Record live stream to MP4

[dinkypumpkin]

On 07/12/2012 08:33, Kevin Lynch wrote:
> Kill get_iplayer (Ctrl-C) to stop recording.  Or, if you know you want
> to record for a fixed length of time (e.g., 1 hour), add this to the
> get_iplayer command:
>
> --rtmp-tv-opts="--stop 3600"
>
> The --stop value is specified in seconds.

As a convience, you can also just use --stop on the get_iplayer command 
line.  No need to wrap it in --rtmp-tv-opts.  A side effect of using 
--stop is that your live recording will be re-muxed to MP4 and tagged.

> I could not record BBC Alba because the stream did not resolve, maybe
> someone can advise how to go to the useable .xml URL from this link
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_alba/watchlive

BBC Alba is already supported in get_iplayer.  Use "BBC Alba" as search 
string with --type=livetv.

> ERROR: Failed to record 'BBC Radio 5 live studio stream - - (http://www.bbc.co.u
> k/5live/emp/5live_studio_stream.xml)'
>
> C:\Program Files (x86)\get_iplayer>
>
> Perhaps some of the others will comment on the failure I got.

Looks like the URL has changed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/5live.xml