Failing to download iPlayer file

[Geoff Smith]

Missing dash
-–pid p099f5jp

Geoff Smith

On 20/04/2021, Michael Eacott <michael.h.eacott at gmail.com> wrote:
> My apologies for not using my registered read only email address of
> xmichael at eacott.org.uk that I cannot send from and also not changing my
> email client Thunderbird default from html format to plain text.
>
> I wanted to download this video
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p099f5jp/greta-thunberg-a-year-to-change-the-world-series-1-episode-2
>
> I used this command get-iplayer –pid=p099f5jp --modes=hvfxsd1 tvmode
> good --type=tv
>
> Here's the Terminal window
>
> get-iplayer –pid=p099f5jp --modes=hvfxsd1 tvmode good --type=tv
> get_iplayer v3.27, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
>    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use
> --warranty.
>    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under
> certain
>    conditions; use --conditions for details.
>
> Matches:
> 6696:    Spooks: The Greater Good - -, BBC One, b06dngb6
> 7282:    The Good Dinosaur - -, BBC One, b07h1m7d
> INFO: 2 matching programmes
>
> So what may I be doing wrong please?
>
>
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