Problem downloading a specific programme

dinkypumpkin dinkypumpkin at gmail.com
Tue Jul 3 17:01:03 EDT 2012


On 03/07/2012 19:11, Alex Eames wrote:
> On 03/07/2012 18:57, Barry Caruth wrote:
>> Downloading this programme -
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01kl0yv/7_7_One_Day_in_London/ -
>> seems to be failing for me (v2.80 on Windows 7).
>>
>> When I run get_iplayer with the PID for this program I get no output
>> after the copyright message - no download, no errors. All other PIDs
>> download just fine.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Worked ok for me on 2.82 in Ubuntu using
> get-iplayer --pid=b01kl0yv
>
> Is this something to do with the recent changes perhaps?
> The programme didn't appear in the index though.

You can find the programme in the cache with:

get_iplayer "7/7"

with

get_iplayer --long "One Day in London"

It's not typically very useful, but you can also use the PID to search 
for the programme in the cache:

get_iplayer pid:b01kl0yv

or

get_iplayer --fields pid b01kl0yv



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