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[Chris J Brady]

Thank you for the hints and tips.

I used the Windows-basd PVR

Using the tips from Vangelis forthnet <northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr> here is what I have found:

1/ go to the web page for the clip, e.g.:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/gay_rights/12028.shtml

2/ Viewsource then Find "xml" to locate the string: 

emp.setPlaylist("http://"+location.host+"/archive/xml/12/028.xml");

3/ the URL required is then

http://www.bbc.co.uk//archive/xml/12/028.xml

4/ Copy and paste this into Quick URL field

5/ Click Record

The result was a file in iPlayer Recordings as:

10_OClock_news_-_Gays_Couples_Given_Similar_Rights_as_Married_Couples_http_www.bbc.co.uk_archive_xml_12_028.xml_default.AVI

The file wasn't that large.

THIS WAS THEN DELETED - A SUBJECT I'M NOT THAT INTERESTED IN !!

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i was not sure how to set --raw though

Chris B.

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Log:

INFO: Trying pid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/xml/12/028.xml using type: tv
INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid not found in tv cache
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashnormal1 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashnormal1 mode to record tv:  - 

INFO: File name prefix = 10_OClock_news_-_Gays_Couples_Given_Similar_Rights_as_Married_Couples_http_www.bbc.co.uk_archive_xml_12_028.xml_default                 
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              211.84
INFO:   width                 512.00
INFO:   height                288.00
INFO:   videodatarate         375.00
INFO:   canSeekToEnd          FALSE
INFO:   videocodecid          2.00
INFO:   audiodatarate         128.00
INFO:   audiocodecid          2.00
INFO:   framerate             25.00
INFO:   creationdate          Fri Jul 09 11:44:12 2010 
##################################################################################################
Download complete
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  Metadata:
    canSeekToEnd    : false
    creationdate    : Fri Jul 09 11:44:12 2010 
  Duration: 00:03:31.84, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 520 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: flv1, yuv420p, 512x288, 384 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p, 131 kb/s
[NULL @ 02e747c0] requested bits_per_coded_sample (16) and actually stored (0) differ
Output #0, avi, to 'C:\Users\ChrisJBrady\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\10_OClock_news_-_Gays_Couples_Given_Similar_Rights_as_Married_Couples_http_www.bbc.co.uk_archive_xml_12_028.xml_default.partial.avi':
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    creationdate    : Fri Jul 09 11:44:12 2010 
    ISFT            : Lavf54.63.104
    Stream #0:0: Video: flv1 (FLV1 / 0x31564C46), yuv420p, 512x288, q=2-31, 384 kb/s, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, 131 kb/s
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Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame=  375 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size=     882kB time=00:00:14.96 bitrate= 482.9kbits/s    
==== SNIP ====
frame= 5296 fps=609 q=-1.0 Lsize=   18423kB time=00:03:31.85 bitrate= 712.4kbits/s    
video:9946kB audio:3303kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 39.054564%
INFO: Recorded C:\Users\ChrisJBrady\Desktop\iPlayer Recordings\10_OClock_news_-_Gays_Couples_Given_Similar_Rights_as_Married_Couples_http_www.bbc.co.uk_archive_xml_12_028.xml_default.avi

Recording complete

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