BBC Iplayer Downloader Plugin - Beta + Support

[ACTCMS]

OK, here it is - note I ran it again and now it just doesnt do anything, will retry with the latest version as suggested by gED

Yours does much the same as mine...

Announces that the transcode is starting, creates a .jpg thumbnail (in your case - G:\gbpvr\Natural World\11_Elephants_Without_Borders_235613_6_3_2009.jpg) and issues the ffmpeg command which finishes after a couple of seconds - no obvious error... I'll have a go at gEd's suggestion too - we can compare notes...

Alex

[ACTCMS]

I'm using a very recent version from http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/builds/

I just downloaded the 'Latest Version' and it's now transcoding - and I have a growing MPG in recordings.

It might get strange after this though - I'm testing on a laptop client...

[ACTCMS]

I just downloaded the 'Latest Version' and it's now transcoding - and I have a growing MPG in recordings.

Bingo... The latest versions of CommonGBPVRUtilities.dll and ffMpeg fixed it...

Alex

[johnsonx42]

I'd love to try out the BBC Iplayer, but I'm on the wrong side of the pond (damned revolution!)... does (or will) the plugin support using a proxy to get around the geo checks?

[McBainUK]

Looking good smiler - will make a specific CS4 skin for this plugin for sure! In the meantime if anyone wants to use it with the Community Skin 4 BETA simply copy the 'iplayerplugin' folder from blue.

[smiler]

OK, here it is - note I ran it again and now it just doesnt do anything, will retry with the latest version as suggested by gED

Ok, it is likely that the transcode is failing due to the FFMPEG exe not working correctly. There is an issue in that ffmpeg does not allow stdout redirection meaning that I cannot capture the output to display to the user. In a later version I might add a feature to check if the mpg was created.

Anyway looking at the log you attached, to debug your problem open up a command window and paste in the following string, which is the string that GBPVR calls.
Once you have pasted the string below, press enter and see what the error message is that you get back.

You may need to run the download again with the config option to leave the downloaded mov file in place rather than deleting it.

Code:

C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Third Party\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe   -i "G:\gbpvr\Natural_World_11_Elephants_Without_Borders.mov" -y -target dvd -aspect 16:9 -s 4cif -r 25 -b 5000kb -sameq -ar 48000 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256kb -ac 2 -v 9 "G:\gbpvr\Natural World\11_Elephants_Without_Borders_235613_6_3_2009.mpg"

Tell me how you get on...

[smiler]

I'd love to try out the BBC Iplayer, but I'm on the wrong side of the pond (damned revolution!)... does (or will) the plugin support using a proxy to get around the geo checks?

I think it unlikely, although there is talk I think of a US IPlayer Site

[smiler]

Looking good smiler - will make a CS4 skin for this plugin for sure!

That would be good, I am a real newbie at skinning, if you want any new params exposed just let me know.

[smiler]

Just to let you know this plugin has not been tested on a remote client and it will need to be updated to support this platform. I'll have a think about this for the next release.

[garyeuph]

t looks like the GBPVR versio does not support this command line, see log below - hoever I have has sucess with the later version - will keep you posted


G:\>"C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Third Party\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "G:\gbpvr\
Natural_World_11_Elephants_Without_Borders.mov" -y -target dvd -aspect 16:9 -s 4
cif -r 25 -b 5000kb -sameq -ar 48000 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256kb -ac 2 -v 9 "G:
\gbpvr\Natural World\11_Elephants_Without_Borders_235613_6_3_2009.mpg"
FFmpeg version SVN-r7165, Copyright © 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-mp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-vorb
is --enable-faad --enable-faac --enable-libgsm --enable-xvid --enable-x264 --ena
ble-mingw32 --enable-a52 --enable-dts --enable-pp --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_w
b --enable-swscaler --enable-avisynth --enable-gpl --enable-memalign-hack --cpu=
i686 --extra-ldflags=-static
libavutil version: 49.1.0
libavcodec version: 51.25.0
libavformat version: 51.6.0
built on Nov 24 2006 18:53:03, gcc: 4.0.3
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'G:\gbpvr\Natural_World_11_Elephants_Wit
hout_Borders.mov':
Duration: 00:50:01.5, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 521 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 480x272, 25.00 fps®
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo
Assuming PAL for target.
Unknown codec 'libmp3lame'

Ok, it is likely that the transcode is failing due to the FFMPEG exe not working correctly. There is an issue in that ffmpeg does not allow stdout redirection meaning that I cannot capture the output to display to the user. In a later version I might add a feature to check if the mpg was created.

Anyway looking at the log you attached, to debug your problem open up a command window and paste in the following string, which is the string that GBPVR calls.
Once you have pasted the string below, press enter and see what the error message is that you get back.

You may need to run the download again with the config option to leave the downloaded mov file in place rather than deleting it.

Code:

C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Third Party\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe   -i "G:\gbpvr\Natural_World_11_Elephants_Without_Borders.mov" -y -target dvd -aspect 16:9 -s 4cif -r 25 -b 5000kb -sameq -ar 48000 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256kb -ac 2 -v 9 "G:\gbpvr\Natural World\11_Elephants_Without_Borders_235613_6_3_2009.mpg"

Tell me how you get on...