BBC's iPlayer works when get_iplayer doesn't

[tellyaddict]

Interesting find there Alan. You are right, GiP 2.99 only picks up the audiodescribed version. As you can see when you play the programme on iPlayer and right click, the vpid for the non AD version is b08l4283 but GiP misses it completely.

Version 2.94 can see it but anything after that for some reason can't. Also in 2.99 in the option to use alternative metadata streams --ybbcy which also sees the missing version.


> The command get_iplayer --pid b08l429m (albeit in a batch file) failed 
> to record anything, producing the following output:
> 
> "INFO Trying to download PID using type tv
> INFO: pid found in cache
> Matches:
> 2455:    EastEnders - 27/03/2017, BBC One, b08l429m
> 
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
> INFO: No versions of this programme were selected (available versions: 
> audiodescribed)"
> 
> Slightly surprising for a mainstream programme only to be available in 
> AD version, I thought. Indeed, doing a
> 
> get_iplayer --info --pid b08l429m
> 
> confirms the situation with the following output:
> 
> "INFO Trying to download PID using type tv
> INFO: pid found in cache
> Matches:
> 2455:    EastEnders - 27/03/2017, BBC One, b08l429m
> INFO: No versions of this programme were selected (available versions: 
> audiodescribed)
> INFO: File name prefix = EastEnders_-_5465._2017-03-27_b08l429m_default
> 
> available:      2017-03-27T20:30:00+01:00
> brand:          EastEnders
> categories:     Drama,Soaps
> category:       Drama
> channel:        BBC One
> desc:           Michelle reaches breaking point. Whitney goes all out to 
> support Tina.
> desclong:       Michelle reaches breaking point. Whitney goes all out to 
> support Tina.
> descmedium:     Michelle reaches breaking point. Whitney goes all out to 
> support Tina.
> descshort:      Michelle reaches breaking point. Whitney goes all out to 
> support Tina.
> dir:            F:\iPlayer-TV
> dldate:         2017-03-29
> dltime:         20:24:04
> duration:       1800
> durations:      audiodescribed: 1800
> episode:        5465. 27/03/2017
> episodenum:     5465
> episodeshort:   27/03/2017
> expires:        in 28 days 0 hours (2017-04-26T19:30:00+00:00)
> ext:            EXT
> filename: F:\iPlayer-TV\EastEnders_-_5465._2017-03-27_b08l429m_default.EXT
> filepart: 
> F:\iPlayer-TV\EastEnders_-_5465._2017-03-27_b08l429m_default.partial.EXT
> fileprefix:     EastEnders_-_5465._2017-03-27_b08l429m_default
> firstbcast:     audiodescribed: 2017-03-27T20:30:00+01:00
> firstbcastdate: audiodescribed: 2017-03-27
> firstbcastrel:  audiodescribed: 1 days 23 hours ago
> index:          2455
> lastbcast:      audiodescribed: 2017-03-27T20:30:00+01:00
> lastbcastdate:  audiodescribed: 2017-03-27
> lastbcastrel:   audiodescribed: 1 days 23 hours ago
> longname:       EastEnders
> modes:          audiodescribed: 
> dvfxsd1,dvfxsd2,dvfxsd3,dvfxsd4,dvfxhigh1,dvfxhigh2,dvfxhigh3,dvfxhigh4,dvflow1,dvflow2,dvflow3,dvflow4,hvfxsd1,hvfxsd2,hvfhigh1,hvfhigh2,hvfxhigh1,hvfxhigh2,hvflow1,hvflow2
> modesizes:      audiodescribed: 
> dvfxsd1=319MiB,dvfxsd2=319MiB,dvfxsd3=319MiB,dvfxsd4=319MiB,dvfxhigh1=164MiB,dvfxhigh2=164MiB,dvfxhigh3=164MiB,dvfxhigh4=164MiB,dvflow1=87MiB,dvflow2=87MiB,dvflow3=87MiB,dvflow4=87MiB,hvfxsd1=387MiB,hvfxsd2=387MiB,hvfhigh1=386MiB,hvfhigh2=386MiB,hvfxhigh1=210MiB,hvfxhigh2=210MiB,hvflow1=121MiB,hvflow2=121MiB
> name:           EastEnders
> nameshort:      EastEnders
> pid:            b08l429m
> player:         http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08l429m
> runtime:        30
> senum:          s01e5465
> seriesnum:      1
> thumbfile: F:\iPlayer-TV\EastEnders_-_5465._2017-03-27_b08l429m_default.jpg
> thumbnail: http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/150x84/p01vg679.jpg
> timeadded:      1 days 11 hours ago (2017-03-28T07:32:35+00:00)
> title:          EastEnders: 27/03/2017
> type:           tv
> verpids:        audiodescribed: p04y79vv
> version:        default
> versions:       audiodescribed
> web:            http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m86d
> 
> 
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes"