Make plugins work outside of XBMC / in get_iplayer

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hi - Sorry, this isn't an issue but I couldn't find any other contact details. 

I was wondering if you would consider the option of making these plugins work 
either standalone, as simple python scripts, or even making them work with 
get_iplayer and that tool's web interface?

I like the idea of setting up a number of scripts that could effectively grep 
the 4od and Demand5 sites once a day for search terms specified on the command 
line and download all new episodes that match.

I know very little python myself and have been trying to cut out all the xmbc 
addon specific code myself, but since I am such a python noob, it looks like I 
have removed some core calls to sys. which stop them working.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by r.plumri...@gmail.com on 14 Mar 2012 at 10:44

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Wrong place - get_iplayer uses perl not python. get_iplayer used to have ITV, 
Channel 4 4od and Channel 5 - Demand 5 included. This has not been maintained.

I had created a partial ITV plugin (perl) for get_iplayer - get indexes, and is 
searchable, but doesn't yet download. Started looking at 4od and demand 5 
plugins also, it's a background task when I have time.

$ get_iplayer --type itv White       
get_iplayer v2.80, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
  conditions; use --conditions for details.

Matches:
100453: Whitechapel - Mon 13 Feb 2012, ITV Catch-up, TV, 
100454: Whitechapel - Mon 20 Feb 2012, ITV Catch-up, TV, 
100455: Whitechapel - Mon 27 Feb 2012, ITV Catch-up, TV, 
100456: Whitechapel - Mon 05 Mar 2012, ITV Catch-up, TV, 

INFO: 4 Matching Programmes

get_flash_videos - uses perl, and has support for downloading ITV, Channel 4 
4od, and Channel 5 Demand5. get_flash_videos can also do searches, if 
implemented for a site.

$ get_flash_videos http://www.channel5.com/shows/ncis/episodes/cracked
Using method 'channel5' for http://www.channel5.com/shows/ncis/episodes/cracked
Downloading http://www.channel5.com/shows/ncis/episodes/cracked
RTMPDump 2.4pl2
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
....
ncis_Series8_Episode6_cracked_1500.flv: 99% (460498.10 / 460959.06 KiB)
Done. Saved 471599996 bytes to ncis_Series8_Episode6_cracked_1500.flv

For more info on get_flash_videos see here...

http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/

Th download files are out of date - more upto date versions are here...

https://github.com/njtaylor/get-flash-videos/downloads

Original comment by njtaylor...@gmail.com on 15 Mar 2012 at 12:25

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Wow thanks for the very detailed response. I'll give get flash vids ago - I had 
looked at it previously, but the google code pages indicated that it didn't 
support those sites any more.

Would be great if you did create plugins for get_iplayer, it was a shame the 
original plugins were dropped, but I can see why.

Original comment by r.plumri...@gmail.com on 15 Mar 2012 at 9:20