Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

RS richard22j at zoho.com
Wed Apr 18 03:41:56 PDT 2018


On 18/04/18 11:05, Paul Thornett wrote:
> As a matter of interest, how do I check if hls is available for a
> particular file? I thought --info would show this, but using this
> option on "Ordeal by Innocence Episode 1" does not reveal the
> availability of the hlshd stream, even though it is there.

This is what --info gives me for that episode.
modes:          editorial: 
dvfhd1,dvfhd2,dvfsd1,dvfsd2,dvfxsd1,dvfxsd2,dvfxhigh1,dvfxhigh2,
dvflow1,dvflow2,hlshd1,hlsvhigh1,hvfhd1,hvfhd2,hvfhd3,hvfsd1,hvfsd2,
hvfsd3,hvfxsd1,hvfxsd2,hvfxsd3,hvfhigh1,hvfhigh2,hvfhigh3,hvfxhigh1,
hvfxhigh2,hvfxhigh3,hvfstd1,hvfstd2,hvfstd3,hvflow1,hvflow2,hvflow3,
subtitles1,subtitles2,subtitles3

[line breaks inserted]

I have just noticed that the only HLS modes are hlshd1 and hlsvhigh1. 
For the other two episodes there were only DVF and HVF modes.

Best wishes
Richard




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