Why is '-- type radio' needed?

[David Cantrell]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:28:15AM +0100, Chris Marriott wrote:

> Hmmm. Curious. I download radio programmes with:
> 
> get_iplayer --mode=flashaacstd --pid=xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> No "type=" and it works just fine.

I presume that '--type radio' is a shortcut for a list of modes.

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