pid-recursive in options file, bug or feature?

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

Thanks for all the help.  It's not a big deal and is probably a result
of the new method of working.
I don't watch TV, I don't have a license, so downloading them would be illegal.


On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:40 PM, Vangelis forthnet
<northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr> wrote:
> On Thu May 4 21:38:13 BST 2017, Doug Faunt wrote:
>
>> I just noticed that if I have --pid-cursive in the command line,
>> gip will cheerfully pickup a single episode program.
>> Bug or feature?
>
>
> (I'm sure you meant "--pid-recursive" rather than "--pid-cursive"...)
> Well, just to humour you, I did try:
>
> get_iplayer --pid=b05nt1vb --pid-recursive --modes=worst --force --verbose
>
> and that failed to start a download:
>
> WARNING: Failed to fetch episode PIDs from
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nt
> 1vb/episodes/player?page=1
>
> What is indeed interesting is that if I include
> --type=radio in the command:
>
> get_iplayer --type=radio --pid=b05nt1vb --pid-recursive --modes=worst
> --force --verbose
>
> I do get a download:
>
> INFO: Trying daflow1 mode to record radio: Drama - Far Side of the Moore
>
> Further tests on my setup show the same results
> irrespective of how the  --pid-recursive switch is
> being loaded onto GiP (via CLI or via options).
>
> As I said, I don't think a bug lies here in GiP; --pid-recursive
> is meant to be only used together with a brand/series PID,
> and that brand/series PID could be either TV or radio.
>
> I can't comment on the status quo ante when the XML feeds
> were alive, but in GiP 3.00, when you supply an episode
> pid with --pid-recursive, you should expect a failure...
>
> The reason I succeeded with
>
> --type=radio --pid=b05nt1vb --pid-recursive
>
> is probably because --type=radio shortcircuits
> --pid-recursive, as it instructs GiP to search
> for that PID inside the radio.cache
>
> I could hazard a thought here that if you supply GiP 3.00
> with a TV (not Radio) episode PID and also include
> --pid-recursive, you MAY begin a download; by default,
> GiP first queries tv.cache for that PID, so again
> --pid-recursive is being shortcircuited; it's not the same
> with a radio PID, though (without --type=radio); such a
> radio PID won't be found inside tv.cahe, radio.cache
> won't be searched and then  --pid-recursive will come into
> effect; GiP will try to scrape an invalid "brand/series" PID
> page and fall over...
>
> I think I have exhausted my expertise (!) here,
> if you feel you have a genuine issue/feature request,
> be free to pursue this further in the support forums!
>
> Best regards
>
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