On 30/10/2018 17:44, Charles Johnson wrote:
On 30/10/2018 16:46, RS wrote:For the options file it uses the line terminator as a separator. For some options the presence of a CR does not matter. For others it causes the option to be garbled.I don't have an options file and have never used one, but it would be useful to know the specifics on this so we know what breaks and why
This is what I wrote on 3rd March.Is the format of the options file different in Windows and Linux? I am setting up my machines to dual boot between Windows 10 and ubuntu 16.04. On my main machine I wanted to copy the history file. I thought while I was doing that I might as well copy the whole hidden .get_iplayer directory including the cache and options files. I expected to have to change the --output option since the path is different, but some of the options don't work, and others do.
The criterion seems to be that options with a numeric or boolean value like --subtitles or --expiry work.
Options with a string value like --tvmode, --radiomode or --ffmpegloglevel don't. For example with --tvmode=hlshd I get
INFO: Downloading tv: 'Collateral: Series 1 - 2. Episode 2 (b09sym6m) [original]'
) available for this programme with version 'original'INFO: Available modes: hlshd,hlsvhigh,hvfhd,hvfsd,hvfxsd,hvfhigh,hvfxhigh,hvfstd,hvflow
When I re-enter --prefs-add --tvmode=hlshd --ffmpeg-loglevel=info gives an errorINFO: Downloading tv: 'Collateral: Series 1 - 2. Episode 2 (b09sym6m) [original]'
') - using defaultalue for --ffmpeg-loglevel ('info
If I enter the options again with --prefs-add they work correctly, so it
is no big deal. Any ideas what is happening?
End of quotation.As you can see, for options with a string value the presence of a spurious CR not only causes the option to be misinterpreted, it causes some of the INFO: text sent to stdout to be lost. For options with a numeric or boolean value, it does not seem to matter.
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