www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

[gxdata]

SBS On Demand downloading with the KVS HDS Downloader php script: This is how I understand the happenings since about Friday 5Oct (for the benefit of those who may have come on the scene lately) -

(skipping the need for KSV's php script, etc - others will need to read posts for the past 5 or 6 days)

The authorization requirement has now been lifted (Monday 8/10), but as it was operating in the preceding 48 hours, it had to be re-entered daily. A new code was required each 24 hours, which meant that it first had to be discovered, then 'added' to the php script. KSV discovered the first 'password', and provided it here. mce amended SBSNapper to work with the KSV HDS Downloader php script + this authorization 'password'. Then SBSNapper stopped working again - the 'password' had changed. KSV again discovered the new 'password' - importantly, its location is known, so when it again changes, it can be discovered and SBSNapper made to work again. With mce's SBSNapper + the php script from KSV, the best way was for SBSNapper to 'discover' the new daily authorization password, and 'append' it to the php script before trying a download.

Although now (? temporarily) lifted, the same requirement - a 'password' or authorization - could be very easily re-introduced at random by the operators of the SBS server. (So, it may be s precautionary move for mce to test to the 'auth' token in SBSNapper.)

[mce]

After starting to decode the new HDS stream I've struck the dreaded DRM problem.

KSV Adobe HDS Downloader

Processing manifest info....
Quality Selection:
Available: 1490 1059 361 165
Selected : 1490
This stream is encrypted with Akamai DRM. Decryption of such streams isn't currently possible with this script.

So I'll probably have to not show valid bitrates for these episodes.

[CristianoA]

Originally Posted by mce

After starting to decode the new HDS stream I've struck the dreaded DRM problem.



So I'll probably have to not show valid bitrates for these episodes.

try use GetFLV in iPad mode

[mce]

I regret to inform you all that I will not be maintaining any Nappers projects from this day on.

Downloads will still be available for the foreseeable future on http://www.nappers.net.

It is time to pass the mantle onto the next generation of coders for these types of programs.

Thanks for all the feedback and help over the 5 or so years, as without you the users of the Nappers, these projects would not have been possible.

Cheers all.

[gxdata]

The March 2014 version of SBSNapper isn't working at present (I just tried, after an absence of some weeks during which I hadn't tried to download).

As pointed out on the iView thread on this board, it's a possibility to decompile mce's executable, but much simpler if mce could make the code available.

I would be willing to make the upgrades - eg, the buffer for the catalogue encoding that the March 2014 version of SBSNapper handles has been exceeded in the last weeks (I haven't tried since late August), so an increase in that buffer value in code would allow the SBSNapper to handle today's available load.

[Calvin1961]

Hi Western Wombat,

I've been using SBS Napper all along, and all was well until about 3 days ago.

Looks like the SBS on-demand catalogue has gotten too large and has outstripped SBS Nappers allocated JSON buffer size again. I'm a little surprised that considering SBS on-demand has been growing like crazy in the last year that mce was a bit more conservative in his design and "over-engineered" the buffers to anticipate continued growth :-(

Hopefully this problem can be solved, it is a VERY useful tool :-)

Calvin.

[gxdata]

For those who do not check the Whirlpool thread on SBS downloaders (where there is a much more active discussion of the SBS downloaders, currently only SBSNapper), the Napper website has a new download available today.

[getuper]

I use Avdshare Video Downloader to download videos from sbs on demand
or other video sharing websites.