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

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by gxdata

SBS has increased its bitrate and number of streaming options (at different bitrates / quality), from 3 to sometimes 4.

Fooled by a human error again, I think:
In testing my auto-adapting buttons for downloads at different bitrates, I found that an episode of 'The Phone' (ep 21 - hxxp://player.sbs.com.au/video/smil/index/standalone/516113) has 8 entries in its XML file for the bitrates available!

They have doubled up on the 4 of them! (128,512,1000,1500)
I wonder how this affects the SBS Player?

[gxdata]

Much more at the On Demand website than the old SBS Player, now - many of the series are not going up on the Player, so these downloaders will become obsolete quite soon.

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by gxdata

Much more at the On Demand website than the old SBS Player, now - many of the series are not going up on the Player, so these downloaders will become obsolete quite soon.

What shows are available on "On Demand" that are not available on which SBS player (there's more than one remember - eg: Linux )?

SBSnapper certainly doesn't show them all, but that's because it only scrapes the "Latest Episodes" page.

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by Anywho

What shows are available on "On Demand" that are not available on which SBS player (there's more than one remember - eg: Linux )?

SBSnapper certainly doesn't show them all, but that's because it only scrapes the "Latest Episodes" page.

I think the On Demand and Player are quite separate, driven by different streaming server systems.

For instance, 'The Protectors Ep10' - which expires in 2 days - is not playable on SBS Player but is OK from the On Demand server.

The XML file for this show is actually empty!

Check out these URLs if you can do so within the next 48 hours or less:

SBS Player
_http://player.sbs.com.au/programs#/programs_08/fullepisodes/latestepisodes/playlist/

Playlist at '94':
_http://player.sbs.com.au/video/playlist/index/standalone/94/

Empty Show file at '519742':
_http://player.sbs.com.au/video/smil/index/standalone/519742

This show at the SBS Player:
_http://player.sbs.com.au/programs#/programs_08/fullepisodes/latestepisodes/playlist/The-Protectors-Ep-10/

SBS On Demand

_http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/

This show at On Demand
_http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/13539440/The-Protectors-Ep-10

I have had a quick look within the html file, but can't decipher the control files. The html files at On Demand are incredibly bloated.

StreamTransport will download these shows, but I will have to have a good look with Charles or Fiddler to see what is going on.

A friend recommended a downloader called DownloadStudio - perhaps it can elucidate.

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by Anywho

What shows are available on "On Demand" that are not available on which SBS player (there's more than one remember - eg: Linux )?

SBSnapper certainly doesn't show them all, but that's because it only scrapes the "Latest Episodes" page.

I have written some code (Windows .NET) that looks at different channels, but I think the difference between Player and On Demand is more fundamental.

What can you see with the Linux downloader, that SBSNapper cannot see?

On Demand has up to Ep288 of 'Letters and Numbers', whereas SBS Player has to Ep283 only - other examples, take a look.

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by gxdata

What can you see with the Linux downloader, that SBSNapper cannot see?

All the stuff you see with the SBS player (and some other stuff that goes back to last November - which is kind of strange).

On Demand has up to Ep288 of 'Letters and Numbers', whereas SBS Player has to Ep283 only - other examples, take a look.

I've noticed the "News & Current Affairs" section is not showing in the downloader. But I wanted other examples so I can track down what's missing and why, then formulate some way of getting it working. Mainly because, as you've found out, the "ondemand" system is so badly bloated and getting something that works with the "ondemand" method is a PITA.

On a side note, curiously "Internet Download Manager" (v6.07) is currently able to capture the link when you navigate to the video page and will download the videos - and even uses threaded downloading. I'm currently downloading "The Protectors" right now and it is using 4 connections to do it!

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[Anywho]

Originally Posted by gxdata

What can you see with the Linux downloader, that SBSNapper cannot see?

On Demand has up to Ep288 of 'Letters and Numbers', whereas SBS Player has to Ep283 only - other examples, take a look.

Here's an example of the difference between SBSnapper and the SBS_Linux_Downloader...

Letters and Numbers Eps

Menu List

[gxdata]

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a really great tool, at SBS On Demand. Thx, Anywho - I should have tried it yonks ago.

[Core Share]

Hello,

I downloaded a documentary using SBSnapper, the output file was flash video *.flv.

Which my current media player - a WD TV (1st Gen) Media Player running B-Rad's WDLXTV firmware, will not play.

Is there a transform that I could run to convert the *.flv to a *.mp4 (for instance) with no loss of visual or auditory quality?

Any assistance most gratefully apprised, thank you.

[gxdata]

There have been 2 or 3 (maybe more) shows that are not in rtmpdump -downloadable form.

They appear to be http:// downloads - how do I do that easily, and know when the show has completed download?

Kung Fu Kitchen Ep 2 - Mochi - Japan (aired: 24/01)
How To Survive A Disaster Full Ep