Video file indexed as radio
Vangelis forthnet
northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr
Mon Oct 20 20:29:01 PDT 2014
Hello :-)
The following video programme:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04mh3sr/sounds-of-the-80s-spandau-ballet
was/is "Red Button" only, it's a "visualised" version of the second half of
the following BBC Radio 2 show:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04ksl4f/
I did a quick search:
get_iplayer "Sounds of the 80s"
that resulted in
"0 Matching Programmes",
so I went on to record the video via --pid=b04mh3sr.
However, when I did a radio search to record
the audio (radio) programme:
get_iplayer --type=radio "Sounds of the 80s"
I was astonished to find the "video" show
within the audio results:
12620: radio, Sounds of the 80s - Spandau Ballet, BBC Radio 2, Classic Pop &
Rock,Music,TV
Indeed, get_iplayer -i 12620 reveals pid: b04mh3sr (= of the video file).
get_iplayer --force -g 12620 --modes=best --raw
FAILS, because GiP searches for radiomodes, not tvmodes.
I have to explicitly ask for --modes=flashhigh for the command to work.
Is this a c*ck-up on the beeb's side or a misinterpretation of
metadata by GiP?
Of course, the PID method is a cure-all, but still...
Regards,
Vangelis.
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