Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: get-iplayer
1) Ubuntu version: lucid
2) Package version: 2.66-1
3) I expected get-iplayer to successfully get a video from BBC iplayer.
4) It currently fails, as listed below.
The BBC have recently changed their auth measures and hosting for
iplayer, breaking get-iplayer (happily, a fix is at the bottom of this
bug report). The way it fails without this fix is as follows:
$ get-iplayer --pid b0079397
get_iplayer v2.66, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
conditions; use --conditions for details.
INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid found in cache
Matches:
142: Brazil - -, BBC Two, Drama,Films,Guidance,Highlights,SciFi &
Fantasy,TV, default,
INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: flashhigh1,flashhigh2,flashstd1,flashstd2 modes will be tried for version
default
INFO: Trying flashhigh1 mode to record tv: Brazil - Brazil
INFO: File name prefix = Brazil_-_Brazil_b0079397_default
FLVStreamer v1.9
(c) 2009 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
ERROR: rtmp server sent error
ERROR: rtmp server requested close
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file
/home/jaduncan/Brazil_-_Brazil_b0079397_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh1 mode
INFO: Trying flashhigh2 mode to record tv: Brazil - Brazil
INFO: File name prefix = Brazil_-_Brazil_b0079397_default
FLVStreamer v1.9
(c) 2009 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file
/home/jaduncan/Brazil_-_Brazil_b0079397_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh2 mode
INFO: Trying flashstd1 mode to record tv: Brazil - Brazil
INFO: File name prefix = Brazil_-_Brazil_b0079397_default
FLVStreamer v1.9
(c) 2009 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
ERROR: rtmp server sent error
ERROR: rtmp server requested close
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file
/home/jaduncan/Brazil_-_Brazil_b0079397_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashstd1 mode
INFO: Trying flashstd2 mode to record tv: Brazil - Brazil
INFO: File name prefix = Brazil_-_Brazil_b0079397_default
FLVStreamer v1.9
(c) 2009 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file
/home/jaduncan/Brazil_-_Brazil_b0079397_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashstd2 mode
ERROR: Failed to record 'Brazil - Brazil (b0079397)'
$
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This can be fixed in the perl script like so:
Under the section ‘# Limelight CDN’ change these two lines:
From: $conn->{playpath} = "$cattribs->{identifier}?$cattribs->{authString}";
To: $conn->{playpath} = "$cattribs->{identifier}";
AND
From: $conn->{application} = $cattribs->{application};
To: $conn->{application} = "$cattribs->{application}?$cattribs->{authString}";
Since this is a two line fix, is there any change of getting an update?
get-iplayer currently fails to download anything, so it is severely
broken.
** Affects: get-iplayer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: get-iplayer (Debian)
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #582659
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=582659
** Also affects: get-iplayer (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=582659
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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get-iplayer broken by BBC changes, simple fix enclosed.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584560
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