BBC iPlayer desktop not working

[suse_tpx60s]

Has anyone got the iPlayer desktop working in 11.1? iPlayer works if I watch the file by streaming live online but if I choose to download the file nothing happens.

If I try start iPlayer desktop nothing happens except a small box or something flashes up on the screen very quickly before disappearing and I get a BBC process in the process list.

I have Adobe Air 1.5 installed, flash player 10.0.31.18 insatlled and the latest BBC iPlayer desktop (cannot remember version).

[caf4926]

Try using get_iplayer from Packman
Instructions here:
Documentation | Linuxcentre

I get HD program of say 1.2GB in 15 mins

[caf4926]

You use a terminal, here is an example. After doing the: get_iplayer
All the feeds will show in a A-Z list

Here is a of screen of it
The list with an example command highlighted - it matches the last in the list

[suse_tpx60s]

Thanks caf.
I've installed get_iplayer and am playing around with it but have a question. The documentation lists some external programs that may be required by get_iplayer most of which I already have. One program I don't have is flvstreamer. Is this generally required? I can't find it any of the main SuSe repos or on the suse software web page.

[caf4926]

Originally Posted by suse_tpx60s

Thanks caf.
I've installed get_iplayer and am playing around with it but have a question. The documentation lists some external programs that may be required by get_iplayer most of which I already have. One program I don't have is flvstreamer. Is this generally required? I can't find it any of the main SuSe repos or on the suse software web page.

I don't have this in suse, but do in F10. So no, not needed.
You may need to set the terminal scrolling to 2000

[suse_tpx60s]

OK thanks. One other thing. Have you updated get_iplayer to the latest 2.41 version or still using the pacman 1.71 version? Will running the command

get_iplayer --update

break my install?

[caf4926]

Originally Posted by suse_tpx60s

OK thanks. One other thing. Have you updated get_iplayer to the latest 2.41 version or still using the pacman 1.71 version? Will running the command

get_iplayer --update

break my install?

I just stick with Packman in SUSE!
If you look at the get_iplayer site, it doesn't provide packages for SUSE.

It can be trick to set up.

I'll reply in more detail later. I have to work.

[suse_tpx60s]

OK, I'll leave it as it is. Thanks.

[caf4926]

As I said, I use it as I demonstrated in the pictures
EG:

get_iplayer --get 50 --vmode=flashhigh
or
get_iplayer --get 50 --vmode=flashvhigh
or
get_iplayer --get 50 --vmode=flashhd

Thing is I can't recall exactly what I did to set up above and beyond the install from Packman. Because I have flvstreamer. But I'm not sure if I'm using IT or rtmpdump. I have a feeling the latter.
I know I am using flvstreamer in Fedora and behaves differently.

I think you have to su in a terminal

and do:

chmod 755 /usr/bin/rtmpdump

I think then:

get_iplayer --prefs-add --rtmpdump /usr/bin/rtmpdump

In Fedora I just put flvstreamer in place of rtmpdump

I think I have the flvstreamer because I put it there.

You can ask questions at the get_iplayer site too. I find the documentation difficult to wade thru.

[suse_tpx60s]

Thanks. I managed to download a couple of programs using the default settings i.e. get_iplayer --get 123. I'll experiment with the modes, and the other switches when I have a little more time.

I agree about the documentation.