pid-recursive in options file, bug or feature?

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197]

Thanks.  That means it's a "feature", I guess.  It's not a big deal, I
can always add --pid-recursive if I'm getting a series.
But up through 2.99, having it in my options file was more convenient
than adding it on a case-by-case basis.

And that's not a postcode, it's my callsign.  And why not put in my
telephone number?
best, doug


On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Vangelis forthnet
<northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr> wrote:
> On Thu May 4 14:12:59 BST 2017, Doug Faunt wrote:
>>
>> I hope that signature is gone.
>
>
> Yes it is... Many thanks...(though, TBH, I can't figure out why you need to
> share with the rest of the world your postcode and telephone number...LOL).
>
>> Here's an example of not working with pidrecursive in options file and
>> then working after removal.
>
>
> Why must you have "pidrecursive 1" inside your options file? The
> "--pid-recersive" switch was intended to be only used in conjuction with
> brand/series PIDs; b05nt1vb is just an episode PID, so I'd say what you get
> is to be expected...
> In fact, if you manually try to load
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nt1vb/episodes/player?page=1
>
> in a browser, you'll get a "Sorry, that page was not found" error...
>
> With the XML feeds now permanently removed, GiP 3.00 relies only to
> webscraping to parse brand/series PIDs. In fact, recursive downloading was
> unavailable after the removal of XML feeds, since the JSON ones do not
> provide such function, but was added (through XML page parsing) in the
> following commit:
> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/1032f22
>
> If, while the XML feeds were still alive, GiP 2.99- would not error out when
> fed an episode PID with "pidrecursive 1" present inside options, then I'd
> say that was a "bugged" behaviour, whereas the current one is "normal"
> Regards.
>
>
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