[ANN] get_iplayer v3.01 released

[Simon Morgan]

Jim,
This is also useful if you want more details..
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/modesref

Needless to say, it is all in the wiki :-) 
Rgds
Simon Morgan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim web
> Sent: 07 May 2017 09:45
> To: get_iplayer
> Subject: Re: [ANN] get_iplayer v3.01 released
> 
> 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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