[access-uk] Re: get_iplayer again
- From: "Eleanor Martha Burke" <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 21:36:00 -0000
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
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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