How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

Originally Posted by gxdata

Does anyone know what video format is streamed to the iView iPad app (using HTML5 video)?

I know 2 kind of HTML5 videos: H.264 and WebM.

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by Anywho

Not sure, but if it's HTML5*, then it would likely be H264. See Usage on this WikiPedia page

* Although this article says it isn't HTML5

Interesting - better info than I was seeing. I'll get someone to download the "app" (ugh!) from iTunes, and take a look.

Yes, I had seen some chat about the 2 formats in contention for HTML5 video, as mentioned by Stream Recorder

[Conest]

Originally Posted by mce

What are you doing to get this? What show are you trying to get?

I am simply running the .hta file. A blank iViewNapperLite window with empty frames comes up and then the "Script Error" message appears. It does not get to the point where shows are listed. As indicated before I have just loaded IE9 which appeared to be when the issue started. I had been running version 20110320 successfully prior. Straight iViewNapper works fine.

Text of the error message follows.

An error has occurred in the script on this page.

Line: 39
Char: 3
Error: Object doesn't support this property or method
Code: 0
URL: file:///C:/iView%20Napper%20Lite/iViewNapperLite_20110320/ivnlite.vbs

Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by Conest

I am simply running the .hta file. A blank iViewNapperLite window with empty frames comes up and then the "Script Error" message appears. It does not get to the point where shows are listed. As indicated before I have just loaded IE9 which appeared to be when the issue started. I had been running version 20110320 successfully prior. Straight iViewNapper works fine.

Text of the error message follows.

An error has occurred in the script on this page.

Line: 39
Char: 3
Error: Object doesn't support this property or method
Code: 0
URL: file:///C:/iView%20Napper%20Lite/iViewNapperLite_20110320/ivnlite.vbs

Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?

I'm seeing this too. Windows7/64-SP1. See this screencap

Just doesn't get to anything other than what's in that screencap.

[mce]

Line: 39
Char: 3
Error: Object doesn't support this property or method
Code: 0
URL: file:///C:/iView%20Napper%20Lite/iViewNapperLite_20110320/ivnlite.vbs

This is the first time iVNL interacts with the JSON file, the Object error means that there is no JSON file to interact with.

When you get this error, if you guys could put the following URLs into the browser or use WGET and see if anything is returned, I suspect it isn't.

http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/api2/?keyword=a-l
http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/api2/?keyword=m-z

If these return blank then it is a problem at iView.

I myself am experiencing an error in line 102, and will check on that later.

[edit]

A Whirlpool user "Complete Looney" has suggested a fix, which I will implement later today, look out for an update.

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by mce

This is the first time iVNL interacts with the JSON file, the Object error means that there is no JSON file to interact with.

Actually there is - I put a "MsgBox(myJSON)" in the code and this is the result.

When you get this error, if you guys could put the following URLs into the browser or use WGET and see if anything is returned, I suspect it isn't.

http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/api2/?keyword=a-l
http://tviview.abc.net.au/iview/api2/?keyword=m-z

If these return blank then it is a problem at iView.

No, they always work - everytime.

I myself am experiencing an error in line 102, and will check on that later.

Good... Serves you right

[edit]
A Whirlpool user "Complete Looney" has suggested a fix, which I will implement later today, look out for an update.

It better work... Or you're fired

[gxdata]

At The Movies Series 7- OK with the Batch Downloader, but iViewNapper fails with an error -

the given key was not in the dictionary

This error occurs when fetching the Series (ie, it's not an absent Episode) - seems like it is the missing Series description element in the JSON file?

[mce]

Originally Posted by gxdata

At The Movies Series 7- OK with the Batch Downloader, but iViewNapper fails with an error -

This error occurs when fetching the Series (ie, it's not an absent Episode) - seems like it is the missing Series description element in the JSON file?

Blame ABC.

ABC must be coding this stuff by hand because if they were using a half decent CMS, it would not allow bad data through.

P.S. Anywho

When fixed, I'm asking for a pay rise.

[Edit]

I've applied the "No description" fix to both 'Nappers.

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by mce

Blame ABC.

ABC must be coding this stuff by hand because if they were using a half decent CMS, it would not allow bad data through.

Yeh, I'm amazed at some of the boo-boos, that must be due to someone's hand-coding.
Probably a different team/section, but their RSS feeds are similarly error-prone.

But I guess we need to error trap for null data right through the iView JSON.

[mce]

Both iViewNapper and iViewNapperLite have been updated to Version 20110429 and are available on their websites