Modes=best?

[Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer]

Arthur Dent <misc.lists at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>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?)

An hour

>INFO:   duration              3535.08

- that's about 59 minutes, measured in seconds

of standard definition video is about 660 MB, so when you say you get 1.1
MB, I think you probably mean 1.1 GB - which would certainly be HD.

And look:

>INFO: flashhd1,flashhd2 modes will be tried for version default
>INFO: Trying flashhd1 mode to record tv: Silk: Series 3 - Episode 3
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you tell get_iplayer to rename the downloaded program file according to
its attributes this can be clearer.  For example I use:

 get_iplayer --type=tv --fatfilename --whitespace --file-prefix "T=<name>
S=<senum> E=<episode> M=<mode> Z=<duration> F=<firstbcastdate>
L=<lastbcastdate>" --no-tag --get "the program name"

which results in a filename with the program name, series & episode numbers,
plain episode number, MODE, duration (in seconds), and the first & last
broadcast dates in it.

-- 
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.