my get_iplayer suggestions

[Sam P]

Hi guys, i've been using v2.80 for a while but encountered the 4gb bug 
so i found v2.82 but that also has this bug. I have also encountered a 
few other annoying things so i have some suggestions:

1. in firefox the progress of downloads of hidden by the "transferring 
data from 127.0.0.1..." message as shown in this screenshot: 
http://i50.tinypic.com/2e52uj6.jpg - instead could you show the 
percentage completed to 2 decimal places e.g "82.22% completed" and have 
that displayed in the centre of the webpage and on the line below in the 
centre show the current speed in kb/s such as "download speed: 553kb/s". 
This would help me alot.
2. in that screenshot it shows the resolution but not the video or audio 
bitrate, is it possible that this info could be added?
3. as you are already aware the 4gb filesize bug is annoying, is it 
possible for the software to be updated to split files into 4gb chunks 
or is it possible to save the files using a different file system so 
that we can save files larger than 4gb as i'm using win7 x64 with ntfs.
4. it would be great if on the screenshot you showed which video types 
are available for each video such as "Flashhd1, flashvhigh1" etc.
5. could you instead of showing duration as "9268.41" for a 2hr 34min 
show instead show: "2hrs 34mins 28secs" or "02:34:28"
6. when i download a show that is only currently available in low res 
then try to download the high res later i get this message:

"Recording The Following Programmes

  * http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w315g - -
    (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w315g)


INFO: Episode-only pid detected INFO: Trying pid: p00w315g using type: 
tv INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv INFO: pid not found in tv 
cache INFO: Olympic Gymnastics - Artistic - London 2012: Men and Women's 
finals (p00w315g) Already in history 
(C:\Users\Samlap/.get_iplayer/download_history) - use --force to override
Recording complete"

is it possible you can add these checkboxes on the webui saying 
"overwrite lower resolution recordings" and a "manual record additional 
hd recordings" or maybe bring up a an extra message on the error page 
saying "are you sure you want to download the flashhd1 recording as you 
have already downloaded this tv episode" and have a "yes" button.

currently i delete the download history and rename the .mp4 file in 
order to do this which is a bit annoying. I don't know if the "force 
recording" option on the webui does this or not.
7. i don't know what changes in regards to recording types there have 
been made in v2.8.2 compared to v.2.8.0 but my recording modes on the 
webui say: 
"flashhd,flashvhigh,flashaachigh,flashaacstd,flashaudio,flashhigh,iphone,flashstd,flashnormal,realaudio,flashaaclow"

which i believe is what i changed it to. Am i missing flashhd1, flashhd2 
or does flashhd cover that? what are the default modes on the webui on a 
clean install as i upgraded? It would be great if there were checkboxes 
on the webui for which types you want get_iplayer to check for as a lot 
of new users only get low res shows and don't know how to get high res. 
It could look something like this:

[X] Flash HD1 (1280x720) 3200kbps h264 [X] Flashvhigh1 (838x480) 
1500kbps h264

etc and have them all checked by default so that new users get 720p 
recordings of shows that are in hd.
8. does get_iplayer check your internet speed before choosing which to 
get as sometimes i get 704x404 and sometimes i get 1280x720 and this 
doesn't just happen when hd becomes available, sometimes i can get 
1280x720 then 2 mins later i can only get low res. If this is a 
get_iplayer setting can i make it get the highest quality available or 
is it just the bbc's servers messing up?

thanks guys!