[Herts] Great BBC open source radio broadcast and update.

[Malcolm Smith]

On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 01:23:00PM +0100, jayybee wrote:
> To all in the list, have a listen to this great broadcast. It really is
> worth a listen for 30 mins....... :
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/

  "To play Inside the Virtual Anthill: Open Source Means Business
   please first install Flash."

Ugh! How wrong is that?

Never fear, Linux is here...

http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos
http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/


malc at mirage:~$ get_flash_videos http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/
Downloading http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/
Using method 'bbc' for http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/
get_flash_videos does not support iplayer, but get_iplayer does..
Attempting to run 'get_iplayer -g --pid b00kp806'
get_iplayer v1.32, Copyright (C) 2009 Phil Lewis
  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
  conditions; use --conditions for details.

INFO Trying to download pid using type tv
INFO: pid not found in tv cache
INFO: iphone modes will be tried
INFO: Trying iphone mode to download tv:  - 
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: File name prefix = Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_-_episode_b00kp806_default
WARNING: Bad file download, deleting cookie
WARNING: Retrying download for ' -  (b00kp806)'
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: File name prefix = Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_-_episode_b00kp806_default
WARNING: Bad file download, deleting cookie
WARNING: Retrying download for ' -  (b00kp806)'
INFO: Checking existence of default version
INFO: File name prefix = Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_-_episode_b00kp806_default
WARNING: Bad file download, deleting cookie
ERROR: Failed to download ' -  (b00kp806)'
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ # search for the programme...
malc at mirage:~$ get_iplayer --type radio "Anthill"
[...snip...]
Matches:
11102:  Inside the Virtual Anthill - Open Source Means Business, BBC Radio 4, Factual,Science & Nature,Science & Technology,Radio

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ # fetch the file number 11102
malc at mirage:~$ get_iplayer --get 11102
get_iplayer v1.32, Copyright (C) 2009 Phil Lewis
  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
  conditions; use --conditions for details.

Matches:
11102:  Inside the Virtual Anthill - Open Source Means Business, BBC Radio 4, Factual,Science & Nature,Science & Technology,Radio

INFO: 1 Matching Programmes
INFO: iphone,real modes will be tried
INFO: Trying iphone mode to download radio: Inside the Virtual Anthill - Open Source Means Business
INFO: File name prefix = Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_-_Open_Source_Means_Business_b00kp806_default  
19.45MB / 26.55MB   1150kbps   70%   0:00:30 remaining
INFO: Downloaded 26.55MB in 00:03:09 at  1151kbps to ./Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_-_Open_Source_Means_Business_b00kp806_default.mp3
INFO: id3 tagging MP3 file
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ 
malc at mirage:~$ # listen to it
malc at mirage:~$ vlc Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_-_Open_Source_Means_Business_b00kp806_default.mp3


There, fixed that for you :-)




http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kp806

Good programme! Nice to hear this stuff reaching prime time audiences.
Heck I may even try this open sauce stuff myself real soon now...


See you tomorrow night
-- 
Malcolm
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