[access-uk] Re: get_iplayer again

  • From: "Keith" <k.clyde@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 18:14:32 -0000

Hello Eleanor,

 

If I were to be totally honest, I would say I am not totally sure. But it
was part of the string I used before last week, and it worked. 

 

If you find that leaving it off works for you, that's great. Sorry I can't
be more specific.

 

With best wishes,

 

Keith

 

From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Eleanor Martha Burke
Sent: 01 November 2014 21:36
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: get_iplayer again

 

Thanks Keith for a brilliant link.  I was surprised however, that when I
went to put my search in, I had to delete out the get iPlayer radio bit.  It
did work once I did that but why is that there?

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Keith <mailto:k.clyde@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  

To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 9:10 PM

Subject: [access-uk] Re: get_iplayer again

 

Hello Mike,

 

Very nice to hear from you. We go back a very long way!

 

Get_iplayer isn't useless, but it is certainly a lot more tedious to use,
for me, at least.

 

As far as I understand things, for each programme you wish to download, you
have to acquire the PID. This is part of the address bar, and appears at the
end, beginning with a letter B.

 

Thanks to Amro, I now have a command line to use, and this has enabled me to
download several programmes today.

 

I have just downloaded the second part of For Whom the Bell Tolls, so I know
this line works.

 

Try pasting in the following line into get_iplayer:

 

Get_iplayer --pid b04lpd9w --aactomp3 --type=radio 

 

Good luck, and let us know how you get on.

 

With best wishes,

 

Keith

From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mike Cassidy
Sent: 01 November 2014 20:26
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: get_iplayer again

 

Hello Keith and listers,

 

As far as I can see Get_Iplayer has become useless. Is this because of a
change in the BBC Iplayer? It's a pity as I hadn't downloaded the second
part of 'For whom the bell tolls'.

 

Cheers,

 

Mike

 

From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Keith
Sent: 01 November 2014 18:12
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] get_iplayer again

 

Hi Amro, and all,

 

I should have said when I first introduced myself, that I am very much a
novice when it comes to many computer programs, and to get_iplayer in
particular.

 

Until this week, I used get_iplayer in a very basic way: I kept strings of
text in a plain text file, and simply changed the name of the programme
between the quotes I wished to download. I then simply pasted the line into
get_iplayer, and everything was fine.

 

Now, that appears to have all changed, and I have to use the PID method. I
presume that PID stands for Programme Identifier. So, this is all very new
to me. 

 

Does this mean that I have to acquire the PID for every programme I wish to
download? 

 

Is there a command to download all episodes of a series? I suspect not.

 

I hope that someone can help, and explain things in fairly basic terms.

 

Thank you.

 

With all best wishes,

 

Keith

 

 

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