Hi Carlo, I can't say that I have found this - eg. I downloaded 3 episodes of Strike Back which each run around 1hr25m.
Over time, I did find that some program downloads stopped at various percentages - but I can't say that it was just programs over 1hr, and I found that just downloading again generally solved it. I found that downloading several programs simultaneously often seemed to make it worse. However, increasing the RTMPdump timeout seemed to solve that problem - though I haven't done enough downloading since then to say it had DEFINITELY stopped the problem. BTW, I also use Internode as my ISP. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/4/11 5:01 PM, cm at cm200...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Yansky, > > Thanks for taking the time to read the thread and for providing such a > detailed answer. I have one additional question that may not be a problems > with iViewFox at all but may have more to do with rtmpdump and the way the ABC > streams its programs. When a program runs for more than an hour, the download > always stops after about an hour (closer to 66 minutes). The terminal will > show the percentage frozen at say 75% and the rtmpdump will go into some sort > of loop. This has been the case with every version of iViewFox I have run > including earlier ones. > > Is there any work around for this apart from watching the end of the show in > Safari using the iView portal? I am currently running iViewFox 1.2.9, Firefox > 4.0, OS X 10.6.7 and use Internode as my ISP. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > > On 2011-04-08, at 14:21, Yansky . 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-63 >> 82 >> >> 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>
