maemo.org - Talk - simple get

Hello everyone, I'm a long time observer but first time poster in this forum.
I've noticed that get_iplayer has made it's way into the app manager so I thought I would share a script I wrote ages ago (and just ported to my N900) that adds zenity dialogs to simply build a get_iplayer command to download or live stream a programme from the BBC iplayer.
What you will need

You have to have a UK IP to access the iplayer (or a good UK proxy)

From the repos
get_iplayer
Zenity
rtmpdump
and sed (but everyone has sed right?)

Then you need my script.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# Version 0.4 Created 07/MAY/2009

# Last edited on 1/Febuary/2011 # Made to work (Hopefully) with the N900

# Damn You osso-xterm -e

# Written by TIMTTMY

#

# A simple get_iplayer script gui using zenity

# Be sure the /path/to/rtmpdump is correct for your system.

# Also you need zenity and sed installed



# Select your player for watching/listening to live streams.

# I find ffplay works best. xine and vlc don't seem to like the live radio feeds.





#PLAYER='xine stdin:/'

PLAYER='ffplay -'

#PLAYER='vlc -'

#PLAYER='mplayer -cache 1024 -'



#Path to save iplayer files

OUTPUT='--output=/media/mmc1/'



RTMPDUMP='/usr/bin/rtmpdump'

# Check to see if rtmpdump is installed in /usr/bin/



if [ -f "$RTMPDUMP" ];

        then 

        echo "rtmpdump found"

        else zenity --title "rtmpdump not found in /usr/bin/ " --height=200 --width 400 --error --text "rtmpdump not found in /usr/bin/\n\n\ Please install rtmpdump\n\n In /usr/bin/rtmpdump."

        exit

  fi



# Choose a channel

CHANNEL=$(zenity  --list  --height=325 --width=200 --text "Get_iplayer : Select a channel" --radiolist  --column "Pick" --column "Opinion" TRUE "BBC         tv" FALSE "liveradio" FALSE "livetv" FALSE "radio" FALSE "podcast" FALSE "url" | cut -f 2 | sed 's/ /1/' );

if [ $? = 1 ];

then exit

else

echo "$CHANNEL"

fi



# Stream or store ?

if [ $CHANNEL = url ]

then

echo "Store Mode"

else

STREAM=$(zenity --list --height=175 --width=500 --text "Get_iplayer : Do you want to watch this programme or dump it to disk" --radiolist --column "Pick" --column "Opinion" TRUE "1        '--get'                Save To Disk To Watch Later" FALSE "2        '--stream'        Watch It Now Not Saving To Disk"  | cut -f 1 );

if [ $? = 1 ];

then exit

else

echo "$STREAM"

fi

fi



# Grep for a programme

SEARCH=$(zenity --entry --width=800 --text "Search for a programme or paste a Website URL. leave blank for none." --entry-text "" );

if [ $? = 1 ];

then exit

else

echo "$SEARCH"

fi



if [ $CHANNEL = url ]

then 

GET=$(zenity --entry --width=800 --text "execute?" --entry-text "get_iplayer --force --url=$SEARCH --flvstreamer=/usr/bin/rtmpdump" $OUTPUT ); 

echo "$GET"

exec /usr/bin/osso-xterm -e $GET

exit

else

# Get_iplayer PID

NUM=$(get_iplayer --long --type=$CHANNEL $SEARCH | sed -n '/Added:/!p' | zenity --list --width=1000 --height=800 --title "Fetching feeds, Please wait for list to populate" --column "Files" | sed  "s/ /\n/g" | sed -n '/Added/!p' |  sed "s/:/\n/g" | head -n 1 );

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^ put everthing   ^ Don't print lines  ^ put everything  ^             

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^ after a space   ^ With Added in them ^ after a : on a  ^

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^ on a new line   ^                    ^ new line        ^

if [ $? = 1 ];

then exit

else

echo "$NUM"

fi

fi

# Flvstreamer modes

VMODE=$(zenity  --list  --height=275 --width=1000 --text "Get_iplayer : Extra Options" --radiolist  --column "Pick" --column "Opinion" FALSE "'--mode=flashhd,flashvhigh --flvstreamer="/usr/bin/rtmpdump"'                        Use this option for HD flash mode" TRUE "'--mode=flashlow --flvstreamer="/usr/bin/rtmpdump"'                        Use this mode for std flash " FALSE "'--mode=flashaacstd --flvstreamer="/usr/bin/rtmpdump"'                Use this option for live radio." FALSE "'--mode=flashstd,flashhigh,flashnormal --flvstreamer="/usr/bin/rtmpdump"'                Use this option for live tv." | cut -f 1 | sed 's/.\(.*\)/\1/' | sed 's/\(.*\)./\1/' );        

if [ $? = 1 ];

then exit

else

echo "$VMODE"

fi



# Build get_iplayer command to run



if [ $STREAM -eq 2 ]

then

GET=$(zenity --entry --width=800 --text "execute?" --entry-text "get_iplayer --stream $NUM --type=livetv,liveradio $VMODE " ); 

echo "$GET"

exec $GET | $PLAYER

else

GET=$(zenity --entry --width=800 --text "execute?" --entry-text "get_iplayer --type=$CHANNEL --get $NUM $VMODE $OUTPUT " ); 

echo "$GET"

osso-xterm -e "$GET"

fi

Save the above as iplayGUI.sh on your device.
Make it executable.

Code:

chmod +x iplayGUI.sh

and run it

Code:

sh iplayGUI.sh

Enjoy! No more long get_iplayer commands to write on your phone.

Hopefully someone can fix it so the cancel buttons actually cancel the programme.