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Old 06-28-2012, 09:45 AM
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Re: How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders


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Originally Posted by Sandgroper12 View Post
Problem with downloading programme from the ABC.
I used iviewNapper, which calls rtmpdump-win32-2.3r557.exe
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I get a success rate of well under 50% when trying to collect ABC programmes.
I wonder if your problem is similar to one I just cannot fix?

I am using iViewNapper (not the new trial one - the one before that I think) and I will get 99.99% success - not even timeouts or resumes, most of the time, when I use my old Belkin modem (bought years ago from iiNet, my ISP).

When I use my BoB2 modem with VOIP, the timeouts are excessive (they default to 30 seconds, if no parameter is passed to rtmpdump), and can make the download time 5 to 20 tiimes as long, when all the manual intervention is taken into account.

This can be tested with the 2 different modems within minutes, any time of day, with nobody using the VOIP phone service.

Indeed, I can set the ADSL Optimiser setting (at iiNet Toolbox) to anything from 'Thrillseeker' down to the slowest, with no change in the timeouts and resumes.

I have put up with this for 3-4 months, would you believe?

Amazingly, whichever downloader I use with SBS, the BoB2 modem is fast and error-free. And, using mce's p7Napper at Plus!7, it is also fast and free of timeouts.

Explain that !
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