No programmes are available for this pid

[Alan Milewczyk]

On 04/11/2014 15:54, TQ wrote:
>>> On 04/11/2014 11:47, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote:
>>>> Alan Milewczyk <alan at soulman1949.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm puzzled by this message:
>>>>> "No programmes are available for this pid with version(s):
>>>>> default"
>>>>> which I get when trying to download two programmes (PIDs p0299nz3
>>>>> and
>>>>> p0299ml1).
>>>> Usually it means they're only available in eg 'signed' form.  For
>>>> that
>>>> you
>>>> need to include
>>>>
>>>>      --versions signed
>>>>
>>>> in your fetch command.  If you also include --verbose you'll get
>>>> much
>>>> more
>>>> output from get_iplayer, but it will tell you what 'versions' it
>>>> thinks
>>>> are
>>>> actually available, and if 'default' is not on the list it might
>>>> make
>>>> more
>>>> sense.  (Assuming that you don't already see those lines
>>>> without --verbose).
>>>>
>>> Hmm this gets more and more strange. I'm trying to download the
>>> programme
>>> on a Linux laptop as RTMP seems to barf over the 4 GB limit on
>>> Windows but
>>> not on Linux. The Linux PC says it ain't there (as previously
>>> advised) but
>>> the Windows PC is downloading it normally (we've not got to the 4GB
>>> limit
>>> yet).
>> _What_  4GB limit?
> Some months ago somebody (apologies, but I can't remember who) posted a
> link to a version of rmtpdump which had been patched to ove4come the 4GB
> limit.
>
> https://bitbucket.org/dinkypumpkin/rtmpdump/branch/4GB
>
>
It was me who had that problem a few months ago and I think it was DP 
who posted the link. I'm pretty sure it was nothing to do with being 32 
bit as I was running 64 bit anyway but I can't remember the technical 
reason behind the problem. We did have a discussion (not on here but on 
the Squarepenguin forum and I was advised that the chances of success 
with Windows were problematical but Linux was more likely to work 
better.  It was during the Wimbledon 2014 tournament when I wanted to 
download the Red button material which was pretty humungous in size. I 
tried a few different Linux distros - Ubuntu wouldn't play ball at all 
but I seemed to get results most of the time with Linux Mint so I stuck 
with that.

Actually as I type this, I've just realised that I am still on v2.83 on 
the two Linux Mint PCs. One of them is an ancient laptop with a 10/100MB 
ethernet port which has been slowly painfully downloading one of the 
Autumnwatch Extra programmes (PID p0299ml1) since yesterday - we're 
currently up to around 7GB.

But the common feature with both PIDs where I am having a problem with 
the Linux PCs is that today both programmes are now beyond the 7 day 
limit and I am still using v2.83, so I think it's time to update the 
faster of the two.