Why no Formula E?

George Eycott george at eycott.co.uk
Mon Apr 26 17:50:14 BST 2021


Ah fair enough, I was just a bit thrown as to why you would need/want to
exclude a load of channels when you have specified a PID, but it sounds like
they are probably the defaults for your web PVR and get_iplayer has copied
them to the pvr file.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: get_iplayer <get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org> On Behalf Of
> Don Grunbaum
> Sent: 26 April 2021 17:00
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: Why no Formula E?
> 
> I'm not sure that you've followed the thread fully, George.
> 
> Your search will pick up "The Repair Shop" programmes in the cache, no
> problem. The original question (from Steve Wilson) is about picking up
> programmes that are not in the cache, but available on iPlayer, such as
"box
> sets" and those broadcast through the "red button" or the iPlayer itself,
like
> the Formula E races.
> 
> Admittedly in my example only two or three of the lines are essential -
pid,
> pidrecursive, and output (if you don't want all downloads going to the
same
> folder).
> 
> The others are put there by the "web interface" as they are my default
> options.
> 
> I hope that's clear.
> 
> Don
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: George Eycott <george at eycott.co.uk>
> To: <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
> Sent: 26/04/2021 09:10:21
> Subject: RE: Why no Formula E?
> __________________________________________________________
> ______________________
> 
> Wow, that seems complex, mine is just:
> 
> search0 The Repair Shop
> 
> Works fine for me!
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: get_iplayer <get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org> On Behalf
> > Of Don Grunbaum
> > Sent: 26 April 2021 08:41
> > To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> > Subject: Re: Why no Formula E?
> >
> > As an example, this is my file for "The Repair Shop":
> >
> >
> ==========================================================
> > ==
> > excludecategory children,primary
> > excludechannel
> > alba,cymru,news,s4c,cbbc,cbeebies,parliament,bbcthree,northern
> > ireland,wales pid b08l581p modes best output V:\BBC iPlayer
> > Recordings\The Repair Shop subtitles 1 thumb 0 type tv versionlist
> > default pidrecursive 1
> >
> ==========================================================
> > ==
> >
> > Obviously some of your settings will differ. I also use a .txt suffix
> > on
> all my pvr
> > files as it makes them easier to edit.
> >
> > ATB
> >
> > Don
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Steve Wilson <steve+getiplayer at swsystem.co.uk>
> > To: <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
> > Sent: 25/04/2021 22:20:06
> > Subject: Re: Why no Formula E?
> >
> __________________________________________________________
> > ______________________
> >
> >
> > On 25/04/2021 13:47, Don Grunbaum wrote:
> > > I believe that only programmes that are broadcast through the
"regular"
> > channels appear in the GiP cache.
> > >
> > > To pick up others such as these and "box sets" you should use the
> > > series
> > pid and the recursive option.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > Don
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Would this be more reliable for other series too? For example having
> > "search0 Click" for pvr can match other things too so I've other
> > options
> and
> > excludes.
> >
> > Do you have an example or link I can use to configure pvr to do this?
> >
> > Steve.
> >
> >
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