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

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by 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

Try CURL or WGET. They'll handle http:// links - just like a regular download

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by 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.

This is possible using ffmpeg. Someone gave me the correct parametrs to do this for a format OK for an iPad, but I' not sure what you would need for your particular Media Player.

Could you download and install MediaInfo from here -
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Windows
then in Windows Explorer, right-click on a MP4 file that works on your Media Player, and take a look at the information?

The MediaInfo output (exported from MediaInfo in Text format) for an SBS .FLV show that I just DL @ 128K for your benefit is as follows -

General
Complete name : The Jaquie Brown Diaries Ep 1 - Brownie Points.flv
Format : Flash Video
File size : 26.9 MiB
Duration : 21mn 55s
Overall bit rate : 171 Kbps

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : 7
Duration : 21mn 55s
Width : 400 pixels
Height : 224 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : HE-AAC / LC
Codec ID : 10
Duration : 21mn 55s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz / 22.05 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by Anywho

Try CURL or WGET. They'll handle http:// links - just like a regular download

So what's the URL I give to them? The same one fed into rtmpdump I guess.
Maybe I should dump a batch file with curl syntax + the URL, when an HTTP -type address is detected rather than the expected rtmp://

[Edit]
Things change in a day. Now there are TWO entries for 'How to Survive a Disaster', both rtmp:// not http://

But I see that the XML control file (557485.XML) for the 'Kung Fu Kitchen Ep 2 - Mochi - Japan' show gives me a base address that I can't use: "E"

<meta base="E"/>

Any ideas? Anywho? Anyone?

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by gxdata

But I see that the XML control file (557485.XML) for the 'Kung Fu Kitchen Ep 2 - Mochi - Japan' show gives me a base address that I can't use: "E"

<meta base="E"/>

Any ideas? Anywho? Anyone?

KFK_Ep2... Doesn't show on the SBS website... "E" = "Expired" perhaps?

[Bahman]

Originally Posted by gxdata

But I see that the XML control file (557485.XML) for the 'Kung Fu Kitchen Ep 2 - Mochi - Japan' show gives me a base address that I can't use: "E"

<meta base="E"/>

Any ideas? Anywho? Anyone?

"E" is the folder name:

http://www.sbs.com.au/chinese/video/menu/inline/id/557485/ad/1/player/vcc_chinese

http://www.sbs.com.au/chinese/video/smil/index/standalone/557485

http://player.sbs.com.au/playerassets/videoad/v4/E/NT_F_Kung_Fu_Kitchen_p_2_21_557485_1000K.mp4

But seems they have removed video!!

Originally Posted by gxdata

Things change in a day. Now there are TWO entries for 'How to Survive a Disaster', both rtmp:// not http://

i don't know exactly what are looking for!! Do you wanna dl that stream?
Feed URL:

http://link.theplatform.com/s/dYtmxB/IJwpxB7r5n9xmetmvLxi7vGd02U6nseu?feed=Video - Single&mbr=true&policy=5704&dfptag=video.programs.sbs.com.au/;type=preroll;sz=530x298&ord=4436965&format=SMIL&Tracking=true&Embedded=true

<meta base="rtmp://cp98428.edgefcs.net/ondemand/?auth=daEcBc9c0dRaTaEada0c4aIcjdZd2drbmci-bpiuxl-vga-Lzn&amp;slist=vod/&amp;aifp=vod"/>
</head>
<body>
<switch>
	<video src="MP4:vod/DOC_FE_How_To_Survive_A_Dis_57_557639_1500K.mp4" system-bitrate="1433072" height="360" width="640"/>
	<video src="MP4:vod/DOC_FE_How_To_Survive_A_Dis_57_557639_1000K.mp4" system-bitrate="1021770" height="360" width="640"/>
	<video src="MP4:vod/DOC_FE_How_To_Survive_A_Dis_57_557639_512K.mp4" system-bitrate="512000"/>
	<video src="MP4:vod/DOC_FE_How_To_Survive_A_Dis_57_557639_128K.mp4" system-bitrate="128000"/>

[gxdata]

Thanks for the reply, Bahman

"E" is the folder name:

http://www.sbs.com.au/chinese/video/menu/inline/id/557485/ad/1/player/vcc_chinese

How do you discover that folder name? or, was that just an example, and the URL that I am after is:

http://player.sbs.com.au/playerassets/videoad/v4/E/NT_F_Kung_Fu_Kitchen_p_2_21_557485_1000K.mp4

I have no problems with the other video - I was just remarking that there are TWO entries for it today, with different addresses -
557223 and 557639

A day before, there was just ONE menu entry, and it had an http:// address (ie, the <meta base> tag had rtmp://).

[Bahman]

Originally Posted by gxdata

How do you discover that folder name? or, was that just an example, and the URL that I am after is:

http://player.sbs.com.au/playerassets/videoad/v4/E/NT_F_Kung_Fu_Kitchen_p_2_21_557485_1000K.mp4

I used IDM, and detects the download link automatically!! So, I understood that "E" is folder name of this video!!
Also I used Wireshark in order to see if there is another link or not(because That link is "not found"), after that I click on play, but I got the same url and , I didn't have any send/receive packets after server sent the url path!!

Originally Posted by gxdata

I have no problems with the other video - I was just remarking that there are TWO entries for it today, with different addresses -
557223 and 557639

A day before, there was just ONE menu entry, and it had an http:// address (ie, the <meta base> tag had rtmp://).

Perhaps, they have changed their streaming system from rtmp to http!!

[gxdata]

3 shows now with HTTP protocol -

One Man And His Campervan Ep 7 - Trossachs
Modern Slavery Ep 2
Love At First Hiccup

SBSNapper won't download these.

They have entries like <meta base="E"/>

Does anyone have ideas about how to download these? Adam M-W ?

[mce]

Trying to figure this weird base thing out.

If it has D or E in the base tag, is the file actually available for download at all?

[gxdata]

Originally Posted by mce

Trying to figure this weird base thing out.

If it has D or E in the base tag, is the file actually available for download at all?

D, E, M are base that I have seen.
But then, almost as I watch, they put up another menu / catalog item for one of those "HTTP" shows, that is a regular rtmp:// protocol address.

As of now (midday Sat 4Feb) I think all of those 3 are available as regular downloads.

What is more disturbing is that I can't browse (IE, Opera) to the SBS Player: it redirects to On Demand. Ominous?

Have you had a look at Adam M-W's python scripts for handling On Demand catalogs, menus? I'm not progressing far with understanding how to use the information.