get_iplayer Remux: Programme "already in history" error

[Steve Wilson]

On 03/01/2021 22:26, Xander Squier wrote:
> Hello 1&All,
> We are trying to remux a raw recording using the Windows command:-
>
> /get_iplayer --pid=b08bzzns --command-tv="ffmpeg -i \""<filename>"\"
> -c:v copy -c:a copy -y \""<dir>\<fileprefix>".mkv\""/
> This returns a programme "already in history" error necessitating the
> --force option. The trouble is that using this results in a redownload
> of the recording which is what we are trying to avoid.
> Please help up see what we are missing - thanks.

If you've still got the original file you probably just want to run just 
the ffmpeg command to convert it. If you don't then the --force may well 
be the only option.

You may need to use get_iplayer --info ... to establish what the <dir>, 
<filename> and <fileprefix> are in your case.

Steve.