ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header

[Carl Fletcher]

On 08/08/12 23:58, Martin Topping wrote:
> Using get_iplayer v2.80 on a laptop running Ubuntu 12.04 (the version
> you get from the 12.04 repositories).  I haven't been able to download
> a single thing with it.  Here's the feedback I get:
>
>   t0p at mars:~$ get_iplayer --get 5
> get_iplayer v2.80, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
>    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
>    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
>    conditions; use --conditions for details.
>
> Matches:
> 5:	A History of Ancient Britain - Orkney's Stone Age Temple, BBC Two,
> Audio Described,Factual,Highlights,History,TV, default,audiodescribed,
>
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
> INFO: Checking existence of default version
> INFO: flashhigh1,flashhigh2,flashstd1,flashstd2 modes will be tried
> for version default
> INFO: Trying flashhigh1 mode to record tv: A History of Ancient
> Britain - Orkney's Stone Age Temple
> INFO: File name prefix =
> A_History_of_Ancient_Britain_-_Orkneys_Stone_Age_Temple_b01971gm_default
> RTMPDump v2.4
> (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
> Connecting ...
> INFO: Connected...
> ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
> WARNING: Failed to stream file
> /home/t0p/A_History_of_Ancient_Britain_-_Orkneys_Stone_Age_Temple_b01971gm_default.partial.mp4.flv
> via RTMP
> INFO: skipping flashhigh1 mode
> INFO: Trying flashhigh2 mode to record tv: A History of Ancient
> Britain - Orkney's Stone Age Temple
> INFO: File name prefix =
> A_History_of_Ancient_Britain_-_Orkneys_Stone_Age_Temple_b01971gm_default
> RTMPDump v2.4
> (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
> Connecting ...
> INFO: Connected...
> ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
> WARNING: Failed to stream file
> /home/t0p/A_History_of_Ancient_Britain_-_Orkneys_Stone_Age_Temple_b01971gm_default.partial.mp4.flv
> via RTMP
> INFO: skipping flashhigh2 mode
> INFO: Trying flashstd1 mode to record tv: A History of Ancient Britain
> - Orkney's Stone Age Temple
> INFO: File name prefix =
> A_History_of_Ancient_Britain_-_Orkneys_Stone_Age_Temple_b01971gm_default
> RTMPDump v2.4
> (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
> Connecting ...
> INFO: Connected...
> ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
> WARNING: Failed to stream file
> /home/t0p/A_History_of_Ancient_Britain_-_Orkneys_Stone_Age_Temple_b01971gm_default.partial.mp4.flv
> via RTMP
> INFO: skipping flashstd1 mode
> INFO: Trying flashstd2 mode to record tv: A History of Ancient Britain
> - Orkney's Stone Age Temple
> INFO: File name prefix =
> A_History_of_Ancient_Britain_-_Orkneys_Stone_Age_Temple_b01971gm_default
> RTMPDump v2.4
> (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
> Connecting ...
> INFO: Connected...
> ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
> WARNING: Failed to stream file
> /home/t0p/A_History_of_Ancient_Britain_-_Orkneys_Stone_Age_Temple_b01971gm_default.partial.mp4.flv
> via RTMP
> INFO: skipping flashstd2 mode
> ERROR: Failed to record 'A History of Ancient Britain - Orkney's Stone
> Age Temple (b01971gm)'
> t0p at mars:~$
>
> I had none of this trouble on my old desktop machine, running Ubuntu
> 10.04.  Yes, I could probably just use the older box and quit moaning,
> except it's been put away and very difficult to receive.  And it would
> be nice if I could use one of my favourite video downloading apps on
> my new laptop.
>
> Is this all down to BBC sabotage or a coding mistake?  Is there a workaround?
>
> Cheers.
>
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are you using this ppa

ppa:jon-hedgerows/get-iplayer

?