How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

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Sure, it's not obfuscated (so you can use Reflector on it to see some of the code).
As you can see from the screen captures via Snipping tool, by running this defective version you can still get an idea of some of the features.
Send me a PM and I will give you a link.

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I missed The Paradise Series 2, first time round - and would like to see S2 Episode 7 - it doesn't download for me.
Has anyone been able to get it?

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Hey gxdata, if you get a chance could you try the latest version of iViewRipper (v1.02) ? It seems fine now with The Paradise S02E07. Addressed a couple other small issues as well.

https://www.facebook.com/iViewRipper

Cheers :D M3M1E

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I had success with The Paradise S2 Ep7, thanks. But Noirhouse S2 Ep1 fails. (filtering out all the possible typos in iView metadata is a never-ending task).
(It seems the Whirlpool SBS thread is used de facto for iView)
Left you a PM here, yesterday, btw.
Will test the latest version of iViewRipper more fully later today, and report.
(For starters - observations, questions)
* I don't like the Open button. If a user wants to open the download folder, I suggest it is better done from a menu at the top of the form.
* Suggest that the Settings button is (likewise) more appropriate from a menu pulldown.
* Some buttons would benefit from ToolTips.
* The Download / View Episodes buttons are sometimes inappropriate (toggling flag problem?)
* I like to see the number of Series in a particular Category or filtered listview (eg, in News, or Latest)
* Is the list of Series seen when clicking the Home button and the iView button different, or the same?
* Does the Home button totally refresh the read of Catalog?

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I was contacted about this today.

There is a LineFeed character that needs stripping out of the filename.

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Thanks for the tip mce, yep I see that too:
"Noirhouse Series 2 Episode 1 Macguffin, Sweet Macguffin\n.mp4"
What's that \n doing there :p
I'll see if I can put a patch in iViewRipper to handle it.

Also thanks for your feedback gxdata - will respond later.

M3M1E https://www.facebook.com/iViewRipper

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Thanks all.

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Is there any update to this issue with the superfluous \n?
Got my fingers crossed! :)

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I missed New Tricks S10 Ep9 - does anyone still have it saved to disk? PM me if I can get it via a download.

OK - got it, thanks Wahroonga Farm

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M3M1E,

Thanks for working on iViewRipper.

I look forward to trying it out over the next few days

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iViewRipper.
I finally worked out the difference between the iView button and the Home button.

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Hi folks,

I'm working on a new version of iViewRipper at the moment...

Will hopefully have something cool to share soon !!!!!!!

Stay tuned, thanks for all the comments and feedback.

http://www.facebook.com/iViewRipper

M3M1E

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I just noticed Real Chinese Series 1 Episode 8 has an invalid character in its name. Naturally iViewNapper failes with an invalid character error.

I decided to give iViewRipper a try but for some reason, on this PC (XP) all versions of iViewRipper I downloaded give a "is not a valid Win32 application" error when I try to run them.
Do I need to download anything to run them?

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You may need to install the .NET Framework 3.5 or later.

There is a free download of a small utility that you can run, which will tell you the version/versions of .NET that you have installed.

Link - http://www.asoft.be/prod_netver.html

I think M3M1E has a link to the .NET Framework v3.5 download, on his Facebook page for iViewRipper.

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@lameboyadvance

I've added a 32-bit installation link to the FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/iViewRipper

Cheers !!!
M3M1E

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Thanks M3M1E its working great.

Tried that Real Chinese link with it, it detected the invalid character and downloaded and saved the video fine, however according to the log it detected the SRT file, but it didn't download/save it.

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Hello, i'm new to this program called iviewripper that you
M3M1E have kindly coded, created and currently work on!

I'm using this program to try to DL some episodes of Maya The Bee, the new 3D animation series off of ABC Australia iView.

However when I try to download a episode using your program M3M1E, the rtmpdump command window opens but quickly closes without any time for me to read.

But I was able to get it to open, snapshot it and see that the problem i'm having is that i'm getting an "rtmp server sent error " and "rtmp server requested close" message.

I'm assuming it's because i'm not from Australia and you can't view the videos and that I need a good AU proxy? Or is it something else that I don't know that's causing the problem?

Anyways I would like some help on this if you can spare the time...that is all, thanks and see ya.

...Oh wait, there is one more thing that I like to ask.
Is it possible to get say...an episode/video off of iView that's currently not on the site?

I found this xml link to all the descriptions and whatnot of Maya The Bee here:
http://www.abc.net.au/xmlcontent/tv/...e-bee/data.xml

and notice that they're some filename path to an mp4 episode named like "kids/mayathebee_01_53.mp4". I feel that it may not be possible though because of reasons...like authentication or something but it's a question i'm pondering and asking y'all if it's possible to get any not currently on iView.

Alright that is all, thanks again and see ya later!

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Has anyone got a copy of 'Holidays In The Danger Zone: Meet The Stans Series 1 Kazakhstan', Episode 1 aired on 15 Dec, either via Google Drive or Dropbox, or similar storage? :o

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No, sorry - I hadn't noticed this series on TV and ignored it until now on iView downloaders.
It's an interesting series, so I have just downloaded both the current 'Stan episodes.
How many have there been so far?

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Kazakhstan on 15/12 but I now realise it'll be repeated on 12/1.
Kyrgyzstan on 22/12, Uzbekistan on 29/12 and Tajikistan on 5/1.
So, I'm assuming the last three will also be repeated after 12/1.

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... and Red Dwarf S1 Ep 1 till 15 Jan !!!

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iViewRipper
what are the 3 added items on the System Menu? (see attached)
I have set a type of debug on by clicking one of them... it saves a few additional files

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They are as follows.

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OK, makes sense. Verbatim from iViewNapper. Thanks mce

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Downloaded iView .MP4 files seem to take a long long time to read into VLC Media Player v2.1.5.
Is it right that this is caused by the packaging and codec mismatch (ie, if the downloaded files were converted, it would be a quicker load and play)?
I don't want to do that really.
Or is there a better way, a better media player? I don't have the right codecs installed for Windows Media Player (v12 for Windows 7) to handle iView's flv-within-mp4.

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Just tried a file on VLC 2.1.4 and then on 2.1.5, loaded pretty much instantly, mind you I went with one of the smallest videos on iView so that may be a factor.

My go to player though is MPC-HC with the K-lite codec pack.

But since I use my remux bat scripts by default, I've pretty much always ran proper mp4s, and it only takes between 2 and 10 seconds per video to do depending on the file size and what else is running.

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Thanks for that information.
I've changed my system a lot in the last year or so, so I'm not sure what codecs I have installed. I did have a nice utility that scanned and reported what was there (can't recall what it was).

I may try the player you mentioned (Media Player Classic Home Cinema).

[edit]
Got the Win32 installer, but the mirrors won't give me the filters (assume that means the codec packages). I try later..

I will set up your script again, too. I think I have a utility to produce iPad-compatible formats too - somewhere. Not that I like to use iPad, ever.

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Missed an episode - anyone had success at fudging a batch file to get previous?

Missed: Leonardo Series 2 Episode 11

Eps 12, 13 are still currently on iView

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Here is the newly published version on iView and it D/Ls fine with iVN.
http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/noi.../MP1310T001S00

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Make sure you delete any zero length files that RMTPDUMP has created. I found when using it with Iviewnapper that a network error may cause a failure but subsequent download attends failed because of the existence of an empty file.

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iViewRipper has a problem, I think caused by the images it attempts to load for each Series being in a different location.

The application (iViewRipper) will stall or be very slow to load and decipher the catalog information it needs to move from one series to another, then give the message (Not responding) on the very top of its windows. See attached image file.


I haven’t checked this out, but I suspect it has happened over the last 2-3 days, series by series, as the transitioning of images occurs on the iView servers.

Maybe I'm wrong. Comments?

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iViewNapper working fine this end. ;)

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iViewRipper?

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Posted for courtneyk and Tombs from sbsNapper forum.

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Reading the posts, those 2-3 individuals are having a similar problem. But using 'Napper not 'Ripper.

So it's probably a problem at the server? It's certainly been around more than a week so far.

I notice that a few Series do NOT have the problem I described, but the majority that I attempt (news, drama) seem to.
The Business is OK.

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For what it's worth ..."me too". Ripper works erratically .. and when it does it takes from several up to 10mins to load the index and usually a similar delay navigating to an actual program or navigating to one of the submenus .. doco, drama, abc2 etc. IF I manage to get into the ep list for a particular show then the speed is as expected & no delays accessing any or more than one episode. In the meantime it sometimes greys out and says "not responding". Running Win7Pro 64bit .. and running the 64bit version of ripper. It seems more tolerant of the first few items in a submenu, keep scrolling down & it goes to sleep. Napper behaves the same, but less successfully. Loading the images does seem to be a clue here .. during the "sleep phase" it displays "images loading" or something like that in the image box.
Maybe a future update could have the option of disabling the download of the screengrab images for both series & episodes? I don't really need a screengrab to tell me what the show is after all.

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(I've left the full quote here, for context)

The work-around when 'Ripper stalls is to wait until the Series image appears, or if it doesn't you will see (Not responding) on the top line of 'Ripper (to rhs of the gmail contact address), and the mouse icon will show the spinning thingo.
Click the X at top rhs of the 'Ripper application, and choose the top option (if there are 3, good; if only 2, then you will have to re-load 'Ripper).

Having said that, right now it's not too bad - and many of the Series pictures are appearing OK.

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> Click the X at top rhs of the 'Ripper application, and choose
> the top option (if there are 3, good; if only 2, then you will
> have to re-load 'Ripper).

Thanks .. it works. :)

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Hi guys !

Thanks for your recent comments and posts: BNW, gxdata, etc

It can still be slow to initially load up (I have a few ideas on how to fix that) but I think i've fixed the delay in navigating now, slow image thumbnails, etc. I reckon you should all try my latest version and see how that goes !!

https://www.facebook.com/iViewRipper

M3M1E :D