[bmstinton93]

Has anyone else been having any problems with get_iplayer recently?

[ianpwilliams]

I always use Radio Downloader now. Only takes around 30 minutes to download and convert a show for me.

[bmstinton93]

That was * for me as well but i guess I'll have to try it again. Get_iplayer only used to take around 15 minutes per show

[neilt0]

Has anyone else been having any problems with get_iplayer recently?

Nope, it's working fine here. What specifically es el problemo?

[bmstinton93]

Everything tbh. Firstly, on Google Chrome when you type anything into the search it never takes you there, but that just about works through IE. Then when you actually run the PVR it just comes up with a bunch of errors and never downloads anything. I even tried a reinstall

[bmstinton93]

'Running PVR Searches:
_The_Chris_Moyles_Show_name_radio
INFO: Getting radio Index Feeds
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for bbc_radio_manchester from iplayer site
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for bbc_radio_manchester from iplayer site
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for bbc_radio_manchester from iplayer site'

[neilt0]

Do a refresh or force refresh (the button on the web interface) and then Run PVR. I never do searches, only PVR action.

I haven't missed a show in months, they always work. Today's show is up -- sometimes it can take longer to appear, but today's is up now.

Ignore any errors for stations you don't give a shit about. Are you recording Radio Manchester? No? Then who cares!

[bmstinton93]

But its not actually downloading it as it is going through all theses bloody errors instead.

EDIT: I've clicked the refresh cache and its doing this:

'The cache will auto-refresh every 1 hour(s) if you leave this page open

INFO: Getting tv Index Feeds
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for parliament from iplayer site
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for parliament from iplayer site
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for parliament from iplayer site
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for cbeebies from iplayer site'

[neilt0]

Here's how I have mine set up, which may or may not help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUogpuBOAOg

[bmstinton93]

How do you capture that? I'll do it for mine to show what is happening

[neilt0]

How do you capture that? I'll do it for mine to show what is happening

http://camstudio.org/

[dimtimjim]

http://www.wtf?.com

[ianpwilliams]

I'm having problems with Radio Downloader now. My first attempt at downloading today's show took over 2 hours to download and convert. And the resulting file has loud clicks in it, with a long section where it's peaking all the time, followed by a really quiet section. I'm trying to download the show again, but it's still really slow, so I'm not optimistic. Maybe I need to try getiPlayer too.

[bmstinton93]

Get Iplayer is working fine for me again now.

It is a good program when it works

[a-moron]

http://www.wtf?.com

Mental ain't it, thought i'd changed the language settings to urdu or something?!

[ianpwilliams]

I'm trying to download the show now with GetiPlayer. But it looks like the file is currently aac.flv, and I'm pretty sure it'll end up as aac, which is no good for me. Is there a way to make sure it is mp3 or wav or something?

[ianpwilliams]

Oh dear. Now it's said that "rmptdump" or whatever it's called has crashed, and now GetiPlayer just keeps retrying recording. This is why I stopped using it in the first place.

[neilt0]

Oh dear. Now it's said that "rmptdump" or whatever it's called has crashed, and now GetiPlayer just keeps retrying recording. This is why I stopped using it in the first place.

Are you runnning Windows? If so, try following the instrucs I posted: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=22970

[a-moron]

"rmptdump"

Dimtimjim's alias

I'm not really helping here am I?

[ianpwilliams]

"rmptdump"

Dimtimjim's alias

I'm not really helping here am I?

Not really no! But at least it did put a smile on face, at a time when I could quite happily throw my computer, complete with GetiPlayer, out the window.

I am running Windows by the way. And I can't run the PVR manager (although it did work before, possibly before I tried adding the archive files). It says "There was a problem sending the command to the program". Although GetiPlayer works. I've run the GetiPlayer setup latest file, and installed everything. I've also downloaded the get_iplayer-a3ab629.tar.gz archive, although I'm not entirely sure where those files need to go. Is it the files that are inside the "get_iplayer-a3ab629" folder that is inside the archive that go into the "Program Files/getiplayer" folder? And if so, where does the "pax_global_header" file go, which is inside the archive, but outside the "get_iplayer-a3ab629" folder?

This is what has always put me off. I'd rather use a program like Radio Downloader and wait a couple of hours, but painless hours, than go through all this complicated stuff. But of RD doesn't seem to be working right now. But then if I'm going to spend 3.5 hours trying to get this working, then maybe I should just play the show live and record it into my sequencer

[a-moron]

Option 2, definitely. Option 1 looks like a chimps been hitting your keyboard.

[neilt0]

* Get WinRAR.

* Unpack the tar.gz with WinRAR.

* Copy the files in the unpacked folder in to the same location as the existing files that are in your existing folder (within the "get_iplayer" folder in "Program Files").

* Rename the file "get_iplayer" from this archive to get_iplayer.pl

* Run Web PVR Manager.

That's it.

Yes, it's a bit of a faff to set up, but it's worth it IMO, as it makes show downloads fast and lovely.

ETA: If this doesn't work, let me know and I'll zip up my working directory for you.

[ianpwilliams]

Ok thanks I'll try that later. Can't do it right now because I'm recording today's show live from the iPlayer.

[ianpwilliams]

Well that was fun. Just took nearly four hours to record the show, because the damn iPlayer stopped three times.

Incidentally I tried doing exactly what you said, but I keep getting the same error when I try to run the Web PVR Manager (see attachments). Any chance you could upload your working folder?

[bmstinton93]

I could do with your working one as well actually as mine is back to downloading .aac's again now