[access-uk] Re: Get_iplayer
- From: <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:18:36 +0000
Hi Mike,
That's great. So I take it that
Get_iplayer -prefs-add -mp3vbr=0 would give a bit rate of 320 for all
subsequent downloads until the prefs-del command is entered.
Does anyone know what the actual bit rates are from 0 to 9? If not I'll do some
experimenting this evening. I wouldn't mind bumping up my audio downloads to
192kbps.
Best,
Clive
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mike Cassidy
Sent: 10 November 2014 12:51
To: 'Access-UK'
Subject: [access-uk] Get_iplayer
Hi listers,
This appeared on Access UK last year, and may help folk to shorten their
command lines. the piece is below my name.
Hth,
Mike
I'm a bit late to the party, but I'd like to pick up on some get_iplayer
queries I came across in earlier threads.
1. As has been mentioned, get_iplayer searches only TV programmes by
default. If you only ever want to search and download radio programmes,
you can set a preference to make that the default behaviour:
get_iplayer --prefs-add --type=radio
You can unset the preference like this:
get_iplayer --prefs-del --type=radio
Once the preference is set you can omit --type=radio from your
get_iplayer command line. Every get_iplayer option can be turned into a
permanent preference in the same manner.
2. If you always want to convert all AAC audio to MP3, you can also set
a preference to make that the default behaviour:
get_iplayer --prefs-add --aactomp3
You can unset the preference like this:
get_iplayer --prefs-del --aactomp3
Once the preference is set you can omit --aactomp3 from your get_iplayer
command line.
3. By default, the AAC to MP3 conversion with --aactomp3 produces
128kbps constant bit rate files. That is perfectly fine for speech
programmes and most music programmes. If you wish to convert the
higher-quality 320kbps music programmes from Radio 3, add the --mp3vbr
option with a value of 0 (it can range from 0 to 9, with 0 being the
best). That will produce better conversions using variable bit rate
encoding. For example:
get_iplayer --type=radio --get "Late Junction" --aactomp3 --mp3vbr=0
4. Regional and local radio programmes are already encoded as MP3 and
get_iplayer will always produce MP3 output files for them. The
--aactomp3 option will be ignored.
5. get_iplayer can also download with a programme episode URL from the
iPlayer web site. For radio programmes, the URL must come from the
original iPlayer site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio), not the
newer iPlayer Radio site that launched last year
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio). Once you navigate to the episode page
(the page with the embedded Flash player where you would normally play
back the programme), you can copy the URL from your browser's location
field and paste it into the get_iplayer command line. For example:
get_iplayer --type=radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036tqq3/The_Archers_14_07_2013/
The example command above should be all on one line.
You can paste at the get_iplayer command prompt in two ways: Use
Right-Click, Paste with the mouse or use the keystroke sequence
Alt+Space, e, p
6. The get_iplayer beginner's guide mentioned in an earlier post has
moved. It is now located at:
http://getiplayer.co.uk
The page containing the link to the Windows installer is:
http://getiplayer.co.uk/guides/windows-quick-install-guide/
The installer link is labelled:
Windows 7 and 8 get_iplayer installer (single .exe file)
If you would like to take a shortcut, the direct link to the Windows
installer is:
http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer_win/get_iplayer_setup_latest.exe
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