SWF player URL updated in Git HEAD (but you don't need it)

dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin at gmail.com
Thu Jun 6 16:08:38 EDT 2013


I went ahead and updated the SWF player URL in Git HEAD.  The related 
download problems began less that 24 hours ago, but although I'm still 
getting a few downloads with the old value it is certainly unreliable. 
The new value has been working consistently since last night. Actually, 
the "new" value has been in place at the BBC nearly as long as the "old" 
value, so I'm not sure why things have changed.  But change they have, 
so there didn't seem much point in waiting since the new value has been 
stable at the BBC for a while.

However - you don't need to download the HEAD version of get_iplayer. 
As has been pointed out on the list today, the better way to deal with 
the problem is to add the setting to your options file:

get_iplayer --prefs-add --rtmp-tv-opts="--swfVfy 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/releases/iplayer/revisions/617463_618125_4/617463_618125_4_emp.swf"

I'm slowly getting things in place for another formal release around the 
end of the month (more about that later), but if you must have the HEAD 
version before then, this will tell you how to get it and where to put it:

https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/githead



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