Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread Owen Smith
I believe this approach is specifically to slow down get_iplayer's use of the network far below what would be considered it's reasonable share. This is based on a request someone made to be able to do this, base on an unsupported hypothesis that get_iplayer only fetches invalid chunks because it

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread RS
From: iz Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 20:44 If you are using OS X, this approach worked for me: https://dreness.com/blog/archives/843 Just change "dummynet out" to "dummynet in" and change the bandwidth limit to desired value. Maybe I'm missing something, but I find that incredible.

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread iz
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 4:39 PM > From: RS > > >From: David Cantrell > >Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 14:42 > > >> >I'd like to rate-limit get_iplayer so that other things on the same > >> >machine that are also talking to the internet don't run like stunned > > If you are using OS

RE: RE: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread MacFH - C E Macfarlane
Please see below ... > -Original Message- > From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On > Behalf Of MacFH - C E Macfarlane > Sent: 14 August 2016 14:19 > To: 'tellyaddict'; 'get_iplayer' > Subject: RE: RE: Audio/Video Out of Sync > > Just FYI, all overnight downl

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread Jim web
In article , Vangelis forthnet wrote: > On Tue Aug 16 09:28:04 BST 2016, Jim web wrote: > >> I think what has caused confusion is that the transition from v2.94 > >> to v2.95 made several changes at the same time. > > (snip) Yes. My apologies for missing this change. > Yet, you had been made aw

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Tue Aug 16 09:28:04 BST 2016, Jim web wrote: I think what has caused confusion is that the transition from v2.94 to v2.95 made several changes at the same time. (snip) Yes. My apologies for missing this change. Yet, you had been made aware of those changes in a verbose manner with my post

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread RS
From: David Cantrell Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 14:42 >I'd like to rate-limit get_iplayer so that other things on the same >machine that are also talking to the internet don't run like stunned >slugs >>in treacle. >>Second, I'm not using Linux. >You don't say which non-Linux operating sys

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:46:51PM +0100, RS wrote: > >From: David Cantrell Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 23:37 > >I'd like to rate-limit get_iplayer so that other things on the same > >machine that are also talking to the internet don't run like stunned slugs > >in treacle. > >Second, I'm not us

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread tellyaddict
Sounds positive :) Any ideas what the problems are and why they've taken so long to fix? > Had an email this morning. Just to say that, with some luck, we may find > that the missing segments problem could be cured soon. Fingers crossed... ___ get_ipla

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread tellyaddict
> I've never tried the --raw option. Might it help with the following? > > A number of the files I fetched yesterday morning had reported missing > segments. This specified time offsets in secs. I had a look at those > points. > > In some cases there was no sign of a problem. In others the video

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread Jim web
In article <42FEE022394C42678F695912B6A2FFEC@RJCDESK>, RS wrote: > >From: Jim web Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 10:14 > > >From: Jim web Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 16:48 > > >However the 'American in Paris' snippet file I fetched gives no sound > > >at all from VLC! The video looks fine, but i

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread RS
From: David Cantrell Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 23:37 I'd like to rate-limit get_iplayer so that other things on the same machine that are also talking to the internet don't run like stunned slugs in treacle. Second, I'm not using Linux. You don't say which non-Linux operating system y

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread RS
From: Jim web Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 10:14 >From: Jim web Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 16:48 >However the 'American in Paris' snippet file I fetched gives no sound >at all from VLC! The video looks fine, but its a silent film! 8-) Does this have any relevance to your silent problem? h

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread Jim web
Had an email this morning. Just to say that, with some luck, we may find that the missing segments problem could be cured soon. Fingers crossed... Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.ht

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread Jim web
In article <887A76E5507D40D498F63F902B02CA7A@RJCDESK>, RS wrote: > >From: Jim web Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 17:59 > >This morning I used the 'best' option, but it now occurs to me: Does > >that no longer use the 'flash' mode? I just tried a couple of fetches > >explicitly specifying 'flash' a

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread Jim web
In article , tellyaddict wrote: > The GiP output will also tell you which mode it has used to download. > "INFO: Trying flashvhigh1 mode to record tv: Britain on Film: Series 1 - > 2. Brits at Play" Noted. Athough I confess that one problem I have is that the output from gip is *too* verbose f

Re: Audio/Video Out of Sync

2016-08-16 Thread Jim web
In article , tellyaddict wrote: > The sync problems are caused by converting a programme with missing > segments after download. --raw files have no sync issues even if there > are segments missing. I've never tried the --raw option. Might it help with the following? A number of the files I f