How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by blood.eaglz

#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

Well, that would be possible of course. In effect, I use just rtmpdump v2.3 - for p7 it is renamed as rtmpdump v2.2c (not its exact name, but you get the idea), for SBS it is called rtmpdump v2.2d.
I have confidence that v2.3 works OK for all 3 nappers.

With user settings, the programmer allows some flexibility to change, over time. The exact name and location of the rtmpdump file to be used is stored in a settings file. Its location can be secured so that inexperiened users don't kill the settings, or change them to make the application unuseable. I can understand why mce might be reluctant to take this approach, but it can be made foolproof.

If all 3 nappers expected to see rtmpdump.exe in the working folder (ie, there is none of the win32-2.2c stuff in the filename), then as a new rtmpdump is released and recommended, you would download it (for arguments' sake, let us say it is v2.3a) and name it as rtmpdump.exe, replacing the older file (which might actually be v2.2c).

Is this more than obvious?

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by blood.eaglz

#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.

The user settings behave like (for example) the last size that the MS Word window was, which is 'remembered' when you next open it. So, if you change the options and save them, when you use the napper next week it will remember the settings that you saved.

With a commandline switch, you would make a shortcut that in effect determined the default captions option -

iVN /captions=ON
or if you preferred it,
iVN /captions=OFF

(I'm using a shorthand, not the actual stuff that would go into a shortcut - but it is super-easy, and saves mce having to compile 2 versions of each release).

Unfortunately, I can't insert or attach an image to illustrate this with a partial screenshot.

[vipher]

I've been away for a while. Good news is that I've just updated the Linux Script to combat the new changes made to iView. New script is v6.9 and it's available on the wiki. Thanks to Anywho and gxdata for figuring out what was done. I'll see about an OSX version tomorrow, it should be as simple as changing the rtmpdump binary.

[blood.eaglz]

Originally Posted by gxdata

saves mce having to compile 2 versions of each release).

my suggestion doesn't require 2 releases to be compiled all it requires is that at start up it parses its own name
if name = "iviewnapper.exe" then srt=on
if name = "iviewnapper-ns.exe" then srt = off

*of course "iveiwnapper" would be replaced with either the current version number or a wildcard.

[blood.eaglz]

Originally Posted by gxdata

If all 3 nappers expected to see rtmpdump.exe in the working folder (ie, there is none of the win32-2.2c stuff in the filename), then as a new rtmpdump is released and recommended, you would download it (for arguments' sake, let us say it is v2.3a) and name it as rtmpdump.exe, replacing the older file (which might actually be v2.2c).

Is this more than obvious?

Well considering that I included that exact Idea in my post Yes

Originally Posted by blood.eaglz

#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

but as had written there is the possibility that one or two of the nappers may NOT be compatible, and if the situation arose, like it has before, where you had to use a newer version for one it could cause all sorts of head aches, with multiple directories and debug woes.

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by blood.eaglz

Well considering that I included that exact Idea in my post Yes

but as had written there is the possibility that one or two of the nappers may NOT be compatible, and if the situation arose, like it has before, where you had to use a newer version for one it could cause all sorts of head aches, with multiple directories and debug woes.

I wasn't being rude, sorry if it sounded so - after writing it, I thought that my explanation sounded a bit pedantic & detailed, hence the 'obvious' remark.
Actually, over the last year I have suggested a few things to mce - including the single rtmpdump.exe, probably - but his experience (and that of others here) with the changes of iView/SBS/Plus!7 over that time count for more than mine, so whatever the community can come up with is fine by me.

Others can take on board what you've written.

[mce]

blood.eaglz & gxdata

Yes something has to be done, it was supposed to be a simple little program that did one thing and worked well.

Sometimes I wonder if I achieved any of that.

1. I'll implement cross session settings (?) soon.

2. As new versions of the Nappers come out they get the latest rtmpdump that works for them at that time. Due to the way the other Nappers don't need much updating, they can seem like they are left behind.

If *someone* can tell me that the newest rtmpdump works on all the Nappers just fine it will save me a weekend of testing and speed up the process a bit.

3. Thanks gxdata for the 404 bug report, I'll fix it tonight if possible.

4. Regarding the focus lock problem, I haven't forgot about it, indeed it is a constant worry, but I will continue to look for a way to fix it.

[Ferret]

Something I have noticed is that the double hyphen crash seems to be back.
for example:
Four Corners 14/03/11 : BP: Billion Blowout
will not download correctly and the Subtitles files if they are zero bytes are not deleted.

[mce]

Version 20110315.

* Fix 404 error box for no .srt file.
* Subtitles state remembered between sessions.

[Edit]

Four Corners BP file OK on the Nappers.

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by mce

If *someone* can tell me that the newest rtmpdump works on all the Nappers just fine it will save me a weekend of testing and speed up the process a bit.

Currently no problems I've found with them using the latest RTMPdump (v2.3-r557).

Same goes for iViewFox plugin