Problem with 3.06 PVR

[d.lake at surrey.ac.uk]

I had this problem with get_iplayer 3.06 and Ubuntu.

The issue was that my CPAN was not set-up fully so even though I thought I was updating IO::Socket::SSL I actually wasn't.

Start by ensuring that you are using a 2.x.x version of IO::Socket::SSL by running:

	perl -MIO::Socket::SSL -e 'print "$IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION\n";'

If you are, then that is not the issue.

If not, try updating using cpanm rather than full-blown cpan (uses a lot less memory):

	cpanm install IO::Socket::SSL


David




-----Original Message-----
From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of RS
Sent: 09 November 2017 14:19
To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Problem with 3.06 PVR

From: Jon Crookston
Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 10:46 PM

>Frustratingly, while John and I shared similar symptoms, I don't think 
>we had the same problem.  I've just installed IO::Socket::SSL but to no 
>avail, and tried --no-index-concurrent.

>I'm struggling to know where to look next - there isn't any real clue 
>in the program output - is there a way to find out *why* it fails "to 
>download programme schedule
> >http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/programmes/schedules/last_week" etc.?  
> >I'm not
>really very familiar with the use of 'proper' software tools for 
>debugging etc., but if I had anything to go >on I might try to do a bit more digging.

I have not yet used Linux to run get_iplayer so I cannot help with Linux dependencies.

Debugging is not a matter of 'proper' software tools; it is a matter of approach.  You should aim to keep everything as simple as possible and test one thing at a time.

What happens when you click the link in your paragraph above?  Does your browser display a page with a blue-green background with a heading "Schedule
30 October - 5 November 2017"?
If it doesn't, you need to find out why.  There is no point in considering why get_iplayer cannot analyse the page if your browser cannot see it.  If the browser can display the page, you can then go on to study what get_iplayer is doing with it.  Identify where in the code it is being processed and the names of relevant variables.  Add print statements to print the values of the variables before and after an operation.

>The output with --debug (below) doesn't seem to tell me much more, does 
>anyone have any other suggestions?

The debug output is mainly concerned with processing options.  You have used --nocopyright so it is not even possible to confirm the version you are running.  Remove all the options, including your preferences, and run it with the defaults.  If it works with the defaults, add the options back one by one.

Best wishes
Richard





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