Can't use get_iplayer

Chris J Brady chrisjbrady at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 13 13:52:49 EDT 2013


Yes - it is now on iPlayer - but it wasn't when I first looked.

Thanks for your help - I now have it.

CJB

--- On Thu, 13/6/13, Jon Davies <jon at hedgerows.org.uk> wrote:

> From: Jon Davies <jon at hedgerows.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: Can't use get_iplayer
> To: "Chris J Brady" <chrisjbrady at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "get_iplayer" <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
> Date: Thursday, 13 June, 2013, 18:38
> On 13 June 2013 18:13, Chris J Brady
> <chrisjbrady at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > [rant deleted]
> > Please can someone suggest a way of downloading this.
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m2n8t
> >
> > I've tried get_iplayer which wont do it using the URL.
> 
> get_iplayer can't download things from /programmes/ urls.
> 
> > And its not on iPlayer.
> yes it is.  The url you posted is for "The Captain's
> Apprentice"
> episode of "Twenty Minutes" on radio 3 - it says it was last
> broadcast
> last Friday at 20:20.  The simple expedient of looking
> on iplayer for
> radio 3 last Friday at 8.20pm finds ... Twenty Minutes - The
> Captain's
> Apprentice.
> 
> So, you can download it using something like this (these are
> not the
> only ways...):
> 
> get_iplayer --type radio "Twenty Minutes" -g 
>    (if you want all the
> episodes of Twenty Minutes)
> 
> or
> 
> get_iplayer --type radio --pid b01m2n8t   (if
> you want this specific episode)
> 
> 
> Regards
> Jon
> 



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