On Wed, Mar 26, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Dave Widgery wrote: > > > Hi, I have a fairly slow and sometimes unreliable internet connection > (hence > I use get_iplayer rather than trying to stream video) sometimes if a > download fails I get a xxx.partial.mp4.flv file left, that is a little > annoying but I just try and re-download, sometimes it will continue, > sometimes I have to delete the xxx.partial.mp4.flv file (such is life > with > my connection). > > But what I do find more than a bit annoying is when a download has failed > but get_iplayer has converted what it has downloaded into a mp4 file, > especially when I have watched 1 ½ hours of a film and the last 10 > minutes > is missing! This is made worse when it is a week after I recorded the > program and it is no longer available. > > Can anyone suggest a way getting get_iplayer to automatically flag a file > when it has had excessive download errors or has produced an incomplete > output file? Then I can schedule the file to be downloaded again. > > I am using the latest get_iplayer for windows. > I appreciate that the main problem is my connection, but any ideas on a > workaround would be gratefully received. > > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Are you on a wifi link? If so, try a test to ascertain whether it happens when you are not. If it doesn't, then look to maximise your wifi performance to reduce occurrence. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer