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

[gxdata]

For those still unable to download easily from SBS On Demand, and who do not follow the SBS DOwnloaders thread on Whirlpool

mce has a new (beta = trial/test) version of his SBSNapper for On Demand.

Check this post at Whirlpool, and a few after that time:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...2590&p=34#r669

[darian]

I'm using the latest September version and noticed that for a 290MB final file size, each of the 5 parts was getting to about 100MB before finishing, although the joined file size was correct. This doesn't sound quite right and seems like some duplication of downloading effort is happening.

Am I missing something here? The previous July version seemed to stop at the correct part size.

Curiously I just downloaded a 546MB file and each part ended at about 110MB, which was correct.

My mistake, with more experimentation it seems that each of the parts reflects percentage completion rather than MB. I was sure it always used to represent MB.

[mce]

As of about 24/09/2012 SBS has switched to using http dynamic streaming recording instead of RTMP.

Until something is worked out, then there will be nothing.

[mce]

Version sbsNapper_20121000Experimental.zip.

New HTTP Dynamic Streaming introduced.

http://users.on.net/~m.elliott/s/index.html


Read the read.me in the file.

[bcni]

This seems to work quite well on the programs I have tried. It indicates it is downloading at the lowest bit rate but the final file appears to be at the value chosen. Well done mate. Given the lengthy discussion on this new protocol, I was beginning to think it was impossible. Keep up the good work. Much appreciated.

[bcni]

As a follow up, I found that direct viewing of SBS on Demand with the dynamic streaming often caused the video to freeze part way through. It could be restarted from scratch but you then had to find roughly where you were before so that you could continue viewing. After doing this half a dozen times just to watch a program was a real pain. Vive the download - it han't failed yet!

[bcni]

Finally read the Whirlpool Forum and updated the script to show the correct bitrate. Must admit using DOS really strained the grey matter but it worked. Downloaded Mythbusters using cable and Win 7 64 bit in 3 min 20 sec. I don't use the debug switch but everthing seems OK. What does this switch actually do? I'm a bit of a novice so please excuse the question if it is a bit simple.

[mce]

@bnci,

The debug switch dumps a copy of all the files it downloads (and some more) into the temp dir, so people who are having trouble or are just curious or for me when I am debugging the program, can look at what is happening behind the scenes.

[bcni]

Thanks mce. I'm gradually learning.

[mce]

Version sbsNapper_20121007.zip is now available.

• Added auth token to download parameters.
• Fixed double filename extension bug.
• Updated AdobeHDS.php to latest.