Requests For Features

[Kevin Lynch]

Seeing as there is some sort of brainstorming going on.
One feature I'd like is the ability to define is a "plex" a grouping
of channels in the search options. Currently when I search I use these
terms frequently

"--channel="BBC one,BBC Two,BBC four,BBC Radio 4,BBC Radio 3,BBC Radio
Ulster" and
"--exclude-channel="S4C,BBC Scotland,BBC ALBA,Cbeebies,CBBC"
in this case my plex would be
preferred_channels_plex="BBC one,BBC Two,BBC four,BBC Radio 4,BBC
Radio 3,BBC Radio Ulster"
avoid_channels_plex="S4C,BBC Scotland,BBC ALBA,Cbeebies,CBBC"

Then when I search I could have

get_iplayer --type=radio,tv  --channel=preferred_channels_plex
--excludechannel=avoid_channels_plex --since 96
or
get_iplayer --type=radio,tv  --excludechannel=avoid_channels_plex --since 96

On 10 April 2015 at 19:02, C E Macfarlane <c.e.macfarlane at macfh.co.uk> wrote:
> Fourth attempt, here are some suggestions/requests for features ...
>
> 1)      How near are we to an option to download the 320kbps streams that I have
> seen discussed?
>
> 2)      How near are we to an option to download output from other sources, such
> as RTE previously discussed, but also C4, ITV?
>
> 3)      Print the time when starting a download, so that later the finish time
> can be estimated.
>
> 4)      As previously requested, a command-line option to camelise the filename,
> for example ...
>         Letter_From_America_By_Alistair_Cooke
> ... instead of the default ...
>         Letter_from_America_by_Alistair_Cooke
>
> 5)      As previously requested, a command-line option to prevent the cache being
> flushed and re-downloaded.
>
> 6)      A command-line option to change the rtmpdump timeout default, currently
> hardcoded to 10  -  I am having to use 100 because of the slowness and
> flakiness of my internet connection, still unfixed by BT after reported as a
> fault a month ago.
>
> 7)      A command-line option, perhaps linked to the --force and/or --overwrite
> options, to clear duplicates from the download history, by choosing either
> the HD version or the most recently downloaded version and deleting others.
>
> Thanks for all the work.
> C E Macfarlane
>
> www.macfh.co.uk/CEMH.html
>
>
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