Incompleate downloads creating mp4

[Madeline]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Dave Widgery wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi, I have a fairly slow and sometimes unreliable internet connection
> (hence
> I use get_iplayer rather than trying to stream video) sometimes if a
> download fails I get a xxx.partial.mp4.flv file left, that is a little
> annoying but I just try and re-download, sometimes it will continue,
> sometimes I have to delete the xxx.partial.mp4.flv file (such is life
> with
> my connection).
> 
> But what I do find more than a bit annoying is when a download has failed
> but get_iplayer has converted what it has downloaded into a mp4 file,
> especially when I have watched 1 ½ hours of a film and the last 10
> minutes
> is missing! This is made worse when it is a week after I recorded the
> program and it is no longer available.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way getting get_iplayer to automatically flag a file
> when it has had excessive download errors or has produced an incomplete
> output file? Then I can schedule the file to be downloaded again.
> 
> I am using the latest get_iplayer for windows.
> I appreciate that the main problem is my connection, but any ideas on a
> workaround would be gratefully received.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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Are you on a wifi link? If so, try a test to ascertain whether it
happens when you are not. If it doesn't, then look to maximise your wifi
performance to reduce occurrence. 

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