Re: Help migrating get_iplayer from windows to linux

2024-07-25 Thread Jim web
FWIW IRC I've only ever used it on MINT/xfce/rox setups! Works fine for me. Can't recall the details of installing but I think it was one of the simple 'direct fetch and build' commands to get it from the web. Jim In article , Dave Widgery wrote: > My first mistake (p

Re: End of get_iplayer is nigh?

2024-02-15 Thread Jim web
each channel/station. Is the idea/aim that *only* a 'BBC app' will work? If so, why impose that on License Fee payers? Some of whom may simply not have a 'device'. (I don't.) JIm -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Arms

Re: End of get_iplayer is nigh?

2024-02-14 Thread Jim web
or streaming (and scraping), won't it? Also, surely they will continue giving their timetables of schedules on BBC webpages as per now? Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/ar

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-22 Thread Jim web
quot;I'm shocked! Round up the usual suspects!" Thanks. Jim In article <5b26407015...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web > That makes me wonder if some items like 'Click' may be gippable in > decent HD rather than the SD on DVB-T2. If so, handy at times. > Jim --

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-22 Thread Jim web
large files no problem at all: Yup! My only *deliberate* use of FAT is if I want to transfer files via a removable memory device like a USB stick to carry it between one of my Linux boxes or my RISC OS box. Its the only simply common filer as RO uses its own - quite different - file system. Jim

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-21 Thread Jim web
detail. 8=< That makes me wonder if some items like 'Click' may be gippable in decent HD rather than the SD on DVB-T2. If so, handy at times. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstro

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-21 Thread Jim web
In article , MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News wrote: > On 21/01/2024 11:51, Jim web wrote: > > > > Question: Should simply giving the pid as m001vxvk rather than > > m001vkll cause gip to get the full-length version? Or is that not > > sufficient? As yet I've al

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-21 Thread Jim web
In article <70cc91a8-cb60-42e8-9f4d-0b0b005b8...@gmx.com>, iz wrote: > > On 20 Jan 2024, at 11:16, Jim web wrote: > > > > This *also* was ended part-way though the sitting. So I checked the > > webpage and that states the duration is over 3 hours. Yet what I g

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-21 Thread Jim web
In article <2e076214-aa04-da58-d253-26b497e64...@macfh.co.uk>, MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News wrote: > > Playing either file is fine ... for what it contains. Just that the > > following section of the sitting seems not to be present. > Sorry, there was such a break between setting the test downlo

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-20 Thread Jim web
I go is also a tad over 3GB, both times I tried. Playing either file is fine ... for what it contains. Just that the following section of the sitting seems not to be present. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://w

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-20 Thread Jim web
ing. Doesn't get used by me to store files, though. Either way, in the past I've gipped bigger files without this problem. So I'll try again before 9am tomorrow... assuming we are OK and still have mains elecricity, etc after the storm! Not looking forwards to that. Jim Jim --

Re: m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-20 Thread Jim web
In article , David Taylor wrote: [snip] > Jim, > It's not the FAT/FAT32 file size limit? Erm. I'm using Linux. No FAT involved here.(1) And so far as I know the BBC aren't bonkers enough to use FAT for their iPlayer store, etc! And I've downloaded bigger files in the

m001vkll puzzle

2024-01-20 Thread Jim web
e indicating it was the full sitting of the committee, only the first 1h 33m. Puzzled by both the truncation differering from what the webpage claims, and the change of file name. Am I doing something wrong? Not seen this effect before in years of using gip for many items. Jim -- Electronics

Re: OT yt-dlp and Python snag

2023-03-29 Thread Jim web
TRAN and C compilers came along for later 'Acorn' machines. Still typing this on a machine running modern RISC OS. :-) > Sorry, bit off topic I know but it's horrible weather outside... Actually, its a decent day here. Need much less heating than a few days ago! Jim

Re: OT yt-dlp and Python snag

2023-03-29 Thread Jim web
In article <809b079f-cc32-2027-f825-520c77614...@macfh.co.uk>, MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News wrote: > On 28/03/2023 15:51, Jim web wrote: > > > Sorry to hear about your wife, commiserations to you both. > > In article , MacFH > > - C E Macfarlane - News wrote: &

Re: OT yt-dlp and Python snag

2023-03-28 Thread Jim web
f I look in usr/lib/ I can see directories for Python 2.7, 3, 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8. When I get a chance I'll go back to the beginning and re-install (or try to) the current version of yt-dlp. I usually cheat and make it local, but will try and install as normally described. Jim -- Electronics h

Re: OT yt-dlp and Python snag

2023-03-28 Thread Jim web
In article , MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News wrote: > On 27/03/2023 10:44, Jim web wrote: > Glad to see you're still alive and kicking. I'd noticed your absence in > another place and was a little worried for you. Warning for the sensitive. Much of the following is even more

Re: OT yt-dlp and Python snag

2023-03-27 Thread Jim web
ss, though. OTOH I'm wary of installing many 3.7 things in case that b*88*rs something else that uses Python! Jim Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http:/

OT yt-dlp and Python snag

2023-03-27 Thread Jim web
and don't want to install every 3.7 item that synaptic list if that isn't needed. Nor find I have to remove Python 3.6! Can anyone clarify/help, please? Running a Mint xfce distro. Thanks, Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstron

OT freeview Q

2022-09-28 Thread Jim web
readable text version. Not found one yet, so does anyone have a URL for one? Ta, Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_down

Re: Glastonbury results

2022-06-29 Thread Jim web
hat the iPlayer had a page for it saying that it was TXd 28th. But no modes available this morning. PITA. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co

Channel 4 Time Team videos

2022-06-23 Thread Jim web
sn't possible or I didn't find the correct URL. Or messed up some other way! The main page that lists the items is here https://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team Ta, Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio h

Re: '5 Live Science' not being found to download

2022-04-22 Thread Jim web
cularly important. Does the "Full HD" have better sound than the now-standard 192k for TV? (The old 320k for TV having sadly been knocked on the head when someone at the BBC noticed it was still going out without them intending it!) Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~

Re: '5 Live Science' not being found to download

2022-04-22 Thread Jim web
In article , MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News wrote: > On 20/04/2022 12:27, Jim web wrote: > > In article , MacFH - > > C E Macfarlane - News wrote: > >> > >> I can understand that this might happen if the PIDs are the same, but > >> it's not my exper

Re: '5 Live Science' not being found to download

2022-04-20 Thread Jim web
In article , MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News wrote: > On 18/04/2022 14:26, Jim web wrote: > > > > I may be missing the point. But for ages now whenever I fetch a radio > > programme I get the 'podcast' version. I've assumed this was the norm, > > nowdays.

Re: '5 Live Science' not being found to download

2022-04-19 Thread Jim web
a radio programme I get the 'podcast' version. I've assumed this was the norm, nowdays. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheu

Re: OT: Playing GiP data wirelessly.

2021-09-06 Thread Jim web
sound in the places where people may sit. Jim [1] Note that by 'image' here I don't mean the effect of having the sounds come from instruments/voices "hung on a line between the two speakers". I mean the more dimensional sense of place, distance, and acoustic you can get from

Re: OT: Playing GiP data wirelessly.

2021-09-05 Thread Jim web
rs that have javascript 'off'. So avoids many of the pitfalls of other forums (fora?). FWIW I know who runs it as he is a UKHHSoc member. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstr

Unknown unknows. was Re: Why no Formula E?

2021-04-25 Thread Jim web
ck-schedules of recent weeks? I have found various old series, etc, that popped up on iplayer. But this has been a mix of accident and 'one thing leads to another'. Not any form of index or catalogue. The problem being unknown unknowns. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.a

Re: VIRUS ALERT -get iplayer!

2021-02-10 Thread Jim web
Is it actually a virus? I ask because I don't use Windows or Macs, and only use RISC OS for emails or news. Haven't clicked the link on principle - but since I doubt any Linux/Windows/Mac virus would run on RO so I wonder if it is something else. Jim -- Electronics http

Re: Slow fetching

2020-11-01 Thread Jim web
On 01 Nov, w...@audiomisc.co.uk wrote: > In article <79eb3d328942aa81b1d5c6affef94...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk>, > Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip wrote: > > On 2020-10-30 17:36, Jim Lesurf wrote: > > Did you try specifying alternate CDNs? > That's my next experiment. cf

Re: Slow fetching

2020-11-01 Thread Jim web
In article <79eb3d328942aa81b1d5c6affef94...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk>, Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip wrote: > On 2020-10-30 17:36, Jim Lesurf wrote: > > This morning when I tried to fetch some items the download rate was > > much slower than usual. i.e. about a 1/10th what is norma

Slow fetching

2020-10-30 Thread Jim Lesurf
it clears up. But will do tomorrow, so any feedback welcome. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_downs.html Audio Misc http://www.a

Re: RIAA wipes youtube-dl from the internet

2020-10-24 Thread Jim web
ferent so want to check the above means I did things correctly and have the right item from the right source. [Note of advance apology: I had to retype the above, so there might be a typo somewhere!] Ta. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/e

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-27 Thread Jim web
r on YT. Not all of which seem to have been re-issued by 'Eloquence'. Like his playing as it sounds like music rather than an academic exercise. :-) Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armst

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-23 Thread Jim web
In article <23d53a18-a768-4b45-8b96-5710e1070...@gmail.com>, VeniVidiVideo wrote: > On Sep 22, 2020, at 12:20 PM, Jim web wrote: > > I've never looked at uploading anything for YT. The question in my > > mind is as follows: > > > > Yes, it generally offers

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-23 Thread Jim web
getting the 'best' audio from YT simply may mean the least harm from a transcode YT has done. Or are uploaders expected to provide multiple versions? I suspect not. If my suspicion is correct, the 'best' would be to find the version as uploaded, I assume. Jim -- Electronics h

Re: iPlayer Tags 'shortened' v.v 'original'

2020-09-19 Thread Jim web
;d now need trimming. Just an idea, though. So, does anyone have a copy of the 'earlier' version? If so, they can find out. I do have a few old cassettes but I'd have to dig them out. However I think they'll have been on iPlayer before. Jim -- Electronics https://www.s

Re: Syntax for grabbing all episodes of the new season of Celebrity Master Chef

2020-07-07 Thread Jim web
ng unfair the purely commercial 'competitors'. The BBC simply does not have the same freedoms that commercial operations have because its basis is quite different. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audi

OT really Re: Syntax for grabbing all episodes of the new season of Celebrity Master Chef

2020-07-06 Thread Jim web
me recordings'. ;-> One of the curios here is the clash between trying to limit home recording and then using it to recover 'lost' material decades later. Various items have appeared again having been recovered from private recordings. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.

Re: Syntax for grabbing all episodes of the new season of Celebrity Master Chef

2020-07-06 Thread Jim web
uite a spur put to this by 'lockdown'. Some 'box setting' has been occurring. So I suggest that your view isn't quite correct. The key point is that in general people *outwith* the UK do NOT have any 'permission or right' to make recordings or even *view* the UK-

Re: Syntax for grabbing all episodes of the new season of Celebrity Master Chef

2020-07-05 Thread Jim web
e are making use of what the rest of us happily pay a license fee to support. And find use of gip very handy as a way - in the UK and having paid the fee - to watch and listen to BBC output. But also because it increases pressure on the BBC to block gip access, which for me - and many others - woul

Re: Which Linux distro with get_iplayer support

2020-05-28 Thread Jim web
ways in terms of mousebutton actions, etc? Sorry if my questions are numpty. I just install ROX as the desktop. FWIW Usually on Linux Mint xfce. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/

Re: Can get_iplayer still download radio?

2020-05-04 Thread Jim web
rear right rather than every speaker > except front left. That's damned hard even with modern computers. IIRC some decoders added 'logic steering' to try and guesstimate improvements. But TBH I suspected that by the time it had been though the LP cutting/making process in pre-CD

Re: Can get_iplayer still download radio?

2020-05-04 Thread Jim web
ged by other imperfections along the way. Thus even the 'official' decoding definition might not be optimum. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.or

Re: Can get_iplayer still download radio?

2020-05-03 Thread Jim web
d. But nowdays the only drawback of 'decode once, properly' is the load of storing larger (output) files as they have four channels, I assume. I'd assumed there were now some open source decoders available that do the trick. But my interest in 'surround sound' is prett

Re: Can get_iplayer still download radio?

2020-05-03 Thread Jim web
In article <586ac7e6c4...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web wrote: > Please tell us the PID as I'm curious about this and would be interested > in investigating it. FWIW I did a search and the only item I hit was https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04vdykh which is stated to be una

Re: Can get_iplayer still download radio?

2020-05-03 Thread Jim web
ding the matrix encoded version. But I don't know what software they/you are referring to. There were a number of matrix encodings used in the past. Please tell us the PID as I'm curious about this and would be interested in investigating it. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/

Re: An OT thread about the forums

2020-04-14 Thread Jim web
browsers, js off, etc. Avoids a common problem of eye-glaring layout with the text scattered thinly amongst a lot of irritating needless eye-candy. Still not as good as an email list IMHO, but it works for those who want a web forum. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/S

Re: An OT thread about the forums

2020-04-13 Thread Jim web
'd be happy for any web forums to vanish, and maybe just be email lists. But I'd hate to lose the email lists as they can be very useful as a way to share info. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http:/

Re: An OT thread about the forums

2020-04-12 Thread Jim web
had your hats in the ring for so > long your opinions/ideas should be heard. FWIW I just use this email list, so have no view on any web forums that may be distinct from it. However I guess that does leave a potential problem for people who don't know about email lists, etc. Jim --

Re: OT Help Please with Clicks and Volume Levels

2020-04-01 Thread Jim web
In article , Dave Liquorice wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:53:16 +0100, Jim web wrote: > > But with digital LPCM transfers they should just 'pass the parcel' and > > deliver at the end of the chain what got put in at the start. > Assuming the clocks at each en

Re: [Get-iPlayer] Re: OT Help Please with Clicks and Volume Levels

2020-04-01 Thread Jim web
In article <20200401095041.ga4...@mooli.org.uk>, Peter Corlett wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 10:12:26AM +0100, Jim web wrote: [...] > > I'm now wondering if a cheap 'crystal detector' and a DVM might do the > > job given an input filter... It would at leas

Re: [Get-iPlayer] Re: OT Help Please with Clicks and Volume Levels

2020-04-01 Thread Jim web
e know? I'm now wondering if a cheap 'crystal detector' and a DVM might do the job given an input filter... It would at least show up bursts of interference. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://ww

Re: OT Help Please with Clicks and Volume Levels

2020-03-31 Thread Jim web
f some tuners. But the PLUTO should also be useful for other investigations. :-) Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_downs

Re: OT Help Please with Clicks and Volume Levels

2020-03-31 Thread Jim web
In article <2ba46893-ed2c-78c5-c502-89c02ad20...@errichel.co.uk>, Budge wrote: > Hi Jim, Many thanks for the reply. Leaving aside the bluetooth for a > moment how should I make sense of the different attenuation options? > Should I put all in the chain to max except the headphone

Re: OT Help Please with Clicks and Volume Levels

2020-03-30 Thread Jim web
In article <277a5cfb-07d2-6b24-aabe-21f1ed76d...@errichel.co.uk>, Budge wrote: > This is an OT but I hope Jim Web or others with knowledge can give me > some guidance in sorting out a noise issue: > I am having some problems with very unpleasant and loud clicks when > pla

Re: Sky at Night

2020-01-01 Thread Jim web
n is halved. Down from 60Mbps to 30. The fetches all show as being '/bi' so I'm wondering if a change of CDM might be worth a try? Anyone have any current experience of this making a difference to transfer rate? Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Sc

Re: Sky at Night

2019-12-31 Thread Jim web
In article <6682de94-957d-ee10-3645-22f4d6597...@macfh.co.uk>, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: > Hi Jim ... > On 30/12/2019 17:34, Jim web wrote: > > I'm having a problem with getting the most recent 'Sky at Night' > > programme > > > > https:/

Sky at Night

2019-12-30 Thread Jim web
-i' mode to fetch details of the programme and the only think I noticed is that it *only* offers one 'version' IIRC 'orginal'. But I'm not sure what in the info may be a clue to the failure. Is there something odd about this programme's data, or am I doing some

Re: His Dark Materials m000csdk: only audiodescribed available?

2019-12-25 Thread Jim web
maybe that ignores the AD and just gives me the normal audio? If I remember, I'll drop the file onto ffprobe to see what it contains. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/arm

Re: world service 96k

2019-12-04 Thread Jim web
In article <113575b3-3dac-ba08-eb2b-b0c099b63...@zoho.com>, RS wrote: > On 04/12/2019 15:42, Jim web wrote: > > In article <581d19c687...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web > > Alas, this just gives me the same 96k. Even when the info contains the > > following as per

Re: world service 96k

2019-12-04 Thread Jim web
In article <581d19c687...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web wrote: > In article <603b6aab-a35b-ecc6-e34b-ed0e72b51...@zoho.com>, RS > wrote: > > You can use a list of modes in order of preference. > > --radiomode=dafhigh,dafstd,dafmed Alas, this just gives me the same 96

Re: world service 96k

2019-12-04 Thread Jim web
and get the best available in each case. Still seems a worry that the BBC seem to be 'phasing out' 320k aac for WS, though. Maybe this is like the 320k mode for TV which they've not noticed was being produced... until now. But removing it for *UK* listeners whilst keeping i

Re: world service 96k

2019-12-04 Thread Jim web
] name:People Fixing the World nameshort: People Fixing the World pid: w3csz1pf player: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz1pf runtime: 23 Despite the above having 'med' modes my fetch was 96k but I'll try again with other mode setting

Mostly OT, but from Re: world service 96k

2019-12-03 Thread Jim web
I also focussed on DVB-T2 for Proms videos this year. Where, of course, other deckchairs have been shuffled, with more to come, and also the threat to the muxes which might axe BBC4 TV entirely! :-/ Our local muxs just got shuffled and the details were nothing like what was pre-announced. Sti

Re: world service 96k

2019-12-03 Thread Jim web
o the quality offerred seems to vary, but I can't see a pattern as to why. However in the past all the fetches I got were 320k rate. Now it seems 'pot luck'. I also just noticed that some WS items now have very long pids. Deckchairs seem to be moving... Jim -- Electronics

world service 96k

2019-12-03 Thread Jim Lesurf
0k from WS in the past. And the last time I checked, Scotland was still within the UK. So am I doing something wrong, or has something changed, or do I mis-remember... or is there a way now to get 320k from WS? Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/e

Re: 403 Forbidden Errors on Playlists

2019-11-27 Thread Jim web
In article , Andy Wedge wrote: > >I'm getting a lot of "403 Forbidden" playlist errors today in get_iplayer. > It's a known issue. See https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/issues Thanks for that! I got the error this morning and was about to report

Re: iPlayer Radio Switch Off

2019-09-16 Thread Jim web
was there because I don't have a mobile device, so didn't know about the app at all! Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheu

Re: Goodbye iPlayer Radio

2019-09-06 Thread Jim web
iPlayer users. I'll see if I can find out something more reliable, unless someone else here already has a *reliable* source - i.e. not the DM. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Arms

Re: Goodbye iPlayer Radio

2019-09-06 Thread Jim web
litics, events, economics, news, and at the BBC', read PE. :-) Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_downs.html Audio Mi

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-05 Thread Jim web
In article , Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip wrote: > On 2019-09-04 14:46, Jim web wrote: > > A give-away is to look at 7:30pm on Monday. Here in Scotland that was > > the programme about travelling the Scottish Lochs. I've not yet found > > a schedule which includes this.

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread Jim web
e been wondering if the mess-about is due to someone developing "Zounds!" breaking what worked because it suited them. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog ht

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread Jim web
he channel I can now write a new set of links for 'today' covering the TV and Radio stations I want. :-) Shame that there seems not to be a static way to tell the parsing 'yesterday' as per the established URLs I have been using. Thanks again, Jim -- Electronics https://www.s

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread Jim web
e with or without it. [big snip] Thanks very much for the list! :-) Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_downs.html Audio

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread Jim web
x27;s what it looked like when I tried it here. A give-away is to look at 7:30pm on Monday. Here in Scotland that was the programme about travelling the Scottish Lochs. I've not yet found a schedule which includes this. But will now investigate the pids James Scholes gave as it may wel

Re: semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread Jim web
at *just* show one station without the carousel wrapper. So, progress, but annoying. Seems mad that the radio schedules now need a pid in the URL for a day listing rather than the channel name, and can't parse 'yesterday' etc. However the last time this happened it evaporated again

semi-OT: BBC shedule URL parsing quirks

2019-09-04 Thread Jim web
was broadcast on Monday at 7:30pm. I've emailed 'someone' about this at the BBC, and am posting this here to check if others find the same change in parsing, and that it makes things less convenient and 'human readable'. And if anyone knows the pids for the individua

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-27 Thread Jim web
xdown. Otherwise the creator of the 5.1. may make different assumptions to the end-user's renderer, and the result is degraded in some way. In essence there is more than one 'way', and so the chosen 'way' also needs to be communicated and correctly employed. This may not alway

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-26 Thread Jim web
have to shoot anyone who read the content. 8-] Summary: The previous 320k is indeed now ended. But there are reasons to hope we'll see some better audio again for the TV streams. The great shame is that we lost 320k before this year's Proms! :-/ But people at the BBC do want to provide be

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-25 Thread Jim web
In article <57d50a493f...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web > Can't pin the date down exactly, but around the start of July the rate > dropped from 320 to 128. I'll try asking, but any reply depends on a > 'pass the parcel' at the BBC, so no idea when I'll get a re

Re: BritBox: BBC and ITV set out plans for new streaming service

2019-07-19 Thread Jim web
use GIP is to fetch items before 9am. This lets me dodge them counting towards a 'cap', and avoids the tendency for our net connection to be slowed down in the evenings, causing problems with reliable streaming. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro

Re: Just noticed the download title includes [legal]

2019-07-18 Thread Jim web
een some examples of the 'legal' tag in the downloads of some items. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/u

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-18 Thread Jim web
someone at the BBC who may know what has happened. I await any response. Fingers crossed. :-) Given the Proms start *tomorrow* I really hope this is a temporary glitch that is fixed before tomorrow evening! Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstr

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-17 Thread Jim web
try asking, but any reply depends on a 'pass the parcel' at the BBC, so no idea when I'll get a response or how helpful it may be! Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstro

Re: Forum - HVF 320kbps audio streams no longer available

2019-07-17 Thread Jim web
t; enquire/complain. An obvious choice for this would be Jim, but I know > that he's not been in the best of health recently, nevertheless if he or > anyone else with contacts is reading this and decides to act, we may be > able to find out. I'll ask 'someone I know'. Th

Re: New distro.

2019-06-20 Thread Jim web
it easier for me to have multiple versions available for when behaviour changes between versions. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history

Re: New distro.

2019-06-20 Thread Jim web
additional packages that need to be installed to satisfy > dependencies. As I think I've said, I tend to use synaptic. I've assumed this *does* handle dependencies, etc. It certainly seems to from its interface reports. Is this wrong? Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews

Re: New distro.

2019-06-19 Thread Jim web
In article <57c692e511...@audiomisc.co.uk>, Jim web wrote: > Well, simply following the first advice and adding the libxml2-dev > package (the non -dev already being present) didn't work. So I'm trying > to establish which packages I *do* need (or not). Partly so I >

Re: New distro.

2019-06-19 Thread Jim web
In article , Alan C. Foster wrote: > > Install the PPA from here > > > > > > https://launchpad.net/~jon-hedgerows/+archive/ubuntu/get-iplayer > > > > I've been doing that in Linux Mint for years. It gets updated > > automatically by the Mint update

Re: New distro.

2019-06-19 Thread Jim web
xml-libxml-perl libcgi-pm-perl" Before I try it, and to avoid needless addition of items I might not actually need yet get gip working again: Is the above apt install correct and should solve the problem? i.e. That's the list of packages I need? Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-a

Re: New distro.

2019-06-19 Thread Jim web
other things for it to work. Is it no longer possible to simply git a version of gip and have that work without quite seperately finding the perl items? Or is my memory simply faulty? (No surprise if so! :-/ ) Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron

Re: New distro.

2019-06-19 Thread Jim web
ost probably they're the ones you need. limxml2 was installed. I installed libxml2-dev as well, but, alas, it still doesn't work. :-/ Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/ar

New distro.

2019-06-19 Thread Jim Lesurf
zip about perl. Can someone please explain which packages I should install for gip to work as usual? Thanks, Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb

Re: WS podcast sideffect, was Re: Grenfell Tower podcasts

2019-03-26 Thread Jim web
nough to spot a pattern. However if anyone else encounters examples, I'd be interested to know about them. Jim * In the past using the '2' tended to give faster fetches than when I don't. -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armst

Re: WS podcast sideffect, was Re: Grenfell Tower podcasts

2019-03-26 Thread Jim web
uff" from the main programme. Usually of less of interest, or relying on 'banter' to show the BBC are "down wiv da yoof" wrt podcasting. Its a minor irritant to skip the 'ads'. More concerning from my POV is the apparent unavailablity in some cases of anything abo

WS podcast sideffect, was Re: Grenfell Tower podcasts

2019-03-25 Thread Jim web
effect of the desperate rollout of 'Sounds'. Or do I mean "Zounds!" as it seems a bit like going back into the past?... :-) Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/

Re: Steam radio...

2019-03-18 Thread Jim web
In article <20190317180730.0ebc5...@roadkill.i.lucanops.net>, Nick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:58:19 +0000 (GMT) Jim web > wrote: > > > > http://ukhhsoc.torrens.org/upload.html > Now that is how web applications should be. With JS off I get a nice > plain H

Re: Steam radio...

2019-03-17 Thread Jim web
In article , Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip wrote: > On 2019-03-17 14:08, Jim web wrote: > > FWIW I did try looking at the source code for one of the BBC pages > > involved here. But couldn't see any sign of a pattern that I > > recognised as an actual pid. :-/ > For a p

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