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Today's Topics:

1. Re: BBC Iplayer (Peter Hemmings)
2. Re: Scons: help with SConstruct appreciated (Chris)
3. Re: BBC Iplayer (Alex Butcher)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:09:13 +0100
From: Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] BBC Iplayer
Message-ID: <524DF919.8040405@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"

On 03/10/13 22:06, Alex Butcher wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Oct 2013, Peter Hemmings wrote:
>
>> Is the above still working!? I haven't used it for a long time
>
> Works fine here; Chrome 29.0.1547.76 and built-in PepperFlash 11.8.800.170,
> as well as Firefox 22.0 with Adobe Flash 11.2.202.310 (tested with
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03c8mn1/Science_Britannica_Clear_Blue_Skies/>).
>
>
> What /does/ happen for you?

I had a problem with Flashplayer. I was getting video with no sound on
all "yesterday" programmes on BBC2.

>
>> and it fails to record.
>
> Eh? Using what?

Firefox 22 and (I think an old Flashplayer), solved that now.

>
> I used get_iplayer to download Citizen Kane for my Dad over the weekend,
> and
> that worked then.
>
>> I could not get any sound using Firefox (or Chrome) on the BBC Iplayer
>> site (FC18), is that gone as well!?
>
> Did you test sound with other applications?

Yep - Kaffeine.

My original attempt was using get_iplayer which threw up the same
failure 4 times before giving up.

It scanned all the feeds OK though.

I just tried it again and its still a problem.

Attached o/p for info.

I just thought the BBC had altered things again so it would not work!

I will I have the latest version!
>
>>
>> Regards
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex
>
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Regards
--
Peter H
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[peter@study ~]$ get_iplayer -g 519
get_iplayer v2.80, 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.

Matches:
519: Newsnight - 02/10/2013, BBC Two, News,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: Newsnight - 02/10/2013
INFO: File name prefix = Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file /home/peter/Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh1 mode
INFO: Trying flashhigh2 mode to record tv: Newsnight - 02/10/2013
INFO: File name prefix = Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file /home/peter/Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh2 mode
INFO: Trying flashstd1 mode to record tv: Newsnight - 02/10/2013
INFO: File name prefix = Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file /home/peter/Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashstd1 mode
INFO: Trying flashstd2 mode to record tv: Newsnight - 02/10/2013
INFO: File name prefix = Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Caught signal: 13, cleaning up, just a second...
ERROR: WriteN, RTMP send error 32 (42 bytes)
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file /home/peter/Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashstd2 mode
ERROR: Failed to record 'Newsnight - 02/10/2013 (b03c4hbt)'
[peter@study ~]$


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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:08:34 +0100
From: Chris <cshorler@googlemail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Scons: help with SConstruct appreciated
Message-ID: <f2905aac-29a1-40b8-9a95-2ba5b92dd3ea@email.android.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Andrew McLean <am577@aiomclean.plus.com> wrote:
>Could do with a bit of advice on this SConstruct file !
>
>If I use 'scons -c' and 'sudo scons install', it builds and installs
>OK.
>
>But, if I then just edit the source file ('d.c'), and do the second
>command,
>missing out the 'scons -c', it recompiles (i.e. creates new 'd.o' and
>'d.to'),
>but it doesn't rebuild the binaries, and so doesn't install the new
>version.
>
>I.e. it doesn't realise that the binaries should be rebuilt, if they
>exist but are
>older than the .o file.
>I thought I'd got the hang of Scons dependencies, but apparently not...
>
>As they say, 'What is wrong with this picture ?'
>


>TIA,
>Andrew
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>#!/usr/bin/env python
># SCONS control file for the D Program
># Import shared opts
>import AM_opts
>
># Create Environment for building main program
>env = Environment(CPPPATH = ['.'])
>AM_opts.add_opts(env)
>env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-O3'])
>
># Create Environment for the debug program
>dbg = env.Clone()
>dbg.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DDEBUG', '-g', '-O0'])
>
>Repository('/home/andrew/src/include')
>do = env.Object('d.o', 'd.c')
>dto = dbg.Object('d.to', 'd.c')
>
># Programs
>dp = env.Program('d', do, LIBS=['Xext', 'X11', 'm', 'jpeg',
>'pthread',
>'mb'], LIBPATH=['/usr/local/lib'])
>
>dpt = dbg.Program('dt',dto, LIBS=['Xext', 'X11', 'm', 'jpeg',
>'pthread',
>'mbt'], LIBPATH=['/usr/local/lib'])
>
># Installation
>id = env.Install('/usr/local/bin', dp)
>idt = dbg.Install('/usr/local/bin', dpt)
>
>env.Alias('install', [id, idt])
>


Did you try specifying the object file dependencies as a string I.e. 'd.o' rather than the return value of object. Briefly looking through the manual I didn't find it done like above

Chris





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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 11:14:10 +0100 (BST)
From: Alex Butcher <lug@assursys.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] BBC Iplayer
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.03.1310041112170.17729@nffheflf.pb.hx>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

On Fri, 4 Oct 2013, Peter Hemmings wrote:

> My original attempt was using get_iplayer which threw up the same failure 4
> times before giving up.
>
> It scanned all the feeds OK though.
>
> I just tried it again and its still a problem.
>
> Attached o/p for info.

Just tested here with the same program ID:

$ get_iplayer --get 540
get_iplayer v2.79, 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.

Matches:
540: Newsnight - 02/10/2013, BBC Two, News,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: Newsnight - 02/10/2013
INFO: File name prefix = Newsnight_-_02_10_2013_b03c4hbt_default
RTMPDump v2.3
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO: duration 2763.52
INFO: moovPosition 36.00
INFO: width 640.00
INFO: height 360.00
INFO: videocodecid avc1
INFO: audiocodecid mp4a
INFO: avcprofile 77.00
INFO: avclevel 30.00
INFO: aacaot 2.00
INFO: videoframerate 25.00
INFO: audiosamplerate 48000.00
INFO: audiochannels 2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO: length 69088000.00
INFO: timescale 25000.00
INFO: language und
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO: sampletype avc1
INFO: length 132648960.00
INFO: timescale 48000.00
INFO: language und
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO: sampletype mp4a
95289.853 kB / 966.20 sec (34.9%)^C

I note that my installation of get_iplayer doesn't skip the 'flashhigh1'
mode and suspect this is something to do with it. A quick google didn't
reveal what that mode provides, or how to enable it for you. I'll leave that
as an exercise for you, Peter!

Best Regards,
Alex



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