ffmpeg issue?

[Hugh Reynolds]

Many thanks.
No obvious way of finding the version.  I inspected the get_iplayer.pl file
it was 3.03.
I found the problem.  Yet again, during installation, perl.exe was locked
and the installation of v3.04 had failed.  Once that was unlocked, by using
IObit Unlocker, the PVR/ffmpeg combination worked and converted the .ts
file.

Perl.exe is locked again after installing v3.04.  Why does perl.exe get
locked?  All I'm doing is running the installation .exe.

Regards

Hugh

-----Original Message-----
From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf
Of Vangelis forthnet
Sent: 09 October 2017 20:02
To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: ffmpeg issue?

 On Mon Oct 9 13:28:18 BST 2017, Hugh Reynolds wrote:

> Is there a simple way to resolve this?

... Actually yes! But:

1. First indicate the version of GiP used; nothing in your post identifies
that, my bet is you're still on previous version 3.03, so the rest of my
answer is based on that assumption; if it's not true, then please
disregard...

2. Both I and Alan recently posted in this list about the advent of bug-fix
version GiP 3.04:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2017-October/011183.html
List members are invited to read linked
release notes even when not initially planning an immediate update...

>> Fixed a serious bug introduced in v3.03 that could cause
>> MP4 conversions to be skipped when using the PVR function.
>> If you are using v3.03, you are strongly urged to upgrade to v3.04 
>> immediately.

 For the record, the bug was identified after the following Forum thread:
https://squarepenguin.co.uk/forums/thread-1518-newpost.html
 Code commit that fixed it:
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/bdf3c7eb990e49953aea34f43c
e2f378307c959b

 So, if you're on GiP 3.03, the "simple way to resolve"
your issue is to upgrade to 3.04 (!).

 I have commented about it in the past, but the current workflow in GiP
development (issues tracker removed, "contribute" branch only updated
publicly after a major stable release) might (and has several times) make
the released version more prone to undetected bugs, which rear their ugly
heads until after the "master" branch script is let loose...
So that's why you should also look at
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/issues
some time after a tag release...

Regards,
Vangelis. 


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