[ANN] get_iplayer v3.01 released

[Jim web]

The release of the new version prompts me to ask a general question that
has been on my mind for a while. Apologies is this is already done or
should be obvious to me, but if so I've missed it...

There are various 'transfer methods', and a range of video resolutions,
frame rates, audio bitrates, etc, on offer. However I tend to see these
mentioned or listed in what I think of as 'back-to-front' order when
discussed, etc. What I'd like to clarify is if there is some list already
which starts with a given resolution, etc,for the desired output and then
gives the modes for getting that, with - where appropriate - the most
reliable shown first, or with an indication of which the user might find
fastest. more reliable, etc.

I'll use my own examples here to illustrate:

1) To get 320k aac audio from radio.

2) To get 1080x720 video, 25fps with best possible audio. (Ideally 320k
aac, but if not, whatever is the max).

3) Ditto fore 50fps video. (FWIW, personally I don't need 50fps for most
material, but if it is the only way to get better audio than 25fps I tend
to use it for musical items.)

Then consider some kind of 'forward facing list' of a fuller range of
requirements where the user can look up what they want, and then give gip
the relevant mode settings indicated for that.

In the past, each time there is a change to gip or by the BBC I tend to
find I have to experiment, or try to stick with an 'old' method that may
eventually give problems. So now facing moving from gip < 3.00 to gip >
3.00 I thought it might be a good time to raise this question.

BTW Not yet tried gip >= 3.00 so I'm also wondering if my systems will have
the required modules for perl it needs. But that's another matter.

Sorry if this already exists and I've missed it!

Jim

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