Winter Olympics live stream recording

[Paul Phillips]

Yes that it works fine too.

Are the the cli and web pvr github get_iplayer code different ?  I
installed the cli code and saved it as get_iplayer.pl.  Does that mean
the WebPVR cannot do this?

On 10 February 2014 14:07, dinkypumpkin <dinkypumpkin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/02/2014 13:19, Paul Phillips wrote:
>>
>> I've found by accident that if you just let it run stops at just over
>> 4gb anyway and decodes. So no need for a stop command. Not sure
>> whether its get_iplayer or the BBC that is stopping the stream
>
>
> Good to know.
>
> I think I've figured out how to support the Olympics streams without
> breaking existing functionality (and thus no need for a special versionof
> get_iplayer).  I've merged those changes into the master branch.  To
> install, see Git HEAD section in:
>
> https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/installation
>
> With the latest changes, you should use the player page for the stream of
> interest:
>
> get_iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/winter-olympics/25831835
> --modes=best --type=livetv
>
> Note the use of --type=livetv.  That will remove the need to use --force for
> recording subsequent chunks of the same programme.  It also adds a timestamp
> to the output file name, which means that recording subsequent chunks won't
> fail because a pre-existing file is found.  You can still use --stop.
>
> If the above doesn't work, let me know and fall back to the method I posted
> earlier using a special version of get_iplayer.
>
>
>
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Paul Phillips