How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

[spr]

Hi,

Thanks for quick response.

Deleted the cache folder contents - no change. Only point is RTMP connect gets 10060 no socket errors a couple of times, path is still not found.

using: RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
On my work PCs JSON parser keeps crashing too.
I have tried ivewnapper and iviewnapperlite - they trigger the RTMP download, then just exit with no progress.

I have come recently to iview - specifically for the recent Four Corners episodes - so i've never actually had any of these downloaders working.
Perhaps i've missed something really obvious?

Also, one tiny point the description in the batch file still says 15.69 - in the file from http://www.4shared.com/file/750EOTqx...der_v1570.html

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by spr

Hi,

Thanks for quick response.

Deleted the cache folder contents - no change. Only point is RTMP connect gets 10060 no socket errors a couple of times, path is still not found.

Is port 1935 unblocked on your modem? Sometimes a slow or flakey connection will do this too.

using: RTMPDump v2.2d (r474)
On my work PCs JSON parser keeps crashing too.
I have tried ivewnapper and iviewnapperlite - they trigger the RTMP download, then just exit with no progress.

This usually happens at workplaces. Usually they block all ports except those for http or mail or else deny access to certain websites or secondary sites that those websites may use.

RTMPdump needs port 1935 to be accessible (unblocked) and needs access to Hostworks or Akamai servers as well (depends on your ISP).

If the JSON parser is dying, then it isn't getting fed anything usable... This smells like your workplace has blocked full access to the ABC iView site. This might also be a permissions problem with the executable files that the downloader(s) will need. Try it in an admin account and see if it works then.

I have come recently to iview - specifically for the recent Four Corners episodes - so i've never actually had any of these downloaders working.
Perhaps i've missed something really obvious?

Sounds like modem/firewall/access issues

Also, one tiny point the description in the batch file still says 15.69 - in the file from http://www.4shared.com/file/750EOTqx...der_v1570.html

Oops Fixed now - thanks!

[ret]

Hi guys, appreciate all the fine work you do.

Just wanted to let you know the iViewFox plug-in seems to be a bit broken (still) on the Mac platform.

The terminal output looks like this:

/Users/ret/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/
iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/rtmpdump
/b.command ; exit;
OK-Computer:~ ret$ /Users/ret/Library/Application\ Support/
Firefox/Profiles/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@
forboden.com/rtmpdump/b.command ; exit;
/Users/ret/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles
/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com
/rtmpdump/b.command: line 2: -o: command not found
logout

[Process completed]

A quick look at the insides of b.command, and the problem seems to be quotation-itis, with the ampersand in the URL getting interpreted by the shell:

#!/bin/bash
"/Users/ret/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles
/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/rtmpdump
/rtmpdump-OSX-Intel" -e "-r" 
rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/thewire_10_04_11_fix.mp4
"-a" ondemand?auth=daEa5dsdhdhaobydpdDajbqa2bYaKbhdlbU-bmrxcR-8-qnt_yHynJ&aifp=v001 
"-o" /Users/ret/Downloads/thewire_10_04_11_fix.mp4 "-W" 
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/images/iview.jpg

I suspect the "ondemand?auth..." argument should be in single quotes to avoid interpolation, but obviously monkey-patching that b.command file and executing it independently does not work.

Sorry if there's a more appropriate place I should be reporting this bug...

cheers
RET

[ret]

$DEITY helps those who help themselves, it seems

The following patch to iv.js seems to have fixed it:

OK-Computer:content ret$ pwd
/Users/ret/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/chrome/content
OK-Computer:content ret$ diff -u iv.js.orig iv.js
--- iv.js.orig  2010-07-15 08:37:22.000000000 +1000
+++ iv.js   2010-07-20 20:11:27.000000000 +1000
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
                    '-r', 
                    'rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/'+epDS, 
                    '-a', 
-                   'ondemand?auth='+xStore.token, 
+                   "'ondemand?auth="+xStore.token+"'", 
                    '-o',
                    filePathAndName,
                    '-W',
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                        '-r', 
                        'rtmp://203.18.195.10/',
                        '-a',
-                       'ondemand?auth='+xStore.token,
+                        "'ondemand?auth="+xStore.token+"'", 
                        '-y', 
                        fileEx+fTypeSplit[0], 
                        '-o',
OK-Computer:content ret$

Hope this helps.

cheers
RET

[Yansky]

Originally Posted by ret

$DEITY helps those who help themselves, it seems

The following patch to iv.js seems to have fixed it:

OK-Computer:content ret$ pwd
/Users/ret/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/iaqewbwz.default/extensions/iViewFox@forboden.com/chrome/content
OK-Computer:content ret$ diff -u iv.js.orig iv.js
--- iv.js.orig  2010-07-15 08:37:22.000000000 +1000
+++ iv.js   2010-07-20 20:11:27.000000000 +1000
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
                    '-r', 
                    'rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/'+epDS, 
                    '-a', 
-                   'ondemand?auth='+xStore.token, 
+                   "'ondemand?auth="+xStore.token+"'", 
                    '-o',
                    filePathAndName,
                    '-W',
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                        '-r', 
                        'rtmp://203.18.195.10/',
                        '-a',
-                       'ondemand?auth='+xStore.token,
+                        "'ondemand?auth="+xStore.token+"'", 
                        '-y', 
                        fileEx+fTypeSplit[0], 
                        '-o',
OK-Computer:content ret$

Hope this helps.

cheers
RET

I've made the change with the latest version.
Note: sometimes it takes a while for the latest version to make it to the front page. Check the versions page for the latest updates - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...0505/versions/

[hyc]

Originally Posted by Anywho

RTMPdump needs port 1935 to be accessible (unblocked) and needs access to Hostworks or Akamai servers as well (depends on your ISP).

Don't forget that you can also use a SOCKS4 proxy if necessary...

[Yansky]

I posted this to the rtmp mailing list, but I thought I'd post it here too in case someone could help:

The ABC iView site ( http://www.abc.net.au/iview/ ) just added a 24 hour news streaming video. This is different to it's other videos on the site as it never stops streaming (obviously). I'm having some problems figuring out how to find the right perameters to download some of the stream. Here is a copy of the command line output:
http://pastebin.com/yXPG3fXt

I also tried to use rtmpsuck, but I'm not sure if I have it working properly. Here is the output from rtmpsuck:
http://pastebin.com/qg4KDbBR

I'm unsure how to proceed. Any ideas?

Cheers,
Yansky.

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by Yansky

The ABC iView site just added a 24 hour news streaming video.

Can't help, but is the constant streaming actually in operation? I know it's not in "freezone" / unmetered yet.

[Yansky]

Originally Posted by gxdata

Can't help, but is the constant streaming actually in operation? I know it's not in "freezone" / unmetered yet.

I would have thought it was automatically in the freezone. Do you see it available in the top-left of the iview site?

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by Yansky

I would have thought it was automatically in the freezone.

Currently metered - so won't appear in your "FreeZone".