[access-uk] Re: get_iplayer not working

  • From: "Keith" <k.clyde@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:36:30 -0000

Good evening Amro,

Many, many thanks for your very swift reply.

I will give your suggestion a try tomorrow.

With all best wishes,

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Amro Bilal
Sent: 31 October 2014 23:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: get_iplayer not working

Hi Henry,

Basically, in the command line you need only to replace --get “name of program” 
with --pid “PID string”. You will still use all other commands such as 
--type=radio, --aactomp3 etc as before. E.g. to download The Archers, instead 
of typing

get_iplayer --get “the archers” --type=radio --aactomp3

You now type

get_iplayer --pid “the archers’ pid” --type=radio --aactomp3

That’s it.

Here’s what the get_iplayer guide says:

“How do I record a programme with get_iplayer?
The PID method

To find the PID you'll need to go to the programme page on the BBC iPlayer 
website and identify it in the URL (web address) that can be seen in your 
browsers address bar. Lets look at an example URL:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04n9p9c/the-missing-episode-1

The PID in the example above is the seemingly random string of characters 
b04n9p9c. In fact, many (possibly all) PIDs start with b0, so you can usually 
identify the PID pretty easily.

To download the programme using the PID we use the --pid command. An example of 
the above episode being downloaded in this fashion would be:

get_iplayer --pid=b04n9p9c

Thanks to recent changes by the BBC the previous methods used to download 
programmes and build PVR lists are broken. However, you can still use all the 
other commands throughout this guide along with the --pid command to specify 
the output directory and naming structure etc (though naming is currently 
experiencing trouble too as it used metadata provided by the BBC and it may 
break shortly).

That is all there is to it, nothing too hard as long as you search first and 
then use the simple commands above to download the programme you want.”

Hope that’s clearer.

Cheers,
Amro

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