an interesting question about get_iplayer and converting files

[J K.Eason]

> *From:* Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip <jn.ml.gti.91 at wingsandbeaks.org.uk>
> *To:* ML - get_iplayer <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
> *Date:* Sat, 30 Jan 2021 23:14:48 +0000
> 
> On 2021-01-30 20:57, majid hussain wrote:
> 
> > is there any way of makeing get_iplayer check download history 
> > and not
> > redownload the programme?
> 
> It's been ages since I used get_iplayer, but it always used to make
> that check.
> 
> However there's a parameter that can be used to force a redownload
> (which people might deliberately use if they really do want to grab
> a file again).
> 
> I'm wondering if you have some default parameters stored and happen
> to have stored that specific [ --force ] parameter?

Agreed. In fact if you run get_iplayer to download a program already in
the history file using the command line, it specifically tells you that
it's already been downloaded and that you should use --force if you want
to download it again!

-- 
Regards
       John