another weirdness for bbc.co.uk

after behaving itself nicely (at SD resolution) for some weeks now, this popped up...

ERROR- Error fetching media selector: 'selectionunavailable'

so far just this one link.....

[www.bbc.co.uk]

ilanad wrote:
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> after behaving itself nicely (at SD resolution)

FWIW, sometime in mid-March the Level3 HD CDN
got fixed ; this is the CDN that works with UK HTTP proxy
or the Tor plugin (with known... problems, as far as the
latter is concerned...).
Try a show available in HD by selecting "720p", "Level 3"
& "Enable Tor" in the latest (v1.2.8) BBC plugin -
it should now download in HD...

> [www.bbc.co.uk]
>
> ERROR- Error fetching media selector: 'selectionunavailable'
>
> so far just this one link.....

It's an error on their end - I can't get past the ident (BBC One) clip
in a browser by using either a UK http proxy or a UK VPN...
Nothing you can do...

@tong2shot:

for pid=b05pl7rt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pl7rt/playlist.json

produces two versions:
"Original", with duration 2100s=35min & vpid=b05pvl0w and
"Shortened", with duration 1800s=30min & vpid=b05pl7rr
The "Original" is the one posted on iPlayer (Duration 35 mins)
but it doesn't play (nor can it be downloaded by FRD), because

http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/pc/vpid/b05pvl0w

(from a UK IP) yields:

Language: XML
-<mediaSelection>
<error id="selectionunavailable"/>
</mediaSelection>

However,

http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/pc/vpid/b05pl7rr

(from a UK IP) DOES PRODUCE stream data, so it is downloadable;
for the Limelight CDN - not geo-blocked - and 1500 bitrate, I compiled this rtmpdump command (token is good for only an hour) :

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net:1935/a1414/e3" -a "a1414/e3?as=adobe-hmac-sha256&av=1&te=connect&mp=iplayerstream/secure_auth/400kbps/modav/bUnknown-7d61f6ca-9f47-4940-831b-1b866aa2c6c4_b05pl7rr_1427930081941.mp4,iplayerstream/secure_auth/1500kbps/modav/bUnknown-7d61f6ca-9f47-4940-831b-1b866aa2c6c4_b05pl7rr_1427930079813.mp4,iplayerstream/secure_auth/800kbps/modav/bUnknown-7d61f6ca-9f47-4940-831b-1b866aa2c6c4_b05pl7rr_1427930077180.mp4,iplayerstream/secure_auth/480kbps/modav/bUnknown-7d61f6ca-9f47-4940-831b-1b866aa2c6c4_b05pl7rr_1427930082837.mp4&et=1428116245&fmta-token=a93941c919b5d7e1f0b3a339fc1ef52331eca141c172821bf6ab37e968349bb8" -f "WIN 17,0,0,132" -W "http://emp.bbci.co.uk/emp/SMPf/1.11.9/StandardMediaPlayerChromelessFlash.swf" -p "http://www.bbc.co.uk" -C O:1 -C O:0 -y "mp4:iplayerstream/secure_auth/1500kbps/modav/bUnknown-7d61f6ca-9f47-4940-831b-1b866aa2c6c4_b05pl7rr_1427930079813.mp4" -o "b05pl7rr_1427930079813.flv" -e

which quickly fetches a 324 MB flv file.
The bbc plugin could be perhaps patched so as to try all available vPIDs for a given PID until it finds stream data;
this is a bug that has been fixed in get_iplayer in the past, so ilanad's sample downloads fine with:

perl get_iplayer-292.pl --pid=b05pl7rt --modes=flashvhigh --force --raw

Best regards (and Happy Easter)

The sample link is working fine now. So I guess it was temporary problem. The requested feature (to try all available vPIDs for a given PID) has just been implemented in plugin v1.3.0, anyway.

tong2shot wrote:
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> The sample link is working fine now.
> So I guess it was a temporary problem.

Yes, the issue was reported to the BBC:

Latest programme issues

and they fixed it...

> The requested feature
> (to try all available vPIDs for a given PID)
> has just been implemented in plugin v1.3.0, anyway.

As ever, many thanks tong2shot

Not sure whats up. the last few days 9 times out of 10 FRD only wants to get the lowest quality stream from iplayer, no matter setting I have the plugin on. I'm using VPN. Have had to resort to other means

Could you provide sample links ?

I'm also using VPN, works fine for me with this link : [www.bbc.co.uk].
My config : SettingsConfig{videoQuality=Highest available, rtmpPort=1935 (default), cdn=Limelight}

Make sure the show available in HD.

I dont always want to get all shows in HD, sometimes I just want the 1500k 832x468 file. It is random. Just now using VPN with FRD set to 480p 1935 and Akamai, files for Masterchef UK ep17 and 19 worked fine, but ep 18 would only get the 640x360 796k file. I had to use another program to get the 1500k file.

bbc.co.uk

Thanks

I can reproduce that now. The sample link has two vpid : p02p3j3y, b05rp3f9. The default is p02p3j3y, so plugin picked it. But they only provide 360p videos for vpid p02p3j3y. Vpid b05rp3f9 contains all possible video qualities.

Please try plugin v1.3.1.

Thanks for the update. Appreciate your help

Another problems with BBC. Download 0 bytes (or "cannnot download from service") via proxy (any type) and any type CDN. Via VPN error "cannnot download from service".



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/19/2015 06:56AM by rancor.