Setting Locale in UK

Budge ajebay at errichel.co.uk
Tue Mar 15 01:06:30 PDT 2016


On 15/03/16 00:23, Vangelis forthnet wrote:
> On Mon Mar 14 22:55:45 GMT 2016, Budge wrote:
>
>> tried to download a programme which was shown tonight on STV and is
>> listed in the cache.
>
> Hello Alastair!
>
> Pardon me if I misunderstood, but isn't STV (http://www.stv.tv/) a
> Scottish version of ITV?
> You mention the cache, i.e. GiP's tv.cache - do STV carry BBC programmes
> too?
>> Lady Lairds - Episode 2, BBC One Scotland
>> (snip)
>> On going to the BBC website however and checking the schedules I see
>> this programme does not show on the schedules.
>
> Where exactly did you search for it? If GiP states it was shown on BBC
> One Scotland, it is those schedules you should probe (Scottish regional
> variation):

Hi Vangelis,
Must have been too late.  Yes I mean BBC Scotland and I couldn't see for 
looking but I couldn't find the pid.


> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/scotland
>
> And yes, it does appear in
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/scotland/2016/03/14
> That message produced by GiP is just a generic one (and indeed
> misleading if in the UK), which offers one explanation why "No programme
> versions" were found.
> Since GiP now uses the schedules feeds, some entries in the tv.cache may
> correspond to non-downloadable programmes, either because of rights
> issues or simply because they have not yet been encoded for iPlayer
> distribution.
> Your foul was your eagerness to download - when I started typing this
> e-mail, a mere navigation to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b073mlfh
> said  "This programme will be available soon". As I finish this now, the
> show is ready!
> Happy viewing!
>
> Regards, Vangelis.

So no great conspiracy then. Many thanks.



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