Thanks Neil! Both you and Yanksy have suggest that I increase the timeout -- so that's what I'll be doing. :-)
Cheers, Carlo On 2011-04-08, at 17:59, Neil Houghton wrote: > > 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> > -- 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>
