G’day Python-iView’ers. As you might know, the ABC has been transitioning to MP4 (with H.264 video) for a lot of their videos.
iview-gtk doesn’t yet support it, but here’s how to do it with iview-cli. First, find an MP4 video:
$ ./iview-cli --programme [...] Compass Series 23: Compass Series 23 Episode 47 (compass_09_23_47.mp4) [...]
Then, download it like so:
$ ./iview-cli --download mp4:compass_09_23_47
So, basically, strip the .mp4 off the end, and add mp4: at the beginning.
The pattern seems to be slightly inconsistent, so I haven’t been able to code up something to do it automatically, but once I figure it out, I’ll make it all automagic for you. This is just something to use in the meantime.
Hope this helps.
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