Re: no more hslv format ?

2018-04-18 Thread chris chery
hi i m in france I just try to download hamlet again to see if i could get the hlshd1 format ,which I did get but all other download attempts gave me hvfxsd1 - Original Message - From: Paul Thornett To: chris chery Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 2:44 PM Subject: Re: no more hslv form

no more hslv format ?

2018-04-18 Thread chris chery
hi whatever happened on or arounf friday 13 th april when I downloaded hamlet in hlsv 1200*720 25fpsand now when all I get is the Hvfxsd1format 960*540 25dfps Trying to redownload hamlet i do get the hlsv size but no such luck with any other progammes i am outside the uk regards cc - Origin

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread Paul Thornett
That's interesting and odd. With the --info option I don't see the hlsxx options nor the hvf... one, but I can certainly download the hlsxx one! Regards, Paul Thornett On 18 April 2018 at 20:41, RS wrote: > On 18/04/18 11:05, Paul Thornett wrote: >> >> As a matter of interest, how do I check if

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread RS
On 18/04/18 11:05, Paul Thornett wrote: As a matter of interest, how do I check if hls is available for a particular file? I thought --info would show this, but using this option on "Ordeal by Innocence Episode 1" does not reveal the availability of the hlshd stream, even though it is there. Th

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread iz
On 18 April 2018 at 10:52, RS wrote: > Are you counting HVF as HLS streams? Of course. For anyone confused, you have to distinguish "hls" the prefix from HLS the format. The "hvf" prefix also denotes HLS format streams. ___ get_iplayer mailing list ge

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread iz
On 18 April 2018 at 11:05, Paul Thornett wrote: > As a matter of interest, how do I check if hls is available for a > particular file? I thought --info would show this, but using this > option on "Ordeal by Innocence Episode 1" does not reveal the > availability of the hlshd stream, even though it

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread Nick Payne
On 18/04/2018 8:05 PM, Paul Thornett wrote: > As a matter of interest, how do I check if hls is available for a > particular file? I thought --info would show this, but using this > option on "Ordeal by Innocence Episode 1" does not reveal the > availability of the hlshd stream, even though it is t

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread Paul Thornett
As a matter of interest, how do I check if hls is available for a particular file? I thought --info would show this, but using this option on "Ordeal by Innocence Episode 1" does not reveal the availability of the hlshd stream, even though it is there. Regards, Paul Thornett On 18 April 2018 at

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread RS
On 18/04/18 09:06, iz wrote: On 18 April 2018 at 08:53, Alan Milewczyk wrote: HLS streams are being phased out. No they’re not. Only the 1280x720 and 832x468 25fps HLS streams are gone Are you counting HVF as HLS streams? If I take b0b071wx as a recent example, for version original I can

Re: Using ffmpeg to halve frame rate

2018-04-18 Thread RS
On 17/04/18 22:27, Nick Payne wrote: I just ran another test on some 1280x720 50fps and 1280x720 25fps downloads from the last UK snooker championship. As before, the 25fps downloads were reduced to about 1/3 previous size by Handbrake (eg a 4h58m match that was 5.03Gb came down to 1.55Gb). Howe

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread Owen Smith
ie. the useful ones are being phased out. The only reason I would download something other than 1280 x 720 is if a higher resolution were available, or 5.1 sound, or some other improvement. I watch this stuff on my TV and surround sound system, the BBC seems to think we are all watching iPlayer

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread iz
On 18 April 2018 at 08:53, Alan Milewczyk wrote: > HLS streams are being phased out. No they’re not. Only the 1280x720 and 832x468 25fps HLS streams are gone ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailma

Re: Cannot play downloads from get_iplayer!

2018-04-18 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 18/04/2018 07:33, iz wrote: On 18 April 2018 at 07:28, Paul Thornett wrote: OK, but, previously, the tvmode=best has produced an .mp4 file that my PVR is quite happy with. This is no longer the case. Does that not suggest something has changed? Only that you're now being denied access to th