[ANN] get_iplayer search and PVR functions no longer work - no fix available

[User Name]

I found that by co-opting (and modifying slightly the behaviour of) the --refreshfuture cmdline option, I was able to re-populate the cache with a fair amount of stuff. I have modified the 2.86 git version of the get_iplayer.pl script I have on Windows (precisely, from git branch f109d22).


In the get_links sub, I changed schedule_feeds to:

   my @schedule_feeds = (
    "http://www.bbc.co.uk/${channel_id}/this_week.xml",
    "http://www.bbc.co.uk/${channel_id}/last_week.xml",
   );


and then reversed the sense of:

     # Don't create this prog instance if the availablity is in the past 
     # this prevents programmes which never appear in iPlayer from being indexed
     next if Programme::get_time_string( $available ) < $now;


to:


     next if Programme::get_time_string( $available )> $now;


Now when I perform, e.g.:


"%Windir%\system32\cmd.exe" /c get_iplayer --refresh --type radio --refreshfuture

or

"%Windir%\system32\cmd.exe" /c get_iplayer --refresh --type tv --refreshfuture


my radio.cache (or tv.cache) is repopulated with a wealth of metadata.

Subsequently downloading content with this cache (at least I've tried for flashaaclow radio) leaves me with files populated with a (albeit wrong/generic iPlayer) thumbnail and what appears to be at least some of the correct tagging.


The only down-side so far seems to be that some progs are missing from before (e.g. Doctor Who Extra in the tv.cache). Presumably these are non-broadcast-schedule files, e.g. red-button-esque web-only iPlayer features.


Hope this is of use and might give more clues towards a solution.


m



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> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:40:54 +0000
> From: dinkypumpkin at gmail.com
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [ANN] get_iplayer search and PVR functions no longer work - no fix available
>
> On 29/10/2014 19:13, dinkypumpkin wrote:
>> On 29/10/2014 13:20, dinkypumpkin wrote:
>>> The BBC have removed the programme data feeds used by get_iplayer, so
>>
>> Some follow-up:
>
> And some more:
>
> You may find some screwy metadata in your downloads as well. If fields
> formerly found in the now-dead data feeds aren't overwritten by values
> in other metadata sources, you will see some junk data containing a
> warning about feeds being no longer available. It has also been
> reported that thumbnails aren't downloaded for programmes less than 7
> days old when downloaded via --pid. I think both of these issues are due
> to pre-existing problems in get_iplayer that have only come to light
> with the data feeds gone.
>
>
>
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