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>
