www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Just tried the Python OnDemand downloader.

Although it works when selecting Carrier Ep3, the resulting file is Carrier Ep3 (128K).flv and is only 400x224 no matter what I set in the bitrate field.

Are some videos only stored at lower resolution in OnDemand?

Could not get the old sbsnapper to work on this item at all.

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Batch downloader v15.84 at 4shared isn't loading for me, either.

Here's the downloaders Wiki - but best to send a PM to Anywho (cap A) who will be able to give you the download URL for that batch downloader for iView.

Yes, I think it makes it easy to understand. The iView batch downloader also accumulates (batch) shows to download, from different 'Series'. That is very handy, but ...

I find it really hard to get my head around just what is at SBS On Demand. The 'slick' web menus are a real PITA, the categories are incomplete, ... it can take just too long to see what is there, even using the search.

What I am saying is that it may be wise to just make the python script work 'well enough', and improve it slowly. Getting the rtmpdump parameters right is probably a priority.

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Could be, for all I know... That said, the Carrier is not. Instead, I forgot to multiply the wished-for bitrate by 1000 :o

It should now be working.

Cheers,

Michael

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Thanks for the fix and the original program: seems to be working okay with (1473K).flv now.

Would it be useful me specifying say 3000K, in case there are higher quality versions available?

I should mention that when starting the py file the blank cmd window seems to be doing nothing for a long time and initially I thought it had hung, but eventually the list appears. Might be worth echoing some text at the start to show that it is doing something and not to panic.

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Sure, you can specify a higher bit rate - it just selects whatever bitrate is numerically closest. I don't think it's likely that SBS will start distributing stuff with a higher bit rate because it probably costs them money to do so, but hey, it will still work...

I have uploaded a new version with a shiny new message stating that it's all OK, and not to panic :)

It's past time to get to bed - good night!

Cheers,

Michael

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Links are working fine for me :confused: Checked from 3 sources of links and each one downloaded fine this morning (6:12AM).

The first time I tried, I was presented with a "copyright" message (which was kind of odd), but I think that was just fallout from the MegaUpload case. Perhaps you need JS enabled on your browser to see it?

Other than that, you may have tried the download during a server backup/overload/update phase...

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Thanks.

What is the purpose of SbsOnDemand-0.0.20120222.win32.msi ?

Although you made no mention of it in the previous installation instructions, I installed it anyway as it was in the download folder and seemed important.

Is it likely to change?

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

It's the library I adapted that does the request & parsing of sbs-on-demand. The script is just making the results semi-presentable...

The reason that's a reasonable model is that it makes it more adaptable to being a GUI later on.

Cheers,

Michael

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Just as an aside on the previous post, all of the source is actually available at github.com/mvanderkolff/sbsOnDemand

Feel free to fork it, I'm happy to take code contributions as well.

Cheers,

Michael

Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

 

Hmmm, running sbsOnDemand tonight only populated the list with 10 entries.

Has SBS changed things to thwart your script?

UPDATE: now its back to 85 entries, WTF?

Seems to be a bit flaky in operation: a friend installed it, but the cmd window disappeared after a short time; tried it again and it reported "You haven't specified a port ..Using default port 1935" and then continued and seemed to work.