Incomplete downloads

[Arthur Murray]

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:03 AM, dinkypumpkin <dinkypumpkin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/09/2012 03:35, Arthur Murray wrote:
>>
>> So, it was 5% complete the first time, 81.4% complete the second time,
>> but then it became a "Download Complete" and continued on with the
>> conversion/tagging process.   Has anyone seen this before?
>>
>> Is this a problem with rtmpdump (v2.4) or get_iplayer 2.82? Is there
>> any way to ensure this doesn't happen? Once the file is ffmpeg
>> converted it can't be resumed manually, so I had to find the file and
>> force a complete redownload.  It is worrying that incomplete downloads
>> can be considered complete and I might not notice it before it is too
>> late.
>>
>
> You need to tell us what OS you're using and which programme you're
> attempting to download.  Chances aren't great that your particular problem
> can be replicated, but without that information it's difficult to know.

Linux and Accused S02E04 (flashhd).   The download completed on the
3rd try a few hours later.

The download had initially started within minutes of the time it first
became available on the server after broadcast. I don't know if that
is related or not.