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Originally Posted by blaircam
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Is there a way to get a listing of all the expired iView "a" numbers, or an archive of old ?seriesindex files because ABC have a habit of leaving their streaming media on the servers, and I'm wondering if they also do that for 'expired' iView episodes?
I've missed a few Doctor Who S4 episodes I'd like see if I can get to download.
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The "iView batch downloader" (maintained by
Anywho) is a convenient tool for doing this.
If the Series is still current (eg, Dr Who Series 4 - it does have episodes listed as of today), then it is possible to select a current show, then edit the 'control file' that the batch downloader creates.
The edit must use the pattern that iView has decided on for that particular Series (it is otherwise not easily predictable).
Once the modified control file is saved, the BDL can try to get it. If the file is on the server, success.
Since the parameters for rtmpdump will be the same for MacOS as for Windows (batch or GUI), the same method should work.
I will leave it up to others to comment on whether something could be worked out so you could do the same. It might be a bit 'manual'.
However, if you post which of the Dr Who shows you want, it would be simple to construct the
download_list.xml file needed, so that if you used
Parallels and installed the BDL you could easily get them, if available.
So: List them here or send me a PM, I will check if they're still there, you can take it from that point.
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.. to get a listing of all the expired iView "a" numbers, or an archive of old ?seriesindex files
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I don't think so.
However, if the main index JSON files have been saved for a few months, it is possible to extract all the Episode IDs - which point to a location on the server - and together with the Series IDs (which remain constant, and from which you can construct a URL in in a similar way), an ad hoc or even a systematic trawling of the server could be done for anything ever mounted on iView.
(This is a bit hypothetical; I wouldn't want to attempt this)
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