can I populate the download_history without actualy downloading

[Tony Quinn]

On 06-Sep-16 3:25 PM, mccarthy kevin wrote:
> I'm using Windows 7.
> In my
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\username\.Get_iPlayer
>
> directory
>
> there's a file called download_history.
> If you open it with a text file you'll see the format.
> I'm assuming all you have to do is add an entry for each show you've downloaded,
> though there are one or two references it contains I dont understand so I hope
> this helps until an expert comes along...
>
> Out of curiosity how do you use this file? if you dont use it for anything then
> there's no need to add the missing entries.
>
>
I was under the impression that it was checked by GiP to prevent files 
being downloaded more than once