On 26/03/2014 08:17, Dave Widgery wrote:
Finally Peter, I have had a look at the --raw switch and I am not sure how this will help, unless I have misunderstood this will leave all my downloads in the format xxx-partial.mp4.flv whether they have successfully downloaded or not, at least at the moment I know that the xxx-partial.mp4.flv haven’t downloaded correctly and the ones converted to mp4 might have downloaded correctly.
As you say, --raw won't help you. Your problem is that your connections are being dropped, most likely by your VPN. Others have had the same problem. But rtmpdump can't always detect that a stream was dropped. And when rtmpdump exits without error, get_iplayer doesn't know any different. Skip --raw and let ffmpeg re-mux the .flv file as normal. The output from ffmpeg contains the duration of the input file, which should tell you whether or not the file is complete.
Is there a way of finding out the predicted download size so I can compare it with the resultant file?
Estimated mode sizes can be viewed with --info, but don't bother. The estimates can be off by 10%. There is a nominal duration value in the --info output that is usually more accurate, but then you already know how long the programme should be.
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