Instructions for noobie, please - LINUX -

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Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I'm running Linux (Fedora-16/KDE) and have installed get_iplayer.
>
> If I give the command get_iplayer I am given a list of 713 titles,
> which I presume are all the programs currently available?
>
> But I have no idea what to do then.
> I have found some online accounts of the program,
> but nothing with concrete examples of the command(s) to give.
>
> Are there instructions anywhere?
> The man page struck me as more or less useless.
>
>
Hi,

this is what I use, lets say you want to record
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b019851n/Great_Barrier_Reef_Natures_Miracle/

Sometimes it's good to check what's available:
get_iplayer --info --fields=pid b019851n

from that you see:
modes:          default: 
flashhd1,flashhd2,flashhigh1,flashhigh2,flashlow1,flashlow2,flashstd1,flashstd2,flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,n95_wifi1,rtsphd1,rtsphd2,rtsphigh1,rtsphigh2,rtsplow1,rtsplow2,rtspstd1,rtspstd2,rtspvhigh1,rtspvhigh2,subtitles1
modesizes:      default: 
flashhd1=1406MB,flashhd2=1406MB,flashhigh1=350MB,flashhigh2=350MB,flashlow1=174MB,flashlow2=174MB,flashstd1=211MB,flashstd2=211MB,flashvhigh1=659MB,flashvhigh2=659MB,n95_wifi1=81MB,rtsphd1=1406MB,rtsphd2=1406MB,rtsphigh1=350MB,rtsphigh2=350MB,rtsplow1=174MB,rtsplow2=174MB,rtspstd1=211MB,rtspstd2=211MB,rtspvhigh1=659MB,rtspvhigh2=659MB

and can choose which quality to record:

I record one for HD telly one for PC and for Mobile Phone so I do not 
have to demux/transcode

so the command would be:
get_iplayer --pid b019851n --multimode 
--modes=flashhigh,flashvhigh,flashhd --force --subtitles --subsraw 
--metadata=generic --thumb --info --long --output=a:\htdocs\BBC_iPlayer\