On 23/5/2011, at 5:22pm, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 05:04:47PM +0100, Andy Bircumshaw wrote: >>>> You add programmes for overnight downloading using `get_iplayer >>>> --pvr-queue "my prog name"` >>> >>> That was a bit of a disaster, too. I tried this, adding a single >>> programme, and yet get_iplayer --pvr proceeded to again attempt to >>> download the entire iplayer site. >> >> >> Had you somehow managed to add the entire cache to your pvr-queue? >> >> What does `get_iplayer --pvrlist` say? > > Yup. I get it now. The syntax is: > > get_iplayer --pvradd NAME SEARCH_TERMS > > The manpage is very confusing. I just did get_iplayer --pvradd > SEARCH_TERMS and it took the search terms as the name, and so I added > a blank search - which, as we've ascertained, downloads everything :-(
That's different from --pvr-queue. --pvradd will add the terms as an *ongoing* search. I.E. `get_iplayer --pvradd news news` will cause the news to be downloaded every day when --pvr runs. (Note: you could use "news$" to exclude Newsnight) --qvrqueue will queue only the current programmes returned by the search. It will not cause next week's episode to be downloaded (as --pvradd might do). Returning to the main subject: I believe that get_iplayer used to have a limit of returning 20 results. I think this may have been removed since Phil ceased development. But it appears that no checks may be have put in place to ensure an empty search string (which will match all entries) will be rejected. HTH, aB. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
