Top of the Lake China Girl episode 5 download problems

[Alan Milewczyk]

Hi Dave

I originally downloaded all episodes of S02 as soon as they were made 
available (I couldn't wait until all episodes were broadcast!) and I've 
just checked and redownloaded episode 5 without any problems using the 
PID/URL, which is the only route open to you until the programme is 
aired. Downloading is not possible using the programme name until then.

I'm on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, originally downloaded the episode using 
v3.0.1 and redownloaded just now using v3.0.2 (following the upgrade at 
the weekend). As for your version of ffmpeg, that won't affect the 
download itself. I don't know just how slow your connection is but I do 
recall reading a thread on the support forum saying that if you have a 
very slow connection then get_iplayer may not work properly. It could be 
worth trying the download outside peak times when the load on the 
internet isn't as great. I can't think of any other suggestions right 
now, sorry.

Alan

On 23/08/2017 22:49, Dave Widgery wrote:
> Hi
> I am having problems downloading the following episode of the Top of the Lake
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p057mnc6/top-of-the-lake-china-girl-5-whos-your-daddy
>
> I have tried by description and the examples below by --pid and --url,
> I even tried it with a --force (although it is not in my download
> history)
>
> Each time it just comes back to the command prompt with no errors, I
> have managed to download episodes 1-4 without problem and currently
> downloading episode 6, it plays in iplayer (although very stop start
> due to my very slow connection, which is why I use get_iplayer).
>
> I am still using V3.0 on XP with an older copy of ffmpeg.exe but I am
> not experiencing problems with any other programs.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Regards
> Dave
>
>
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\DAVE>get_iplayer --pid=p057mnc6
> get_iplayer 3.00-windows.0, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
>    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
>    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
>    conditions; use --conditions for details.
>
>    NOTE: A UK TV licence is required to legally access BBC iPlayer TV content
>
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\DAVE>get_iplayer --url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ep
> isode/p057mnc6/top-of-the-lake-china-girl-5-whos-your-daddy
> get_iplayer 3.00-windows.0, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
>    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
>    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
>    conditions; use --conditions for details.
>
>    NOTE: A UK TV licence is required to legally access BBC iPlayer TV content
>
> INFO: Trying pid: p057mnc6 using type: tv
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\DAVE>get_iplayer --url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ep
> isode/p057mnc6/top-of-the-lake-china-girl-5-whos-your-daddy --get
> get_iplayer 3.00-windows.0, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
>    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
>    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
>    conditions; use --conditions for details.
>
>    NOTE: A UK TV licence is required to legally access BBC iPlayer TV content
>
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