How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by nullacht

I would suggest youtube-dl:

https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/

It's totally free and easy to use. Runs on any Unix [Linux, OSX] or Windows system.

youtube-dl -F "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVwHCGAr_OE"
[youtube] DVwHCGAr_OE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] DVwHCGAr_OE: Extracting video information
[youtube] DVwHCGAr_OE: Downloading DASH manifest
[info] Available formats for DVwHCGAr_OE:
format code  extension  resolution note
171          webm       audio only DASH audio  125k , audio@128k (44100Hz), 1.28MiB
140          m4a        audio only DASH audio  127k , m4a_dash container, aac  @128k (44100Hz), 1.40MiB
141          m4a        audio only DASH audio  255k , m4a_dash container, aac  @256k (44100Hz), 2.80MiB
278          webm       256x144    DASH video   93k , webm container, VP9, 12fps, video only, 856.29KiB
160          mp4        256x144    DASH video  111k , 12fps, video only, 1.18MiB
242          webm       426x240    DASH video  232k , 24fps, video only, 1.79MiB
133          mp4        426x240    DASH video  247k , 24fps, video only, 2.65MiB
243          webm       640x360    DASH video  436k , 24fps, video only, 3.29MiB
134          mp4        640x360    DASH video  611k , 24fps, video only, 3.87MiB
244          webm       854x480    DASH video  764k , 24fps, video only, 5.76MiB
135          mp4        854x480    DASH video 1119k , 24fps, video only, 7.49MiB
247          webm       1280x720   DASH video 1515k , 24fps, video only, 11.36MiB
136          mp4        1280x720   DASH video 2239k , 24fps, video only, 13.87MiB
248          webm       1920x1080  DASH video 2808k , 24fps, video only, 20.65MiB
137          mp4        1920x1080  DASH video 3718k , 24fps, video only, 24.75MiB
17           3gp        176x144
36           3gp        320x240
5            flv        400x240
43           webm       640x360
18           mp4        640x360
22           mp4        1280x720   (best)

OK, I will have a look. Nice to see that the code is available. It may be maintained when Google changes things, as they're inclined to.

[BNW]

Originally Posted by gxdata

I had a similar problem yesterday, which was actually due to a widespread problem that the ISP had (iiNet, Qld to VIC or more).
It cleared up after about 18:30 AEST

Wish that was the case .. but I have the same issue every time I try, various times of the day .. and while ripper is doing nothing I can easily get the xml via FF. I've tried every version of ripper .. had limited success with the 1st version .. nada with every one since. Obviously some quirk with my rig &/or ISP that's causing the problem since it's working for others.

Is there (or could there be) some way one can load ripper and then load a locally stored copy of the xml file rather than trying to pull one down from the server? Using the xml/browser works for me, but it's hardly elegant. Keyword searches .. fine .. but that only works for stuff you know about .. browsing, looking for new stuff is a real pain and very easy to miss a lot. Pre-march napper worked fine.

[gxdata]

I highly recommend the free, small utility from ASoft, that allows you to determine what Microsoft .NET versions are installed on your Windows computer.

BNW, check your PMs

http://www.asoft.be/prod_netver.html

'Napper required only the 3.5 Framework. 'Ripper needs the v4.1 Framework, and afaik the latest 'Ripper versions are 64-bit#.

It's easy to download and install the .NET Framework v4.1 or v4.2 (effectively equivalent), and this won't cause any other programs on your Windows computer to misbehave.


#My guess is that a lot of ppl will need a 32-bit version.

[lameboyadvance]

Originally Posted by BNW

Is there (or could there be) some way one can load ripper and then load a locally stored copy of the xml file rather than trying to pull one down from the server?

Not as far as I know, but this is why I added XML file loading into iViewer.

I have been having problems myself getting a copy of the XML file to download, which means I have had to resort to downloading the xml file via something else, then loading that into iViewer.

[m4rk01]

Originally Posted by BNW

browsing, looking for new stuff is a real pain and very easy to miss a lot. Pre-march napper worked fine

I still use napper to d/l .srt subtitles where .xml is the only available with ripper.
napper is still useful to list current iView titles.

[Jamesboy70]

Originally Posted by M3M1E

SBSRipper first available BETA is ready:

https://www.facebook.com/SBSRipper

M3M1E

The ripper has stopped working select a file but it does not download

[lameboyadvance]

...Is anyone else having issues with sbsNapper? Early this morning it was working fine, then when I went to use it later selecting any video it would give me the 404/error message you get when you've had sbsnapper open a bit too long and the video in question has expired.

Closed it and opened a new instance, but as soon as it has downloaded the video information I now get the "Invalid URI: The URI is empty" error everytime.

[m4rk01]

Originally Posted by M3M1E

SBSRipper first available BETA is ready

Originally Posted by Jamesboy70

The ripper has stopped working...

Originally Posted by lameboyadvance

...Is anyone else having issues with sbsNapper?

You'll need to post these comments over here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...t=2320227&p=15

[gxdata]

re SBSRipper - yes, it is broken. See post at Whirlpool.
You should visit http://www.facebook.com/sbsripper for v1.08 (30th June 2015), which fixes the problem.

[BNW]

Originally Posted by lameboyadvance

...Is anyone else having issues with sbsNapper?

Was working a couple days ago .. but just tried it and get the same error. SBSNapper did fall over occasionally in the past when there were too many eps .. after a week or two when SBS pruned the ep list, it started working again. Dunno if it's the case this time?