get_iplayer filesize update problem

[WorriedNoodle]

Hi, 

 

Not sure of anyone can help with the latest get_iplayer update from github I recently installed, but now when I download a radio show in m4a format the file size has ballooned about 6 - 7 times bigger? Any idea why/how to fix please? The older versions of get-iplayer no longer work, hence reason for update.

 

Normally I use command line:

get_iplayer --pid=b07wadbde --type=radio --force

to download a 2 hours radio show that would before give an output m4a file size of less than 50mb, now the file size is close to 300mb and the download time 6 times longer as well.
 

** Any idea why/how to fix please?

[KittenKong]

The default radio recording quality in the latest release has gone from "better" to "best", which means that the default bitrate is now 320 up from the previous 48 (internationally: for some reason the BBC is currently streaming the highest bitrate, even overseas). So files take a lot longer to download as you have noticed, but the sound quality is much improved as a result. 2 hours of "Friday Night is Music Night" is nearly half a gigabyte, but it sounds lovely.

 

Anyway, going back to "better" is easy enough if that's what you want: https://squarepenguin.co.uk/forums/thread-1026.html

[WorriedNoodle]

Thanks so much for that, just what I needed to know. I must have been recording "worse" format before to get the file sizes I had without realising. This is all I need as I just listen on the road anyway with a lot of ambient noise around. Good to know there are options.

[KittenKong]

1 hour ago, WorriedNoodle said:

Thanks so much for that, just what I needed to know. I must have been recording "worse" format before to get the file sizes I had without realising. This is all I need as I just listen on the road anyway with a lot of ambient noise around. Good to know there are options.

 

No, previously the BBC streamed 48kbs overseas by default so that's why your file sizes were smaller. I have no idea why they have changed or whether it is permanent. It's only coincidence that get_iplayer changed its own default recording format.