Help needed with BBC Collections Archive programmes

[M Clark]

> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 at 12:56 AM
> From: "Vangelis forthnet" <northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr>
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: Help needed with BBC Collections Archive programmes
>
> On Thu Feb 5 17:29:53 GMT 2015, M Clark wrote:
> 
> > Whilst pid=b048s4tn doesn't need this switch, using it gives a file
> > "Plants_-__b048s4tn_default.m4a"
> > whilst not using it returns
> > "Plants_From_Roots_to_Riches_-_1._A_Rose_by_Any_Other_Name_b048s4tn_default.m4a".
> >
> > The version of get_iplayer used is the commit of 3rd Jan.
> 
>  The maintainer of the code (dinkypumpkin) has seen your report
> and the bug was fixed:
> 
> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/issues/121
> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/b37584d5aa8ffebad5bcbe8636749a4499d36204
> 
> Please download and use latest commit of the "develop" branch:
> (I'll call it get_iplayer-develop-v2.92-dev-8-gd4cc5bc)
> 
> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/raw/d4cc5bca00c90223da5379948218da881edb023b/get_iplayer
> 
> With it, pid=b048s4tn produces:
> 
> A. NO --playlist-metadata
> Plants_From_Roots_to_Riches_-_1._A_Rose_by_Any_Other_Name_b048s4tn_default
> B. --playlist-metadata
> Plants_-_From_Roots_to_Riches_A_Rose_by_Any_Other_Name_b048s4tn_default
> 
> I'll thank dinkypumpkin on your behalf, too...
> Regards. 
> 
> 

WOW.  That was quick.  Thank you Vangelis & dinkypumpkin.  However...

Unfortunately the fix does not appear to be universal as I'm having the same difficulties with other programmes.

For example;
C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --pid b00cj911 --type radio  --modes best -o X:\Desktop\iPlayer\  --playlist-metadata
gives
INFO: Recorded X:\Desktop\iPlayer\Ramblings_Series_10_-__b00cj911_default.m4a

whereas omitting --playlist-metadata

C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --pid b00cj911 --type radio  --modes best -o X:\Desktop\iPlayer\  --force
gives
INFO: Recorded X:\Desktop\iPlayer\Ramblings_Series_10_-_1._Lake_District_-_Borrowdale_b00cj911_default.m4a

which is more like I'd hoped for.

And, yes, that is using the perl version you pointed to (11832 lines to ############## End OO ##############).
get_iplayer 2.92-dev, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis

For the odd programme one can easily extract the title etc. but I'm looking to download the missing episodes from series.

Sorry to be a pain, I did try and debug (the multiple ver-pid issue) myself but, although I could struggle through the different syntax I was stumped by new terminology.  I thought I was outputting a subscripted array but the diagnostics were reporting a 'Hash'.  A what?  Clearly I need to buy a book on Perl and re-train.  Also the program is such a complex beast!


Finally, is this the correct place to report 'problems'?  There are two more I'd like to bring to attention before they trap others.  I have work-arounds so in no way are they critical but would be 'nice-to-haves'.

Regards.