Refresh Cache or Run PVM not displaying in window ...

[Andy Wedge]

> From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On
> Behalf Of Chris J Brady
> Sent: 25 February 2014 14:36
> Subject: Refresh Cache or Run PVM not displaying in window ...
> 
> Thanks to everone for suggesting what might be happening.
> 
> Hmm - however the mystery is partly solved.
> 
> I have an Acer Aspire One 532 with Windows 7 Starter.
> 
> I use the latest Chrome as the default browser.
> 
> get_iplayer automatically opens it with http://localhost:1935/
> 
> However when I do Refresh Cache or Run PVM a new window is opened but
> only the option headings at the top are displayed and nothing else.
But I have
> now discovered that if I wait long enough the whole screen suddenly
displays
> the completed session. It appears that the window is not updated with
the
> progress of the downloading etc. until the very end of the processing.
> 
> Chrome has only been doing this the last week or so. I have the latest
> get_iplayer too. "get_iplayer Web PVR Manager v2.85, (c)2009-2010 Phil
> Lewis - Licensed under GPLv3"
> 
> So I then pasted http://localhost:1935/ into I.E. - and all worked
perfectly.
> The progress of all downloadeds etc. could be followed as they
happened -
> as usual.
> 
> So it appears that this is a Chrome issue. But why has this started to
happen
> after years of successful use? Has there been a recent tweak to
get_iplayer?
> 
> Chris B.
> 

Hi Chris,

I reported the same issue on 18/08/2012 and it's still happening - I use
Firefox myself.  It was your good self who suggested running it on XP
mode at the time.  Not something that I ever got around to as I recall
and I tend to use the CLI more now anyway.

Cheers
Andy