PROBLEM DOWNLOADING BBC RADIO PROGRAMMES

[david at harleystreet.net]

Hi Graham,

Glad the link to the Windows page at

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/windows

was of help.

best,
David

On 2023-04-03 17:57, GRAHAM Holliday wrote:
> David,
> 
> Just to let you know, I have now successfully downloaded the new
> version of get iplayer, and it seems to be working fine.
> 
> Many thanks again for all your help.
> 
> Graham
> 
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: david at harleystreet.net
>> To: "GRAHAM Holliday" <graham8holliday at btinternet.com>
>> Cc: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
>> Sent: Friday, 31 Mar, 23 At 02:21
>> Subject: Re: PROBLEM DOWNLOADING BBC RADIO PROGRAMMES
>> 
>> Yes, I had to update mine about the same time. For Windows see...
>> 
>> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/windows
>> 
>> for installation instructions. As you can see below I can get help
>> by typing
>> 
>> get-iplayer --help
>> 
>> or on your system probably
>> 
>> get_iplayer --help
>> 
>> I'm not running on Windows, but this is my output for versions 3.02
>> (not working) and 3.31 which is working fine.
>> 
>> get_iplayer --pid=m001jtc0 --type=radio
>> 
>> get_iplayer v3.02, 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.
>> 
>> -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-
>> 
>> INFO: radio episode PID detected (m001jtc0)
>> 
>> INFO: Trying to download PID: m001jtc0 using type: radio
>> 
>> INFO: PID not found in cache: m001jtc0
>> 
>> INFO: 0 matching programmes
>> 
>> WARNING: No media streams found for requested programme versions and
>> recording modes.
>> 
>> get-iplayer --pid=m001jtc0 --type=radio
>> 
>> get_iplayer v3.31, 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.
>> 
>> Episodes:
>> 
>> Record Review - Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals in Building a
>> Library with Sarah Devonald and Andrew McGregor, BBC Radio 3,
>> m001jtc0
>> 
>> INFO: 1 total programmes
>> 
>> INFO: Downloading radio: 'Record Review - Saint-Saëns's Carnival of
>> the Animals in Building a Library with Sarah Devonald and Andrew
>> McGregor (m001jtc0) [original]'
>> 
>> INFO: Downloaded: 128.51 MB (02:48:00) @ 2.04 Mb/s (hlsmed1/bi)
>> [audio]
>> 
>> INFO: Converting to M4A
>> 
>> INFO: Tagging M4A
>> 
>> get-iplayer --help
>> 
>> get_iplayer v3.31, 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.
>> 
>> Usage ( Also see
>> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/documentation ):
>> 
>> get-iplayer --basic-help
>> 
>> get_iplayer v3.31, 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.
>> 
>> Usage ( Also see
>> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/documentation ):
>> 
>> On 2023-03-30 17:23, GRAHAM Holliday wrote:
>> 
>> I've been using get_iplayer for years, exclusively for downloading
>> BBC radio programmes, and it's always worked fine. But since early
>> March, I've not been able to do so. When I type in a request, such
>> as
>> 
>> get_iplayer --pid=m001jtc0 --type=radio ,
>> 
>> I get the message: WARNING: No media streams found for requested
>> programme versions and recording modes .
>> 
>> This happens when I try any programme broadcast after about March
>> 7th - the date may be slightly different - but I can still download
>> programmes from earlier dates.
>> 
>> Any ideas? I'm using a laptop with Windows 10, by the way, and I'm
>> not great generally with IT. There's probably a simple answer, like
>> needing to install a later version of get_iplayer, but I don't know
>> how to do that...
>> 
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