Hi Yansky, Thanks very much for taking the time to reply to our list - even though I got it working in the end, it certainly clarifies some of the issues/queries.
I will take a look at the ffmpeg extension. Currently I run the programs through Handbrake - but it seems very processor intensive so I'm assuming it re-encodes the video. From what you say, the video is already MP4 so I assume this should not be necessary and is overkill - if I understand you, the ffmpeg just "re-packages" the MP4 so that it looks like a plain MP4 file to iPad/iPhone/iTunes? I will also have to have a look at the command line downloader - it was frustrating to see terminal say that resuming might help - but not be able to do it. One thing that seemed to help was increasing the RTMPdump timeout - I took that to mean that the iview stream sometimes choked for longer than the default timeout. I currently have it set to 2000. Have you any thoughts/comments on this - is there any downside to increasing this setting - is there any recommended range to avoid problems. Also, at least two of us found that version 1.2.9 and 1.2.8 did not work but going back to 1.2.7 solved the problem - any thoughts on this? Thanks again, Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/4/11 2:21 PM, Yansky . at thegoodd...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, I just found this thread via google. I'll try to answer some > questions you guys have; > > You no longer need to do the terminal command stuff when you install > the extension. It was needed in earlier versions in order to fix OSX > file/folder permissions in the addon directory. I've since found a way > to do this automatically through the plugin when it's installed. > The extension should work fine in Firefox 3.6. I tested it before I > uploaded it in Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 4 on OSX and Windows 7. > The extension works as follows - It gets the file info it needs from > the ABC API urls, then writes that info to the b.command file. Then it > executes the b.command file which passes the file download info to the > rtmpdump binary located in the rtmpdump folder in the extension > folder. > The rtmpdump program is the thing that does most of the heavy lifting. > It's the thing that connects to the abc and streams the file to > download to your hard drive. > The binaries of rtmpdump in the iViewfox extension were compiled by me > from the source: http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/ as the developers > unfortunately don't provide them for OSX. One of the most important > parts to compiling the rtmpdump is SSL libraries. Unfortunately, OSX > 10.5 uses out of date SSL libraries, so that can sometimes make it not > work on systems before 10.6. I compiled my binaries with a static > library called PolarSSL to try and get around this, but I think it may > still be an issue. Here are some older compiles I did if you'd like to > play around with them: > http://forboden.com/coding/rtmpdump-2.2d-IntelOSX32bit-Build-PolarSSL.zip > http://forboden.com/coding/rtmpdump-2.2d-IntelOSX64bit-Build-PolarSSL.zip > http://forboden.com/coding/rtmpdump-2.2d-PPC-Build-PolarSSL.zip > The extension removes the version number setting when it's uninstalled > but leaves all the rest of the settings if they've been modified by > the user. I can get it to remove/reset all of the settings on > uninstallation if you prefer. > > There is also a command line downloader available if you're > comfortable using the Terminal: > http://localhostr.com/download/LI9tK5B/iView_Downloader_OSX_V7.0.zip > The advantage of using the command line version is that you're able to > use the resume feature. (there's no easy way for me to implement the > resume feature in the iViewfox extension) > > Also remember that if you're with iiNet, you need to access the iView > site directly, not via the freezone portal. > > The NSQuickDrawView Quartz error that was mentioned doesn't have > anything to do with the addon. > rg.mozilla.firefox[1000]: 2011-03-28 14:04:19.648 > plugin-container[1003:903] > That means it was a plugin that caused the error, not an addon. You > can check which plugins you have installed by going to about:plugins > in the url bar. > > If you'd like to watch the videos on your iPad, you can use ffmpeg to > extract the mp4 video from the flash container. I've made an extension > to help you do that: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flvuncontainer/ > > There's also a channel 7 downloader: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/plus7fox/ > > If you're feeling really adventurous, you could try getting Jeremy > Visser's great Python-iView app working on OSX. I've detailed the > steps here: > https://jeremy.visser.name/2009/08/30/python-iview/comment-page-5/#comment-638> 2 > > Cheers, > Yansky. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
