can I populate the download_history without actualy downloading

[Dave Widgery]

Hi

Jimmys solution of temporarily modifying the get_player script did
exactly what I wanted.

But in answer to your suggestion.

I use an old notebook running xp to do my downloads, then copy the
files onto a usb disk that I plug directly into my tv. The downloads I
keep I sort into different folders depending on what they are.

But mostly I use it like a video recorder and a lot of things like
quiz programs get deleted again afterwards, therefore I do not have
the downloaded files available.

But even if I did surly it would only error because the file was
there, it still wouldn't add an entry to the download history
therefore it would continue to try to download and error every time
until the bbc stopped making it available.

But I appreciate everyone's suggestions.

Dave

On 8 September 2016 at 01:07, Vangelis forthnet
<northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr> wrote:
> On Tue Sep 6 14:30:03 BST 2016, Dave Widgery wrote:
>>
>> due to a disk crash I have had to rebuild my system. One problem I have is
>> the download_history file is missing a lot of entries of programs I have
>> already downloaded.
>
>
> On Wed Sep 7 23:18:02 BST 2016, Jon Davies wrote:
>>
>> If get-iplayer tries to download a programme that already exists on disk,
>> it won't download it again.
>
>
> ... This was my immediate thought, too, when I read about Dave's
> predicament; indeed, if --overwrite is not specified, then GiP won't
> re-record an existing download, provided that the new recording attempt
> would have produced a file with the same <filename> substitution parameter
> (same file name and download directory), i.e. <filename> =
> <dir>\<fileprefix>.EXT
>
> Dave informed us that he had lost his original history file due to disk
> failure, but maybe he has salvaged (some?) of his downloads via backups in
> other disks (???)
>
> So, for this idea to work, he should place all "programs he had already
> downloaded" to the same location that GiP is currently configured to place
> downloads (output directory), provided the <fileprefix> parameter is still
> the same as before the disk crash...
>
> Regards, Vangelis.
>
> Edit: I now see Alan beat me to it!
>
>
>
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