How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders [Archive] - Audio/video stream recording forums

Anywho

07-13-2010, 09:04 AM

Hi. This is a thread discussing the use/issues of the iView (ABC Australia) downloaders.

There is currently a Wiki that was put up by Yansky here:

http://iviewdownloaders.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_iView_Downloaders_Wiki

The various URL links to obtain the downloaders are on that Wiki. If any are pointing to dead links, please let us know here ;)

If there any issues with the downloaders, please let us know here as well... The maintainers of the downloaders will likely be monitoring this thread and will offer help where/when ever they can...

gxdata

07-13-2010, 06:58 PM

Replay Video Capture (http://applian.com/replay-video-capture/) will work great for this. ABC will probably continue to change protocols to foil the stream rippers, but since Replay Video Capture is a screen recorder it can't be blocked.

Yansky

07-14-2010, 02:03 AM

mce

07-14-2010, 02:46 AM

Yeah, I've noticed that resume doesn't work anymore, well I haven't been able to get it to work for the last couple of releases.

Anywho

07-14-2010, 03:16 AM

Anywho, I'm trying to add resume functionality to the firefox extension but I'm having some trouble. I decided to double-check with your batch script to just make sure that resuming is actually working cause your script has always worked for that, but it doesn't seem to be working atm.

Here's the output from the batch script:
http://pastebin.com/j8ZarR62

Downloading normally works fine though. It's just the resume that's borking for some reason.

Yeah. Sometimes it happens for no reason. I can't pin it down to what is causing it, but so far I think it borks if the server disconnects you - like it leaves corruption in the file. When you go to resume it, then RTMPdump chucks a wobbly because of the corruption (then you'll need to delete the file and start again :mad: )

However, it seems that if you interrupt it (e.g: Ctrl-C) then RTMPdump exits cleanly and you can resume (I think that's how it went - um, er, last I remember).

Is that what you're getting? I've also tried this with RTMPdump 2.2c - same thing :(

Yansky

07-14-2010, 03:21 AM

I think the ABC have changed something because regular downloading is no longer working now.

Anywho

07-14-2010, 03:28 AM

I think the ABC have changed something because regular downloading is no longer working now.

Yep. Batch file is showing some error in even getting authentication (again)... Here we go again :rolleyes: - let the game begin :cool:

servalan

07-14-2010, 03:33 AM

Is that what you're getting? I've also tried this with RTMPdump 2.2c - same thing :(I posted about this problem at that other place... ;)

I changed back to using:
rtmpdump-win32-2.2b.exe

with 15.69 .bat & I haven't had problems resuming downloads. I was having hassles with the later rtmpdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm)s.

(forget that - it was working this morning - now stuffed again)

Anywho

07-14-2010, 03:35 AM

I posted about this problem at that other place... ;)

I changed back to using:
rtmpdump-win32-2.2b.exe

with 15.69 .bat & I haven't had problems resuming downloads. I was having hassles with the later rtmpdumps.

Ah, thanks for that. When we get the downloaders working again we'll be able to test 2.2b... Looks like ABC have messed around with their client again :mad:

Anywho

07-14-2010, 03:40 AM

I think the ABC have changed something because regular downloading is no longer working now.

Just to confirm it... Look at the front page source code for the web site. It contains links to a whole bunch of shows. So yes, they have definitely changed things around again :eek:

Yansky

07-14-2010, 04:03 AM

Jeremy has an update: https://jeremy.visser.name/2009/08/30/python-iview/comment-page-5/#comment-6356

randybull

07-14-2010, 04:33 AM

Great new forum, lots of interesting threds ..the journey continues :)

blood.eaglz

07-14-2010, 04:38 AM

Hey everyone, just to let you know i'm here (thanks for the whim Anywho)

Pity the war has resumed, anyway one change I've found is that ABC has changed the handshake url from
http://www2b.abc.net.au/iView/Services/iViewHandshaker.asmx/isp
to
http://www2b.abc.net.au/iViewHandshaker/services/iviewhandshaker.asmx/isp

also they seem to be transitioning to an api2
http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/api2/?

example
http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/api2/?seriesIndex

hope this helps a bit

Anywho

07-14-2010, 04:53 AM

Hey everyone, just to let you know i'm here (thanks for the whim Anywho)

http://www2b.abc.net.au/iView/Services/iViewHandshaker.asmx/isp
to
http://www2b.abc.net.au/iViewHandshaker/services/iviewhandshaker.asmx/isp

hope this helps a bit

Mate, your blood is worth bottling. ;)

I changed those references in the batch file to the new ones you mentioned and the batch file version is working again :D

Many thanks!

blood.eaglz

07-14-2010, 05:11 AM

the batch file version is working again

No problem Anywho, it's been quite a while since I could be of any use.

forgot to mention (we'll actually login timed out, lost unposted quick reply) but I have also edited the wiki to reflect that part 2 of the whirlpool forum thread had also been deleted (and I'm guessing part one is being reviewed, since it started with rtmpdump probably be deleted soon as well)

will wait with bated breath for a working downloader (tried doing it myself with the info, but either not enough or I buggered up some where)

Anywho

07-14-2010, 05:25 AM

No problem Anywho, it's been quite a while since I could be of any use.

Hey! Good to see you're still keen.

forgot to mention (we'll actually login timed out, lost unposted quick reply) but I have also edited the wiki to reflect that part 2 of the whirlpool forum thread had also been deleted (and I'm guessing part one is being reviewed, since it started with rtmpdump probably be deleted soon as well)

Yep. Just saw that - thank you. I think Part-1 might be safe. I don't seem to recall needing to use RTMPdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm) before Part-2. I think it was just FLVstreamer at that time.

will wait with bated breath for a working downloader (tried doing it myself with the info, but either not enough or I buggered up some where)

I only had to change the two references in the batch file to the new one and it worked for me.

Anyway, the link to the edited batch file is in the Wiki already. Should only need to D/L the minimum version if you have the binary bits.

http://iviewdownloaders.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_iView_Downloaders_Wiki

Thanks again! :D

blood.eaglz

07-14-2010, 05:52 AM

damn iView is doing the server error stuff again, can't test until later...

randybull

07-14-2010, 06:37 AM

the wiki has been hacked by some idiot ..all deleted and this posted
"I BET IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU FUCKING INTERNET NERDS THAT I CAN'T FUCKING WATCH THE WIRE"

blood.eaglz

07-14-2010, 06:55 AM

the wiki has been hacked by some idiot ..all deleted and this posted
"I BET IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU FUCKING INTERNET NERDS THAT I CAN'T FUCKING WATCH THE WIRE"

Wow, just... Wow. (I would think "Hijacked" would be more appropriate a term, hacking would require some skill :))

I've managed to get into the limited? iview bandwidth, the new bat file seems to be all good (the server crap now has me questioning whether or not i did have the changes right in the first place, ah well)

ronbs

07-14-2010, 06:56 AM

the wiki has been hacked by some idiot ..all deleted and this posted
"I BET IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU FUCKING INTERNET NERDS THAT I CAN'T FUCKING WATCH THE WIRE"

No big deal. You just need to create an account and undo any changes made.

Cheers to everyone who is giving up their own time to work on this project.

mugio

07-14-2010, 10:28 AM

been good for months now!!! i didnt know they had removed the other forum

Yansky

07-14-2010, 04:43 PM

I've updated the firefox extension. It usually takes about a day or so for the Mozilla addon team to review the addon.

You can grab the un-reviewed version here though: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/90505/versions/

gxdata

07-14-2010, 08:06 PM

Jeremy has an update: https://jeremy.visser.name/2009/08/30/python-iview/comment-page-5/#comment-6356

Python only? I guess you guys are working on a fix for the other utilities? Neither the batch downloader nor iViewNapper can stay active with the json changes, it seems.

servalan

07-14-2010, 08:14 PM

Python only? I guess you guys are working on a fix for the other utilities? Neither the batch downloader nor iViewNapper can stay active with the json changes, it seems.The .bat downloader was fixed last night - see the wiki for the latest version - 15.70. All working ok here as of a few minutes ago.

randybull

07-15-2010, 12:02 AM

Confirm that bat file working ok ..but received bad ending from rtmpdump.
Anyone know what might cause an "ERROR: WriteN, RTMP send error 10054"

RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO: duration 1521.19
INFO: lasttimestamp 1521.19
INFO: datasize 125846501.00
INFO: metadatacreator FlixEngineWindows_8.0.16.1 (www.on2.com)
INFO: canSeekToEnd TRUE
INFO: videocodecid 4.00
INFO: width 640.00
INFO: height 480.00
INFO: videodatarate 552.58
INFO: framerate 25.00
INFO: videosize 107591925.00
INFO: audiocodecid 2.00
INFO: audiodatarate 93.75
INFO: audiosize 18254576.00
122240.000 kB / 1494.48 sec (98.2%)
ERROR: WriteN, RTMP send error 10054 (46 bytes)
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet body. len: 67945
122242.084 kB / 1494.48 sec (98.2%)
Download may be incomplete (downloaded about 98.20%), try resuming

gxdata

07-15-2010, 12:15 AM

The .bat downloader was fixed last night - see the wiki for the latest version - 15.70. All working ok here as of a few minutes ago.

OK, got it.

Anywho, can you indicate the changed lines in this v15.70 batch file (since I didn't unREM the line SET USE_CAPTIONS=Y)?

I'd like to change your batch SRT downloader, rather than waste bandwidth on another download of the Poh episode I just got.

Anywho

07-15-2010, 12:42 AM

Anywho, can you indicate the changed lines in this v15.70 batch file (since I didn't unREM the line SET USE_CAPTIONS=Y)?

I'd like to change your batch SRT downloader, rather than waste bandwidth on another download of the Poh episode I just got.

Sure... Just follow what blood.eaglz wrote on the previous page: ;)

Hey everyone, just to let you know i'm here (thanks for the whim Anywho)

Pity the war has resumed, anyway one change I've found is that ABC has changed the handshake url from
http://www2b.abc.net.au/iView/Services/iViewHandshaker.asmx/isp
to
http://www2b.abc.net.au/iViewHandshaker/services/iviewhandshaker.asmx/isp

Anywho

07-15-2010, 12:52 AM

Confirm that bat file working ok ..but received bad ending from rtmpdump.
Anyone know what might cause an "ERROR: WriteN, RTMP send error 10054"

RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL

122240.000 kB / 1494.48 sec (98.2%)
ERROR: WriteN, RTMP send error 10054 (46 bytes)
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet body. len: 67945
122242.084 kB / 1494.48 sec (98.2%)
Download may be incomplete (downloaded about 98.20%), try resuming

Did it take a while to download?
Did you have something else using the 'net at the time?
The 10054 suggests that the server disconnected you.
Might have been ABC glitching again :rolleyes:

Out of interest, does it, or can you, resume the download if you try again? If it doesn't, can you post the message RTMPdump gives? (I'm trying to figure out why some D/L's don't resume where others do.)

(ABC's iView is glitching again at this time)

mce

07-15-2010, 12:56 AM

Guys,

I will update the iViewNappers later tonight when I get home from work.

randybull

07-15-2010, 01:45 AM

Did it take a while to download?
Did you have something else using the 'net at the time?
The 10054 suggests that the server disconnected you.
Might have been ABC glitching again :rolleyes:

Well I was running two DL's simultanously, which i have in the past had up to 4 running together..I have a modified version of the bat script which worked fine prior to last week ...

I write the rtmpdump command to a NNN.bat file , sync then spawn a separate cmd window for each of the files ...

There seems to be a narrower time window now for the life of the token, if you delay the start then it seems token has expired, perhaps it has the same mechanism mid download to revalidate the token ...

Happened right at the end of DL at arround 98% to 99% , just gives an untidy end ...

Sorry for the sploge of code here but Im sure you will see what it does ...

if /i "%HOST%" == "Akamai" (
echo bin\rtmpdump.exe %RESUME% %RTMP_DEBUG% -r "rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net///flash/playback/_definst_/%SHOW_PATH%" -a ondemand?auth="%TOKEN%" -o "%SAVE_PATH%" %SWFPARAM% > "%NNN%%".bat
echo pause >> "%NNN%%".bat
D:\bin\IviewABC\ANapperiView\iView_Downloader\sync .exe -r D:
echo start %NNN%.bat %SHOW_PATH% %SAVE_PATH%
rem pause
call "cmd /c start D:\bin\IviewABC\ANapperiView\iView_Downloader\%NNN %.bat"
SET /a NNN+=1
)

Sync program courtesy of http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897438.aspx

Anywho

07-15-2010, 02:07 AM

Well I was running two DL's simultanously, which i have in the past had up to 4 running together..I have a modified version of the bat script which worked fine prior to last week ...

However, iView has been flakey as of late - so keep that in mind when using multiple connections.

There seems to be a narrower time window now for the life of the token, if you delay the start then it seems token has expired, perhaps it has the same mechanism mid download to revalidate the token ...

The Windows batch file version always gets an updated token just before downloading. In fact, that is the delay you see between selecting Option#3 and before RTMPdump kicks in. And yes - you have about 10 minutes before the authentication token becomes invalid.

Happened right at the end of DL at around 98% to 99% , just gives an untidy end ...

See what happens if you use an earlier version of RTMPdump (2.2b or earlier).

-----

Please remember everyone, iView is so flakey at the moment (been like it for weeks actually) that I am more or less disregarding most issues.

I mean, I've had issues where the batch file hangs at trying to get the info for your server. I kill it, try again, and then it goes through - only to bork at getting the index. Or else the console dies because ABC spat back some garbage to the JSON parser.

The best bet is to wait (if possible) until they sort out their (stupidity) err, issues. Other than that, you'll have to suck it up for a while.

Anywho

07-15-2010, 02:10 AM

I'd like to change your batch SRT downloader, rather than waste bandwidth on another download of the Poh episode I just got.

I've put the updated version (http://www.4shared.com/file/9slUCR8Y/iView_GetSRT.html) up on 4shared for you (same as the old URL).

servalan

07-15-2010, 02:19 AM

See what happens if you use an earlier version of RTMPdump (2.2b or earlier).
I haven't had any hassles downloading stuff from 7am-3pm eastern time with 2.2b RTMPdump.

Avoid the peak times & all seems well.

Anywho

07-15-2010, 02:28 AM

I haven't had any hassles downloading stuff from 7am-3pm eastern time with 2.2b RTMPdump.
Who's your ISP again?

And 2.2b seems to work fine for you? Resumes broken files OK?

Avoid the peak times & all seems well.
Good advice. Seems to be a key factor for some connections. (I have a feeling that ABC are load balancing by taking out the slower and/or un-metered connections as needed)

servalan

07-15-2010, 02:33 AM

Who's your ISP again?Internode.

And 2.2b seems to work fine for you? Resumes broken files OK?Yup.

Anywho

07-15-2010, 02:37 AM

Yup.
Thanks for that! :)

2.2b... Hmmm, the plot thickens. :confused:

gxdata

07-15-2010, 02:55 AM

2.2b... Hmmm, the plot thickens. :confused:

I had been using 2.2b until this latest iView change. I'm now using 2.2d - and will leave it in place until advised otherwise.

Amending the GetSRT.bat worked fine, and so far I've had no problem (only 3 DLs) with the 'main' batch downloader.

darian

07-15-2010, 03:02 AM

Last night the batch file v15.70 was sort of working, after lengthy delays, but it was metered instead of being unmetered via Hostworks.

This afternoon, all seems to be well, with downloads starting immediately and unmetered via Hostworks.

Great work in restoring the thread and facility, fellas!

I'm not sure which version of rtmpdump is being used with v15.70

Is it pure coincidence that ABC experienced issues/changed things simultaneously with Whirlpool deleting the iview thread, or has something more sinister been happening behind the scenes?

randybull

07-15-2010, 04:24 AM

Great work in restoring the thread and facility, fellas!

Yes it is terrific to see a bunch of Aussies making something happen on the fringe ..freedom of speech ..freedom of access to educational materials & media ..the information revolution is just like the industrial revolution of a few hundred years ago

As for the arguement that it disadvantages creativity, which is what Whirlpool through up as an excuse for their decision, I would suggest that the freedom of access to media & materials stimulates creativity

Is it pure coincidence that ABC experienced issues/changed things simultaneously with Whirlpool deleting the iview thread, or has something more sinister been happening behind the scenes?

Sort of coincidence that might occur by virtue of induced delays caused by AFP rerouting IP traffic through a national filter perhaps ..After all ABC is effectively a federal government controlled entity

Yes it is terrific to see a bunch of Aussies making something happen on the fringe ..freedom of speech ..freedom of access to educational materials ..but I'm spooked easily because i live in the bit that has the 3rd largest police force in the world & they are always trying to justify their existence to their political masters ..

Its important that we at all times remain within the legal constraints of what is possible, Im sure non of us are or have any intention to violate any laws of copywrite etc ...(sorry for the rant)

..I would also like to bring to your attention to the opensource truecrypt product http://www.truecrypt.org/ just ensure that anything you DL is strictly for your personnel use & not for any other reason :-)

..as it is my opinion that what we do is in no way different to anyone who has a VCR or PVR other recording box

mce

07-15-2010, 05:17 AM

New versions of iViewNapper and iViewNapperLite can be found on the webpages.

Anywho

07-15-2010, 06:02 PM

Does anyone have a pointer to a newer version of SBS_downloader_1.2.bat ? ... I cant find the SBS wiki or thred on whirlpool anymore.

Links are in the iView wiki...

http://iviewdownloaders.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_iView_Downloaders_Wiki

blood.eaglz

07-16-2010, 01:04 AM

New versions of iViewNapper and iViewNapperLite can be found on the webpages.

Thanks MCE working for me (ie when ABC is working and/or the file is not experiencing technical difficulties), the bat file does the job, but I did miss the GUI.

tilt

07-16-2010, 06:47 PM

Back in the old whirlpool thread there was a message about trimming the file by cutting of 12K off the end or something. What program did people do this with?

I too am finding that rtmpdump version 2.2b can continue a download that it self aborted, but the newer versions stuff up the timecoding. But if I cancel it, it has a good chance of not continuing.

Yansky

07-16-2010, 07:03 PM

Anywho

07-16-2010, 09:03 PM

Back in the old whirlpool thread there was a message about trimming the file by cutting of 12K off the end or something. What program did people do this with?

frhed (http://frhed.sourceforge.net/) (a hex-editor) is an easy program to use for binary file editing.

I too am finding that rtmpdump version 2.2b can continue a download that it self aborted, but the newer versions stuff up the timecoding. But if I cancel it, it has a good chance of not continuing.

Sounds like there might be an issue that has crept in between rtmpdump2.2b(r426) and 2.2d(r474). I think that's when we changed from using OpenSSL to PolarSSL*

*I'm not saying that's the problem, just a reference in time.

Anywho

07-16-2010, 09:23 PM

Sorry for the sploge of code here but Im sure you will see what it does ...

if /i "%HOST%" == "Akamai" (
echo bin\rtmpdump.exe %RESUME% %RTMP_DEBUG% -r "rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net///flash/playback/_definst_/%SHOW_PATH%" -a ondemand?auth="%TOKEN%" -o "%SAVE_PATH%" %SWFPARAM% > "%NNN%%".bat
echo pause >> "%NNN%%".bat
D:\bin\IviewABC\ANapperiView\iView_Downloader\sync .exe -r D:
echo start %NNN%.bat %SHOW_PATH% %SAVE_PATH%
rem pause
call "cmd /c start D:\bin\IviewABC\ANapperiView\iView_Downloader\%NNN %.bat"
SET /a NNN+=1
)

Sync program courtesy of http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897438.aspx

I would suggest adding the code from the Windows Batch File Downloader that gets the authentication token. echo this to your generated batch script at a point before rtmpdump gets called.

bin\wget %WGET_OPT% -O cache\auth.xml http://www2b.abc.net.au/iViewHandshaker/services/iviewhandshaker.asmx/isp

rem === reformatting auth.xml to remove namespace which hinders xml.exe to parse the elements we need
echo ^<iview^>>cache\auth_temp.xml
for /f "skip=2 tokens=*" %%a in ('type cache\auth.xml') do echo %%a>>cache\auth_temp.xml
move /y "cache\auth_temp.xml" "cache\auth.xml" >nul
rem === end reformat

if /i "%HOST%" == "Akamai" (
for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%a in (`bin\xml sel -T -t -m "/iview" -v token "cache\auth.xml"`) do set TOKEN=%%a
) else (
for /f "usebackq" %%a in (`bin\xml sel -T -t -m "/iview" -v token "cache\auth.xml"`) do set TOKEN=%%a
)

del cache\auth.xml

This would then allow you to execute the batch file generated at a later time because then the authentication token is generated just before calling rtmpdump (just like in the Windows Batch-File Downloader) ;)

tilt

07-17-2010, 03:40 AM

frhed (http://frhed.sourceforge.net/) (a hex-editor) is an easy program to use for binary file editing.

Thanks that worked, although it loaded the whole file into memory!

randybull

07-17-2010, 08:10 AM

I would suggest adding the code from the Windows Batch File Downloader that gets the authentication token. echo this to your generated batch script at a point before rtmpdump gets called.

An excellent idea Anywho, i can save it in a seperate file then cat it instream. I will of course stick something in place to serialise or make unique the cache\auth.xml file so that it doesnt get confused. ;)

spr

07-18-2010, 06:43 PM

Hi everyone,

Great work on the batch file.

I'm having a problem though - it keeps saying the files are not available, trying a different path.
on v15.69 I couldn't get the token, 15.70 does, but can't find any shows. I'm not fussed if I download metered or not. Am using TPG at home on Vista.
Vista or XP work PCs have have a an error with cache\auth.xml premature end of data in tag iview line 1, so don't even get to the programs list.

download.log details below:

The show "Four Corners 05/07/10" was not found on the server.
Downloading "Four Corners 12/07/10" ...
and saving the stream with the filename "Four Corners 12-07-10.flv"
Downloading from Akamai server...
Retrieving Token...
Resuming previous download for "Four Corners 12/07/10"...
news/fourcorners_100712 path not found. Retrying a different path...

Retrieving Token...
Resuming previous download for "Four Corners 12/07/10"...
mp4:news/fourcorners_100712 path not found. Retrying a different path..

servalan

07-18-2010, 06:53 PM

I'm having a problem though - it keeps saying the files are not available, trying a different path.Another buglet which I posted about back at that other place which has slipped through the cracks...

I have found that I need to delete the contents of the cache directory before starting the batch file. The old show lists don't seem to get cleaned up properly between batch file runs.

Does this fix the problem for you, too?

spr

07-18-2010, 07:09 PM

Hi,

Thanks for quick response.

Deleted the cache folder contents - no change. Only point is RTMP connect gets 10060 no socket errors a couple of times, path is still not found.

using: RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
On my work PCs JSON parser keeps crashing too.
I have tried ivewnapper and iviewnapperlite - they trigger the RTMP download, then just exit with no progress.

I have come recently to iview - specifically for the recent Four Corners episodes - so i've never actually had any of these downloaders working.
Perhaps i've missed something really obvious? :o

Also, one tiny point the description in the batch file still says 15.69 - in the file from http://www.4shared.com/file/750EOTqx/iView_Downloader_v1570.html

Anywho

07-19-2010, 01:19 AM

Hi,

Thanks for quick response.

Deleted the cache folder contents - no change. Only point is RTMP connect gets 10060 no socket errors a couple of times, path is still not found.

Is port 1935 unblocked on your modem? Sometimes a slow or flakey connection will do this too.

using: RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
On my work PCs JSON parser keeps crashing too.
I have tried ivewnapper and iviewnapperlite - they trigger the RTMP download, then just exit with no progress.

This usually happens at workplaces. Usually they block all ports except those for http or mail or else deny access to certain websites or secondary sites that those websites may use.

RTMPdump needs port 1935 to be accessible (unblocked) and needs access to Hostworks or Akamai servers as well (depends on your ISP).

If the JSON parser is dying, then it isn't getting fed anything usable... This smells like your workplace has blocked full access to the ABC iView site. This might also be a permissions problem with the executable files that the downloader(s) will need. Try it in an admin account and see if it works then.

I have come recently to iview - specifically for the recent Four Corners episodes - so i've never actually had any of these downloaders working.
Perhaps i've missed something really obvious? :o

Sounds like modem/firewall/access issues ;)
Also, one tiny point the description in the batch file still says 15.69 - in the file from http://www.4shared.com/file/750EOTqx/iView_Downloader_v1570.html

Oops :o Fixed now - thanks! ;)

ret

07-20-2010, 04:04 AM

Hi guys, appreciate all the fine work you do.

Just wanted to let you know the iViewFox plug-in seems to be a bit broken (still) on the Mac platform.

The terminal output looks like this:
/Users/ret/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/
iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/rtmpdump
/b.command ; exit;
OK-Computer:~ ret$ /Users/ret/Library/Application\ Support/
Firefox/Profiles/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@
forboden.com/rtmpdump/b.command ; exit;
/Users/ret/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles
/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com
/rtmpdump/b.command: line 2: -o: command not found
logout

[Process completed]

A quick look at the insides of b.command, and the problem seems to be quotation-itis, with the ampersand in the URL getting interpreted by the shell:

#!/bin/bash
"/Users/ret/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles
/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/rtmpdump
/rtmpdump-OSX-Intel" -e "-r"
rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/thewire_10_04_11_fix.mp4
"-a" ondemand?auth=daEa5dsdhdhaobydpdDajbqa2bYaKbhdlbU-bmrxcR-8-qnt_yHynJ&aifp=v001
"-o" /Users/ret/Downloads/thewire_10_04_11_fix.mp4 "-W"
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg

I suspect the "ondemand?auth..." argument should be in single quotes to avoid interpolation, but obviously monkey-patching that b.command file and executing it independently does not work.

Sorry if there's a more appropriate place I should be reporting this bug...

cheers
RET

ret

07-20-2010, 04:37 AM

$DEITY helps those who help themselves, it seems :D

The following patch to iv.js seems to have fixed it:

OK-Computer:content ret$ pwd
/Users/ret/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/chrome/content
OK-Computer:content ret$ diff -u iv.js.orig iv.js
--- iv.js.orig 2010-07-15 08:37:22.000000000 +1000
+++ iv.js 2010-07-20 20:11:27.000000000 +1000
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
'-r',
'rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/'+epDS,
'-a',
- 'ondemand?auth='+xStore.token,
+ "'ondemand?auth="+xStore.token+"'",
'-o',
filePathAndName,
'-W',
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
'-r',
'rtmp://203.18.195.10/',
'-a',
- 'ondemand?auth='+xStore.token,
+ "'ondemand?auth="+xStore.token+"'",
'-y',
fileEx+fTypeSplit[0],
'-o',
OK-Computer:content ret$

Hope this helps.

cheers
RET

Yansky

07-20-2010, 06:44 AM

hyc

07-20-2010, 01:04 PM

RTMPdump needs port 1935 to be accessible (unblocked) and needs access to Hostworks or Akamai servers as well (depends on your ISP).

Don't forget that you can also use a SOCKS4 proxy if necessary...

Yansky

07-24-2010, 01:34 AM

I posted this to the rtmp mailing list, but I thought I'd post it here too in case someone could help:

The ABC iView site ( http://www.abc.net.au/iview/ ) just added a 24 hour news streaming video. This is different to it's other videos on the site as it never stops streaming (obviously). I'm having some problems figuring out how to find the right perameters to download some of the stream. Here is a copy of the command line output:
http://pastebin.com/yXPG3fXt

I also tried to use rtmpsuck, but I'm not sure if I have it working properly. Here is the output from rtmpsuck:
http://pastebin.com/qg4KDbBR

I'm unsure how to proceed. Any ideas?

Cheers,
Yansky.

gxdata

07-24-2010, 02:25 AM

The ABC iView site just added a 24 hour news streaming video.

Can't help, but is the constant streaming actually in operation? I know it's not in "freezone" / unmetered yet.

Yansky

07-24-2010, 02:33 AM

Can't help, but is the constant streaming actually in operation? I know it's not in "freezone" / unmetered yet.

I would have thought it was automatically in the freezone. Do you see it available in the top-left of the iview site?

Anywho

07-24-2010, 03:11 AM

I would have thought it was automatically in the freezone.
Currently metered - so won't appear in your "FreeZone".

vipher

07-24-2010, 03:33 AM

adammw

07-24-2010, 11:26 AM

Hi,

After finally discovering the rtmpdump syntax for ABC News 24 (http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/rtmpdump/2010-July/001087.html) I went trying something not explict, like news24-lo.

To my surprise not only did it work, (replace news24-hi@28773 with news24-lo@28771), but the first three seconds showed a video frame from ABC3. Is this possibly a suggestion that there are other channels (like ABC3) already streaming on the akami service, or do you think that this was just a fluke and a left over frame from the last time the stream was watched (which would have been by some people testing it who may have simply just run the abc3 feed as news24 didn't exist yet)?

I really don't care much for this new news channel, but the idea of live streaming ABC1 2 and/or 3 is really interesting and I really hope that if it's not possible yet, they do so soon.

UbuntuFan

07-24-2010, 01:14 PM

Thanks Anywho and Yansky for setting up this new outpost where we can share our code.

I've just updated the Linux script for those who still use it. I'm having a bit of trouble updating the wiki at the moment so I'll post the link here too.

iView Downloader LINUX v6.7.3 (http://localhostr.com/files/7266b2/iView_Downloader_LINUX_V6.7.3.zip)

Big ups to Anywho and Yansky too. Also to mce for hosting the archived whirlpool threads. mhtml can also be read in Firefox up to 3.6.x using the unMHT extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8051/
EDIT: Added this info to the wikia page. Sorry I didn't sign the wikia edit, but I assumed the logon here was linked to the wikia entry.

And big thanks to you Vipher for your continued support of linux users of iView.

Yansky

07-24-2010, 11:22 PM

MickJT

07-25-2010, 09:24 PM

Hi guys.

So, the live stream doesn't require an authentication token, for those not aware. It detects your location, and so only Australians can view the stream.

Here are my figures:

High - 640x360 - 300-315MB / hour - news24-high@28773
Med - 512x288 - 200-210MB / hour - news24-med@28772
Low - 400x224 - 116-122MB / hour - news24-lo@28771

mugio

07-26-2010, 04:23 AM

does anyone know how to convert or use a program to watch shows on a ps3??

::edit::

on a ps3 after downloading??

Yansky

07-26-2010, 06:09 AM

does anyone know how to convert or use a program to watch shows on a ps3??

::edit::

on a ps3 after downloading??

There's info in the archive threads about how to do that: http://iviewdownloaders.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_iView_Downloaders_Wiki#History

Start with the third thread.

mugio

07-26-2010, 06:16 AM

There's info in the archive threads about how to do that: http://iviewdownloaders.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_iView_Downloaders_Wiki#History

Start with the third thread.

I asked this question like 6 months ago... but now i have stuff that te rest of the family wants to watch so thank you!!!

Phlip

07-29-2010, 04:05 AM

It looks like the Akamai server path has changed recently... at least, for Monday's Four Corners episode. Not certain it's changed for everything, but sharing what I've found anyway in case it helps.

Basically, I had to change the download command from:
rtmpdump -r rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/$SHOWPATH.mp4 -t rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net/ondemand?auth=$TOKEN -o $FILENAME $SWFPARAMS
To:
rtmpdump -r rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net/ondemand?auth=$TOKEN -y mp4:flash/playback/_definst_/$SHOWPATH -o $FILENAME $SWFPARAMS
(where $TOKEN is the auth token, $SHOWPATH is section/show, $FILENAME is the destination, and $SWFPARAMS is the SWF's length and hash (which hasn't changed))

Also, the auth token has to be downloaded from http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/auth/?v2 instead of http://www2b.abc.net.au/iView/Services/iViewHandshaker.asmx/isp (which no longer exists)

Anywho

07-29-2010, 04:41 PM

It looks like the Akamai server path has changed recently... at least, for Monday's Four Corners episode. Not certain it's changed for everything, but sharing what I've found anyway in case it helps.

Basically, I had to change the download command from:
rtmpdump -r rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/$SHOWPATH.mp4 -t rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net/ondemand?auth=$TOKEN -o $FILENAME $SWFPARAMS
To:
rtmpdump -r rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net/ondemand?auth=$TOKEN -y mp4:flash/playback/_definst_/$SHOWPATH -o $FILENAME $SWFPARAMS
(where $TOKEN is the auth token, $SHOWPATH is section/show, $FILENAME is the destination, and $SWFPARAMS is the SWF's length and hash (which hasn't changed))

Anyone else getting this issue for Four Corners and other programs? The Hostworks side seems to be fine but I don't have a connection to Akamai to test it out.

Also, the auth token has to be downloaded from http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/auth/?v2 instead of http://www2b.abc.net.au/iView/Services/iViewHandshaker.asmx/isp (which no longer exists)

It actually got changed to http://www2b.abc.net.au/iViewHandshaker/services/iviewhandshaker.asmx/isp about a month ago. Which downloader (and version) are you using?

Yansky

07-29-2010, 06:53 PM

Seems to work ok for me:

-r,
rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/news/fourcorners_100726.mp4,
-a,
ondemand?auth=daEckdhaAaBcHdZbEazdndUa4d1cQacaHaQ-bmuIiv-8-jns_xEypI&aifp=v001,
-o,
C:\Documents and Settings\Yansky\Desktop\Four Corners 26-07-10.mp4,
-W,
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg

MickJT

07-29-2010, 08:51 PM

It actually got changed to http://www2b.abc.net.au/iViewHandshaker/services/iviewhandshaker.asmx/isp about a month ago.

That URL if ever "official" is no longer the right one, even though it still works.

http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/auth/?v2 is the one the official iView .swf uses. It comes from http://www.abc.net.au/iview/xml/config.xml?v=370

MickJT

07-29-2010, 08:52 PM

Hmm.. Looks like my posts need to be approved by a moderator? Not used to that :)

Edit: That's weird. This post appears immediately without moderation. The one where I replied said to wait for moderation.

So, risking a double-post here, I said that if you look at http://www.abc.net.au/iview/xml/config.xml?v=370, you will see that the token comes from http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/auth/?v2, and not any "handshaker" link anymore, even though that still works.

Edit2: There's also different links for getting the series index and show paths, but the old URLs still work. The latest Amiga version uses all the new links. The database format is also slightly different with the new URLs.

Anywho

07-29-2010, 10:44 PM

So, risking a double-post here, I said that if you look at http://www.abc.net.au/iview/xml/config.xml?v=370, you will see that the token comes from http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/auth/?v2, and not any "handshaker" link anymore, even though that still works.

Yeah. The new "v2 api" stuff was mentioned by blood.eaglz back on page 2 (http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20196&postcount=12) of this thread ;)

I stayed with the "old" stuff because ABC seem to use it as a backup (perhaps) until ABC are confident of their "v2" bits and remain committed to "v2"

No biggie :cool:

MickJT

07-29-2010, 10:52 PM

I stayed with the "old" stuff because ABC seem to use it as a backup (perhaps) until ABC are confident of their "v2" bits and remain committed to "v2"

Ahh, I transitioned to v2, because you never know when they're gonna disable the old mechanism. I guess they're always updating though, so..

blood.eaglz

07-29-2010, 11:19 PM

From what I've gathered they are currently on one weird set up, they are using the new v2 url for getting the actual token, but as it lacks formatting they seem to be using the handshaker via another url http://www.abc.net.au/iView/Services/iViewHandshaker for display puposes (such as the bandwidth checker) rather than trying to parse the v2 string. I could be wrong but that's what I got from a url snoop :)

mycle

08-01-2010, 05:13 AM

Has anone got Yanksy's iViewFox working on Mac OS X 10.5? Last time I checked with Yanksy he only had 10.6 so couldn't help me. I'm getting the following error when trying to save anything:
mycle$ /Users/mycle/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/113g9ho0.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/rtmpdump/b.command ; exit;
dyld: unknown required load command 0x80000022
/Users/mycle/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/113g9ho0.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/rtmpdump/b.command: line 2: 36845 Trace/BPT trap "/Users/mycle/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/113g9ho0.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/rtmpdump/rtmpdump-OSX-Intel" -r "rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/colbert_10_01_95.mp4" -a "ondemand?auth=daEbCbQdsbfbFcbbca.bgaJdfbFbHbPaQba-bmvvnk-8-rln_zFwoG&aifp=v001" -o "/Users/mycle/Downloads/The Colbert Report 2010 Thursday 29 July 2010.mp4" -W "http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg"
logout
[Process completed]

The dyld: unknown required load command 0x80000022 bit seems to indicate that it's dependent on 10.6 from reading issues other people have had with this message but I thought I'd check here just in case someone has it working and can point me in the right direction.

Thanks
Mycle.

Yansky

08-01-2010, 08:17 AM

randybull

08-01-2010, 06:59 PM

Anywho

08-02-2010, 12:37 AM

Not able to DL "ABC2 Live Presents - King Lear"...others have no problem (yes cache was cleared) ..Using bat file ..Can someone please confirm is this the api2 issue & what do i need to change (page2 instruction is vague)..tnx

Downloads fine for me (Hostworks using 15.70.bat). I'm not sure about Akamai (nobody has mentioned anything - and I can't check).

AFAIK, there are no api2 issues, just F.U.D.

randybull

08-02-2010, 02:10 AM

Yes working now, when will i learn to be patient(gasp)..Anywhos' black magic works again ...lol

mycle

08-02-2010, 05:59 AM

Hi Mycle, you'll be pleased to know I recently got access to a mac running 10.5.8, so I'll have a go at compiling a version of rtmpdump that works on that system.

Stay tuned. :)

Awesome, thanks.

I really should get updated to 10.6 but there's so much else to be done...

Thanks
Mycle.

aussiechris

08-02-2010, 08:25 AM

--edit--

edited 03/08/2010

After doing some investigation, it appears the version of RTMPdump included with the iView downloader script is only 1.6 not 2.x (with the required verification features) so the downloading issues I am experiencing are caused by this version of RTMPdump after all. that means that the method described below will not work. :(

I can't seem to find any binaries of RTMPdump v2.x for OSX 10.5 and it looks like people are having trouble compiling it under 10.5 for various reasons, but due mostly to dependencies on other libraries/packages. It looks like it might not be possible under 10.5 without some serious tinkering...

--/edit--

Hey mycle, i have the same problem and found a little workaround (if you don't mind a little fiddling) to get iViewFox working on OSX 10.5

The ABC iView downloader script for OSX over at source forge has a version of RTMPdump that works with 10.5. If you do a quick google for "sourceforge ABC iView downloader OSX" you should find it.

Download and unpack it. Copy the rtmpdump_universal file in the package over to the iViewFox rtmpdump directory as described in the error message. In your case this appears to be:
/Users/mycle/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/113g9ho0.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/rtmpdump/
For other people the directory will be slightly different, but you should be able to figure it out.

Then all you have to do is backup the old file by renaming rtmpdump-OSX-Intel to rtmpdump-OSX-Intel.old and replace it with the new one by by renaming rtmpdump_universal to rtmpdump-OSX-Intel
If you are running on a PPC (not intel) swap rtmpdump-OSX-Intel for rtmpdump-OSX-PPC in the above step.

Bingo bango.

This gets me past the immediate [process completed] window and starts the download. Hopefully it will also work for you.

At this point i am getting a few failed downloads where RMTPdump drops out before reaching the end of the download, but I suspect that this is due to some other network issues I'm having at the moment and not RMTPdump itself. This exact build of RMTPdump was working with the downloader script last week until the invalid token errors started. sigh...

Let me know what sort of mileage you get....

blood.eaglz

08-03-2010, 02:44 AM

hey is it just me or has resume suddenly started working again (rtmpdump-win32-2.2d)?

maybe the changes at iView are good for something after all.

elfst0ne

08-03-2010, 06:18 AM

Hi guys,

Finally made an account. Just been lurking here since the WP thread was closed.

Anywho,

I made a json_parser that can be use to parse the series and episode JSON files and is not dependent with VS libraries.

It's output is the same but with the special characters cleaned already in order to minimize the cleaning in the batch file itself. Just execute the file to see the parameters needed.

Also, the output of the series has an extra field that denotes the available episodes for that series.

File can be downloaded here (http://www.box.net/shared/ie6grb1q7t).

Cheers,
--elf

Anywho

08-03-2010, 03:04 PM

Anywho,

I made a json_parser that can be use to parse the series and episode JSON files and is not dependent with VS libraries.

It's output is the same but with the special characters cleaned already in order to minimize the cleaning in the batch file itself. Just execute the file to see the parameters needed.

Also, the output of the series has an extra field that denotes the available episodes for that series.

File can be downloaded here (http://www.box.net/shared/ie6grb1q7t).

Thank you, elfst0ne. Any chance of getting the source code? I feel uncomfortable not having the source code to modify - in case I/we "urgently" need to.

Anywho

08-03-2010, 03:12 PM

hey is it just me or has resume suddenly started working again (rtmpdump-win32-2.2d)?

maybe the changes at iView are good for something after all.

TBH, I haven't done a lot of d/ling and when I have there hasn't been a need to resume.

It would make sense if ABC fixed it on their end because I don't think the Adobe client would "recover" either if they don't feed the correct parameters back to it. I seem to remember them having issues with streaming just stopping and not continuing.

So maybe they've fixed it - dunno. Their streaming is so flakey that they should be paying the public to watch it!

qth37144

08-03-2010, 05:46 PM

elfst0ne

08-03-2010, 07:14 PM

Thank you, elfst0ne. Any chance of getting the source code? I feel uncomfortable not having the source code to modify - in case I/we "urgently" need to.

Yep! You can get it from here (http://www.box.net/shared/2v63tobcxc).

Please copy the license.txt if you're going to distribute the source codes as this is a requirement by the Boost library (uses 1.42) and JSON Spirit. I've added one for the parser as well for indemnification. Also, I used CMake and MinGW for building.

Anywho

08-03-2010, 10:14 PM

Yep! You can get it from here (http://www.box.net/shared/2v63tobcxc).

Thanks buddy :D

Reminds me... I have to install my compiler stuff again (new rig - W7/64bit)... I'll get 'rountuit' eventually :rolleyes:

Please copy the license.txt if you're going to distribute the source codes as this is a requirement by the Boost library (uses 1.42) and JSON Spirit. I've added one for the parser as well for indemnification.
Will do ;)

Anywho

08-03-2010, 10:27 PM

Resume sucks for both iViewNapper_20100715 and iView_Downloader_v15.70 on Akmai. At home sitting on iPrimus get iView unmetered via Hostworks and have no problem with resume (or m.b. downloading simply wouldnot break), but at work having much faster speeds it is metered and Akmai only and download breaks and then resumes with filesize still growing but percentage starting from zero for new eventuating with
".... Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data ...." and ending with ".... Download may be incomplete (downloaded about 1.20%), try resuming Error in connection. Retrying... Press any key to continue . . . ...." and ".... Stream does not start with requested FLV frame, ignoring data... ....". using rtmpdump-win32-2.2d.
Hopefully makes sense and m.b. them fixing or you here contributing

It does make sense to some degree. I wonder if the Hostworks/Akamai hosts might be using different Adobe FLV Stream Servers (or at least one is better up-to-date).

We need to do some more testing with "resume" to see what breaks on what, and under what conditions.

E.g: Hostworks, CTRL-C to stop a download almost always prevents me doing a resume and will end up with having to delete the file and starting again. Another would be if the Hostworks server stops - a resume gives me a weird number for a file position and it then says something about an invalid file position and cannot resume.

The above paragraph is not good enough... We will need to have the actual error messages in case hyc notices something that might need correcting in RTMPdump.

It is kind of weird though that "resume" is failing where it once worked infallibly before :confused:

hyc

08-04-2010, 01:01 AM

If you've found a bug in rtmpdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm), posting it on the rtmpdump mailing list is the way to make sure it gets attention.

Fwiw, it looks to me like rtmpdump's resume is actually working fine, it's just printing the wrong percentage for its statistics.

E.g., let's say you got 80% of a file and then had to resume. It should say that it's resuming at 80% but it will say it's resuming at 0% instead. It will get to the end and report that only 20% was downloaded, because it's not taking the previous 80% into account in the stats. But actually the file is complete...

Anywho

08-04-2010, 02:25 AM

If you've found a bug in rtmpdump, posting it on the rtmpdump mailing list is the way to make sure it gets attention.

Ultimately, this is where they'll go ;)

Fwiw, it looks to me like rtmpdump's resume is actually working fine, it's just printing the wrong percentage for its statistics.

E.g., let's say you got 80% of a file and then had to resume. It should say that it's resuming at 80% but it will say it's resuming at 0% instead. It will get to the end and report that only 20% was downloaded, because it's not taking the previous 80% into account in the stats. But actually the file is complete...

Here's the one I mentioned about stopping a download with "CTRL-C" and then resuming the file. What I did to get this result was to begin a download and stop it with "CTRL-C" at about 2%. Then I went back and tried to resume the same file download... What you see below is the result:

Main Menu
1. Select show(s) from a menu to add to the download list
2. View the list of shows that will be downloaded
3. Download the show(s) in the list
4. Clear the download list of shows to be downloaded
5. Refresh the show-selection menu cache
---------------------------------------------------------
9. Exit

Please Select an Option: 3

Downloading "Good Game Series 6 Episode 25" ...
and saving the stream with the filename "Good Game Series 6 Episode 25.mp4"

Downloading from Hostworks server...

Retrieving Token...
Resuming previous download for "Good Game Series 6 Episode 25"...
RTMPDump v2.2b (r426)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
ERROR: Last tag size must be greater/equal zero (prevTagSize=-1651045999) and sm
aller then filesize, corrupt file!
mp4:goodgame_10_06_25 path not found. Retrying a different path...

Retrieving Token...
Resuming previous download for "Good Game Series 6 Episode 25"...
RTMPDump v2.2b (r426)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
ERROR: Last tag size must be greater/equal zero (prevTagSize=-1651045999) and sm
aller then filesize, corrupt file!
goodgame_10_06_25 path not found. Retrying a different path...

Retrieving Token...
Resuming previous download for "Good Game Series 6 Episode 25"...
RTMPDump v2.2b (r426)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
ERROR: Last tag size must be greater/equal zero (prevTagSize=-1651045999) and sm
aller then filesize, corrupt file!
goodgame_10_06_25.mp4 path not found. Retrying a different path...

The show "Good Game Series 6 Episode 25" was not found on the server.

Anyone else get similar results?

[edit: I used 2.2b here, but the same happens with 2.2d etc. The size of the un-resuming file is 2,949,120 bytes (around 2%)]

mugio

08-04-2010, 08:25 AM

does anyone program in python? i have a version of the downloader in .py with gui if anyone wants it!!! i spent the past year with this!!! i only offer this as i'm drunk!!!

Yansky

08-04-2010, 09:12 AM

does anyone program in python? i have a version of the downloader in .py with gui if anyone wants it!!! i spent the past year with this!!! i only offer this as i'm drunk!!!

I like py. ;)

qth37144

08-04-2010, 05:57 PM

Resume sucks for both iViewNapper_20100715 and iView_Downloader_v15.70 on Akmai.

found a solution for my concern above:
rtmpdump-win32-2.2b instead of rtmpdump-win32-2.2d
makes resume continuing with the filesize and the percentage.

Actually I did notice this kind of hick-ups with resume after moving from iView_Downloader_v15.68 which was the last one using rtmpdump-win32-2.2b.

And even iViewNapper_20100715 resumes properly (filesize and percentage) when faking
rtmpdump-win32-2.2b as rtmpdump-win32-2.2d by simply renaming
b into d (the DOS window title says rtmpdump-win32-2.2d.exe whether the script itself indicates RTMPDump v2.2b (r426))

mce

08-04-2010, 07:38 PM

found a solution for my concern above:
rtmpdump-win32-2.2b instead of rtmpdump-win32-2.2d
makes resume continuing with the filesize and the percentage.

And even iViewNapper_20100715 resumes properly (filesize and percentage) when faking
rtmpdump-win32-2.2b as rtmpdump-win32-2.2d by simply renaming
b into d (the DOS window title says rtmpdump-win32-2.2d.exe whether the script itself indicates RTMPDump v2.2b (r426))

As the author of the Nappers, when I release a new version I do testing and the testing for the 2.2d version stopped resume from working, where as noted above the 2.2b version it just worked.

So do the rename above if it is better for you, but as for why resume in 2.2b worked and in 2.2d it doesn't, I don't know why.

gxdata

08-04-2010, 09:56 PM

Trouble with iViewNapper_20100715 - initialising iViewNapper

"Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1."

Tried rtmpdump 2.2d and 2.2b (masquerading as 2.2d) but same error.

The Batch downloader seems to be working OK (though slow).

I haven't used any downloader since 25July.

Anyone else having problems today?

Anywho

08-04-2010, 10:15 PM

found a solution for my concern above:
rtmpdump-win32-2.2b instead of rtmpdump-win32-2.2d
makes resume continuing with the filesize and the percentage.

Actually I did notice this kind of hick-ups with resume after moving from iView_Downloader_v15.68 which was the last one using rtmpdump-win32-2.2b.

And even iViewNapper_20100715 resumes properly (filesize and percentage) when faking
rtmpdump-win32-2.2b as rtmpdump-win32-2.2d by simply renaming
b into d (the DOS window title says rtmpdump-win32-2.2d.exe whether the script itself indicates RTMPDump v2.2b (r426))

So, 2.2b seems the best to use...

But what happens if you use "CTRL-C" to cancel the download and then resume with the same file again? Does anyone get the same result as me (posted above)?

Is anyone else getting other issues with RTMPdump resuming?

Anywho

08-04-2010, 10:17 PM

Trouble with iViewNapper_20100715 - initialising iViewNapper

"Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1."

That sounds like iViewNapper couldn't get the index for some reason... Try again a bit later.

gxdata

08-04-2010, 10:59 PM

That sounds like iViewNapper couldn't get the index for some reason... Try again a bit later.

You're right.
As a software service, it is a very unreliable way to operate. I hate this hit and miss nonsense.

elfst0ne

08-05-2010, 01:18 AM

You're right.
As a software service, it is a very unreliable way to operate. I hate this hit and miss nonsense.

Which one is unreliable? I hope you're NOT pertaining to Napper as you got it for FREE.

servalan

08-05-2010, 08:09 PM

Broken again - json_parser.exe is crashing when attempting to grab the show list.

(bat file version)

elfst0ne

08-05-2010, 08:21 PM

Broken again - json_parser.exe is crashing when attempting to grab the show list.

(bat file version)

There's a problem on iView website itself.

servalan

08-05-2010, 08:23 PM

There's a problem on iView website itself.Ahhh - I should take my own advice & check there first - thanks!

gxdata

08-06-2010, 01:27 AM

Which one is unreliable? I hope you're NOT pertaining to Napper as you got it for FREE.

:mad: You're being obtuse, and/or you mis-understand what I mean by SAAS. Of course I appreciate the work done by this community and the individuals.

Of course iView isn't set up that way; it's meant to be interactive - which means that 'Napper' (or whatever) has little hope of working in anything other than a human-driven mode.
Even the batch file driven method can't cope with the changes to iView, or even the routine occasions when they add or change the controlling xml and json files.

elfst0ne

08-06-2010, 02:23 AM

:mad: You're being obtuse, and/or you mis-understand what I mean by SAAS. Of course I appreciate the work done by this community and the individuals.

Well, if you made yourself clear enough instead of whining.

Of course iView isn't set up that way; it's meant to be interactive - which means that 'Napper' (or whatever) has little hope of working in anything other than a human-driven mode.
Even the batch file driven method can't cope with the changes to iView, or even the routine occasions when they add or change the controlling xml and json files.

Unless you tell or beg to the iView Developers who maintains the data to be put in a fix-format and made them agree with you, you can't do anything about it.

mycle

08-07-2010, 05:20 AM

Let me know what sort of mileage you get....

Awesome, works like a charm.

Thanks
Mycle.

Yansky

08-08-2010, 05:16 PM

Can anyone download the latest ep of "The Prisoner"? Seems to be creating and error in rtmpdump:

RTMPDump v2.2d
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
rtmpdump-OSX-Intel(50644) malloc: *** error for object 0x6500d: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
0.000 kB / 0.00 sec
Download complete
logout

[Process completed]

I thought that might have just been an issue with my compile since "malloc_error" would seems to indicate some sort of memory error, but I just checked it in Windows and it borked as well. Seems to work ok for other shows though.

Anywho

08-08-2010, 05:39 PM

Can anyone download the latest ep of "The Prisoner"? Seems to be creating and error in rtmpdump:

Yep. Working fine in batch file version with 2.2d.

mce

08-08-2010, 05:39 PM

iViewNapperLite, W7x64, V2.2d worked OK here.

Therefore I have a copy if you need it.

Cheers.

Can anyone download the latest ep of "The Prisoner"? Seems to be creating and error in rtmpdump:

RTMPDump v2.2d
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
rtmpdump-OSX-Intel(50644) malloc: *** error for object 0x6500d: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
0.000 kB / 0.00 sec
Download complete
logout

[Process completed]

I thought that might have just been an issue with my compile since "malloc_error" would seems to indicate some sort of memory error, but I just checked it in Windows and it borked as well. Seems to work ok for other shows though.

HF250

08-09-2010, 03:46 PM

Anywho

08-09-2010, 11:30 PM

i was wondering if you could help me with my problem, look i want to download eps from iView but i cant because i dont live in Australia, i tried with the Napper program but looks like i need to be in Australia to make it work, is there a way i can download the videos from iView?

Yes, ABC iView is Region Blocked (aren't they all :rolleyes:). Currently, the only way downloading can be achieved outside of Australia (that we know of) is with an Australian proxy server or VPN that is based in Australia. :(

gxdata

08-10-2010, 01:34 AM

Is anyone viewing or downloading the Radio 1 Big Weekend 2009 videos?
I see 3 at present, and previously looked at the Maximo Park one. Question: have any others slipped past me?

Yansky

08-10-2010, 01:36 AM

I wonder if this iptables hack for hulu could be used on the iview site?

http://lifehacker.com/5583515/access-hulu-from-outside-the-us-without-a-proxy-server

Anywho

08-10-2010, 03:34 AM

I wonder if this iptables hack for hulu could be used on the iview site?

http://lifehacker.com/5583515/access-hulu-from-outside-the-us-without-a-proxy-server

Hmmm, interesting. Nice find! :cool:

It might work with your iView FF addon, but I'm not too sure about batch or 'napper...

Batch uses 'wget' - I don't think we can get fine enough control on the header.

'Napper uses its own method - I'm not sure how fine you can get the control on the header for that either... mce would have to let us know I guess. :D

mce

08-10-2010, 05:14 PM

I'm pretty sure the only reliable way is to call your own authentication link and parse the data from that.

That is, to call on a server based in AUS that then fetches the auth XML and passes it directly back to the OS client.

I believe that once a valid token is obtained, then it is useful after that and no further checking is done. (Don't know for sure as I have never tested it)

Hmmm, interesting. Nice find! :cool:

It might work with your iView FF addon, but I'm not too sure about batch or 'napper...

Batch uses 'wget' - I don't think we can get fine enough control on the header.

'Napper uses its own method - I'm not sure how fine you can get the control on the header for that either... mce would have to let us know I guess. :D

Anywho

08-11-2010, 12:38 AM

I'm pretty sure the only reliable way is to call your own authentication link and parse the data from that.

I couldn't get the "Lifehacker" method to work for Hulu. Still sees me as outside USA.

Thinking about it some more, how could it work? Comms between my ISP and the Hulu server would still show the originating source IP address (me in Aus.). How else would I be able to communicate with Hulu anyway?

Doing a check with this webpage (http://djce.org.uk/dumprequest) confirms it. Note that the source IP is still your current IP address even if you spoof the "X-Forward-For" address. So all a streaming server has to do is look at the source IP and make the decision - I'm pretty sure this is how ABC does it (and how it calculates the authentication token).

So no, I don't think the LifeHacker method would work with iView.

[edit: I just tried the "X-Forward-For" address using an American IP address on the iView website and iView doesn't think I'm in Australia. How bizarre! Maybe it (LifeHacker method) will work for ABC iView. ]

gxdata

08-15-2010, 03:46 AM

Just a note about occasional problems with iView, where there are illegal characters etc in the title names or file names (I'm not sure which).

It seems this is a problem with iViewNapper (crashes / gives error 'illegal characters in path'), but the batch downloader manages to get the episodes successfully.

The latest of these is The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor

Another was The Fabulous Beekman Boys where Episode 3 is downloaded by the batch donlaoder OK.

For that one, I can recall that the filenames were The Fabulous Beekman Boys Series 1 Episode 3 -.mp4 / .srt (a dash/hyphen somewhere between the 3 and the period).

gxdata

08-15-2010, 03:56 AM

Often, I find that I cannot download the previous day's ABC National News (this happens with The Midday Report, and with both the older Sydney Evening News and the current ABC National News).

I'm convinced it's not put up & left online for long, before it's removed so that the next day's bulletin is loaded to the server.

But in case there is a genuine eror due to the JSON / XML that the iView lads are using, here's my current error dump from rtmpdump 2.2d via the batch downloader -

Retrieving Token...
RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
ERROR: Closing connection: NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound
mp4:news/evening_100814 path not found. Retrying a different path...

Retrieving Token...
Resuming previous download for "ABC National Evening News 14/08/10"...
RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
news/evening_100814 path not found. Retrying a different path...

Retrieving Token...
cache\auth.xml: Permission denied
Access is denied.
Access is denied.
I/O error : Permission denied
warning: failed to load external entity "cache\auth.xml"
D:\150 - ABC\ABC iView\iViewDownloader_(batch)\_Working\cache\auth. xml
Access is denied.
Resuming previous download for "ABC National Evening News 14/08/10"...
RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
news/evening_100814.mp4 path not found. Retrying a different path...

The show "ABC National Evening News 14/08/10" was not found on the server.

Anywho

08-15-2010, 04:54 AM

gxdata

08-15-2010, 06:14 AM

We should perhaps chip in and buy them another hard drive seeing as they cannot afford to hold more than a day's worth of news programs at a time :D

My observation is that it's an undiscplined, hit-and-miss operation. I'm sure they have plenty of resources for storage, etc - but the code maintenance is shoddy.

mce

08-15-2010, 06:35 PM

The illegal character for "The Link" is a question mark in the file name.

Honestly, who puts question marks in file names... ABC have no idea.

So gxdata, is there any other programmes that are failing that I need to know about before updating iViewNapper?

It also fails in 'Lite as well, so I'll put a fix in there too.

Just a note about occasional problems with iView, where there are illegal characters etc in the title names or file names (I'm not sure which).

It seems this is a problem with iViewNapper (crashes / gives error 'illegal characters in path'), but the batch downloader manages to get the episodes successfully.

The latest of these is

Another was where Episode 3 is downloaded by the batch donlaoder OK.

For that one, I can recall that the filenames were The Fabulous Beekman Boys Series 1 Episode 3 -.mp4 / .srt (a dash/hyphen somewhere between the 3 and the period).

[Edit] Just found this gem as well: "The Fabulous Beekman Boys\tSeries 1"

gxdata

08-15-2010, 08:55 PM

... any other programmes that are failing that I need to know about before updating iViewNapper?

Not that I know of, but 3 of the SBS shows passed by without my being able to download them - see my posts on Whirlpool. I think one of 4 was actually available (of course I also test with the SBS Player / iView's player).

Can I request in your changes to iViewNapper that the SRT files be downloaded by default?

mce

08-15-2010, 11:02 PM

iViewNapper and iViewNapperLite have been updated to version 20100816 and can be obtained from my website.

HeatVision

08-16-2010, 03:27 PM

I couldn't get the "Lifehacker" method to work for Hulu. Still sees me as outside USA.

Thinking about it some more, how could it work? Comms between my ISP and the Hulu server would still show the originating source IP address (me in Aus.). How else would I be able to communicate with Hulu anyway?

Doing a check with this webpage (http://djce.org.uk/dumprequest) confirms it. Note that the source IP is still your current IP address even if you spoof the "X-Forward-For" address. So all a streaming server has to do is look at the source IP and make the decision - I'm pretty sure this is how ABC does it (and how it calculates the authentication token).

So no, I don't think the LifeHacker method would work with iView.

[edit: I just tried the "X-Forward-For" address using an American IP address on the iView website and iView doesn't think I'm in Australia. How bizarre! Maybe it (LifeHacker method) will work for ABC iView. ]

You're confusing two separate things:
1. The Flash-based player does a geocheck before it starts playback (using http://www.abc.net.au/tv/geo/iview/geotest.xml)
2. The Flash Media Server does a completely separate geocheck when the RTMP connection is being established. If it fails then the stream is terminated with an error (code = NetConnection.Connect.Rejected, description = AccessManager.Reject: Access denied!)

The X-Forward-For header appears to be honoured by www.abc.net.au (running AkamaiGHost) but not cp53909.edgefcs.net (running Flash Media Server). So when you did the "Lifehacker method", the geocheck failed at step 1 and you saw the "overseas copyright" error. If you had somehow managed to continue past then point then you still would have been able to establish the RTMP connection because the geocheck would have succeeded at step 2.

The downloader programs skip step 1 completely and only do step 2 (after doing a separate HTTP request to retrieve the token). There is no geocheck on the token request nor is there a check that the token request and RTMP request originate from the same IP. This did not used to be the case - originally the geocheck was done during the token request and there was no check done by the Flash Media Server so therefore it was possible to use the X-Forward-For approach.

Therefore, as you said above, the only way to access iView programs from overseas is to use an Australian proxy or VPN. As far as I am concerned, their explanation of "copyright reasons" is absolute bollocks for the shows that the ABC actually creates themselves (I understand that there are special problems created by things such as news programs, where they are reproducing footage supplied to them by other agencies, but how can this apply to the 7:30 Report, Lateline, Australian Story, etc?).

Anywho

08-16-2010, 11:11 PM

You're confusing two separate things:
1. The Flash-based player does a geocheck before it starts playback (using http://www.abc.net.au/tv/geo/iview/geotest.xml)
2. The Flash Media Server does a completely separate geocheck when the RTMP connection is being established. If it fails then the stream is terminated with an error (code = NetConnection.Connect.Rejected, description = AccessManager.Reject: Access denied!)

The X-Forward-For header appears to be honoured by www.abc.net.au (running AkamaiGHost) but not cp53909.edgefcs.net (running Flash Media Server). So when you did the "Lifehacker method", the geocheck failed at step 1 and you saw the "overseas copyright" error. If you had somehow managed to continue past then point then you still would have been able to establish the RTMP connection because the geocheck would have succeeded at step 2.

The downloader programs skip step 1 completely and only do step 2 (after doing a separate HTTP request to retrieve the token). There is no geocheck on the token request nor is there a check that the token request and RTMP request originate from the same IP. This did not used to be the case - originally the geocheck was done during the token request and there was no check done by the Flash Media Server so therefore it was possible to use the X-Forward-For approach.

Therefore, as you said above, the only way to access iView programs from overseas is to use an Australian proxy or VPN. As far as I am concerned, their explanation of "copyright reasons" is absolute bollocks for the shows that the ABC actually creates themselves (I understand that there are special problems created by things such as news programs, where they are reproducing footage supplied to them by other agencies, but how can this apply to the 7:30 Report, Lateline, Australian Story, etc?).

Now it makes sense. Cheers mate! :)

Anywho

08-21-2010, 08:58 PM

Hey, a belated thanks goes to Peter Jeremy for updating the Technical details in the iView Downloaders Wiki (http://iviewdownloaders.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_iView_Downloaders_Wiki) page.

Yansky

08-22-2010, 03:51 AM

http://jobs.webdirections.org/job/1219/abc-manager-internet-broadcasting-services-at-australian-broadcasting-corporation/

Anywho

08-22-2010, 04:07 AM

http://jobs.webdirections.org/job/1219/abc-manager-internet-broadcasting-services-at-australian-broadcasting-corporation/

LOL! So who's gonna be a spy for us? Yanksy, you? Cuz I'm not good enough :D

elfst0ne

08-22-2010, 09:24 PM

So who's gonna be a spy for us?

Me. me. me. :D :D :D I lost my job a month ago. :(

gxdata

08-27-2010, 05:56 AM

I think they've done it again.
One Plus One for 27/08/2010 seems to have a date in September - cannot download it.

tabaxter

08-28-2010, 05:29 AM

I'm a relative newbie. Apologies if there's a better place for this to be posted.

I'm having trouble lately with iviewnapper and iviewfox maxing out my bandwidth to the point where my home network hangs and almost everything (except the rtmpdump request) times out. Is it possible to put a speed limiter into the GUIs? As far as I understand it, rtmpdump has it as an option.

I am intending to research how to use rtmpdump from the command line myself (haven't taken the time yet), but it would be a great addition for the future.

(Also, any tips on why it is maxing out my bandwidth so badly?)

By the way, thank you so much for the work you guys do.

mce

08-28-2010, 07:54 PM

Hi tabaxter,

You can experiment with adding your own command line options for the inbuilt bandwidth monitoring in RTMPDUMP by using and editing iViewNapperLite.

If you have troubles or you succeed, post back here with what you did and we'll see what we can do.

davey52

08-29-2010, 06:18 AM

I think they've done it again.
One Plus One for 27/08/2010 seems to have a date in September - cannot download it.

Yep, the ABC have broken napper, napperlite & downloader.

Sorry, I just use them, the dos box says retrieving token a few tries then closes. :mad:

servalan

08-29-2010, 06:35 AM

Yep, the ABC have broken napper, napperlite & downloader. .bat file still working ok for me with 2.2b rtmpdump & hostworks.

davey52

08-30-2010, 05:45 AM

.bat file still working ok for me with 2.2b rtmpdump & hostworks.

I've tried .bat file again and the 1st show downloaded ok. the other two worked only after I deleted the old files (0 bytes).

No idea why it wouldn't work before. :confused:

gxdata

08-30-2010, 06:50 PM

Off-topic, but an interesting report on ABC's video storage requirements:

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/print/358775/abc_video_demands_causing_storage_havoc/

ABC's video demands causing storage havoc
National broadcaster goes from 3TB in 2003 to 1600TB in 2010

3Tb - right now, that is not much storage at all, from my perspective.

conank

08-31-2010, 04:25 AM

Hi,

It is a great tool for downloading iview.
I wonder the legal issues whether we can share ours downloaded movies? Any idea

Thanks

any ANONYMOUS forum user

09-03-2010, 05:40 AM

I wonder the legal issues whether we can share ours downloaded movies?
Is it legal to record video streams? Can it be considered as a piracy?

tilt

09-04-2010, 01:48 AM

Yansky

09-04-2010, 01:48 AM

mce, looks like Malwarebytes might be throwing a false-positive on the napper progs: http://whrl.pl/Rcp21j

Yansky

09-04-2010, 02:18 AM

Legal situation is covered in http://www.abc.net.au/copyright.htm

which includes this

# You may retrieve the ABC's materials for information only.
# You may save a local copy or send it to your printer for your own personal use or in order to inform authorised and potential users about the ABC materials. However, you may not make any charge for such use and any commercial exploitation is expressly prohibited.
© 2010 ABC
--
So no selling it is permitted, and no changing it either. It sounds as if you can send an email or post it to a discussion board. And saving to your hard disk or DVD is OK as long as it is local and not a distribution.

The terms of service for iView are different for the rest of the site though. Specifically: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/iview/faq.htm

ABC pays the owners of our content extra licensing fees to allow for it to be shown for at least 14 days online via iView. Streaming rights with the ABC are limited by a number of legal or business agreements that differ from program to program. A program must expire for many reasons, including music rights management, impending DVD sales and syndication deals. ABC is keen to support those content makers and therefore does not license content to be downloaded onto individual devices. Use of third party applications that allow downloadable versions of ABC iView programs is therefore unauthorised and not supported in any way.

Although you/I/we are not doing anything illegal, we are breaking the terms of service of the abc iview site.

Anywho

09-04-2010, 07:04 PM

I wonder the legal issues whether we can share ours downloaded movies? Any idea

No. Sharing or re-distribution is a definite no-no and we won't talk about that here in this thread.

Although you/I/we are not doing anything illegal, we are breaking the terms of service of the abc iview site.

I guess the equivalent would be breaking 4C. of YouTube's TOS (http://www.youtube.com/t/terms) - and we know how many YouTube downloaders there are out there that YouTube don't "authorise".

gxdata

09-10-2010, 07:19 PM

What's happened to the 7.30 Report (Thurs)? It's at the 7.30 website with small wmv and m4v files, but not on iView. That seems odd.:confused:

darian

09-10-2010, 10:50 PM

What's happened to the 7.30 Report (Thurs)? It's at the 7.30 website with small wmv and m4v files, but not on iView. That seems odd.:confused:
It does not seem to appear in the index list with iviewnapper or iviewcmd.

However if you use iviewcmd to create a download entry for 08/09/10 and then manually edit the download_list.xml file to point to 09/09/10 instead of 08/09/10, then it will download.

I guess it is on the server, but not listed properly in the index (or else it has spurious characters that are confusing the index parser).

gxdata

09-11-2010, 05:32 AM

However if you use iviewcmd to create a download entry for 08/09/10 and then manually edit the download_list.xml file to point to 09/09/10 instead of 08/09/10, then it will download.

I guess it is on the server, but not listed properly in the index (or else it has spurious characters that are confusing the index parser).

Good thinking! I did that, and it is now downloading OK.

mce

09-11-2010, 12:33 PM

I see and can download that episode using iViewNapper 20100816 and iViewNapperLite 20100816 as "7.30 Report 08-09-10.mp4".

Maybe they just added it?!?!

Anywho

09-11-2010, 04:45 PM

I see and can download that episode using iViewNapper 20100816 and iViewNapperLite 20100816 as "7.30 Report 08-09-10.mp4".

Maybe they just added it?!?!

No, "7.30 Report 08-09-10.mp4" has always been there. They wanted "7.30 Report 09-09-10.mp4". Unless you mean 08-09-10 is the same program as 09-09-10? It's not listed on the iView site and nobody has complained on their forum either (not very popular, eh?).

gxdata

09-12-2010, 08:00 PM

As Anywho says, the Wed 8Sept 7.30 Report has been there a while, but as of today (Monday) the last for the week (Thurs) isn't. Maybe it will be remedied tomorrow.

Anywho

09-14-2010, 12:10 AM

As Anywho says, the Wed 8Sept 7.30 Report has been there a while, but as of today (Monday) the last for the week (Thurs) isn't. Maybe it will be remedied tomorrow.

It's been fixed now. Thursday (9/Sep/10) and yesterday's (13/Sep/10) is up on iView :)

gxdata

09-23-2010, 09:03 AM

Wed 22/09/2010 Lateline Business isn't listed.
What do I need to do to discover if this is a typo glitch, or if they just skipped a day (forgot to mount it)?
I reckon it's another typo problem.

Anywho

09-23-2010, 09:41 AM

Wed 22/09/2010 Lateline Business isn't listed.
What do I need to do to discover if this is a typo glitch, or if they just skipped a day (forgot to mount it)?
I reckon it's another typo problem.

Looks like they haven't listed it. I used the batch file downloader to select the 23/09/2010 show and changed the filename in cache\download_list.xml.
Eg: Instead of news/latelinebusiness_100923.mp4 make it news/latelinebusiness_100922.mp4

gxdata

09-23-2010, 09:53 AM

Looks like they haven't listed it. I used the batch file downloader to select the 23/09/2010 show and changed the filename in cache\download_list.xml.
Eg: Instead of news/latelinebusiness_100923.mp4 make it news/latelinebusiness_100922.mp4

I did much the same - iViewNapper has a Debug switch, that writes a batch file; so in that .bat file I changed the episode info in a similar way to you and 'nothing happened'. Is there a switch in rtmpdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm) that shows a 'file not found' message? What's the URL for the cache\download_list.xml file?
Actually, I recall now that (a few weeks ago) when using the commandline batch downloader that you jointly authored, I edited that xml file while the batch operation was active, then re-ran the download request.

Anywho

09-23-2010, 10:03 AM

I did much the same - iViewNapper has a Debug switch, that writes a batch file; so in that .bat file I changed the episode info in a similar way to you and 'nothing happened'. Is there a switch in rtmpdump that shows a 'file not found' message? What's the URL for the cache\download_list.xml file?

Don't know why it didn't work for 'Napper, but I used iView_Downloader_v15.70.bat. Then I selected the 23/09/2010 show and went back to the main menu. After that, I edited the "download_list.xml" file (there should be a "cache" directory in the directory that iView_Downloader_v15.70.bat is in) so that the file name had the date changed from 23 to 22.

[Lateline Business 23/09/10][news/latelinebusiness_100923.mp4]

to

[Lateline Business 22/09/10][news/latelinebusiness_100922.mp4]

Then I selected the "Download the shows..." option and downloaded it. Yes, it is the 22/09/2010 show that I downloaded not the 23/09/2010 :)

gxdata

09-23-2010, 10:36 PM

Yes, it is the 22/09/2010 show that I downloaded not the 23/09/2010

OK, have followed that and it's downloading.
Again, thanks for your help. :D

Stream Ripper

09-23-2010, 11:02 PM

Awesome - glad you got it figured out! :)

MickJT

09-28-2010, 08:14 PM

The downloads in my client have to resume every 60 seconds. Has something changed? Can someone post an example command line input?

gxdata

09-28-2010, 10:22 PM

The downloads in my client have to resume every 60 seconds. Has something changed? Can someone post an example command line input?

No.

I have a problem with 3 videos, all in the series "triple j like a version 2010". Nothing else has been a problem today.

40, 41, 42 all hiccup severely at 56.5% and I have to terminate the rtmpdump.exe program.
[Edit]
Same problem 30/09

gxdata

09-29-2010, 08:13 PM

RSS feed for Recently Added has changed -

see iView message board post
http://www2b.abc.net.au/tmb/Client/Message.aspx?b=98&m=9624&ps=50&dm=2

You can check all iView feeds here -
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/iview/feeds.htm

Latest URL is -
http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/rss/recent.xml

MickJT

09-29-2010, 11:36 PM

That's not the problem i'm having. It says swfverification request ignored, and to use swfVfy (which is -W, and i'm already using that), and it interrupts the connection every 60 seconds.

Was working fine previously, so I just wanted an example command line parameter (one that is known to work) so I can test that here.

Anywho

09-30-2010, 05:24 AM

I just wanted an example command line parameter (one that is known to work) so I can test that here.
This is what the batch file version uses. Don't forget to change the authentication token for your session ;)

For "Catalyst Series 11 Episode 31"...

Akamai:
rtmpdump.exe --resume -r "rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net///flash/playback/_definst_/mp4:catalyst_10_11_31" -a ondemand?auth="1333DC3D4D6F2D00F772" -o "Catalyst Series 11 Episode 31.mp4" -W http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg

Hostworks:
rtmpdump.exe --resume -r rtmp://203.18.195.10/ -a ondemand?auth=1333DC3D4D6F2D00F772 -y mp4:catalyst_10_11_31 -o "Catalyst Series 11 Episode 31.mp4" -W http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg

GaelicAU

10-04-2010, 04:05 AM

Just downloaded the MAC OSX version and it doesnt seem to be working. This is the error I am getting....

Ok, you will be requesting mp4:stephenfrylive_10_xx_xx
and saving the stream with the filename Stephen Fry.mp4.flv.mp4.flv.mp4.flv.mp4.flv.mp4.flv.mp4.fl v.mp4.flv.mp4.flv.mp4.flv.mp4.flv.mp4
Retrieving Token...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 649 100 649 0 0 2250 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
from ABC iView servers on Hostworks
using the auth D9C5D82F053A0C561A74
Running Normal...
dyld: unknown required load command 0x80000022
/Users/MacMini/Downloads/iView_Downloader_OSX/iView_Downloader_OSX_6.7.3.command: line 227: 95620 Trace/BPT trap "$CURDIR"/"$FLVSTREAMER" --resume -r rtmp://203.18.195.10/ondemand?auth=$TOKEN -y $SHOWPATH -o "$DOWNDIR"/"$FILENAME" $SWFPARAMS
Error code 133
Sleeping for 5s

Any ideas why?

MickJT

10-04-2010, 11:03 PM

This is what the batch file version uses. Don't forget to change the authentication token for your session ;)

Hostworks:
rtmpdump.exe --resume -r rtmp://203.18.195.10/ -a ondemand?auth=1333DC3D4D6F2D00F772 -y mp4:catalyst_10_11_31 -o "Catalyst Series 11 Episode 31.mp4" -W http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg

Exact same line (diff token though), still conks out at 60 seconds here.

WARNING: HandShake: client signature does not match!
and
ERROR: HandleCtrl: Ignoring SWFVerification request, use --swfVfy!

Hmm.

Anywho

10-05-2010, 09:57 PM

Exact same line (diff token though), still conks out at 60 seconds here.

WARNING: HandShake: client signature does not match!
and
ERROR: HandleCtrl: Ignoring SWFVerification request, use --swfVfy!

Hmm.

What is the exact command line delivered to rtmpdump as specified by your program? Maybe it is something to do with unrecognised characters making their way into the incantation instead - rather than an actual verification fault.

MickJT

10-06-2010, 07:27 AM

I typed it in manually on the command line. The exact same line you pasted, for Hostworks. but with a different token. It used to work. Next i'm going to try calculating the hash manually again and see what happens.

Edit: I think I know what's happening. I forgot to link it with a library that gives the program unix-path compatibility, so it tries to save ./.swfinfo but can't (./ is not a valid Amiga-style directory path) . .swfinfo I believe is still read, even if it has just downloaded and calculated the hash itself when .swfinfo doesn't exist. I.E It makes .swfinfo, then immediately reads it. .. or so i'm guessing, because i've tried my iView script on OS3 (68k machine) and it works like clockwork. The only difference is the unix style path compatibility layer which i'm guessing is making it work.

gxdata

10-07-2010, 04:19 AM

I have yet another problem - files not found. I just don't understand how I can play them on the ABC iView player, yet (both) iViewNapper and the iView batch downloader can't locate the 2 files.

These ones are for kids - a series called Jinx. Episodes 1-9 are mounted on iView. I can DL 5,6,8 - but not 7 and 9.
But they do play OK at the iView site - all of them.

Apart from getting one or other episode, I want to understand why the downloaders fail.

Examining the download_list.xml file, it shows this:

[Jinx Series 1 Episode 1][kids/jinx_10_01_01.mp4]
[Jinx Series 1 Episode 2][kids/jinx_10_01_02.mp4]
[Jinx Series 1 Episode 3][kids/jinx_10_01_03.mp4]
[Jinx Series 1 Episode 4][kids/jinx_10_01_04.mp4]
[Jinx Series 1 Episode 5][kids/jinx_10_01_05.mp4]
[Jinx Series 1 Episode 6][kids/jinx_10_01_06.mp4]
[Jinx Series 1 Episode 7][kids/jinx_10_01_07.mp4]
[Jinx Series 1 Episode 8][kids/jinx_10_01_08.mp4]
[Jinx Series 1 Episode 9][kids/jinx_10_01_09.mp4]

(opened with TextPad 5, copied and pasted to here).

No odd characters, all lines look the same - but 7 and 9 fail to download.

Both downloaders initially show Connected... in rtmpdump, then 20+ seconds later there's failure.

I'll try again in a few hours or days, but it's understanding that I would appreciate (I don't care much about these episodes, really).

[Edit]
A couple of hours elapsed, and I can download these. Strange...

MickJT

10-08-2010, 02:48 AM

Yes I had the same issue last night. Said connected, then paused and did nothing. Tried again a few times and it worked. Just figured that ABC were having some minor issues.

defecation

10-10-2010, 08:27 AM

Hi using iView Downloader LINUX 6.7.3
Tried last few nights the same show doesnt work.
Some others do. Some others don't.

DEBUG: Parsing...
DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 0
DEBUG: Parsed host : 203.18.195.10
DEBUG: Parsed app : ondemand?auth=6243A8FD4867E062340D
DEBUG: Protocol : RTMP
DEBUG: Hostname : 203.18.195.10
DEBUG: Port : 1935
DEBUG: Playpath : mp4:torchwood_10_02_04
DEBUG: tcUrl : rtmp://203.18.195.10:1935/ondemand?auth=6243A8FD4867E062340D
DEBUG: app : ondemand?auth=6243A8FD4867E062340D
DEBUG: live : no
DEBUG: timeout : 30 sec
DEBUG: SWFSHA256:
DEBUG: 96 cc 76 f1 d5 38 5f b5 cd a6 e2 ce 5c 73 32 3a
DEBUG: 39 90 43 d0 bb 6c 68 7e dd 80 7e 5c 73 c4 2b 37
DEBUG: SWFSize : 2122
DEBUG: Failed to get last keyframe.
DEBUG: Closing connection.

Anyone else with same issue?

MickJT

10-10-2010, 08:59 AM

Works here (Hostworks):

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://203.18.195.10" -a "ondemand?auth=yourtokenhere" -W http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg -y "mp4:torchwood_10_02_04" -e -o torchwood_10_02_04.mp4

defecation

10-10-2010, 06:38 PM

Hi thanks it seems to be working now. Changed the script

Running with
rtmpdump --resume -r rtmp://203.18.195.10 -a ondemand?auth=12D9C4213D69EC344B0E -y mp4:torchwood_10_02_04 -W http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg -o /home/twentytwo/Desktop/iview/torchwood_10_02_04.mp4

As opposed to what it used to be
rtmpdump --resume -r rtmp://203.18.195.10/ondemand?auth=ABBFFF57E1C98B3FBD26 -y mp4:torchwood_10_02_04 -o /home/twentytwo/Desktop/iview/torchwood_10_02_04.mp4 -w 96cc76f1d5385fb5cda6e2ce5c73323a399043d0bb6c687edd 807e5c73c42b37 -x 2122

Also changed Akamai
"$CURDIR"/"$FLVSTREAMER" --resume -r rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net///flash/playback/_definst_/$SHOWPATH -a ondemand?auth=$TOKEN -W http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg -o "$CURDIR"/"$FILENAME"
note one less forward slash in
rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net///flash/ as opposed to rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/
I don't know if this affects anything all my downloads are on Hostworks

Running rtmpdump 2.3 btw.
Thanks again

gxdata

10-10-2010, 09:40 PM

Monday 10am onwards - we can play a few things on iView, but downloaders all fail with anything that I try to download (even The Owl !) - either 0 bytes and rtmpdump ends, or even causes iViewNapper to crash (immediate exit, with no warnings).
Is the iVN debugger output any use to see what's happening here?

servalan

10-10-2010, 10:41 PM

They must be mucking about again...

I've had a few downloads fail (files not found on server - even though the RSS feed says they are available & play fine in iView itself) & 2 work - nothing on the iView forums suggest anything other than normal brokenness. (edit: play fine through iview most of the time - just had this one fail on me from iview as well - I'll leave it 24 hours & see what happens)

e.g.
Downloading "The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Series 4 Episode 4" ...
and saving the stream with the filename "The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Series 4 Episode 4.mp4"

Downloading from Hostworks server...

Retrieving Token...
RTMPDump v2.2b (r426)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: Trying different position for server digest!
INFO: Connected...
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header
mp4:memoirssherlock_10_04_04 path not found. Retrying a different path...

Retrieving Token...
Resuming previous download for "The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Series 4 Episode 4"...
RTMPDump v2.2b (r426)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
memoirssherlock_10_04_04 path not found. Retrying a different path...

Retrieving Token...
Resuming previous download for "The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Series 4 Episode 4"...
RTMPDump v2.2b (r426)
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
memoirssherlock_10_04_04.mp4 path not found. Retrying a different path...

The show "The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Series 4 Episode 4" was not found on the server.

Anywho

10-11-2010, 12:16 AM

They must be mucking about again...

The show "The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Series 4 Episode 4" was not found on the server.[/code]

Here ya... I've fixed it for you by replying to your post :D

servalan

10-11-2010, 12:22 AM

Here ya... I've fixed it for you by replying to your post :DYup - working again now.

I think just the as normal intermittent iView reception... if something doesn't work try again in a few hours... ;)

gxdata

10-12-2010, 09:03 PM

Yup - working again now.

I think just the as normal intermittent iView reception... if something doesn't work try again in a few hours... ;)

2 days on, and they must be doing something drastic since batch DL and iVN both crash on startup (can't get the catalog).

Or, is this 'normal behaviour' when the catalog file is being updated or has been deleted from its usual location?

servalan

10-12-2010, 09:37 PM

2 days on, and they must be doing something drastic since batch DL and iVN both crash on startup (can't get the catalog). Yup - json_parser crashing here. iView via a browser works ok... so busted again for the scripts...

darian

10-13-2010, 03:42 AM

I think SBS are also mucking about as neither batch or SBSnapper will obtain the catalogue. Perhaps they are working together to thwart the downloaders.

mce

10-13-2010, 03:52 AM

I will have a look at the Nappers over the next few days.

The mongrels have timed it well, I just started annual leave for 2 weeks, so looks like fixing these will be one or two projects in that time.

:D

blood.eaglz

10-13-2010, 05:36 AM

From what I've gathered ABC has completed the switch over to the new api2, and changed the formatting of the json etc

the auth url is now
http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/auth/?v2

with handshaker now defunct with the action of the url changed to redirect to iview itself

and the new series index and series urls are
http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/api2/?seriesIndex
http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/api2/?series=!insert series number here!

it appears that a new formatting method is now used here meaning it cannot be fixed by a simple url switch (I know I tried :) )

this is rather annoying, especially as iviewNapper still worked for me at 1:30 this morning...

oh by the way mce, since you have to fix them anyway, can you remove the focus lock on iviewNapper and SBSnapper, it is rather annoying that you cant minimise them other than using show desktop...(forgot about it since I last asked in April :) )

I'm afraid that's about all the help I'll be, anything beyond this is out of my knowledge range.

gxdata

10-13-2010, 06:37 AM

blood.eaglez - Can you explain how you discovered these changes? (PM if preferred)

blood.eaglz

10-13-2010, 06:39 AM

initial urls through URLsnooper 2 (though got the new auth for iview through their config XML)
then I just followed what the links and subsequent xml files gave me, with a little of trial and error along the way.

gxdata

10-13-2010, 07:39 AM

blood.eaglz

10-13-2010, 08:11 AM

gxdata

10-13-2010, 08:58 AM

had to google it, but in principle it seems similar, would have to compare to see if same results.

EDIT: gave it a crack and yes you'd be able to use fiddler, though unlike urlsnooper it doesn't capture rtmp addresses, which isn't really important for this, but does come in handy at times to debug the downloaders.

also I don't really like the interface, but that's probably due to me being used to urlsnoooper.

I had the same reaction with URL Snooper (had to look it up) - watched the video, and copied it out of my cache, but I'll have to convert swf to flv or something else. Seems easy to use, with the filters, so it will be useful.

gxdata

10-13-2010, 10:06 AM

SBS

The batch and GUI downloaders can't handle one show "Can GM Food Save The World? Full Ep". It plays OK on the SBSPlayer.

Maybe it's the ?

The shows.xml first line, for Channel 94, is:

[1][24832][Can GM Food Save The World? Full Ep][DOC_FE_Can_GM_Food_Save_The_57_324832]

Otherwise, both SBS downloaders are working OK.

gxdata

10-13-2010, 05:27 PM

I think SBS are also mucking about as neither batch or SBSnapper will obtain the catalogue. Perhaps they are working together to thwart the downloaders.

No, SBS is OK - bar the usual typos, repeats, delayed mounts, etc.

I'm amazed that some episodes are completely mis-named as another in the series.

It would be nice if ABC and SBS cooperated with the more systematic approach of iView - though they (ABC) are not immune to the occasional typo or stuff-up.

gxdata

10-13-2010, 05:51 PM

mce - another SBS download problem (current), which you might look at when reviewing the code (though SBS isn't broken in the way iView is for the downloaders).

Made In Spain With Jose Andres Ep 11 *** unhandled exception ***

blood.eaglz

10-13-2010, 07:24 PM

hm, I had thought sbs had broken the downloaders as well as I couldn't retrieve the catalog, however it looks like they might have just had some server troubles.

darian

10-13-2010, 08:13 PM

SBSnapper is suddenly working fine again for me, so it must have just been server problems before.

mce

10-13-2010, 09:59 PM

There is a new version (20101014) of iViewNapper available on the website.

iViewNapperLite may take a while longer.

Good to see SBS is ok but there is one problem I think I need to look at.

Made In Spain With Jose Andres Ep 11 *** unhandled exception ***

Sorry, I don't see that episode.

miley tipton

10-13-2010, 10:24 PM

Hi,
I am new to this Forum, and want to explore new things related to downloading technologies. I think getting linked to different people using different technology, is the best way to live up to date. Well
I am fimiliar with Bitlord, Vuze, and now want try more efficient softwares. Hope I will learn about new technology here.

Thanks and Regards

blood.eaglz

10-13-2010, 11:17 PM

SBS

The batch and GUI downloaders can't handle one show "Can GM Food Save The World? Full Ep". It plays OK on the SBSPlayer.

same here, pity this looks interesting...

hey mce prior to the latest shake up I was using iViewNapper_20100715 simply cause a) it worked and b) it had subtitles off by default, and I was wondering if it would be too difficult/painful for iViewNapper to parse its own exe file name similar to how Batch picture-resize (http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize) does so that if exe name is iViewNapper_20101014 then subtitles off by default or if iViewNapper_20101014s then subtitles on by default? then a simple name change keeps you preference.

miley tipton

10-13-2010, 11:31 PM

Hi,
I am new to this forum, and want to know more about web technology. I have used some downloading tools, Like Bitlord and Vuze, but this is entirely new for me. Is this Iview is a freeware?
I like to live up to date thats why i joined this forum.

Thanks and Regards

mce

10-13-2010, 11:39 PM

same here, pity this looks interesting...

hey mce prior to the latest shake up I was using iViewNapper_20100715 simply cause a) it worked and b) it had subtitles off by default, and I was wondering...

I should just have a settings file that the nappers read.

ie: ivn_settings.txt with CAPTIONS=OFF in it.

gxdata

10-13-2010, 11:57 PM

There is a new version (20101014) of iViewNapper available on the website.

Thanks! Great service - much appreciated. :)

[edit] Love the log! Just need the description and expiry info ...

bluefish17

10-14-2010, 12:28 AM

My link to the iview napper at http://users.on.net/~m.elliott/i/index.html does not show the 20101014 version, only 20100816 version. What is the link to the new version?

mce

10-14-2010, 01:18 AM

Don't worry guys, there a few bugs that are causing this version to crash, so I've pulled it.

The JSON data has missing fields and these must be dealt differently than before.

[Update]

I've uploaded a new version with the same version number as before, so please re-download iViewNapper and crash test.

bluefish, please clear your browser cache and try again.

blood.eaglz

10-14-2010, 02:29 AM

anyone had any luck fixing the url to Can GM Food Save The World on sbs?

mce

10-14-2010, 02:54 AM

anyone had any luck fixing the url to Can GM Food Save The World on sbs?

I just looked on sbsNapper why it was failing and I now strip some unwanted characters from the -o (output filename) field before attempting the download and it seems to work.

<title>Can GM Food Save The World? Full Ep</title>

The ? there was the culprit for me.

There is a new version up on the sbsNapper website.

assy

10-14-2010, 04:29 AM

MCE - Thanks for fixing this so fast, and thanks for a great product, it has changed my life....

barywhite

10-14-2010, 06:29 AM

I've uploaded a new version with the same version number as before, so please re-download iViewNapper and crash test.

Can you update the batch file downloader some time as well? It's great to queue up and let it go.

Cheers.

blood.eaglz

10-14-2010, 08:10 AM

hey thanks for the quick update mce, sbsNapper worked like a charm :)

UbuntuFan

10-14-2010, 01:28 PM

Hi mce,
A possible global bug in iVN Lite.

Running latest iViewNapperLite.hta (directory number is 20100816) in XP Home SP3
IE error message thrown at beginning, letting nothing run after the iVN Lite window opens.

Internet Explorer Script Error

Line: 28
Char: 3
Error: Invalid procedure call or argument: 'left'
Code: 0
URL: file:///C:/Program%20Files/iViewNapperLite_20100816/ivnlite.vbs

We've been running iVN Lite smoothly for many months now.
Yesterday we applied KB983583 - "Security Update for .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and 3.5 SP1 on Windows SErver 2003 and Windows XP x86" and the updater reported successful installation.
The bug began after that update - for what it's worth.

The big Napper (your latest version 20101014) runs fine.

thanks for all your support for your apps!

SkipR

10-14-2010, 02:06 PM

The JSON data has missing fields and these must be dealt differently than before.

"ABC iView Downloader (batch version) v15.70" started failing on wed 13/10/2010. Is this likely the same problem mentioned by "mce" above?

I noticed that v15.7 uses "http://173.230.146.115/iview/api/?seriesIndex" which is empty now but "http://173.230.146.115/iview/api2/?seriesIndex" seems to have JSON type data.

I am not a napper user, but was just wondering does napper shares the same backend json_parser.exe and json_parser_ser.exe binaries? Is possible to use the napper JSON parser as quick workaround till next version comes out.

mce

10-14-2010, 02:47 PM

I am not a napper user, but was just wondering does napper shares the same backend json_parser.exe and json_parser_ser.exe binaries? Is possible to use the napper JSON parser as quick workaround till next version comes out.

For the record iVN uses .Net framework 3.5 inbuilt deserialize class for JSON.

iVNlite uses a Javascript class.

BTW: There is no update to iVNlite yet, hopefullt it will be today but may be a bit longer.

bluefish17

10-15-2010, 12:42 AM

Cleared the cache. Downloaded iviewnapper_20100816 from http://users.on.net/~m.elliott/i/index.html. Same result as before - cannot find the catalog. ????

gxdata

10-15-2010, 01:46 AM

... Downloaded iviewnapper_20100816 from http://users.on.net/~m.elliott/i/index.html. Same result as before - cannot find the catalog. ????

Why not using the latest - ie, 14 October 2010 version?

Anywho

10-15-2010, 03:21 AM

Can someone who gets their downloads via the Akamai server please post the page source of this URL (don't forget to hide your IP address first! ;) ):

http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/auth/?v2

I need it to finish the iView Downloader batch file version. I've done some changes and this is the last piece that needs to be done.

Thanks!

b5turbo

10-15-2010, 05:57 AM

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <iview xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.abc.net.au/iView/Services/iViewHandshaker">
<ip>127.0.0.1</ip>
<isp>AAPT</isp>
<desc>AAPT Limited</desc>
<host>Akamai</host>
<server />
<bwtest />
<token>daEawd5bFcwaUcocyaFcBaaclboa_aWdJaP-bmUega-8-lns_sGtnL&aifp=v001</token>
- <text>
- <![CDATA[ AAPT does not yet offer iView unmetered.
]]>
</text>
<free>no</free>
</iview>
-

mce

10-15-2010, 05:59 AM

A new version of iViewNapperLite (20101016) is available on the website.

Anywho

10-15-2010, 06:29 AM

...<token>daEawd5bFcwaUcocyaFcBaaclboa_aWdJaP-bmUega-8-lns_sGtnL&aifp=v001</token>

Thank you! Exactly what I was after :D

UbuntuFan

10-15-2010, 06:56 AM

iViewNapperLite 20101016 running perfectly.
Big ups to you, mce, and thanks.

Anywho

10-15-2010, 08:31 AM

I've updated the iView Downloader batch file version. You can grab it from here (http://www.4shared.com/file/750EOTqx/iView_Downloader_v1580.html).

There is no "minimal" download because the JSON parsers have been changed and "xml.exe" has been removed (no longer needed).

zn5

10-15-2010, 10:10 AM

Server downloading session limit is reached. Please try again in a few minutes.
:(

It worked eventually so here's a mirror:
iView_Downloader_v15.80 (http://rapidshare.com/files/425259429/iView-Downloader-v15.80.zip)

servalan

10-15-2010, 03:03 PM

I've updated the iView Downloader batch file version. You can grab it from here (http://www.4shared.com/file/750EOTqx/iView_Downloader_v1580.html).Works like a charm - thanks!

fezza65

10-15-2010, 04:18 PM

I've updated the iView Downloader batch file version. You can grab it from here (http://www.4shared.com/file/750EOTqx/iView_Downloader_v1580.html).

Thanks Anywho for the prompt update to the batch file downloader.

A general question for everyone out there...
I generally try and download in my off peak time 2am-8am.
I usually am up late and select the programs I want with the batch file, and then kick off the download before I go to bed, which means I am using peak time before the 2am crossover to off peak.

Does anyone else have a good method to schedule a download of a batch of programs?

I was thinking of modifying the existing batch file to be able to select the programs and then allow me to save the download.xml file it creates. Then schedule a different batch file which would load up the xml file and connect, etc, and then proceed to download the files at the scheduled time without any user interaction.

Not sure of the complications, or if this is feasible, but any suggestions would be appreciated...

Thanks.

Anywho

10-15-2010, 05:51 PM

Works like a charm - thanks!
Thanks Anywho for the prompt update to the batch file downloader.
My pleasure guys! :D

A general question for everyone out there...
I generally try and download in my off peak time 2am-8am.
I usually am up late and select the programs I want with the batch file, and then kick off the download before I go to bed, which means I am using peak time before the 2am crossover to off peak.

Does anyone else have a good method to schedule a download of a batch of programs?

I was thinking of modifying the existing batch file to be able to select the programs and then allow me to save the download.xml file it creates. Then schedule a different batch file which would load up the xml file and connect, etc, and then proceed to download the files at the scheduled time without any user interaction.

Not sure of the complications, or if this is feasible, but any suggestions would be appreciated...

Thanks.
I have created a modified version of the iView_Downloader batch file for you to experiment with. You can get it from here (http://www.4shared.com/file/ScxsAfIq/iView_Later_v10.html).

You must get the download_list.xml file from the cache directory and put it in the same directory as the batch files. You must do this before you close iView_Downloader_v15.80 because iView_Downloader_v15.80 clears the cache directory before it starts and ends!

Let me know how you go - I haven't tried to "schedule" it yet :o

Aeolus

10-16-2010, 04:57 AM

Hi mce

Thanks for this.
I'm new to this forum but was quite happily using the ABC Iview Downloader for MacOSx v6.7.3 until recently when it now fails to read an index.

Do I need to use a different downloader now or is it possible to enter a manual path using this script if ABC have modified their index?

any ANONYMOUS forum user

10-16-2010, 05:50 AM

New here, well my first post but have been reading with much interest.

I'm having a problem with iView Downloader v15.80. Many of the files are coming up as "invalid selection. Just wondering if its happening to anyone else.

Thanks for all your work :)

Serena

10-16-2010, 05:54 AM

New here, well my first post but have been reading with much interest.

I'm having a problem with iView Downloader v15.80. Many of the files are coming up as "invalid selection"
Just wondering if its happening to anyone else.

Thanks for all your work :)

Oops sorry could someone please remove the first post, that was me but i meant to post with my name :)

Anywho

10-16-2010, 06:16 AM

I'm having a problem with iView Downloader v15.80. Many of the files are coming up as "invalid selection"

Which ones specifically?

Aeolus

10-16-2010, 06:26 AM

Hi Yanski

I've had a go at the firefox add on that you wrote. I'm using 10.6.4 OSX and everything up until the window to save the file worked fine - however, terminal came up with an error message :-

The file “b.command” could not be executed because you do not have appropriate access privileges.

Any thoughts? (I did type in the Snow Leopard Script into terminal that you had)

Serena

10-16-2010, 06:32 AM

It looks like some work and some don't, ie Seven Ages of Britain
Luther
Collectors
The It Crowd get "invalid selection.

The Old Guys, 7.30 Report and some others work fine.

Anywho

10-16-2010, 06:49 AM

It looks like some work and some don't, ie Seven Ages of Britain
Luther
Collectors
The It Crowd get "invalid selection.

The Old Guys, 7.30 Report and some others work fine.

I'm not having any trouble with "The IT crowd" :( (See attached screencap). I'll have a look at the others and see if they mess up.

Anywho

10-16-2010, 07:00 AM

I'll have a look at the others and see if they mess up.

Nope. Everything working as expected (see attached screencap). :confused:

I don't know what it could be as none of the selection mechanism was touched in the transition to v15.80 - no reason to.

Serena

10-16-2010, 07:09 AM

Thanks for trying :)
Its really weird , I've been happily using your previous versions without a problem.
Have tried clearing the download list and refreshing the cache.

Anywho

10-16-2010, 07:18 AM

Its really weird , I've been happily using your previous versions without a problem.

You did overwrite the files in the your old "bin" directory with the new ones in the zip archive, didn't you?

I could make a batch file version for you so that I can see exactly where the message is coming up. I'd just alter the "Invalid selection" messages so that each one is unique and then you could just tell me which message you are getting. Do you want to try that?

Serena

10-16-2010, 07:27 AM

You did overwrite the files in the your old "bin" directory with the new ones in the zip archive, didn't you?

I could make a batch file version for you so that I can see exactly where the message is coming up. I'd just alter the "Invalid selection" messages so that each one is unique and then you could just tell me which message you are getting. Do you want to try that?

I deleted all the old files and the folder and made a new folder.
I think I must have messed it up somehow though, or it would still be working lol.

Oh i don't want you to go to all that trouble, but thanks for the offer, really nice of you :)

fezza65

10-16-2010, 07:25 PM

My pleasure guys! :D

I have created a modified version of the iView_Downloader batch file for you to experiment with. You can get it from here (http://www.4shared.com/file/ScxsAfIq/iView_Later_v10.html).
....
Let me know how you go - I haven't tried to "schedule" it yet :o

Thanks Anywho! You are a legend!! This is going to help alot. Probably means I will get more sleep and not be so grumpy :)

There seems to be a small problem, (which I can easily live with).
When running the iView_Later batch file, it always fails to find/download the first file on the download_list.xml.

Have attached the log and list as text files.
No big drama if it cant be fixed though. I am quite stoked I have this now!!

.

Anywho

10-16-2010, 08:18 PM

There seems to be a small problem, (which I can easily live with).
When running the iView_Later batch file, it always fails to find/download the first file on the download_list.xml.

Have attached the log and list as text files.
No big drama if it cant be fixed though. I am quite stoked I have this now!!.

OK. I think I've fixed this. See my next post(s).

Anyway, I'm glad you can get some more sleep now :D

Anywho

10-16-2010, 08:28 PM

There seems to be a small problem, (which I can easily live with).
.

Ah! Yes there is a bug... It's OK for Hostworks, but Akamai will get the issue...

On Akamai servers, the first file will be dropped because the batch file will try to use the Hostworks server info first. Then once it skips the first file it actually get the correct server (Akamai) info assigned to you. Notice in my log file that the first file has no server name? No server name defaults to Hostworks which is right for me, but not someone on Akamai.

Thank you for your log file. That has helped find the solution to your problem :) I'll fix it in a minute, and upload it to the same URL as before. :o

Anywho

10-16-2010, 08:45 PM

OK. I've fixed the iView_Later.bat file (I think :o ). You can get it from here (http://www.4shared.com/file/ScxsAfIq/iView_Later_v11.html).

Let me know how you go;)

Serena

10-16-2010, 09:14 PM

I could make a batch file version for you so that I can see exactly where the message is coming up. I'd just alter the "Invalid selection" messages so that each one is unique and then you could just tell me which message you are getting. Do you want to try that?

Thanks if you could that would be great. Oh and another thing I noticed is that a logfile isn't being created like before.

Anywho

10-16-2010, 09:52 PM

Thanks if you could that would be great. Oh and another thing I noticed is that a logfile isn't being created like before.

Here's the test batch file (http://www.4shared.com/file/RjfQWwhM/test-iView_Downloader_v1580.html). Please tell me the exact message you get when the "Invalid Selection..." message occurs.

Again, nothing was touched in the logfile stuff in the transition to v15.80 (no need to). You should only get a "download.log" file when more than one file is in your download list.

I'm not sure what to make of you issues. :confused:

What Windows OS and Service Pack (if any) are you using?

What program did you use to UnZip the zip file?

fingau

10-16-2010, 10:20 PM

G'day,
Can anyone tell me if lightguard or vipher are going to fix the linux script? It stopped working a few days ago.

Linux (Bash Script): Version 6.7.3 (Linux universal binaries)
Port of the batch file by lightguard. Updated by vipher (21/07/10).

Thanks.

Serena

10-16-2010, 10:21 PM

Oh thanks, I didn't know that about the logfile.

I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit, no service pack,
I used 7zip to extract

mce

10-16-2010, 11:37 PM

Can I get some feedback on how the Nappers (with the recent changes) are going on Akamai servers?

vipher

10-17-2010, 01:39 AM

G'day,
Can anyone tell me if lightguard or vipher are going to fix the linux script? It stopped working a few days ago.

Thanks.

I've been a bit busy lately but I'm working on it now so hopefully I can get it working again soon.

EDIT:
Finished! New scripts are on the wiki now. I've tried to write the script so that the same script works on both Linux and OSX, so the only thing that is different is the rtmpdump binary. I've also uploaded an OSX version which is untested but will hopefully work.

I've tested the Linux script and it works for me on Hostworks however Akamai and OSX haven't been tested since I don't have a Mac.

fezza65

10-17-2010, 05:59 AM

OK. I've fixed the iView_Later.bat file (I think :o ). You can get it from here (http://www.4shared.com/file/ScxsAfIq/iView_Later_v11.html).

Let me know how you go;)

Fixed it in one!:cool: Now works perfectly for me on the Akamai Server.

Very much appreciated. I am going to use this alot.

Are you thinking of posting this up on the wiki? I would have thought that it would be of use to others as well.

Olmec

10-17-2010, 01:01 PM

Anyone able to assist. Iview d/l has worked for 2 months and suddenly getting this.

Which list do you wish to browse:
A. Download new list from iView server

Reading Index...
sort: open failed: /Users/name/Downloads/iView_Downloader_OSX/temp/possibleshows.txt: No such file or directory
Select a number to add a show to download list, 'a' adds all,
0 adds nothing, and 's' allows you to search this list:

have checked path - nothing changed & appears correct
have checked file is read & write

any ideas would be really appreciated.
Thanks:) http://stream-recorder.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

barywhite

10-17-2010, 05:53 PM

fingau

10-17-2010, 07:12 PM

Anywho

10-18-2010, 02:16 AM

Anyone able to assist. Iview d/l has worked for 2 months and suddenly getting this.

any ideas would be really appreciated.
Thanks:)
Yeah, ABC "updated" iView again last week... Most of the downloaders have been updated. See the iView Downloaders Wiki (http://iviewdownloaders.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_iView_Downloaders_Wiki) for links. Also, vipher has done an update - check the post here (http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showpost.php?p=22284&postcount=238).

Anywho

10-18-2010, 02:18 AM

Thank you very much :D

My pleasure :D

gxdata

10-18-2010, 03:25 AM

I must add my appreciation to mce x 2 and to Anywho x 2.

On another matter: the ABC iView Messageboard makes good reading - and a warning (see later).

Occasionally a program is not at all what it seems!

Ashes to Ashes Se 2 Ep 3 is actually Ep 2 (http://www2b.abc.net.au/tmb/Client/Message.aspx?b=98&m=9799&ps=50&dm=2)

La Stupenda is not Joan Sutherland (http://www2b.abc.net.au/tmb/Client/Message.aspx?b=98&m=9812&ps=50&dm=2)

Gimme Gimme Gimme - Episode 7 (http://www2b.abc.net.au/tmb/Client/Message.aspx?b=98&m=9814&ps=50&dm=2)

Each of these is something different than its episode title (or even the show). I must admit I'm not a great fan of any of these, though.

Also, saw that early October, ABC Evening News was the same day's news, for about 4 days in a row, even though the date changed each day!

This post is not intended as a criticism of iView staff (I've done enough of that, and they get heaps I think judging by the Messageboard), but if people are going to schedule a lot of downloads it's a warning that they may not be what you think!

In the past, I've had technical glitches within an episode (and there are occasional reports on iView Messageboard about bad synch between audio and video - not to mention CC that are very badly out). When these are mentioned on the Messageboard, and the Moderator reads them, then a few days later there may be a fixed version mounted (with an absence for a day or three).

Serena

10-18-2010, 03:42 AM

I'm having a problem with iView Downloader v15.80. Many of the files are coming up as "invalid selection"
)

Its working great today :) don't know what happened there but yay its working. I actually think there was nothing wrong and it was the flu I had that confused me, now where's the embarrassed icon :D

Oh yes, found it :o

Aeolus

10-18-2010, 08:09 AM

I've been a bit busy lately but I'm working on it now so hopefully I can get it working again soon.

EDIT:
Finished! New scripts are on the wiki now. I've tried to write the script so that the same script works on both Linux and OSX, so the only thing that is different is the rtmpdump binary. I've also uploaded an OSX version which is untested but will hopefully work.

I've tested the Linux script and it works for me on Hostworks however Akamai and OSX haven't been tested since I don't have a Mac.

Thanks Vipher for the new script!

Unfortunately, on my Mac OSX 10.6.4, when I run the file : runme_first, I get the following messages in terminal:
chmod: rtmpdump_universal: No such file or directory
chmod: flvstreamer_universal: No such file or directory
chmod: ffmpeg: No such file or directory
chmod: iView_Downloader_OSX_6.8.command: No such file or directory
logout

[Process completed]

and the iView_Downloader_OSX_6.8.command shell has the message of insufficient access priviledges.

Did I implement the scripts correctly?

Thanks again

Aeolus

vipher

10-18-2010, 08:45 AM

Unfortunately, on my Mac OSX 10.6.4, when I run the file : runme_first, I get the following messages in terminal:
chmod: rtmpdump_universal: No such file or directory
chmod: flvstreamer_universal: No such file or directory
chmod: ffmpeg: No such file or directory
chmod: iView_Downloader_OSX_6.8.command: No such file or directory
logout

[Process completed]

and the iView_Downloader_OSX_6.8.command shell has the message of insufficient access priviledges.

Did I implement the scripts correctly?

Aeolus

So you've extracted the zip file to a folder and run the runme_first and this is the output?
If that's what you did then I have no idea why it's not working... I'll see if I can find a Mac I can test this on tomorrow.
Is it possible to change the permissions manually?

Aeolus

10-18-2010, 04:47 PM

So you've extracted the zip file to a folder and run the runme_first and this is the output?
If that's what you did then I have no idea why it's not working... I'll see if I can find a Mac I can test this on tomorrow.
Is it possible to change the permissions manually?

Hi Vipher. Thanks again for your update.

Yes - after extracting from the zip file, the iView_Downloader folder with individual files were all there (incl the Iview Downloader Unix Shell Script, read me.txt, runme_first etc).

This was the output from the runme_first file when I tried to execute it. I tried to manually change permissions for all of the individual files within the folder, but with no joy.

Thanks again for working on this.

Aeolus

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