How to run the tool (for dummies).

[ntpgygms]

Hi! I hope you are doing fine. First, thanks for sharing this project :)

On the other hand, can you provide further guidance on how to run the tool, please? I know the readme file lists the steps from installing to running, but when following it, either on CMD or Powershell, I get this error:

bbb-dl : The term 'bbb-dl' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

This might be a silly error, but being a newbie, I am not quite sure how to overcome it. Thanks in advance for your time and advice.

[C0D3D3V]

What did pip install --user bbb-dl print?

[C0D3D3V]

First, thanks for sharing this project :)

You are welcome :) Actually I did this project only for you 🤗 And I hope it will help you. I'm not using it myself, and never did. But I thought this can help students and other people a lot.

[ntpgygms]

What did pip install --user bbb-dl print?

Hi! Thanks for your prompt response. This is the actual output:

After that, and when trying to run the bbb-dl command, got the error a reported on my initial post.

Any advice or recommendation, is highly appreciated.

[C0D3D3V]

Is Administrator also the user you used to run bbb-dl? With the --user option you installed bbb-dl only for the Administrator user

[ntpgygms]

Is Administrator also the user you used to run bbb-dl? With the --user option you installed bbb-dl only for the Administrator user

Yes, it was. And no matter if it is the Windows Terminal, CMD, or PowerShell (all ran as Admin), I get the same error:

C:\Users\Administrator>bbb-dl --help
'bbb-dl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

PS C:\Users\Administrator> bbb-dl --help
bbb-dl : The term 'bbb-dl' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ bbb-dl --help
+ ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (bbb-dl:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

[C0D3D3V]

Very interesting. Try installing it without the --user flag.

Just a workaround: In your screenshot above, you see the full path of bbb-dl, you could run the full path instead of the short command, but that is very ugly.

[ntpgygms]

Tried without the --user flag. Then, tried to run the bbb-dl command. Same result.

Tried running with the complete path. Same error:

For the record, the ffmpeg has been added to the PATH. Still, the issue persists.

[ntpgygms]

Tried without the --user flag. Then, tried to run the bbb-dl command. Same result.

Tried running with the complete path. Same error:

For the record, the ffmpeg has been added to the PATH. Still, the issue persists.

Good news! Just after I sent the reply above, I realized I was under the wrong directory. Moved back to the scripts one and the commands returned the expected result (yay!). I am running a test with a BBB recording and, so far:

Will keep you posted.

[C0D3D3V]

You can add now the Path you used now to run bbb-dl, to your System PATH variable, like you did for ffmpeg. It should be easy to find some tutorial how to add a path to your system PATH setting.

After you did that, you should be able to run bbb-dl just using its command.

[ntpgygms]

Thanks! Just had the complete path added, did a reboot, and voilá! Appreciate your efforts and support. So far, I've been able to download some of my class recordings. Will mark this thread as closed.

Have a nice day!