead.org wrote:
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>From: "Alastair" <ajebay at errichel.co.uk>
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>Subject: PVR switch syntax - help please
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>Please could somebody point me to any info/instructions/examples on using PVR 
>command.
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>I am running on openSUSE 12.1 and happy to work with console command line but 
>am struggling with syntax for pvr.
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>For example if I wish to download "In Our Time" podcast each week how should I 
proceed?
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>Do I need to set up a cron job or can --pvr-scheduler do it all within get_iplayer.
>All guidance gratefully received.
>Regards,
>Budge
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>Message: 6
>Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 13:41:54 +0100
>From: Andy Bircumshaw <andy at networkned.co.uk>
>To: get_iplayer <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
>Subject: Re: PVR switch syntax - help please
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>On 7 April 2012, at 11:13, Alastair wrote:
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>> Please could somebody point me to any info/instructions/examples on using PVR 
>> command.
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>get_iplayer --longhelp | grep pvr
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>> For example if I wish to download "In Our Time" podcast each week how should I 
>proceed?
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>Is this a podcast or a radio show?
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>`get_iplayer --type radio "In Our Time"` looks good to me.
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>Therefore I would use `get_iplayer --type radio "In Our Time" --pvradd "In_Our_Time"`
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>> Do I need to set up a cron job or can --pvr-scheduler do it all within get_iplayer.
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>I just add `get_iplayer --pvr` to my user crontab to run every morning at 2am. This will 
>execute all PVR searches and download any new shows that match the search and any 
that 
>have been individually queued up (using --pvr-queue).
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>aB.

Hi Andy,
Many thanks.  Yes my example was not correct and should have referred to a radio 
programme. I shall do some trials using your approach.  
It would also be good to know how  --pvr-sceduler worked in due course.
Thanks again,
Alastair.