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[Vangelis forthnet]

On Thu Oct 30 03:01:04 GMT 2014, Alan Milewczyk wrote:

> taking the first Autumnwatch programme
> which has a PID of b04n8zdp, I tried amending the example
> showing how to download "Top Gear"  with this for Autumnwatch:
>
> get_iplayer --pid ||b04n8zdp --tvmode=best --type=tv
> --file-prefix="<nameshort><-senum><-episodeshort>"|

 I'll assume you have updated to the latest version 2.87
and I know you are on Windows; your command is malformed -
use the CLI with the following incantation:

get_iplayer --pid=b04n8zdp --tvmode=best --file-prefix="<nameshort>_<senum>_<episodeshort>"

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: 
flashhd1,flashhd2,flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,flashhigh1,flashhigh2,flashstd1,
flashstd2,flashlow1,flashlow2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashhd1 mode to record tv: Autumnwatch - 2014: Episode 1
INFO: File name prefix = Autumnwatch_s00e01_2014
RTMPDump v2.4-78-g26c4637-4GB
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              3539.69
INFO:   moovPosition          36.00
INFO:   width                 1280.00
INFO:   height                720.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            100.00
INFO:   avclevel              41.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        25.00
INFO:   audiosamplerate       48000.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                88492000.00
INFO:   timescale             25000.00
INFO:   language              und
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                169905152.00
INFO:   timescale             48000.00
INFO:   language              und
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
5149.837 kB / 13.24 sec (0.3%)

On Thu Oct 30 02:17:17 BST 2014, Alan Milewczyk wrote:

>> My --prefs file contains the following line:
>>
>> fileprefix = <nameshort> - <senum> - <episodeshort> - <firstbcast>
>>
> I'm familiar with --prefs-add in its basic form,
> but how do I achieve what you're saying above.
> I'm using windows and I can't see a --prefs file anywhere.
> Where is this located?

To make the value of the --file-prefix option permanent,
use the CLI and this command:

get_iplayer --prefs-add --file-prefix="<nameshort> - <senum> - 
<episodeshort> - <firstbcast>"

Once you do that, GiP console window will also print
the current location (varies by OS) of your "options"
file, which is what roadcone refers to as "--prefs file".
You don't need to know its location (FWIW, on
my machine is C:\Users\[my-user-name]/.get_iplayer/options

Should you change your mind, remove it from your
"options" file via:
get_iplayer --prefs-del --file-prefix="<nameshort> - <senum> - 
<episodeshort> - <firstbcast>"

Regards,
Vangelis.