get_iplayer not working in OpenSUSE 12.2

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Hello all,

I had get_iplayer working happily in OpenSUSE 12.1, but after a recent clean install of 12.2 I can no longer make it work. I am using OpenSUSE 12.2 64-bit, get_iplayer v2.82, flvstreamer v 2.1c1 and RTMPdump 2.4

Here is the output from a sample pid:
:~> get_iplayer --pid=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p1xrw/The_National_Lottery_Saturday_Night_Draws_17_11_2012/
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5372.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5396.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5397.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5418.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5419.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5423.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5424.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5425.
WARNING: Ignoring invalid option in /etc/get_iplayer/options: ‘packagemanager = = disable’
INFO: Please remove and use ‘get_iplayer --dump-options’ to display all valid options
INFO: Episode-only pid detected
INFO: Trying pid: b01p1xrw using type: tv
INFO Trying to stream pid using type tv
INFO: pid not found in tv cache
INFO: Checking existence of default version
ERROR: Failed to get iphone URL from iplayer site

INFO: flashhigh1,flashhigh2 modes will be tried for version default
INFO: Trying flashhigh1 mode to record tv: -
INFO: File name prefix = The_National_Lottery_Saturday_Night_Draws_-17_11_2012_b01p1xrw_default
FLVStreamer v2.1c1
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting …
ERROR: HandleCtrl: Ignoring SWFVerification request, no CRYPTO support!
ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Failed
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file /home/robin/Videos/The_National_Lottery_Saturday_Night_Draws-17_11_2012_b01p1xrw_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh1 mode
INFO: Trying flashhigh2 mode to record tv: The National Lottery Saturday Night Draws - 17/11/2012
INFO: File name prefix = The_National_Lottery_Saturday_Night_Draws-17_11_2012_b01p1xrw_default
FLVStreamer v2.1c1
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting …
ERROR: rtmp server sent error
ERROR: rtmp server requested close
INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
WARNING: Failed to stream file /home/robin/Videos/The_National_Lottery_Saturday_Night_Draws-_17_11_2012_b01p1xrw_default.partial.mp4.flv via RTMP
INFO: skipping flashhigh2 mode
ERROR: Failed to record ‘The National Lottery Saturday Night Draws - 17/11/2012 (b01p1xrw)’

I would be grateful for any pointers as to what might be wrong.

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I do this differently, but I wouldn’t know if that would help:

get_iplayer | grep Lottery

On my machine it shows up as PID 901, next I do

get_iplayer --get 901

… and the proxy I’m using, checked and works.

Questions: how did you install get_iplayer? Did you setup the Packman repo for multimedia?

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I have just got in and delighted to find your reply. Thank you for your help.

I didn’t get too far with this, I’m afraid, but the syntax I used originally always worked fine on 12.1:
~> get_iplayer | grep lottery
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5372.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5396.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5397.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5418.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5419.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5423.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5424.
Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer line 5425.
WARNING: Ignoring invalid option in /etc/get_iplayer/options: ‘packagemanager = = disable’
INFO: Please remove and use ‘get_iplayer --dump-options’ to display all valid options

get_iplayer --get 901 although for a different programme, responds exactly as in my first post.

Questions: how did you install get_iplayer? Did you setup the Packman repo for multimedia?

I know there are (or at least, have been) problems with some repo versions of get_iplayer and its dependencies. I do use the Packman repo for multimedia and YaST gives the following version info:
get_iplayer: 2.82-1.17-noarch from vendor “http://packman.links2linux.de” (installed)
rtmpdump: 2.4.git20121102-1.1-x86_64 from vendor “http://packman.links2linux.de” (installed)
I have also tried: 2.4-1.1-x86_64 from vendor obs://build.opensuse.org/home:aledr
flvstreamer: 2.1c1-1.1-x86_64 from vendor obs://build.opensuse.org/home:Herbster0815 (installed)
I think these should be OK, but all of them give the same result.

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I don’t have flvstreamer installled. All my multimedia related packages come from Packman.

Funny thing is, that your get_iplayer refers to /usr/local/bin where mine is situated in /usr/bin

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Food for thought. flvstreamer is not actually listed as a dependency of get_iplayer, but it makes no difference to the problem if flvstreamer is uninstalled, other than a WARNING: that flvstreamer cannot be found.

Funny thing is, that your get_iplayer refers to /usr/local/bin where mine is situated in /usr/bin

I don’t think that is significant. It certainly finds and executes get_iplayer and get_iplayer knows where to find the other components.

I’m beginning to find quite a number of things now that don’t work since the upgrade, e.g. Google Earth and, disappointingly, my Photoshop plugins via pspi. The latter is more likely to be due to the new version of GIMP I would think.

But one thing at a time. I’m running out of ideas with get_iplayer!