Re: May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'
On 03/02/14 02:44, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:51:04 +1100
> Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 02/02/14 00:13, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>>
>>> May I introduce to you ‘beeb’ the all-singing, all-dancing, upgrade
>>> to ‘get-iplayer’!
>>>
>> <snipped>
>>>
>>> Any problems, or further instruction required, please let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Sharon.
>>>
<snipped>
>>
>> Is it related to the Debian package?
>> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/get-iplayer
>
> 'beeb' has been described as a "wrapper" to get-iplayer, in that it
> uses get-iplayer but also extends it in an area in which get-iplayer
> doesn't have any input/focus, specifically the MPD-playlist.
My apologies - I'm not trying to be obtuse, but that didn't answer my
question. Let me rephrase that.... How is "beeb" different (advantages?)
to the *Debian* package "get_iplayer"??
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=get-iplayer
Features:
* Downloads Mov (mp4) streams from BBC iplayer site in much better
quality than Flash player streams
* Allow multiple programmes to be downloaded using a single command
* Indexing of all available (i.e. listed) iplayer programs
* Available Programme Index listing
* Caching of Index (default 4hrs)
* Full HTTP Proxy support (tested on Squid)
* Regex search on programme name capability (makes it useful to run this
from crontab)
* Regex search on long programme description and episode capability
* Tested on Linux (Fedora 6/7/8/9, Centos/RHEL 5, MacOSX, Ubuntu),
Windows and loads more
* Requires: perl 5.8, perl-LWP
* Latest Version: http://linuxcentre.net/get_iplayer/get_iplayer
DESCRIPTION
get_iplayer lists, searches and records BBC iPlayer TV/Radio, BBC
Podcast programmes. Other 3rd-Party plugins may be available.
get_iplayer has three modes: recording a complete programme for later
playback, streaming a programme directly to a playback application, such
as mplayer; and as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR), subscribing to
search terms and recording programmes automatically. It can also stream
or record live BBC iPlayer output
If given no arguments, get_iplayer updates and displays the list of
currently available programmes. Each available programme has a numerical
identifier,pid. get_iplayer utilises the rtmpdump tool to record BBC
iPlayer programmes from RTMP flash streams at various qualities.
In PVR mode, get_iplayer can be called from cron to record programmes to
a schedule.
NOTES: it also install a web based manager (http://127.0.0.1:1935)
launched by running:-
$ get_iplayer_web_pvr
>From Australia, if I wanted to ignore the permissions I asked about in
the following paragraph (apparently it's illegal to download BBC
programs outside of the UK - see the reference further down), I'd have
to use a UK-based proxy e.g.:-
$ cat ~/.get_iplayer/options
# For Debian-based systems, inhibit automatic updates
# packagemanager apt
# Add site-wide configuration in this file
proxy https://someUK-basedProxy:443
>>
>> Are there any potential problems with permissions? e.g.:-
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/03/bbc_iplayer_content_protection.html
>
> I know of none, after all, its only using get-iplayer as its been
> released to use, and in the way that it should be used.
Thanks
> All I've done
> is codified a pattern of usage of get-iplayer in a logical manner!
I'm confused. What is illogical about:-
# apt-get install get_iplayer
It seems to work (or am I missing something?)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=get-iplayer
It's part of the debian architecture (it upgrades and updates etc)...
>
> Sharon.
>
TIA
Kind regards
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