Re: Duplicates, triplicates, quadruplicates…

[Mike Pollock]

A great suggestion, thanks, but it's a little tougher with a keyword
search. I'm casting a wide net for topics that could show up in any
programme on any station. The catches might not always interest me,
but if that's the case, I'd rather not watch get_iplayer download six
identical uninteresting copies where one would be enough.

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 6:24 AM Chris Walker
<cdw_pcmail at the-walker-household.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:40:26 -0400
> Mike Pollock <itsamike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Since the consolidation of much of BBC Local Radio, syndicated
> > programmes airing across multiple local stations are now replicated in
> > the archive with different PIDs and suffixed names. This has the
> > unpleasant effect of causing keyword search hits to download multiple
> > versions of the same programme:
> [snip]
> > Is there a better way, or is there a chance of adding some duplication
> > detection into the software itself?
>
> I can't offer a way to detect duplicates but in the past when Bernie
> Keith Rock 'n' Roll Show was broadcast on several local stations I
> would pick one of those stations and download that one. I chose
> Northampton even though I'm in Norfolk (I think that may now come under
> Three Counties) so the pvr file had these two lines in it :-
> fields desc
> channel BBC Radio Northampton
>
> Sadly the BBC have decided to bin off Bernie Keith on a Saturday as
> they did with Geoff Barker earlier.
>
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