SPS error

[Vangelis forthnet]

Tue Nov 8 17:37:39 GMT 2016, TalkTalk - Doggy wrote:

> I'm getting a non-existant SPS error message
> shortly after the program is recorded.
> (snip)
> it goes to about 103 percent while recording!

... Both of your issues/queries have been answered
in the past, both here and in the forum; in fact,
they are now part of the standard FAQs in the GiP wiki:

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/faq#recording

>> Should I be concerned when I see a message similar to non-existing SPS 0 
>> referenced in buffering period in get_iplayer output?
>>
>> This message comes from the H.264 video decoder in ffmpeg and is printed 
>> when re-muxing MPEG-TS files to MP4. As far as is known, the condition 
>> flagged by ffmpeg does not have any effect on get_iplayer re-muxing, so 
>> you can ignore this message.
>>
>> Why does the download progress display show a percentage complete <100% 
>> or >100% just before a download finishes?
>>
>> The file sizes and bit rates provided in media stream metadata may not 
>> match the actual sizes and bit rates of the media streams themselves. 
>> Therefore, the calculated percentage complete will be >100% when the 
>> actual size is greater than the size estimated from metadata or <100% 
>> when the actual size is less than the size estimated from metadata. As 
>> long as the duration of the downloaded file is correct you can ignore 
>> this.

> Should I be concerned about this error?

NO

Regards,
Vangelis.