Olympic live streams fix

[dinkypumpkin]

On 29/07/2012 17:49, MS wrote:
> Working (based on JCA's example):
> ./get_iplayer --stream --modes=flashvhigh2,flashhigh2,flashstd2
> --type=livetv "BBC One" --player="vlc -"
> Plays at: H264, 688x384, FR: 25
> ...
> Not Working:
> ./get_iplayer --stream
> --modes=flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,flashhigh1,flashhigh2,flashstd1,flashstd2 --type=livetv
> "BBC One" | vlc -
> main stream error: cannot pre fill buffer

This problem has come up before with live TV.  If you look, you'll see 
that your failing commands include mode values with the "1" prefix first 
in the list.  When one of the CDNs (Limelight in this case) won't serve 
the simulcast streams, and the first mode in the list points to that 
CDN, rtmpdump exits with an error since there is no stream to download. 
get_iplayer then exits and thus nothing streams to your media player. 
When this happens, you basically just do what you've been doing:  Make 
your mode values specific and flip the suffixes from "1" to "2".

> I can not stream at a higher resolution than 688x384 with the BBC live
> channels, although the Olympic streams work fine playing at 1280x720.
> This is despite the fact that the info command:

The regular simulcast streams aren't encoded with the same dimensions as 
recorded programmes.  The flashvhigh version of a simulcast is smaller 
than the flashvhigh version of a recorded programme. I think 688x384 is 
all you'll get in this case.  The "mode" values are determined by the 
listed bit rate rather than size.