Multiple pids - another way, in some cases

[Budge]

On 11/01/2014 03:09 PM, roadcone wrote:
> For those new to using the command line or terminal and wanting
> to secure all programs from a series, there may be an alternative
> to harvesting and entering multiple pids.
>
> In some cases the program series may have a series web page. For
> example, Germany: Memories of a Nation has this one:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dwbwz/broadcasts/2014/11
>
> The pid from that url is b04dwbwz but that will not --get you
> anything apart from a list of pids for the individual programs. Add:
>
> --pid-recursive
>
> to your command and get_iplayer will try to get each individual
> program. It will fail where the program is too old, not yet
> broadcast, already in your download history or some other BBC
> problem and as a consequence, you will get loads of error messages
> but it will get what is available that you do not already have.
> This is not a panacea but may help in some cases though do check
> the downloads are what you expect as you may need to go hunt the
> errant episode manually.
>
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Just a quick line to thank you for this brilliant tip.   Just lost a
bunch of files for a couple of series and this works a treat.  They are
being replaced as I type.