OK. Thanks Yanksy. I'll increase the timeout and post the debug output the next time it happens.
Cheers, Carlo On 2011-04-08, at 18:05, Yansky . wrote: > Yeah this has been a problem for a number of people. Try increasing > the timeout setting. The default is 120 seconds (2 mins), so maybe try > double that. > > If that doesn't work, enable the debug output option in the iViewFox > settings and then when it stalls with the large video, copy the output > from the terminal and either email it to me or post it to the mailing > list. > > I'll look into the resume feature again and see if I can do something. > > Cheers, > Yansky. > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:01 PM, cm <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-6382 >>> >>> 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> >>> >> >> -- 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>
