Modes=best?

[Arthur Dent]

On Sat, 2014-03-22 at 14:11 +0000, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote:
> Arthur Dent <misc.lists at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I think you probably mean 1.1 GB - which would certainly be HD.

Oops... Yes of course...

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

Ahh...

> 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.

Wow - that's really useful! I have just put that in my prefs. I am just
starting to use Plex, so this will save me the pain of renaming each
file by hand!

Thanks!

Mark

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