First time I've posted here (had to re-post in Plain text as I think my 
previous was HTML, and therefore blocked), so just want to say thanks to 
all those keeping get_iPlayer working.
 
Several different errors keep disrupting my downloads, some of which may 
be from wireless or internet dropout, and one which definitely seems to 
be from rtmpdump. I have searched the forum (which solved earlier issues 
with rtmpdump 2.3, swf etc), but haven't found a solution for these.
 
Setup:
patched get_iPlayer 2.79 (command line, not Web PVR) with rtmpdump 2.4
Windows XP Home 32bit .NET Framework SP3.5  
P4 3.2GHz 512MB RAM
Belkin N Wireless USB Adapters F5D8053 : V6000 (latest drivers)
O2 Wireless Broadband (0.5-3.5MBps)
 
Options:
get_iplayer --prefs-add --thumbnail --subtitles --modes=flashvhigh 
--whitespace --fatfilenames --output=C:\Documents_and_Settings
 
Alternatively I sometimes try  --modes=flashvhigh2
 
Cmd line:
get_iplayer --pid=b0xxxxxx
 
Error 1:
>>>>
C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --pid=b01393qq
get_iplayer v2.79, 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 Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid found in cache
Matches:
676:    The One Show - 09/08/2011, BBC One, Arts Culture & the Media,Factual,TV,
 default
 
INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashvhigh2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashvhigh2 mode to record tv: The One Show - 09/08/2011
INFO: File name prefix = The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq default
 
INFO: Downloading Subtitles to 'C:\Documents/The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq
default.srt'
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              1770.28
INFO:   moovPosition          32.00
INFO:   width                 832.00
INFO:   height                468.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            77.00
INFO:   avclevel              30.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        25.00
INFO:   audiosamplerate       24000.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                44254000.00
INFO:   timescale             25000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                42486784.00
INFO:   timescale             24000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
55817.291 kB / 304.72 sec (17.2%)
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet body. len: 65825
55843.418 kB / 304.72 sec (17.2%)
INFO: Connection timed out, trying to resume.
 
Resuming download at: 55843.418 kB
ERROR: WriteN, RTMP send error 10054 (42 bytes)
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
55843.418 kB / 0.00 sec
Download complete
>>>>
 
I assume the above error is from wireless or internet dropout, or from 
an adaptor problem. Sometimes my wireless adaptor turns itself off when 
get_iPlayer is running, but not with other programs like Firefox, Skype 
etc.
 
With rtmpdump 2.4 I can usually restart the download where it crashed, 
which never worked with 2.2 or 2.3.
 
Error 2:
The other error, which has started since I upgraded to rtmpdump 2.4 and 
is more disruptive, occurs when rtmpdump seems to 'overload' - according 
to TaskManager it starts using 1GB RAM (i.e. more than any other program 
running) then crashes, either by me closing it from TaskManager, or by 
itself in which case it takes other programs down with it. Since my 
laptop only has 512MB RAM, I'm not sure what's happening, but assume it's 
an issue with rtmpdump, not get_iPlayer. Also, it happens separately to 
parallel downloads i.e. only happens on one while the others still work.
 
>>>>
C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer --pid=b01393qq
get_iplayer v2.79, 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 Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid found in cache
Matches:
676:    The One Show - 09/08/2011, BBC One, Arts Culture & the Media,Factual,TV,
 default
 
INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashvhigh2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashvhigh2 mode to record tv: The One Show - 09/08/2011
INFO: File name prefix = The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq default
 
INFO: Downloading Subtitles to 'C:\Documents/The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq
default.srt'
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              1770.28
INFO:   moovPosition          32.00
INFO:   width                 832.00
INFO:   height                468.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            77.00
INFO:   avclevel              30.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        25.00
INFO:   audiosamplerate       24000.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                44254000.00
INFO:   timescale             25000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                42486784.00
INFO:   timescale             24000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
55817.291 kB / 304.72 sec (17.2%)
ERROR: WriteN, RTMP send error 10054 (42 bytes)
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet body. len: 72053
21331.621 kB / 116.08 sec (17.2%)
Download may be incomplete (downloaded about 17.20%), try resuming
INFO: Command exit code 2 (raw code = 512)
WARNING: Retry recording for 'The One Show - 09/08/2011 (b01393qq)'
INFO: File name prefix = The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq default
 
INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashvhigh2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashvhigh2 mode to record tv: The One Show - 09/08/2011
INFO: File name prefix = The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq default
 
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Resuming download at: 55514.970 kB / 302.200 sec (17.0%)
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              1770.28
INFO:   moovPosition          32.00
INFO:   width                 832.00
INFO:   height                468.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            77.00
INFO:   avclevel              30.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        25.00
INFO:   audiosamplerate       24000.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                44254000.00
INFO:   timescale             25000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                42486784.00
INFO:   timescale             24000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data...
WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data...
69527.890 kB / 380.40 sec (21.4%)
 
 This sometimes continues smoothly to the end, but often leads to 
 rtmpdump 'overload' and:
 
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet body. len: 68865
69549.858 kB / 380.40 sec (21.4%)
INFO: Connection timed out, trying to resume.
 
Resuming download at: 69549.858 kB / 302.200 sec (17.0%)
WARNING: HandleInvoke, Sanity failed. no string method in invoke packet
WARNING: HandleInvoke, Sanity failed. no string method in invoke packet
 
 Here I close rtmpdump from TaskManager, leading to:
 
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Retry recording for 'The One Show - 09/08/2011 (b01393qq)'
INFO: File name prefix = The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq default
 
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
ERROR: Last tag size must be greater/equal zero (prevTagSize=466201744) and smal
ler then filesize, corrupt file!
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Retry recording for 'The One Show - 09/08/2011 (b01393qq)'
INFO: File name prefix = The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq default
 
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
ERROR: Last tag size must be greater/equal zero (prevTagSize=466201744) and smal
ler then filesize, corrupt file!
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Retry recording for 'The One Show - 09/08/2011 (b01393qq)'
INFO: File name prefix = The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq default
 
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
ERROR: Last tag size must be greater/equal zero (prevTagSize=466201744) and smal
ler then filesize, corrupt file!
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Retry recording for 'The One Show - 09/08/2011 (b01393qq)'
INFO: File name prefix = The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq default
 
 etc until I delete the interrupted download file, and it starts again:
 
INFO: Downloading Subtitles to 'C:\Documents/The One Show - 09_08_2011 b01393qq
default.srt'
RTMPDump 2.4 git-b627335 2011-7-23
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              1770.28
INFO:   moovPosition          32.00
INFO:   width                 832.00
INFO:   height                468.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            77.00
INFO:   avclevel              30.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        25.00
INFO:   audiosamplerate       24000.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                44254000.00
INFO:   timescale             25000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                42486784.00
INFO:   timescale             24000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
771.509 kB / 4.18 sec (0.2%)
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet body. len: 66804
777.161 kB / 4.18 sec (0.2%)
INFO: Connection timed out, trying to resume.
 
Resuming download at: 777.161 kB
 
etc.
 
Another issue is .mp4 conversion of downloads before they've finished 
downloading, or failure part-way through conversion; I haven't got an 
error output text for either of these though.
 
Previously these problems seemed to be worse from 9am til around midnight, 
but worked smoother during the night, so I assumed they were all 
bandwidth/dropout issues. But over the last week I've only been able to 
fully download a couple of the shows I've tried. My internet seems much 
slower than usual, which means downloads don't have time to finish before 
they crash. I guess the rtmpdump-related error could be a bug in 2.4 as 
it's relatively recent.
 
Cheers for any help!
 
Alex