[ANN] get_iplayer 2.83 released

Sam P hajj_3 at hotmail.com
Mon Jun 24 05:34:35 EDT 2013


Hi, i just installed v2.83, i haven't downloaded anything for a while 
with get_iplayer, i just tried to download this andy murray 720p show: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b02ywyts/hd/Andy_Murray_The_Man_Behind_the_Racquet/

Here is what the log says:

INFO: Episode-only pid detected
INFO: Trying pid: b02ywyts using type: tv
INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid not found in tv cache
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashhd1,flashhd2,flashhd1,flashhd2,flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,flashhigh1,flashhigh2,flashstd1,flashstd2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashhd1 mode to record tv: Andy Murray - Andy Murray: The Man Behind the Racquet

INFO: File name prefix = Andy_Murray_-_Andy_Murray_The_Man_Behind_the_Racquet_b02ywyts_default
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:




FlashHD1 gives only 2345kbps video bitrate as shown in mediainfo below:

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High at L4.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 6 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 59mn 27s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 2 345 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 3 500 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Standard                                 : PAL
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.102
Stream size                              : 997 MiB (96%)


Last time i used mediainfo a few months ago 720p used around 3200kbps now it is only 2345kbps, the ref frames
seemed to have increased from about 2/3 to 6 which is a nice improvement but that won't allow you to reduce the bitrate
to this extent.

Is there a different video type other than Flashhd1 that gives a higher bitrate?





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