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Old 11-06-2011, 02:21 AM
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Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders


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I think it still uses Silverlight v4.0, and I haven't discovered a fast downloader for it (there are other problems I won't bore you with).
I tried Jaksta, on a recommendation from this thread - which is worth reading. There are other, free programs that are supposed to handle Silverlight shows: see the thread mentioned.

The trial version of Jaksta only downloads 50% of any video (except Youtube), and it is a little strange to control what gets downloaded and at what resolution, and in what format.

Once starting a download, you can stop 'watching' and let it download unattended, but I'm not sure if it is quicker than just watching the show as it streams. What I ended up with was half of Ep1 of Young Doctors from FixPlay - in Matroska format at 196KB/s - not a good resolution - but that was the "Low" quality setting in Jaksta.

Probably best to continue enquiries or discussions on a different thread, now - this one is for iView only. Send a PM and I'll have a look for the NineMSN / FixPlay thread(s), to continue.
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