How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

[mce]

I'm slow to release an updated iVN this time as I changed from WebClient() to HttpWebRequest() and the bugger is timing out 10% of the time now.

[servalan]

Originally Posted by Anywho

Newer version of iView Downloader (batch file version) - v15.82 is here.

Many thanks - iViewDL all working fine here again.

[mce]

Update to iViewNapper:

Version 20110312.

* Fix for change to gzip encoding of web pages.
* Resume working again.

Now using RTMPDUMP V2.3r557.

Thanks to all in this thread for ideas.

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by mce

I'm slow to release an updated iVN this time as I changed from WebClient() to HttpWebRequest() and the bugger is timing out 10% of the time now.

I decided to use WebClient().DownloadFile(index.gz) and then use ungzip.exe to unpack the resulting file.
Even if it is actually text-format json, the ungzip.exe utility produces a nice json file (text to text, if you get what I mean).
Not pretty, but it works.
Besides that, I couldn't get the HttpWebRequest to work.

They seem to be using the text format consistently now (not that I have kept track since mid Saturday).

The series and episode naming stinks - almost as bad as Plus7. I think regular iView Player users will get p*ssed off pretty soon.

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by servalan

Many thanks

You're welcome

iViewDL all working fine here again.

Good to hear

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by gxdata

Great stuff!

I have used your ungzip.exe with both gzip-format and 'proper' JSON files: it plays well with text (uncompressed) catalog files - I can save a (text) JSON file as catalog.gz and ungzip.exe catalog.gz catalog.json results in a usable file.

Thanks! Glad it's useful to you

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by mce

Update to iViewNapper:

Version 20110312.

* Fix for change to gzip encoding of web pages.
* Resume working again.

Now using RTMPDUMP V2.3r557.

Thanks to all in this thread for ideas.

Small error: If the show does not have a .SRT (closed caption / sub-titles) file, a messagebox pops up. The easy work-around (for users) is to turn 'Get subtitles' OFF - it is ON by default - but they would have to know where to do this. I think I requested it be ON by default, some months ago.
Perhaps best to just remove the messagebox on 404?

[blood.eaglz]

Thanks Anywho and gxdata for identifying and countering the latest defense by iview, and thanks mce for the quick patch to iviewnapper.
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mce, I thought it was about time I reiterated my feature request list, I remember I was supposed to a few months ago to remind you....

1)I still would like a way of defining the default action of iviewnapper's srt download, preferably without the need for a new external file, so a parse exe name with a switch on the end eg iviewnapper.exe = srt
iviewnapper-ns.exe = no srt

2) for sbs and p7 nappers to be brought up to/to look for the same version of rmtpdump as iviewnapper so can go from 3 versions to 1.

3)to remove or at least reduce the focus lock on iviewnapper so at the very least can minimise the program without having to use "show desktop" or the hit an miss alt+tab. (you seemed to like this the first time round as you said it simplified the code for you)


hope I didn't come off too pushy

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by blood.eaglz

1)I still would like a way of defining the default action of iviewnapper's srt download, preferably without the need for a new external file, so a parse exe name with a switch on the end
eg iviewnapper.exe = srt
iviewnapper-ns.exe = no srt

2) for sbs and p7 nappers to be brought up to/to look for the same version of rmtpdump as iviewnapper so can go from 3 versions to 1.

3)to remove or at least reduce the focus lock on iviewnapper so at the very least can minimise the program without having to use "show desktop" or the hit an miss alt+tab. (you seemed to like this the first time round as you said it simplified the code for you)

#2 - I use rtmpdump v2.3, for all 3 applications (and for the Batch Downloader for iView). I rename rtmpdumpv2.3.exe to the name expected by the program - eg, p7Napper expects v2.2c (of course, the name has to be exactly what is hard-coded into the respective application). There is a better way, of course - user settings for the applications.

#1 - There is a setting in iViewNapper for subtitles - it is ON by default. I guess a command-line switch might be used (one application, you create a shortcut with the appropriate switch), but again I would favour user settings.

#3 - Would you want to minimize the rtmpdump black box, too?

[blood.eaglz]

Originally Posted by gxdata

#2 - I use rtmpdump v2.3, for all 3 applications (and for the Batch Downloader for iView). I rename rtmpdumpv2.3.exe to the name expected by the program - eg, p7Napper expects v2.2c (of course, the name has to be exactly what is hard-coded into the respective application). There is a better way, of course - user settings for the applications.

#2 what I would like is for all 3 to use a SINGLE rmtpdump exe rather than have to have a separate one for all 3, if it wasn't for the possibility of one or two being incompatible with a newer version I would suggest they simply looked for rtmpdump.exe

Originally Posted by gxdata

#1 - There is a setting in iViewNapper for subtitles - it is ON by default. I guess a command-line switch might be used (one application, you create a shortcut with the appropriate switch), but again I would favour user settings.

#1 Yep I know its there but it is not a STATIC setting it resets every time you close, and as I rarely if ever use the srts it add more clutter to the folder which although easily deleted would rather not have present in the first place. as to how I suggested be implemented I didn't mean by shortcut I meant in a style like PictureResizer does where what the exe itself is named determines how it operates.

Originally Posted by gxdata

#3 - Would you want to minimize the rtmpdump black box, too?

#3 already can (and do), unlike iviewnapper itself it doesn't have a focus lock