get_iplayer 2.99

cc chrischery at free.fr
Tue Feb 14 02:23:37 PST 2017


thanks
 hlsbest does the job
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shevek" <shevek at shevek.co.uk>
To: "SquarePenguin" <getiplayer at squarepenguin.co.uk>
Cc: "cc" <chrischery at free.fr>; "get_iplayer" 
<get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: get_iplayer 2.99


> On 12 February 2017 at 15:13, SquarePenguin
> <getiplayer at squarepenguin.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 12/02/17 12:46, Shevek wrote:
>>> On 12 February 2017 at 12:23, cc <chrischery at free.fr> wrote:
>>>> hi
>>>> what command line do i have to use to get 1280*720 picture definition 
>>>> with
>>>> 2.99
>>
>> You'll need to add the --fps50 flag to you prefs to get the 1280*720
>> 50fps streams using the 'best' shortcut. You could also use the
>> 'hlsbest' shortcut to get 1280*720 25fps streams if you don't want 50fps
>> streams.
>>
>> I've explained this below...
>>
>>>
>>> Full documentation of the modes is available here:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/modes
>>>
>>> and here:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/modesref
>>>
>>> According to that, you should be getting 1280x720 with --tvmode=best
>>
>> Actually, this isn't true according to the wiki.
>>
>> Though the modes wiki page table is technically correct (best kind of
>> correct) by saying 'max resolution' is 1280*720 for the 25fps streams,
>> you would need to use one particular mode to get that - namely 'hlshd'.
>> 'hlshd' doesn't appear to be an included mode in any of the
>> best/better/etc etc shortcuts (it has it's own 'hlsbest'), so you'd need
>> to add this mode specifically or use the 'hlsbest' shortcut.
>>
>> The Wiki *is* wrong to say you can get that 'hlshd' provided 720*1280 @
>> 25fps stream just by specifying --tvmode=best so that does need
>> adjusting. Yes this is confusing!
>>
>> NOTE - for below best === tvbest
>>
>> Now, ignoring that quirk for now, let's look at the 'tvbest' shortcut.
>>
>> The default 'tvbest' shortcut expands to:
>>
>> hvfxsd,dvfxsd,hlsvhigh,hvfxhigh,dvfxhigh,hlsstd,hlsxstd,hvflow,dvflow
>>
>> Note that I say 'default' because there are two versions of the tvbest
>> shortcut now, the default and the one with --fps50 flag enabled.
>>
>> Taking the default 'tvbest' shortcuts highest available resolution of
>> 'hvfxsd' you can see from the TV Modes table that the max resolution for
>> that is 960*540 because that's the highest resolution 25fps stream
>> (ignoring hlshd for now). That's what Chris is getting as of his post to
>> the list.
>>
>> Now let's look at the the 'tvbest' shortcut with the --fps50 flag
>>
>> hvfhd,dvfhd,hvfsd,dvfsd,hvfxsd,dvfxsd,hlsvhigh,hvfxhigh,dvfxhigh,hlsstd,hlsxstd,hvflow,dvflow
>>
>> Now you can see that the highest quality modes afford you 1280*720
>> streams, and they'll be at 50fps.
>>
>> Finally, the 'hlsbest' shortcut expands to:
>>
>> hlshd,hlsvhigh,hlsstd,hlsxstd
>>
>> ...and that hlshd mode gives you 720*1280 @ 25fps
>>
>> So, right now the answer to Chris' question as detailed above is to use
>> the --fps50 flag or use the 'hlsbest' shortcut.
>>
>> I've started a thread on the forum to see what dinkypumpkin says
>> regarding hls modes not being included in the 'tvbest' shortcuts and the
>> need to adjust the wiki depending on the answer:
>>
>> https://squarepenguin.co.uk/forums/thread-1168.html
>>
>
> My testing with 2.99 disagrees with this
>
> I have tvmode=best set and get HLSHD 1280x720 @ 25fps
>
> C:\Users\ME>get_iplayer --prefs-show
> Options in 'C:\Users\ME/.get_iplayer/options'
>        whitespace = 1
>        radiomode = better
>        output = D:\Videos\iPlayer Recordings
>        tvmode = best
>
> C:\Users\ME>get_iplayer -g 4860
> get_iplayer 2.99-windows.0, 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.
>
>  NOTE: A UK TV licence is required to legally access BBC iPlayer TV 
> content
>
> Matches:
> 4860:   Weather for the Week Ahead - 12/02/2017, BBC One, b08cw1kt
>
> INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
> INFO: Checking existence of original version
> INFO: 
> hlshd1,hvfxsd1,hvfxsd2,dvfxsd1,dvfxsd2,dvfxsd3,dvfxsd4,hlsvhigh1,hvfxhigh1,hvfxhigh2,dvfxhigh1,dvfxhigh2,dvfxhigh3,dvfxhigh4,hlsstd1,hlsxstd1,hvflow1,hvflow2,dvflow1,dvflow2,dvflow3,dvflow4
> modes will be tried for version original
> INFO: Trying hlshd1 mode to record tv: Weather for the Week Ahead - 
> 12/02/2017
> INFO: File name prefix = Weather for the Week Ahead - 2017-02-12
> b08cw1kt original
> INFO: Begin recording file: D:\Videos\iPlayer Recordings\Weather for
> the Week Ahead - 2017-02-12 b08cw1kt original.video.ts
> INFO: Begin recording at: 0.00 MiB (00:00:00) [1]
> INFO: Recorded: 60.31 MiB (00:03:29) [21] in 00:00:20 at 24.12 Mibit/s
> INFO: Saved HLS video file: D:\Videos\iPlayer Recordings\Weather for
> the Week Ahead - 2017-02-12 b08cw1kt original.hls.ts
> INFO: Begin converting video file: D:\Videos\iPlayer
> Recordings\Weather for the Week Ahead - 2017-02-12 b08cw1kt
> original.hls.ts
> [h264 @ 05da2280] non-existing SPS 0 referenced in buffering period
>    Last message repeated 1 times
> [NULL @ 05da2280] non-existing SPS 0 referenced in buffering period
> frame= 5239 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=   59634kB time=00:03:29.55
> bitrate=2331.2kbits/s speed= 742x
> INFO: Converted to file: D:\Videos\iPlayer Recordings\Weather for the
> Week Ahead - 2017-02-12 b08cw1kt original.partial.mp4
> INFO: Recorded file: D:\Videos\iPlayer Recordings\Weather for the Week
> Ahead - 2017-02-12 b08cw1kt original.mp4
>
> INFO: Begin tagging file: D:\Videos\iPlayer Recordings\Weather for the
> Week Ahead - 2017-02-12 b08cw1kt original.mp4
>
> Started writing to temp file.
> Progress: ==========> 17% ---------------------------------------------|
> Finished writing to temp file.
> INFO: Tagged file: D:\Videos\iPlayer Recordings\Weather for the Week
> Ahead - 2017-02-12 b08cw1kt original.mp4 


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