How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

I am using windows XP and firefox version 3.6.10 with all updates

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

I have this idea of making use of the last-chance.xml file in order to add menu choices to a GUI downloader, for those expiring today, in 2 days, a week, etc - akin to the Last Chance choice at iView. That page has only today, tomorrow - but the RSS feeds give longer-term information.
But I'm not sure that the RSS is the way to go, since their information is derived from the episode metadata anyway.
Any advice?

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

Answered your own question I think.

I see getting another file from the server as just another file to: load, go missing, be corrupted, have to parse for info, when you already have the info you need (expiry date).

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

ys, i think parsing the index/catalog json is the way.

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Hi,

Has anyone else been having trouble using V15.80 of the batch version?

I have had trouble ie. getting a 'not found' error whenever I try to download anything eg. Cosmic Quantum Ray. Iviewfox and Napperlite are working as normal however.

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

Actually, you'll find that the iView site is broken. The index on their site doesn't load fully - hence why the batch file is choking.

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

And as soon as I wrote that - 5 minutes later it's fixed! Someone's watching us :eek:

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

Looks like the iView site is messed up again. Broken sometimes at the "Loading iView" (gets to 68%). If you get to the home page then sometimes the "All Programs -> A-Z Index" doesn't work...

The trained monkeys must have stopped hitting keys on the keyboard again :D

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

Oh well, sorry for the false alarm. It just seemed weird that Iviewfox and Napperlite were working. :o Everything seems OK now.

Thanks

Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

 

Very odd show-stopping behaviour has been exhibited today.

Unusually, I have been able to test this over some time - instead of doing some work - and have found both iViewNapper and iView Batch Downloader have been hit with parsing errors in the JSON files.

Strangely, it clears up sometimes a few minutes later.

I'm going to test whether I have a disk problem (It could be a disk read when the catalog.json / index.json is read - but I'm not convinced of that).