get_iplayer Remux: Programme "already in history" error

[James Scholes]

Maybe I'm missing something, but just run FFmpeg on the file directly.  If you have the file, you don't need get_iplayer.  If you don't have the file, you'd want to redownload it.

Regards,

James Scholes

On 03/01/2021 at 4:26 pm, 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.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> get_iplayer mailing list
> get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
>