hlsvhigh4 error

charlie at the-heards.com charlie at the-heards.com
Mon Jul 13 10:05:18 PDT 2015


I have found that "best" mode often defaults to the xxxx1 option, which I have occasionally found to be significantly slower than xxxx2 (or, I assumed, 3 or 4). So I often specify the second option. In this case, I chose hlsvhigh4 as it was larger than the others, so I assumed it might be better quality. Looking at the verbose output below, it should be better. I tried hlsvhigh1 to 4, and only the first starts successfully.

So I reran the command (with force and verbose) and got the following. I'm afraid I don't know nearly enough about the options and intricacies to make sense of this:

get_iplayer v2.94, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
  conditions; use --conditions for details.

INFO: encodinglocale = cp1252
INFO: encodinglocalefs = cp1252
INFO: encodingconsoleout = cp850
INFO: encodingconsolein = cp850
INFO: ${^UNICODE} = 0
INFO: User prefs dir: C:\Users\Charlie/.get_iplayer
INFO: System options dir: C:\ProgramData/get_iplayer/options
Current options:
        atomicparsley = .\AtomicParsley\AtomicParsley\AtomicParsley.exe
        encodingconsolein = cp850
        encodingconsoleout = cp850
        encodinglocale = cp1252
        encodinglocalefs = cp1252
        ffmpeg = .\FFmpeg\ffmpeg-2.2.3-win32-static\bin\ffmpeg.exe
        force = 1
        lame = .\LAME\lame.exe
        mmsnothread = 1
        modes = hlsvhigh4
        mplayer = .\MPlayer\mplayer.exe
        nopurge = 1
        output = G:\Videos\iPlayer
        outputradio = G:\Videos\iPlayer\Radio
        pid = http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03906f2/privates-progress
        rtmpdump = .\RTMPDump\rtmpdump-20140302-git-79459a2-win32\bin\rtmpdump.exe
        verbose = 1
        vlc = .\VLC\vlc-2.1.5\vlc.exe

INFO: Search args: ''
INFO: Will try prog types: tv
INFO: Got 1348 file cache entries for tv
Cleaning pid Old: 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03906f2/privates-progress',  New: 'b03906f2'
INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03906f2.rdf
INFO: Episode-only pid detected
INFO: Trying pid: b03906f2 using type: tv
INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid found in cache
Matches:
851:    Private's Progress - -, BBC Two England, , default

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Programme metadata URL = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03906f2.xml
INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03906f2.xml
INFO: Getting page http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/pc/vpid/b0004hf7/proto/rtmp?cb=58807
INFO: Getting page http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/apple-ipad-hls/vpid/b0004hf7/proto/rtmp?cb=48522
INFO: Getting page http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/apple-ipad-hls/vpid/b0004hf7/proto/http?cb=49258
INFO: Getting page http://cp143012-i.akamaihd.net/i/iplayerstream/secure_auth/,400kbps/modav/bUnknown-d086a566-e05f-447b-93eb-ca07c5769e97_b0004hf7_1435594963406,480kbps/modav/bUnknown-d086a566-e05f-447b-93eb-ca07c5769e97_b0004hf7_1435594964206,800kbps/modav/bUnknown-d086a566-e05f-447b-93eb-ca07c5769e97_b0004hf7_1435594962078,1500kbps/modav/bUnknown-d086a566-e05f-447b-93eb-ca07c5769e97_b0004hf7_1435594965891,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8?hdnea=st=1436805946~exp=1436827546~acl=/*400kbps/modav/bUnknown-d086a566-e05f-447b-93eb-ca07c5769e97_b0004hf7_1435594963406,480kbps/modav/bUnknown-d086a566-e05f-447b-93eb-ca07c5769e97_b0004hf7_1435594964206,800kbps/modav/bUnknown-d086a566-e05f-447b-93eb-ca07c5769e97_b0004hf7_1435594962078,1500kbps/modav/bUnknown-d086a566-e05f-447b-93eb-ca07c5769e97_b0004hf7_1435594965891*~hmac=aba871d3a47e324ae885425b778e673270786b8ba5f76121659f0ada46035abb
INFO: Getting page http://vod-hls-uk-live.edgesuite.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/069142-b0004hf7/vf_b0004hf7_3832dfa5-0657-4a4a-9d0c-4e816c64e61f.ism/mobile_wifi_main_sd_abr_v1_hls_master.m3u8?__gda__=1436827546_1b0af07aeccec0a45126dce0b0c73035
INFO: Getting page http://vod-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.vo.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/069142-b0004hf7/vf_b0004hf7_3832dfa5-0657-4a4a-9d0c-4e816c64e61f.ism/mobile_wifi_main_sd_abr_v1_hls_master.m3u8?s=1436784346&e=1436827546&h=8b20a8bf3180070be3a10aba1b0a9f76
WARNING: No HLS playlist returned (http://vod-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.vo.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/069142-b0004hf7/vf_b0004hf7_3832dfa5-0657-4a4a-9d0c-4e816c64e61f.ism/mobile_wifi_main_sd_abr_v1_hls_master.m3u8?s=1436784346&e=1436827546&h=8b20a8bf3180070be3a10aba1b0a9f76)
INFO: Found mode flashhigh1: (iplayer_streaming_h264_flv) rtmp h264 640x360 796kbps stream (CDN: akamai/10)
INFO: Found mode flashhigh2: (iplayer_streaming_h264_flv) rtmp h264 640x360 796kbps stream (CDN: limelight/5)
INFO: Found mode flashlow1: (iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_vlo) rtmp h264 400x224 396kbps stream (CDN: limelight/10)
INFO: Found mode flashlow2: (iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_vlo) rtmp h264 400x224 396kbps stream (CDN: akamai/5)
INFO: Found mode flashstd1: (iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_lo) rtmp h264 640x360 480kbps stream (CDN: akamai/10)
INFO: Found mode flashstd2: (iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_lo) rtmp h264 640x360 480kbps stream (CDN: limelight/5)
INFO: Found mode flashvhigh1: (iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_high) rtmp h264 832x468 1500kbps stream (CDN: akamai/10)
INFO: Found mode flashvhigh2: (iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_high) rtmp h264 832x468 1500kbps stream (CDN: limelight/5)
INFO: Found mode hlshigh1: (gip_hls_iplayer_796) hls h264 640x360 796kbps stream (CDN: akamai_hls_open/10)
INFO: Found mode hlshigh2: (gip_hls_iplayer_979) hls h264 704x396 979kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlshigh3: (gip_hls_iplayer_928) hls h264 704x396 928kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlshigh4: (gip_hls_iplayer_979) hls h264 704x396 979kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlslow1: (gip_hls_iplayer_396) hls h264 512x288 396kbps stream (CDN: akamai_hls_open/10)
INFO: Found mode hlslow2: (gip_hls_iplayer_400) hls h264 384x216 400kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlslow3: (gip_hls_iplayer_349) hls h264 384x216 349kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlslow4: (gip_hls_iplayer_400) hls h264 384x216 400kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlsstd1: (gip_hls_iplayer_508) hls h264 640x360 508kbps stream (CDN: akamai_hls_open/10)
INFO: Found mode hlsstd2: (gip_hls_iplayer_565) hls h264 512x288 565kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlsstd3: (gip_hls_iplayer_515) hls h264 512x288 515kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlsstd4: (gip_hls_iplayer_565) hls h264 512x288 565kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlsvhigh1: (gip_hls_iplayer_1496) hls h264 832x468 1496kbps stream (CDN: akamai_hls_open/10)
INFO: Found mode hlsvhigh2: (gip_hls_iplayer_1802) hls h264 960x540 1802kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlsvhigh3: (gip_hls_iplayer_1752) hls h264 960x540 1752kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode hlsvhigh4: (gip_hls_iplayer_1802) hls h264 960x540 1802kbps stream (CDN: mf_akamai_uk_hls/1)
INFO: Found mode subtitles1: (captions) http stream (CDN: sis/10)
INFO: Getting page http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0004hf7.rdf
INFO: Using 'original' version (b0004hf7) as 'default'
INFO: Will search for versions: default,original
INFO: Mode list: hlsvhigh4
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: Version = default
INFO: hlsvhigh4 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying hlsvhigh4 mode to record tv: Private's Progress - -
INFO: Attempt number: 1 / 3
INFO: File name prefix = Privates_Progress_-__b03906f2_default


INFO: Command: ".\FFmpeg\ffmpeg-2.2.3-win32-static\bin\ffmpeg.exe" "-loglevel" "verbose" "-y" "-i" "vf_b0004hf7_3832dfa5-0657-4a4a-9d0c-4e816c64e61f-pa3=96000-pv10=1604000.m3u8?__gda__=1436827546_1b0af07aeccec0a45126dce0b0c73035" "-vcodec" "copy" "-acodec" "copy" "G:\Videos\iPlayer\Privates_Progress_-__b03906f2_default.partial.mp4.ts"

ffmpeg version 2.2.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jun 19 2014 20:24:25 with gcc 4.8.3 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack--enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-decklink --enable-zlib
  libavutil      52. 66.100 / 52. 66.100
  libavcodec     55. 52.102 / 55. 52.102
  libavformat    55. 33.100 / 55. 33.100
  libavdevice    55. 10.100 / 55. 10.100
  libavfilter     4.  2.100 /  4.  2.100
  libswscale      2.  5.102 /  2.  5.102
  libswresample   0. 18.100 /  0. 18.100
  libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
vf_b0004hf7_3832dfa5-0657-4a4a-9d0c-4e816c64e61f-pa3=96000-pv10=1604000.m3u8?__gda__=1436827546_1b0af07aeccec0a45126dce0b0c73035: Invalid argument
Conversion failed!
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file G:\Videos\iPlayer\Privates_Progress_-__b03906f2_default.partial.mp4.ts via HLS
DEBUG: Record using hlsvhigh4 mode return code: 'next'
INFO: skipping hlsvhigh4 mode
INFO: Checking existence of original version
INFO: Version = original
INFO: hlsvhigh4 modes will be tried for version original
INFO: Trying hlsvhigh4 mode to record tv: Private's Progress - -
INFO: Attempt number: 1 / 3
INFO: File name prefix = Privates_Progress_-__b03906f2_original


INFO: Command: ".\FFmpeg\ffmpeg-2.2.3-win32-static\bin\ffmpeg.exe" "-loglevel" "verbose" "-y" "-i" "vf_b0004hf7_3832dfa5-0657-4a4a-9d0c-4e816c64e61f-pa3=96000-pv10=1604000.m3u8?__gda__=1436827546_1b0af07aeccec0a45126dce0b0c73035" "-vcodec" "copy" "-acodec" "copy" "G:\Videos\iPlayer\Privates_Progress_-__b03906f2_original.partial.mp4.ts"

ffmpeg version 2.2.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jun 19 2014 20:24:25 with gcc 4.8.3 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-decklink --enable-zlib
  libavutil      52. 66.100 / 52. 66.100
  libavcodec     55. 52.102 / 55. 52.102
  libavformat    55. 33.100 / 55. 33.100
  libavdevice    55. 10.100 / 55. 10.100
  libavfilter     4.  2.100 /  4.  2.100
  libswscale      2.  5.102 /  2.  5.102
  libswresample   0. 18.100 /  0. 18.100
  libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
vf_b0004hf7_3832dfa5-0657-4a4a-9d0c-4e816c64e61f-pa3=96000-pv10=1604000.m3u8?__gda__=1436827546_1b0af07aeccec0a45126dce0b0c73035: Invalid argument
Conversion failed!
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file G:\Videos\iPlayer\Privates_Progress_-__b03906f2_original.partial.mp4.ts via HLS
DEBUG: Record using hlsvhigh4 mode return code: 'next'
INFO: skipping hlsvhigh4 mode
ERROR: Failed to record 'Private's Progress - - (b03906f2)'

Thanks for all the replies
Charlie





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