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Ascoware / get-iplayer-automator

The goal of Get iPlayer Automator is to allow iTunes and your Mac to become the hub for your British Television experience regardless of where in the world you are. Currently, Get iPlayer Automator allows you to download and watch BBC and ITV shows on your Mac. Series-Link/PVR functionality ensures you will never miss your favourite shows. Programmes are fully tagged and added to iTunes automatically upon completion. It is simple and easy to use, and runs on any machine running Mac OS X 10.7 or later. And since the shows are in iTunes, it is extremely easy to transfer them to your iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV allowing you to enjoy your shows on the go or on your television.
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Download hangs on 'Waiting' status #257

Closed winqang closed 4 years ago

winqang commented 4 years ago

What steps will reproduce the problem? Be specific, and provide as much detail as possible.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Actual

What version of GiA are you using? On what version of OS X?

Are you using a web proxy? DNS proxy? VPN? VPS?

What program are you attempting to download (full title, series and episode)? Provide only ONE program as an example.

skovatch commented 4 years ago

I was able to download this yesterday with no problems. Can you provide a verbose log showing what's going on while it's in the 'waiting' state?

winqang commented 4 years ago

Hey, thanks for replying. Since then I've reverted back to using get_iplayer via my Windows laptop instead. Thanks for looking into anyway.

gingerbeardman commented 4 years ago

Friend of mine just got this. Will investigate why when I see them next

gingerbeardman commented 4 years ago

So the issue was solved by one/all of:

I suspect it was falling foul of Application Translocation security feature of macOS by trying to run the app from the Downloads folder.