Available Programme has `available' in the Future.

Ralph Corderoy ralph at inputplus.co.uk
Sat May 2 03:42:17 PDT 2015


Hi,

With get_iplayer 2.92, I find the PVR doesn't always download programmes
that are available, e.g. PID b05t2dkd.  It plays fine in the browser at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05t2dkd/the-beechgrove-garden-2015-episode-5

Here's what I think are relevant lines from --info.

    $ ./get_iplayer --no-purge --future -e 31536000 -i --pid b05t2dkd
    available:      2015-05-03T08:30:00+01:00
    brand:          The Beechgrove Garden
    dldate:         2015-05-02
    dltime:         11:31:48
    expiry:         2015-05-30T19:00:00Z
    expiryrel:      in 28 days 8 hours
    firstbcast:     default: 2015-04-30T19:30:00+01:00
    firstbcast:     original: 2015-04-30T19:30:00+01:00
    firstbcastdate: default: 2015-04-30
    firstbcastdate: original: 2015-04-30
    firstbcastrel:  default: 1 days 16 hours ago
    firstbcastrel:  original: 1 days 16 hours ago
    verpids:        default: b05t2dk7
    verpids:        original: b05t2dk7
    web:            http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05q4dxj
    $

Everything looks correct, and the expiry clock has started ticking,
except for `available' that is in the future.  I think it's this that
means

    ./get_iplayer --nopurge -e 31536000 --future --modes best \
        --subtitles --pvr --debug

isn't downloading it:

    DEBUG: 2015-05-03T08:30:00+01:00 = 2015, 05, 03, 08, 30, 00, 01, 00
    WARNING: PVR Run: ONCE_The_Beechgrove_Garden_2015_-_Episode_5_b05t2dkd: 1 download failure(s)

If I try and get it directly, without the PVR,

    ./get_iplayer --nopurge -e 31536000 --modes best --subtitles --pid b05t2dkd

then it still skipped.  However, adding --future to that works;  the
programme downloads.  Note, --future was in the --pvr run above that
didn't work.

So, why is `available' so wrong in the first place?  This isn't the only
programme, it seems quite common.  And if it can be wrong, should it be
trusted when running the PVR?

Cheers, Ralph.



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