Problems with Strictly Come Dancing...

[Alan Milewczyk]

Hi Jan

I had the same problem and got the following reply from DP which worked 
for me:

On 09/11/2014 16:21, dinkypumpkin wrote:
> On 09/11/2014 14:55, Alan Milewczyk wrote:
>> INFO: No specified modes
>> (flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh,flashstd,flashnormal,flashlow) available
>> for this programme with version 'default' (try using
>> --modes=flashaacstd,rtspaacstd)
>> ERROR: Failed to record 'Saturday Kitchen - 08/11/2014 (b04pg8sy)'
>
> This was fixed recently.  To install:
>
> https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/installation#githead
>
> For your examples, which are recent enough to be in the cache, this 
> hack might work with 2.90:
>
> get_iplayer --pid b04plqm3 --versions default2
>
> Note the "2" appended to the version name. This doesn't work for 
> programmes not in the cache, however.
>

Hopefully this should work for you too!

Alan


On 10/11/2014 16:51, Jan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i'm unable to download 'Strictly Come Dancing' from last Saturday and 
> also the week before using either the PVR or directly using the pid.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04p2bx0/strictly-come-dancing-series-12-week-6 
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04plqm3/strictly-come-dancing-series-12-week-7 
>
>
> the hd versions are available to watch on iplayer, but I can't seem to 
> get them via GIP - though the results shows download fine using the PVR.
>
> i'm sure that i read somewhere that this "no specified modes" issue 
> would be fixed in a future release, but thought it worth mentioning in 
> case this was being caused by another issue.
>
> thanks
>
> Jan
>
>
> C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --pid b04plqm3 --tvmode=best 
> --force
> get_iplayer v2.90, 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.
>
> INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
> INFO: pid found in cache
> Matches:
> 1822:   Strictly Come Dancing: Series 12 - 14. Week 7, BBC One, 
> Entertainment,Ta
> lent Shows, default
>
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
> INFO: Checking existence of default version
> INFO: No specified modes 
> (flashhd,flashvhigh,flashhigh,flashstd,flashnormal,flas
> hlow) available for this programme with version 'default' (try using 
> --modes=fla
> shaacstd,rtspaacstd)
> ERROR: Failed to record 'Strictly Come Dancing: Series 12 - 14. Week 7 
> (b04plqm3
> )'
>
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