Modes=best?

[Arthur Dent]

On Sat, 2014-03-22 at 12:16 +0000, dinkypumpkin wrote:
> On 22/03/2014 10:39, Arthur Dent wrote:
> > Actually I had already tried that and still got the default version. It
> > now occurs to me however that whenever I do a search I no longer see
> > "flashhd" listed for any programme. This, for example,  is what I get
> > for "Silk":
> 
> You can't tell from search results whether or not a programme is 
> available in HD.  Use --info for one of the episodes to see available 
> modes.  Silk is available in HD, so something is going wrong at your end.

OK - Maybe the problem is with me. How can I tell if I have ACTUALLY got
the HD version?

When I download an episode of Silk (details below) it results in a 1.1mb
file. When I play the episode it has a large BBC logo in the top left (I
thought that HD programmes had a small logo - or has that changed?)



$ get_iplayer -g 1018 --modes=flashhd
get_iplayer v2.85, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
  conditions; use --conditions for details.

Matches:
1018:	Silk: Series 3 - Episode 3, BBC One, Audio Described,Drama,Guidance,Legal & Courtroom,Sign Zone,TV, default,audiodescribed,signed

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashhd1,flashhd2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashhd1 mode to record tv: Silk: Series 3 - Episode 3
INFO: File name prefix = Silk_Series_3_-_Episode_3_b03y3l99_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:
INFO:   duration              3535.08
INFO:   moovPosition          36.00
INFO:   width                 1280.00
INFO:   height                720.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            100.00
INFO:   avclevel              41.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        25.00
INFO:   audiosamplerate       48000.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                88377000.00
INFO:   timescale             25000.00
INFO:   language              und
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                169683968.00
INFO:   timescale             48000.00
INFO:   language              und
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
1035371.231 kB / 3535.06 sec (99.9%)
Download complete
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  configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --arch=i686 --extra-cflags='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' --enable-bzlib --disable-crystalhd --enable-gnutls --enable-libass --enable-libcdio --enable-libcelt --enable-libdc1394 --disable-indev=jack --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-openal --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug --disable-stripping --shlibdir=/usr/lib --cpu=i686 --enable-runtime-cpudetect
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Input #0, flv, from '/home/mark/Media/Video/Silk_Series_3_-_Episode_3_b03y3l99_default.partial.mp4.flv':
  Metadata:
    moovPosition    : 36
    avcprofile      : 100
    avclevel        : 41
    aacaot          : 2
    videoframerate  : 25
    audiochannels   : 2
  Duration: 00:58:55.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2399 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16
Output #0, mp4, to '/home/mark/Media/Video/Silk_Series_3_-_Episode_3_b03y3l99_default.partial.mp4':
  Metadata:
    moovPosition    : 36
    avcprofile      : 100
    avclevel        : 41
    aacaot          : 2
    videoframerate  : 25
    audiochannels   : 2
    encoder         : Lavf53.32.100
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (![0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (@[0][0][0] / 0x0040), 48000 Hz, stereo
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame=88377 fps=1662 q=-1.0 Lsize= 1034120kB time=00:58:55.04 bitrate=2396.4kbits/s    
video:990560kB audio:40333kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.312938%
INFO: Recorded /home/mark/Media/Video/Silk_Series_3_-_Episode_3_b03y3l99_default.mp4

INFO: Downloaded Thumbnail to '/home/mark/Media/Video/Silk_Series_3_-_Episode_3_b03y3l99_default.jpg'
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