How to download items from Radio Three:
1) To get the best quality from the BBC you should either 1) be in the uk, or 2) use a vpn with a British ip address.
2) Find the programme identification number (PID). For this programme it is b07tz9fk. It can be seen in the address line of this picture.
3) At a command prompt, simply type:
get_iplayer --pid=xxxxxxxx
where xxxxxxxx is the PID from step 2 (b07tz9fk).
Then wait for about half an hour while the programme downloads. This will give you the entire programme: Bax overture, Elgar Cello Concerto, Cooke symphony 6, Elgar serenade, Vaughan Williams Lark, and Matthews symphony 8. It should give you a file of 345,302,353 bytes, with the best quality bit rate of 320 kbs.
4) There are various ways to snip out just the part or parts you want. I do it as follows, using ffmpeg, but there may be better ways:
- rename the file to something shorter and more convenient: WholeConcert.m4a
- Play the whole programme with VLC Media Player and note the start and end times of the section you are interested in
- Subtract the start time from the end time to get the length of that section
- then type:
I:\ffmpeg -ss 00:44:44 -i WholeConcert.m4a -c:a copy -t 00:34:51 -y CookeS6.m4a
This says: "Copy part of the audio file WholeConcert.m4a, starting at 00:44:44, and stop copying after the time-length of the output file CookeS6.m4a has reached 00:34:51."
I have uploaded the Cooke Symphony here:
https://ulozto.net/!Er1CDH9ye/cookes6-m4aand posted it in our British section.
Thanks to the members who drew attention to this item.
If any one would like me to upload the whole concert, please let me know.
References:https://sourceforge.net/projects/get-iplayer/https://ffmpeg.org/