How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

[millesm]

I've just downloaded iView_Downloader_OSX_v7.0 and there are problems when trying to download after performing a search.

1. Retrieve latest program list from iview
2. Add items to list and select current list
3. Perform a search via 's' option
4. fireman as search term returns 8 episodes of Fireman Sam
5. 'a' to select all
6. Option 4 to download the list results in errors on every file

Number of downloads 9
Attempt 1 of 5
Retrieving Token...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 705 100 705 0 0 1716 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 344k
Ok, you will be requesting
and saving the stream with the filename .
from ABC iView servers on Hostworks
using the auth BED888D1F469B30B3D8B
Running Hostworks...
RTMPDump v1.6
(c) 2009 Andrej Stepanchuk, license: GPL

DEBUG: Parsing...
DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 0
DEBUG: Parsed host : 203.18.195.10
DEBUG: Parsed app : ondemand?auth=BED888D1F469B30B3D8B&
ERROR: No playpath found!
WARNING: No playpath in URL!
ERROR: You must specify an output flv file (-o filename)
Error code 1
Sleeping for 5s
Attempt 2 of 5


The list actually contains the following files
kids/firemansam_07_01.mp4
kids/firemansam_07_02.mp4
kids/firemansam_07_03.mp4
kids/firemansam_07_04.mp4
kids/firemansam_07_05.mp4
kids/firemansam_07_06.mp4
kids/firemansam_07_07.mp4
kids/firemansam_07_08.mp4


Clearing the list and adding one at a time from the main program list gives a list that looks like the following.

Fireman Sam Series 7 Episode 1 Blow Me Down kids/firemansam_07_01.mp4

Fireman Sam Series 7 Episode 2 Pontypandy Extreme kids/firemansam_07_02.mp4

Manually adding each program results in a list that can be downloaded successfully.

[James]

Originally Posted by coolforcats

I am having trouble with the iview(ABC) downloader 1.3.6 running on Firefox 8.0.1 and Mac OSX 10.5.8. The Dialog Box doesn't allow me to enter file type (it's empty) and rather than a download, it just creates a text file. Also the add-on icon doesn't appear in the bottom right hand of the status bar. Any suggestions?

Like coolforcats, I am having the same problems and results.

I have had some problems trying to download from iView yesterday/today (4/5 Jan). The process starts, but nothing happens.

I am using FF 9.0.1 and have tried on both Mac (OS X Lion) and Win XP, but get the same problem/result. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

[Yansky]

Originally Posted by James

Like coolforcats, I am having the same problems and results.

I have had some problems trying to download from iView yesterday/today (4/5 Jan). The process starts, but nothing happens.

I am using FF 9.0.1 and have tried on both Mac (OS X Lion) and Win XP, but get the same problem/result. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

I have updated the addon and fixed a few things: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...wfox/versions/

One thing to note though, the iview site uses javascript that checks what version of flash you have installed; and even though I have included a version of rtmpdump that is compiled to run on PowerPC's the iview site still requires a pretty recent version of flash to work properly, and the most recent versions of flash don't support PowerPC processors.

Also, if you get one of the security warning messages on OSX about "b.command has been downloaded from the internet, are you sure you want to open it?" - just select open.

[gxdata]

Off-topic, will dlete later if I can, and I will PM to mce too.

Problems with the p7Napper (Plus!7 rtmpdump donloader) currently, with some episodes that use " in the name.
See here

[Yansky]

Originally Posted by gxdata

Off-topic, will dlete later if I can, and I will PM to mce too.

Problems with the p7Napper (Plus!7 rtmpdump donloader) currently, with some episodes that use " in the name.
See here

It's been a while since I've updated the p7 extension. I'll take a look at it this weekend.

[mce]

Version 20120206.

• Allows multiple downloads.

The new version is available for download on the website.

[blood.eaglz]

working well here.

thanks for removing the focus lock

[blaircam]

Nice work gents (and ladies, if there are any!)

I'm on an Intel MacBook Pro, running iViewFox (lovely, btw) and I've been trawling this and other threads to discover a specific bit of info about the iView codes that are used to identify each individual download.

Is there a way to get a listing of all the expired iView "a" numbers, or an archive of old ?seriesindex files because ABC have a habit of leaving their streaming media on the servers, and I'm wondering if they also do that for 'expired' iView episodes?

I've missed a few Doctor Who S4 episodes I'd like see if I can get to download.

Also, the flv stripper works a treat, but I'm wanting to play the mp4s directly in iTunes, and it doesn't seem to have a way to force 16:9 anamorphic proportions on the 640x480 file. Any thoughts?

Cheers.

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by blaircam

<snip>
Is there a way to get a listing of all the expired iView "a" numbers, or an archive of old ?seriesindex files because ABC have a habit of leaving their streaming media on the servers, and I'm wondering if they also do that for 'expired' iView episodes?

I've missed a few Doctor Who S4 episodes I'd like see if I can get to download.
<snip>

(Windows)
The "iView batch downloader" (maintained by Anywho) is a convenient tool for doing this.
If the Series is still current (eg, Dr Who Series 4 - it does have episodes listed as of today), then it is possible to select a current show, then edit the 'control file' that the batch downloader creates.
The edit must use the pattern that iView has decided on for that particular Series (it is otherwise not easily predictable).
Once the modified control file is saved, the BDL can try to get it. If the file is on the server, success.
Since the parameters for rtmpdump will be the same for MacOS as for Windows (batch or GUI), the same method should work.

I will leave it up to others to comment on whether something could be worked out so you could do the same. It might be a bit 'manual'.

However, if you post which of the Dr Who shows you want, it would be simple to construct the download_list.xml file needed, so that if you used Parallels and installed the BDL you could easily get them, if available. So: List them here or send me a PM, I will check if they're still there, you can take it from that point.

.. to get a listing of all the expired iView "a" numbers, or an archive of old ?seriesindex files

I don't think so.
However, if the main index JSON files have been saved for a few months, it is possible to extract all the Episode IDs - which point to a location on the server - and together with the Series IDs (which remain constant, and from which you can construct a URL in in a similar way), an ad hoc or even a systematic trawling of the server could be done for anything ever mounted on iView.
(This is a bit hypothetical; I wouldn't want to attempt this)


[Edit]
See next post: Dr Who Series 4 Eps 1,2,3 are not available now.

[gxdata]

Dr Who Series 4

• Currently, all Episodes from 4 onwards are available.
• Checking, using the method outlined above, none of the earlier shows (#1, #2, #3) is on the server.

The BDL's download_list.xml looks like this for Episode 4

[Doctor Who Series 4 - Episode 4 The Sontaran Stratagem][doctorwho_04_04.mp4]

If this is edited, then saved in the \cache\ folder, it needs to be -

[Doctor Who Series 4 - Episode 3][doctorwho_04_03.mp4]
[Doctor Who Series 4 - Episode 2][doctorwho_04_02.mp4]
[Doctor Who Series 4 - Episode 1][doctorwho_04_01.mp4]