Youtube-dl and qtube

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Foxtrot204

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Hi, I have installed this plugin using the command line method, and configured it. I am trying to download a ffilm from BBC iPlayer using the qtube GUI set up, I use the -F option to get an idea of best quality version, how do I proceed once the list of what is available in made?, in other words how to download the version that is best?.
 
Foxtrot204 said:
I have installed this plugin using the command line method
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Why make things hard for yourself? What's wrong with WebIF >> Package Management >> Available?

Foxtrot204 said:
I use the -F option to get an idea of best quality version, how do I proceed once the list of what is available in made?
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Forums >> HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware >> Index of Package Primary Topics >> youtube-dl >> Black Hole's Summary Guide (linked from post 1)

(Teaching a man to fish for himself)

You'll need the same information to use the qtube package, but the GUI front end it provides makes using youtube-dl easier.
 
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Obviously what BH said, but otherwise use -f ... to select a format (or video_format+audio_format) from those listed and -o ... to specify the output filename template (RTFM as linked from BH's post for details).
 
Thank you, I have read these pages, and very useful they are,u problem is I keep getting timeout errors, eg error 145?, I have very fast broadband, any ideas?.
 
Does anybody have any suggestions, as I am unable to download any programmes from either You Tube or BBC iplayer due to timed out errors (no. 145). Is this the limitation of this plugin, another dead end?. Please if you have any ideas I would be grateful.
 
Paste the actual messages from qtube.log, or from running youtube-dl with the -v option from the command line, please.
 
I have Youtube-dl on my Linux laptop and downloads are superb and very fast even for 4.5G files! so the problem is possibly to do with the FOX-T2 processing?
 
Foxtrot204 said:
I have Youtube-dl on my Linux laptop and downloads are superb and very fast even for 4.5G files! so the problem is possibly to do with the FOX-T2 processing?
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Judge for yourself:
Code: 
5000    31/07/2022 22:09:57 - Completed queued download of https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0015xnz/richard-osmans-house-of-games-series-5-week-20-monday Options
4999    31/07/2022 22:05:53 - [ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "/mnt/hd2/My Video/Richard_Osman_s_House_of_Games_Series_5_Week_20_-_Monday.mp4"
4998    31/07/2022 22:05:50 - [download] 100% of 650.53MiB in 26:52
4997    31/07/2022 22:05:50 - [download] 100.0% of ~650.53MiB at 500.83KiB/s ETA 00:00
4996    31/07/2022 22:05:50 - [download] 100.0% of ~650.53MiB at 500.83KiB/s ETA 00:00
4995    31/07/2022 22:05:50 - [download] 100.0% of ~650.53MiB at 489.08KiB/s ETA 00:00
4994    31/07/2022 22:05:50 - [download]  99.9% of ~650.53MiB at 523.40KiB/s ETA 00:00
4993    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.9% of ~650.53MiB at 641.33KiB/s ETA 00:01
4992    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.9% of ~650.53MiB at 962.73KiB/s ETA 00:01
4991    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.9% of ~650.53MiB at 876.50KiB/s ETA 00:01
4990    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.9% of ~650.53MiB at 707.64KiB/s ETA 00:01
4989    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.9% of ~650.53MiB at 502.66KiB/s ETA 00:01
4988    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.9% of ~650.53MiB at 374.54KiB/s ETA 00:01
4987    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.9% of ~650.53MiB at 390.79KiB/s ETA 00:01
4986    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.6% of ~652.77MiB at 480.41KiB/s ETA 00:07
4985    31/07/2022 22:05:49 - [download]  99.6% of ~652.77MiB at 480.41KiB/s ETA 00:07
4984    31/07/2022 22:05:48 - [download]  99.5% of ~652.77MiB at 478.51KiB/s ETA 00:07
4983    31/07/2022 22:05:47 - [download]  99.5% of ~652.77MiB at 478.98KiB/s ETA 00:08
4982    31/07/2022 22:05:46 - [download]  99.4% of ~652.77MiB at 478.50KiB/s ETA 00:09
4981    31/07/2022 22:05:45 - [download]  99.3% of ~652.77MiB at 478.13KiB/s ETA 00:11
4980    31/07/2022 22:05:44 - [download]  99.2% of ~652.77MiB at 490.08KiB/s ETA 00:12
...
1476    31/07/2022 21:39:01 - [download]   0.2% of ~626.52MiB at 484.23KiB/s ETA 31:21
1475    31/07/2022 21:39:00 - [download]   0.1% of ~626.52MiB at 485.74KiB/s ETA 39:55
1474    31/07/2022 21:38:59 - [download]   0.0% of ~626.52MiB at 500.77KiB/s ETA 57:16
1473    31/07/2022 21:38:59 - [download]   0.0% of ~626.52MiB at 567.21KiB/s ETA 01:31:05
1472    31/07/2022 21:38:59 - [download]   0.0% of ~626.52MiB at 778.55KiB/s ETA 02:39:11
1471    31/07/2022 21:38:59 - [download]   0.0% of ~626.52MiB at 815.79KiB/s ETA 05:08:45
1470    31/07/2022 21:38:59 - [download]   0.0% of ~626.52MiB at 652.17KiB/s ETA 10:28:07
1469    31/07/2022 21:38:59 - [download]   0.0% of ~626.52MiB at 500.00KiB/s ETA 22:10:43
1468    31/07/2022 21:38:59 - [download]   0.0% of ~626.52MiB at 333.33KiB/s ETA 51:27:14
1467    31/07/2022 21:38:59 - [download]   0.0% of ~626.52MiB at 333.33KiB/s ETA --:--:--
1466    31/07/2022 21:38:58 - [download] Destination: /mnt/hd2/My Video/Richard_Osman_s_House_of_Games_Series_5_Week_20_-_Monday.mp4
1465    31/07/2022 21:38:58 - [hlsnative] Total fragments: 227
1464    31/07/2022 21:38:57 - [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
1463    31/07/2022 21:38:45 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading m3u8 information
1462    31/07/2022 21:38:45 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading m3u8 information
1461    31/07/2022 21:38:45 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading m3u8 information
1460    31/07/2022 21:38:45 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading m3u8 information
1459    31/07/2022 21:38:44 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading m3u8 information
1458    31/07/2022 21:38:44 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading m3u8 information
1457    31/07/2022 21:38:43 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading MPD manifest
1456    31/07/2022 21:38:42 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading MPD manifest
1455    31/07/2022 21:38:42 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading MPD manifest
1454    31/07/2022 21:38:41 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading MPD manifest
1453    31/07/2022 21:38:41 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading MPD manifest
1452    31/07/2022 21:38:40 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading MPD manifest
1451    31/07/2022 21:38:39 - [bbc.co.uk] m0016433: Downloading media selection JSON
1450    31/07/2022 21:38:39 - [bbc.co.uk] m0015xnz: Downloading playlist JSON
1449    31/07/2022 21:38:37 - [bbc.co.uk] m0015xnz: Downloading video page
1448    31/07/2022 21:38:11 - Starting queued download URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0015xnz/richard-osmans-house-of-games-series-5-week-20-monday Options  QID 7831
1447    31/07/2022 21:38:10 - ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
Can I just say that I find the overall tone of the responses to my query quite unnecessarily cryptic with an air of superiority mixed in.
I am trying to figure out why downloads of programmes on the T2 are plagued by timeout errors, and asking questions, what I am getting are typical responses from members with superior knowledge on this subject but who somehow feel unable to share this, in a forum.
Stop with all the bullxxxx cryptic answers, if you feel unable to help then don't respond at all, otherwise try to offer realistic answers, that don't require decoding.
 
What's cryptic about a demonstration that it works?

Sorry, but it's your posts which are cryptic. You have already been asked for a copy of the log, without which there is nothing to be said.
 
Foxtrot204 said:
I have Youtube-dl on my Linux laptop and downloads are superb and very fast even for 4.5G files! so the problem is possibly to do with the FOX-T2 processing?
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WebIF qtube works ok for me.
Eg it worked for https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0019tr5/bluey-series-2-1-dance-mode
So it's not an issue with the CF.
Maybe it's something local to your network?
Eg do you have any special firewall rules or restrictions set up for your Humax?
Or try removing, then installing the software again to see if it helps.
There's not much to go on, so those are simply guesses.
 
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The mystery code 145 means nothing to me, nor to those with superior knowledge, and not even to the big G. That's why

Youtube-dl and qtube

Hi, I have installed this plugin using the command line method, and configured it. I am trying to download a ffilm from BBC iPlayer using the qtube GUI set up, I use the -F option to get an idea of best quality version, how do I proceed once the list of what is available in made?, in other words...
hummy.tv hummy.tv
 
bottletop said:
There's not much to go on, so those are simply guesses.
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Quite. The OP has a track record of liking to complicate things, admits not reading anything and expecting to have everything handed to him/her on a plate, and won't even provide hard data when requested – I suspect because it would reveal some stupidity. Either that or he/she is some kind of troll trying to dis the CF in search hits. If I seem off-hand, that's why.
 
I can see that paranoia is setting in. Troll indeed!, you really should listen to yourself, for an apparently intelligent person you come across as ridiculous, ' a track record...' ' teach to fish', these are comments for children and morons!.
So please read my original post on this subject, and then tell me if it has been answered, in anyway other than making silly inappropriate comments. As I said previously, if you like to help me then do so in a pleasant and useful way, no need for comments about fishing and the like, although I have said before I am no expert in this area, don't for a second assume that you are dealing with a simpleton!.
So please lets be civil here in this forum.
I will post log details when I get a chance, and if you care to comment then do so as I have indicated if not, then okay.
 
I see you've been blackholed. The guy is what others would call a moron, with some technical knowledge. Approach with care
 
Hey, just to let everyone know that I have succeeded in resolving this problem now and all is working well. thanks to all who offered useful suggestions.
For those who found it difficult to be civil, well good luck to you.
 
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