Please note, I am not a lawyer, and this section is created using internet sources.
‘get-iplayer’ is only supposed to be used in the UK, if you do manage to use it outside the UK, then good luck to you but you will be unable to get any support for it. And to use it in the UK you should also have a UK TV licence too. Any files downloaded with ‘get-iplayer’, or this script, should only be kept for 30 days before being deleted.
Any problems, or further instruction required, please let me know at ‘boudiccas@talktalk.net’.
Sharon Kimble.
April 2014.
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Changelog.
4.0 (14-04-2014)
- Now gives the ability to restart the script from wherever you are.
- Now gives the ability to delete content older than 30 days.
- Script quits if left unattended and not downloading for 30 minutes.
3.1 (16-02-2014)
- Faulty packaging, did not contain all necessary files, therefore repackaged.
3.0 (16-02-2014)
- Now downloads all the radio programmes as *.mp3
2.8 (11-02-2014)
- Moved mpd feed update question to just after radio programmes download, where its placement seems more logical.
2.7 (06-02-2014)
- Updated documentation to reflect the current legal situation, as I understand it.
2.5 (28-01-2014)
- Checks to see if get-iplayer/getiplayer is installed. Then runs with
whichever is found.
2.0 (26-01-2014)
- Changed configuration to create ~/.beeb and store feeds in it.
1.5 – and earlier
- Changed ‘beeb.conf’ to ‘.beebrc’
And now the source code itself.
#!/bin/bash
set -e
#: Title : beeb
#: Date : 14 April 2014
#: Version : 4.0
#: Description : To work with get-iplayer and use small scripts to download BBC programmes.
#; Requirements : get-iplayer
#: Uses '.beebrc' saved at $HOME/.beebrc
# Copyright (C) 2014 Sharon Kimble
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
####################################################
trap "kill -- -$BASHPID" EXIT
function ask {
while true; do
if [ "${2:-}" = "Y" ]; then
prompt="Y/n"
default=Y
elif [ "${2:-}" = "N" ]; then
prompt="y/N"
default=N
else
prompt="y/n"
default=
fi
# Ask the question
read -p "$1 [$prompt] " REPLY
# Default?
if [ -z "$REPLY" ]; then
REPLY=$default
fi
# Check if the reply is valid
case "$REPLY" in
Y*|y*) return 0 ;;
N*|n*) return 1 ;;
esac
done
}
function ask2 {
n=$1 # the limit on the input length (<1000)
if [ -z "$2" ] ; then # the name of variable to hold the input
echo "Usage $0: <number> <name>";
return 2;
fi
result="" # temporary variable to hold the partial input
while $(true); do
printf '[%03d] > %s' "$n" "$result"
stty cbreak
REPLY=$(dd if=/dev/tty bs=1 count=1 2> /dev/null)
stty -cbreak
test "$REPLY" == "$(printf '\n')" && {
printf "\n"
eval "$2=\"$result\""
return 0
}
test "$REPLY" == "$(printf '\177')" && {
# On my terminal 0x7F is the erase character
result=${result:0:-1}
(( n = $n + 1 ))
printf "\r\033[K"
continue
}
result="${result}$REPLY"
(( n = $n - 1 ))
if [ $n -eq 0 ] ; then
printf "\n"
eval "$2=\"$result\""
return 1
fi
printf "\r\033[K" # to clear the line
done
}
txtbld=$(tput bold)
bldgrn=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 5)
tvfeed="$HOME/.beeb/beeb-tv.txt"
radiofeed="$HOME/.beeb/beeb-radio.txt"
beeb="/usr/local/bin/beeb"
source ~/.beebrc
if [[ -x "/usr/bin/get-iplayer" ]]
then player="/usr/bin/get-iplayer"
elif [[ -x "/usr/bin/get_iplayer" ]]
then player="/usr/bin/get_iplayer"
elif [[ -x "/usr/local/bin/get_iplayer" ]]
then player="/usr/local/bin/get_iplayer"
else echo "$0: Error: 'get-iplayer' or 'get_iplayer' is not installed. Please install it." >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ -d "$radiosite/touch.m4a" ]
then
echo;
else
touch "$radiosite"/touch.m4a; echo;
fi
if [ -d "$HOME/.beeb" ]
then
echo ;
else
echo "$(tput setaf 1) $(tput setab 7) Error: Directory $HOME/.beeb does not exist $(tput sgr0)"
read -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to create the '$HOME/.beeb' directory? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) mkdir $HOME/.beeb; touch "$tvfeed"; touch "$radiofeed"; echo;;
[Nn]* ) echo; exit;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
fi
{
read -t 1800 -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to update the radio feed? [y/n/q/r] $(tput sgr0)" ynqr
case "$ynqr" in
[Yy]* ) rm "$radiofeed"; eval "$player" --type radio >>"$radiofeed";;
[Nn]* ) echo;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
[Rr]* ) exec "$beeb";;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -t 1800 -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to download some radio programmes? [y/n/q/r] $(tput sgr0)" ynqr ;
case "$ynqr" in
[Yy]) echo
echo ""$bldgrn" Please input the radio programme numbers to download [max 200 characters] $(tput sgr0)"
ask2 200 'radiobox'
echo "$radiobox"
echo
cd "$radiosite"
eval "$player" --g "$radiobox" --aactomp3; echo;;
[Nn]) echo;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
[Rr]) exec "$beeb";;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -t 1800 -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to download some more radio programmes? [y/n/q/r] $(tput sgr0)" ynqr ;
case "$ynqr" in
[Yy]) echo
echo ""$bldgrn" Please input the radio programme numbers to download [max 200 characters] $(tput sgr0)"
ask2 200 'radiobox'
echo "$radiobox"
echo
cd "$radiosite"
eval "$player" --g "$radiobox" --aactomp3; echo;;
[Nn]) echo;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
[Rr]) exec "$beeb";;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -t 1800 -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to update the mpd feed? [y/n/q/r] $(tput sgr0)" ynqr
case "$ynqr" in
[Yy]* ) cd "$music"
rm "$beebradio"
ls -1 "$radiosite"*.{mp3,m4a} >"$beebradio"
echo;;
[Nn]* ) echo;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
[Rr]* ) exec "$beeb";;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -t 1800 -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to update the tv feed? [y/n/q/r] $(tput sgr0)" ynqr
case "$ynqr" in
[Yy]* ) rm "$tvfeed"; eval "$player" --type tv >>"$tvfeed";;
[Nn]* ) echo;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
[Rr]* ) exec "$beeb";;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -t 1800 -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to download some tv programmes? [y/n/q/r] $(tput sgr0)" ynqr ;
case "$ynqr" in
[Yy]) echo
echo ""$bldgrn" Please input the tv programme numbers to download [max 200 characters] $(tput sgr0)"
ask2 200 'tvbox'
echo "$tvbox"
echo
cd "$tvsite"
eval "$player" -g "$tvbox"
echo;;
[Nn]) echo;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
[Rr]) exec "$beeb";;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -t 1800 -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to download some more tv programmes? [y/n/q/r] $(tput sgr0)" ynqr ;
case "$ynqr" in
[Yy]) echo
echo ""$bldgrn" Please input the tv programme numbers to download [max 200 characters] $(tput sgr0)"
ask2 200 'tvbox'
echo "$tvbox"
echo
cd "$tvsite"
eval "$player" -g "$tvbox"
echo;;
[Nn]) echo;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
[Rr]) exec "$beeb";;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -t 1800 -n1 -p "$(tput setaf 1) $(tput setab 7) Do you want to delete programmes older than 30 days? [y/n/q/r] $(tput sgr0)" ynqr ;
case "$ynqr" in
[Yy]) find "$radiosite" -mtime +30 -type f -delete;
find "$tvsite" -mtime +30 -type f -delete; echo; exit;;
[Nn]) echo; exit;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
[Rr]) exec "$beeb";;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
And just as an experiment I’m “self-hosting” the ‘tar.gz’ file so that it can be downloaded from here.
