Nov 12 2008

get_iplayer 1.00 released

Yeah, yeah, before you say it – I know my version numbering system is rather pathetic. However version 1.00 has been released because this is actually the 100th version. There are, however, some useful features that have recently been added:

‘–tree’ option: Displays the lists of programmes or matching programmes in a sort-of tree view
‘–hide’ option: Removes programmes that have already been downloaded from listings and searches.

I will also try now to update freshmeat.net with new releases.

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Filed at 7:37pm in iplayer, Linux |

6 Comments

  • On November 13th, 2008, alan said:

    I installed the previous version of get_iplayer on my Ubuntu machine in accordance with your instructions. I’d like to upgrade to this new version 1.00 but, being new to Linux, I’m not sure how to go about it. Would you please explain.
    Thanks again for this extremely useful program.

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    • On November 13th, 2008, linuxcentre said:

      @alan,
      To update the Ubuntu deb version just follow the installation instructions again under ‘Linux deb Package’ in https://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/installation/

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      • On November 15th, 2008, mrg said:

        error re mplayer

        what does it mean
        INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
        INFO: Attempting to Download: The News Quiz: Series 66 – Episode 8
        INFO: Getting version pids for programme b00fbz09
        INFO: Getting media stream metadata for The News Quiz: Series 66 – Episode 8, b00fbyt1

        WARNING: Required lame does not exist, falling back to wav mode

        ERROR: Required mplayer does not exist, skipping

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        • On November 15th, 2008, mrg said:

          aha –mplayer= it seems to need the \\"=\\"

          oh, yes and it says “invalid secuirty code” on this page

          D:\\\\media>get_iplayer.pl –type=radio –get 11213 –lame=\\"c:\\\\Program Files\\\\lame-3.97\\\\lame.exe\\"
          -mplayer=MPlayer\\\\mplayer.exe
          Matches:
          11213: The News Quiz: Series 66 – Episode 8, \\\’BBC Radio 4\\\’, Comedy,Entertainment,Satire,Games & Qu
          zzes,Radio

          INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
          WARNING: Cannot read C:\\\\profiles\\\\gerald/.get_iplayer/download_history

          INFO: Attempting to Download: The News Quiz: Series 66 – Episode 8
          INFO: Getting version pids for programme b00fbz09
          INFO: Getting media stream metadata for The News Quiz: Series 66 – Episode 8, b00fbyt1
          INFO: Getting media stream metadata for The News Quiz: Series 66 – Episode 8, b00fbyt1
          INFO: RealAudio RTSP stream URL: rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio4/1830_fri.ra?timestamp=1226690241
          pid=b00fbyt1&BBC-UID=f4b9c1ee71220f813a0c2b7f3090563bb1edd47a50303164d40f8a3194adabc7&SSO2-UID=
          INFO: File name prefix = The_News_Quiz_Series_66_-_Episode_8_b00fbz09
          INFO: Downloading wav format (followed by transcoding)
          MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
          CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz (Family: 15, Model: 3, Stepping: 4)
          CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
          Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

          Playing rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio4/1830_fri.ra?timestamp=1226690241&pid=b00fbyt1&BBC-UID=f4b
          c1ee71220f813a0c2b7f3090563bb1edd47a50303164d40f8a3194adabc7&SSO2-UID=.
          Resolving rmv8.bbc.net.uk for AF_INET…
          Connecting to server rmv8.bbc.net.uk[212.58.224.132]: 554…
          Cache size set to 128 KBytes
          Cache fill: 12.50% (16384 bytes)
          REAL file format detected.
          Stream description: audio/x-pn-multirate-realaudio logical stream
          Stream mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio
          [real] Audio stream found, -aid 0
          Clip info:
          name: BBC Radio 4 Friday Comedy
          author: BBC Radio 4
          copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation 2008
          ==========================================================================
          Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
          AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 64.1 kbit/4.54% (ratio: 8010->176400)
          Selected audio codec: [ffcook] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg COOK audio decoder)
          ==========================================================================
          [AO PCM] File: ./The_News_Quiz_Series_66_-_Episode_8_b00fbz09.partial.wav (WAVE)
          PCM: Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le
          [AO PCM] Info: Faster dumping is achieved with -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast
          [AO PCM] Info: To write WAVE files use -ao pcm:waveheader (default).
          AO: [pcm] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
          Video: no video
          Starting playback…

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          • On November 15th, 2008, mrg said:

            I must write out 1000’s times not to post to forums when
            a.drunk
            b.late at night
            c.not put brain in.
            d. haven’t RTFM.

            Is it me of os the security Code real hard to see?

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            • On November 15th, 2008, linuxcentre said:

              @mrg,
              Lol! The security code is meant to be hard to read to stop those pesky blog spammers (it’s worked really well so far – only ever had 3 spams) 🙂

              Looks like you solved the mplayer/lame conundrum..

              You could do what I do and just disable RealAudio downloading and wait for the MP3 version to become available: Use the –mp3audio option

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