How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

[gxdata]

New FixPlay thread started here

[gxdata]

Off-Topic - I have started a new thread on SmoothDRM, a Microsoft media product using Microsoft Silverlight.

This Press Release from April 2010 says ABC Australia bought a SmoothDRM license / system.

Question: is this a supplement to iView? I would think so. That is, it's not likely to be a replacement for iView "catch up".

The new thread is here.

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by gxdata

Question: is this a supplement to iView? I would think so. That is, it's not likely to be a replacement for iView "catch up".

Who knows?!? The ABC are about as logical as poo flavoured lollipops.

AFAICT, it's for the HD content. Unless we are actually allowed to download the content, due to the bandwidth required that's going to alienate even more people than what they are now!

On a side note, wait till more of the Linux guys get a whiff of this

[SkipRinPerth]

Originally Posted by Anywho

I've updated the iView Downloader batch file version. You can grab it from here.
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Does not seem to work on Win2k, or Win XP v5.2600 (ie no SP) both platforms fail with:

The procedure entry point EncodePointer could not be located in dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll

EP DecodePointer is an issue also picked up as an issue using another tech tool. Applies to build:

1. json_parser_idx.exe 15/10/2010 18:40:30
2. json_parser_ser.exe 15/10/2010 18:23:38

Was compilation for these versions different to v15.7 ?

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by SkipRinPerth

Does not seem to work on Win2k, or Win XP v5.2600 (ie no SP) both platforms fail with:

EP DecodePointer is an issue also picked up as an issue using another tech tool. Applies to build:

1. json_parser_idx.exe 15/10/2010 18:40:30
2. json_parser_ser.exe 15/10/2010 18:23:38

Was compilation for these versions different to v15.7 ?

Yes. VS2010 was used for compiling these programs. VS2010 doesn't support anything earlier than WinXP-SP2 for desktops and Server 2003-SP1 for servers.

I have switched to Win7-64 from Win7-32 since v15.7 and my former compiling environment (MinGW, Python, etc) got tossed out in the migration.

[elfst0ne]

Originally Posted by Anywho

Yes. VS2010 was used for compiling these programs. VS2010 doesn't support anything earlier than WinXP-SP2 for desktops and Server 2003-SP1 for servers.

What?!? I ported the original json parser I had to MinGW to avoid those VS dependencies and you put it back. C'mon...
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LOL, just kidding Anywho. How are you guys doing here? I've been out of the scene for awhile now. Are those iView developers still making iView downloader developer's lives difficult and made it worse?

I have a plan for yet another downloader but still have no time to start it. I might ask you to come on-board just in case I start doing it.

Regards,
--elf

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by elfst0ne

What?!? I ported the original json parser I had to MinGW to avoid those VS dependencies and you put it back. C'mon...

I did it for the excitement Had to ditch your "old" json-parser and fiddle with mine because ABC had another one of them "ideas". Was too much of a waste to install Python and MinGW just for the json-parsers (they use that "scons" make system). Was going to do rtmpdump too (works really well with MSVC seems snappier somehow) but there wasn't any need to update it, so I left it.

LOL, just kidding Anywho. How are you guys doing here? I've been out of the scene for awhile now. Are those iView developers still making iView downloader developer's lives difficult and made it worse?

Yeah. They tried to "optimise" the json by using single letters for the identifiers

I have a plan for yet another downloader but still have no time to start it. I might ask you to come on-board just in case I start doing it.

Regards,
--elf

Well, hurry up. ABC are sniffing Silverlight and I can just imagine the mess they're going to make of that!

[MickJT]

I wouldn't too much. iView will need to be compatible with the PS3, and at the moment, all it is is a website, not an application.

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by MickJT

all it is is a website, not an application

It's a licensing system (see here) for encrypting video contents. I'm guessing this is probably more to do with the stuff that is sold at the ABC Shop rather than the iView content itself - but you never know what goes on in there heads, hey?

[gxdata]

Wed 3Nov2010 - iViewNapper is crashing for me, any program, but the batch downloader is working for them.
Also, several 2Nov2010 prgs are not in the catalog - 7.30 report, australian story, and the national news. By editing the batch downloader's xml file I can get the first two, but I can't find or invent a 'model' for the nightly tv news, so (once again) it's 'lost' to me.

iVN just exits, no error message, on trying to download an episode (eg, a kid's program like Dan the Driver).