Problem with "Series"

[Rob Dixon]

On 19/07/2013 11:10, Rob Dixon wrote:
> On 19/07/2013 10:57, J K.Eason wrote:
>>> Using 2.83 on WinXP I've downloaded an episode of the "A Series of
>>> Psychotic Episodes" radio series with the following included in my
>>> options file:
>>> subdirformat <nameshort>
>>>
>>> The output directory that was created has been given the name "A".
>>> Using --info, it appears that the word "Series" in the Title has
>>> caused <nameshort> to be defined as just that - although <name> is
>>> complete.
>>>
>>> If that word hadn't been included in the title, I idly wonder if
>>> "Episodes" would have caused a glitch.
>>
>> I wonder if that's another side effect of a colon (illegal Windows
>> character) in the filename?
>
> This is either an internal get_iplayer problem or something at BBC's
> end. The `descshort` metadata for the programme is just `A`.

`descshort` meaning `nameshort`.

Rob