How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

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

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

Cheers.

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

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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.




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!

Re: ABC iView Downloader (batch version) v15.70

 

"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.

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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.

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

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

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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!

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<?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>
- <!-- 0.0075128078460693
-->

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

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Thank you! Exactly what I was after :D

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

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I've updated the iView Downloader batch file version. You can grab it from here.

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

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:(

It worked eventually so here's a mirror:
iView_Downloader_v15.80

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Works like a charm - thanks!

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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.

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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.

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

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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?

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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 :)

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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 :)

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Which ones specifically?

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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 :)

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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!!

.

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

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

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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

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OK. I've fixed the iView_Later.bat file (I think :o ). You can get it from here.

Let me know how you go;)

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

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Here's the test batch file. 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?

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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.

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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

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

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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.

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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.