get_iplayer creating incomplete mp4 files

[Dave Widgery]

Hi
what you say is true but I want to do it from a batch file so I can
clean up and maybe get it to try re-downloading the program
automatically without be having to check every one manually.
Dave

On 6 January 2017 at 01:21, Alan Milewczyk <alan at soulman1949.com> wrote:
> Perhaps I'm being thick here but surely if you're in Windows just right
> clicking on the file will give you the property details. Alternatively, do
> what I do, have Windows view in "detail" and add "Length" to your display.
>
> A
>
>
> On 05-Jan-17 23:17, Dave Widgery wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I did consider filesize, but as you say this varies depending on what
>> quality you download at so you would need to know what has been used,
>> i use --tvmode=flashbetter but this can fall back to a different
>> quality depending on what is available, also if it has dropped a few
>> bytes here or there due to download errors the figures may not add up
>> for an easy compare, but the length of the program in minutes should
>> be close enough even if the odd few seconds have been lost here and
>> there.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 5 January 2017 at 16:01, RS <richard22j at zoho.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Dave Widgery
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 14:38
>>>
>>>
>>>> get_iplayer "jonathan creek" --i | find "runtime"
>>>> I get the result.
>>>> runtime: 90
>>>> which gives the length of the program in minutes, if anyone can
>>>
>>>
>>> It may be easier to work with file sizes.  The --info string includes
>>> modesize.  You can parse it for that string, and then parse the result
>>> for
>>> the mode you are using.
>>>
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