Using Applescript: Not automatically starting downloads

[IanFrost]

On a Mac using Ventura.

I am using AppleScript to "Download available shows". This creates a list of programs in the download queue, but they do not automatically start downloading.

All works fine if I manually hit "start".

Any suggestions? Any way to automatically hit "start"?

[raythw]

Since the application doesn’t have the necessary scripting elements in its dictionary this can't be done directly. You might be able to find a scripting addition somewhere (which may not work anyway if not on an Intel machine) that could 'push' the button at the required location on the screen, should it be in the right place. Personally, I'd give up at this point, unless the creators of the application wish to expand AppleScript support, which is unlikely, there being more important things to do and with AppleScript is considered obsolescent by Apple...

[skovatch]

This should work correctly. I wrote a simple script

tell application "Get iPlayer Automator"
	download available shows
end tell

and it updated the cache, ran through the PVR list, and started downloads. However, I noticed that I have 'Add Available Series-Link Programs to queue at startup' checked. Without that the PVR search doesn't happen. That doesn't sound like your problem, though.

Can you turn on Verbose mode in the settings, run the script again, and upload the result?