Some questions on PVR

Sat May 20 15:18:54 PDT 2023

No Problem - the 2.97 is probably the freshest port that's available
to my Raspberry PI,

pi at osgood:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster

On Sat, 20 May 2023 at 17:52, Budge <ajebay at errichel.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi Kevin,
> I have been away and coming back to this I think I have missed something somewhere.  You have shown a command which is revealing get_iplayer v2.97 and showing podcasts.    I am using v3.31 and the deprecated podcast type is no longer supported.
> I too am confused by the conflicting information from BBC concerning the future of podcasts.  Fortunately I can still get In Our Time with pvr and not using podcasts afaik so I shall not spend more time on podcasts.  I do have a more important question and shall post a separate thread.
> Thanks for the info and help.
> Regards,
> Alastair.
>
> On 13/05/2023 23:50, Kevin Lynch wrote:
> > I looked at the podcast thing while watching Eurovision and I found
> > that it still works, but there are definite limitations.
> >
> > pi at osgood:~$ get_iplayer --type=podcast --refresh nomatch
> > get_iplayer v2.97, 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: Getting podcast Index Feeds
> > ....................................................................................................................
> > ....................................................................................................................
> > ....................................................................................................................
> > ..........................................................
> > Added: 262510:  The Media Show - Football, racism and the media, Wed,
> > 12 Dec 2018 17:45:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Socie
> > ty & Culture
> > Added: 262623:  The Media Show - How ITV News reported first-hand on
> > the storming of Congress, Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:4
> > 3:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Society & Culture
> > .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
> > Added: 262510:  The Media Show - Football, racism and the media, Wed,
> > 12 Dec 2018 17:45:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Society & Culture
> > Added: 262623:  The Media Show - How ITV News reported first-hand on
> > the storming of Congress, Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:43:00 +0000, BBC Radio
> > 4, Society & Culture
> >
> > INFO: 0 Matching Programmes
> >
> > The list here for "In Our Time" tallys what my podcast app sees.
> >
> > pi at osgood:~$ get_iplayer --type=podcast "In our Time"  | tail
> > 226409: In Our Time - Megaliths, Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:15:00 +0000, BBC
> > Radio 4, History
> > 226410: In Our Time - The Ramayana, Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:15:00 +0000,
> > BBC Radio 4, History
> > 226411: In Our Time - Mercantilism, Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:15:00 +0000,
> > BBC Radio 4, History
> > 226412: In Our Time - Solon the Lawgiver, Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:15:00
> > +0000, BBC Radio 4, History
> > 226413: In Our Time - A Room of One's Own, Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:15:00
> > +0000, BBC Radio 4, History
> > 226414: In Our Time - Cnut, Thu, 04 May 2023 09:15:00 +0000, BBC Radio
> > 4, History
> > 226415: In Our Time - The Battle of Crécy, Thu, 11 May 2023 09:15:00
> > +0000, BBC Radio 4, History
> > 226416: In Our Time - In Our Time is now first on BBC Sounds, Fri, 04
> > Mar 2022 04:00:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, History
> >
> > INFO: 941 Matching Programmes
> > pi at osgood:~$
> >
> > When you look at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qykl you see
> > the latest podcasts are there.
> >
> > Friday night Comedy
> >
> > pi at osgood:~$ get_iplayer --type=podcast "Friday Night Comedy"| tail
> > 220370: Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The News Quiz - 3rd
> > March, Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:01:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Comedy
> > 220371: Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The News Quiz - 10th
> > March, Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:01:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Comedy
> > 220372: Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Now Show - 17th
> > March, Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:01:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Comedy
> > 220373: Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Now Show - 24th
> > March, Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:01:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Comedy
> > 220374: Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Now Show - 31st
> > March, Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:01:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Comedy
> > 220375: Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Now Show - 7th
> > April, Fri, 05 May 2023 18:01:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Comedy
> > 220376: Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Now Show - 14th
> > April, Fri, 12 May 2023 18:01:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4, Comedy
> > 220377: Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - Ready for a new series
> > of The News Quiz?, Sat, 29 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000, BBC Radio 4,
> > Comedy
> >
> > INFO: 162 Matching Programmes
> >
> > The URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p02pc9pj shows the latest
> > show available from yesterday
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > On Sat, 13 May 2023 at 21:42, Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip
> > <jn.ml.gti.91 at wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote:
> >> On 2023-05-13 20:18, Kevin Lynch wrote:
> >>
> >>> ... Since then the BBC had an "audio product"
> >>> whose name escapes me that then was rewritten to be "BBC Sounds". If
> >>> you look carefully, the BBC doesn't promote "BBC Radio" anymore. It's
> >>> all "BBC Sounds". The BBC now deprecates podcasts, driving users to
> >>> BBC Sounds
> >> If that's the case one would wonder why their own website hasn't yet
> >> got the message.  If you go to "Sounds" and search for, for example
> >> "More or Less" you'll find the most recent episode of the MoL
> >> /podcast/ at
> >>
> >>    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fn0lnw
> >>    "Do 94% of marriages in Portugal really end in divorce?"
> >>
> >> and - yes - that's a "sounds" URL.
> >>
> >>
> >> But if you approach it through what might be a legacy set of pages,
> >> eg from
> >>
> >>    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshd
> >>
> >> and click on the "More or Less Podcast" tab, that takes you to
> >>
> >>    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrss1/episodes/downloads
> >>
> >> (which doesn't have "sounds" in its URL), and if you click the
> >> topmost entry in the list of episodes you get to
> >>
> >>    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fn0lnw
> >>
> >> - no "sounds" literal in that either.  It's only when you click
> >> on "Listen Now" that you finally end up on a "sounds" page.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own
> >>
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