How to use iView (ABC Australia) downloaders

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BoB2 modem - all my iView download problems have been fixed by a firmware upgrade from 2581 to 2600.

So far, 45 minutes without a timeout and only one automatic resume, without having to start the rtmpdump process over again.

Since I have had the BoB2, it has been almost unusable, such that I would unplug it and use a 5 year old Belkin modem instead when wanting to download from iView.

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Originally Posted by davey52

I'm still having trouble with 'napper even with the newer version. what I see is the menu coming up slower, then it will close or bring up that dialogue box giving me the option to close or continue, sometimes it just closes instead of giving the programme list or closes when I select the episode or just closes the dos box when I hit run.

What is consistent is that I get the most trouble when iview is the busiest. If I try after 11pm or 6am it tends to work. Even the weekends are better.

We are in the demographic that 'napper et al is designed for, fast broadband will never be an option, heck, the local telephone exchange isn't even adsl equipped (too few people in working distance). The only way to be able to watch ABC or SBS is via the internet. Don't even ask about NBN if you don't want a firey rant.

I could try it when it fails next week but someone will need to give me step by step instructions to enable error logging.

Edit: Just tried to download a programme and get 'index out of bounds of the array' then it freezes until I click quit.

Can you do a speedtest with www.ozspeedtest.com and report the download speed in KB/s, here? That will give us an idea of how slow / fast your ADSL service is.

Have you tried any of the other downloaders? Perhaps the latest batch downloader would be an easy install, but see http://iviewdownloaders.wikia.com/wi...wnloaders_Wiki for all of them. The BDL v15.85 is at http://www.mediafire.com/?6nbta279wgd8c7n and was updated 2-3 weeks ago.

[davey52]

Hi, Since that spate of trouble I've had none since, even using the 20120514 version. Mind you the weather has been good since then! When the weather is fine my download speed is 622B/s. Only because the 3G modem is built into and optimised for the laptop (panasonic CF-19). I just tried the 3G gateway on the main computer and it is running 314KB/s, when it rains heavily it struggles to even maintain a connection!

So it's fine at the moment and I'll repost live figures when the speed crashes again. What it does seem to me though, is that unless the ABC broke something that they have subsequently fixed, my problems will be just related to poor internet rather than the 'napper.

[mce]

Good to hear davey52.

Please keep us informed.

[cLoudBase]

I seem to have problems of the last few months using the Napper download files.
Is it just me or has something changed to make them crash during downloads.
I have been using them for a couple of years so am familar with them & how they work.

Any ideas ?

Cheers
Matt

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rtmpdump is not downloading for me (Windows, batch / Napper / Helper) since ~ 10am WST today, just displaying INFO: Connected then closing.

iView Player seems OK for all the News category I have tried, and a few Arts and Kids (which FAIL with the downloaders).

I'm on iiNet but this is baffling to me. Has anyone else had this experience today?

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by cLoudBase

I seem to have problems of the last few months using the Napper download files.
Is it just me or has something changed to make them crash during downloads.
I have been using them for a couple of years so am familar with them & how they work.

Do you mean you can't get a complete download? Or do the downloaded videos fail to play properly?
If the former, what ISP and modem are you using?

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by gxdata

rtmpdump is not downloading for me (Windows, batch / Napper / Helper) since ~ 10am WST today, just displaying INFO: Connected then closing.

iView Player seems OK for all the News category I have tried, and a few Arts and Kids (which FAIL with the downloaders).

I'm on iiNet but this is baffling to me. Has anyone else had this experience today?

No probs here. Just DL'd latest "Good Game" @ 13:15ACST no worries. (IBD v15.85)

[cLoudBase]

Originally Posted by gxdata

rtmpdump is not downloading for me (Windows, batch / Napper / Helper) since ~ 10am WST today, just displaying INFO: Connected then closing.

iView Player seems OK for all the News category I have tried, and a few Arts and Kids (which FAIL with the downloaders).

I'm on iiNet but this is baffling to me. Has anyone else had this experience today?

My Error is as described by gxdata.
It creates a o byte file of the program but doesn't actually download anything & just exits the cmd script.

ISP is Exetel with fixed IP address, modem is a Billion 7404VGPX

Cheers
Matt

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Originally Posted by cLoudBase

My Error is as described by gxdata.
It creates a o byte file of the program but doesn't actually download anything & just exits the cmd script.

ISP is Exetel with fixed IP address, modem is a Billion 7404VGPX
Cheers
Matt

My solution - amazing how you can forget to check the simplest things - was to turn off my (BoB2) modem for a couple of minutes, then wait until it powered up properly, and try the download again.

If that had not fixed the problem - ABC TV News from last night just completed - I would have tried my very old Belkin modem.