gui wrapper for get_iplayer: testers on linux needed

[roadcone]

On 21/09/13 15:35, Alan Campbell wrote:
> There are several gui wrappers for get_iplayer out there already
> (e.g. giplayer, giplayer-ext and a KDE Kommander script, Get iPlayer
> GUI).
>
> I've grabbed code from the first two and added another one,
> provisonally named gigi, that runs on ubuntu
> (and probably on other linux variants with gtk, like Fedora).
>
> It adds:
>
>      autocompletion offered in the search box, using iPlayer
>      categories plus any successful search terms previously entered.
>      you can choose a channel to search on; from the Preferences
>      dialog you can choose which types of programme to search for,
>      and whether to include already-downloaded programmes in your
>      search results
>
>      descriptions shown for any programme selected in search results,
>      including image and url.
>
>      multiple simultaneous downloads
>
>      ability to play programmes as well as download them (code nicked
>      from giplayer-ext)
>
>      more configuration options:
>
>        type of programmes searched for (including podcasts),
>        output file name,
>        whether previous downloaded programmes show in search results,
>       etc.
>
> Would someone with a linux box be able to give it a try?  Runs okay
> on my ubuntu machines, but I could do with some alpha testers.
>
>    Does it work for you?
>
>    Anything in gui you don't like?  Defaults you'd prefer otherwise?
>
>    Any other get_iplayer features that could be wrapped? (I've not
>    done anything about pvr, not sure what that would look like).
>
> The html page in distro (more or less same as detail page reached
> from link below) describes all the options available.
>
> Mac version is probably near-impossible.
> Windows version would require considerable work.
>
> gigi (or whatever it's to be called) here:
> https://sites.google.com/site/entropyreduction/#gigi
>
>
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Your url takes me to Prompts (on the bottom of the menu page) and not gigi.

I habitually use get_iplayer in terminal but would be happy to try it 
out provided there exists a clean uninstall routine.