BTV Podcatcher beta release

[mpp_mpp]

BTV Podcatcher

This is my first public release of this add in for Beyond TV but before I post in the Beyond TV download I would like other user to test the program to make sure it is stable enough for the general public

Please Feel Free to send comments or suggestions

Author mpp_mpp
Description: Automatically download video podcast and integrates the title and description information into the BTV Folders, you will need to find the link for the podcast on the podcast homepage or a podcast directory


This can be used to automatically download any format of podcast but it will only add information to file formation that Beyond TV supports

Examples of other podcathers are Democracy Player http://www.getdemocracy.com/ or itunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/

For more detailed description please see the BTV Podcatcher Mannual.doc included in the zip file


Restrictions RSS Feed should be in RSS2.0 format (most feeds are in this format) RSS1.0 has not been tested it might work but it is not fully support due to limitation of the format.
This does not download any episodes automatically when you add or edit feed
When you close the program any current downloads will be canceled

Version Number: 1.1.37.0 Release Candidate 1
Status: Beta Release
Last Updated: 1/13/2007
Installation Instructions: Uninstall any previous version from the control panel add remove programs. Run the setup.exe this will install the program and add a shortcut to you start menu to run the program.

Release Notes: Initial Beta Release to the public
Fixed issue with Adding multiple feed one after another
added automatically conversion of .divx to .avi

License: open source if you would like a copy of my source code please send me a PM
Requirements: .net 2.0 (the installer will detect if you do not have this installed and will provide you a link to a Microsoft website where you can download it) For BTV integration you need BTV 4.0

Current Release [addon] BTV Podcatcher

[cfaslave]

I tried this this evening with two podcasts. When I tried to add the second feed, it was confused and thought it couldn't find my video directory so I closed that window, re-opened the window and it worked. Another issue I have is with the podcasts that download to divx. Is there any way other than manually renaming the file that the program could change the divx extension to avi?

Other than that, this is a REALLY nice addition. I was able to watch two podcasts (had to manually rename the divx extention to avi) from the BTV interface. I think it is a very nice addition to BTV. Thanks for your work on this!
Brent

EDIT:
Question: Do I need to keep this program open for it to download new feeds automatically? I'm assuming yes, but wanted to be sure. Thanks

[mpp_mpp]

New Release with a couple of fixes

Release Notes

*Fixed Issue with adding one feed after another and using the default video folder

*Added Automatically convert .divx files to .avi

[cfaslave]

Whoa that was fast. I'll give it a try with the improvements and report back. Thanks!
Brent

[Darkk]

Looks neat. I may give it a try myself when I get home later.

Darkk

[cfaslave]

Originally Posted by mpp_mpp

New Release with a couple of fixes

Release Notes

*Fixed Issue with adding one feed after another and using the default video folder

*Added Automatically convert .divx files to .avi

I tried the new version out and it works well.

There is one podcast that I downloaded that was in MP4 format and I'm not sure it can be viewed by BTV. Other than that, everything works great. I think this will be a popular BTV add-on. Good work!
Brent

[mpp_mpp]

Originally Posted by cfaslave

I tried the new version out and it works well.

There is one podcast that I downloaded that was in MP4 format and I'm not sure it can be viewed by BTV. Other than that, everything works great. I think this will be a popular BTV add-on. Good work!
Brent

Thanks for testing the program.

MP4 is not currently supported in BTV but my my plugin will go ahead and download any file format,
Another format that is not currently supported to play with BTV that many video podcast broadcast in is MOV.

I have test different feeds that use these formats and I was able to download the files with not problems

[cfaslave]

Originally Posted by mpp_mpp

Thanks for testing the program.

MP4 is not currently supported in BTV but my my plugin will go ahead and download any file format,
Another format that is not currently supported to play with BTV that many video podcast broadcast in is MOV.

I have test different feeds that use these formats and I was able to download the files with not problems

Yes, the downloads worked fine with your plugin. I should have more specifically said that BTV wouldn't play them (MP4 and mov) - not your fault of course. All the others I tested worked perfectly.

I guess you could even use this plugin with Beyond Media and have it download to a video folder there also.

I really like this plugin.

[Xiadix]

Originally Posted by cfaslave

...There is one podcast that I downloaded that was in MP4 format and I'm not sure it can be viewed by BTV...

BTV does not oficially support MP4, but if you have the proper codecs installed and WMP will play it, you can tell BM that it can play them. This thread talks about adding MP4 to BM. I think I got BTV to play it the same way.

You also need to assign that file type to BM/BTV.

KevG

[mpp_mpp]

New Release with a couple of bug fixes
Current Installer version 1.0.2
BTVPodcather Version 1.1.37 Release Candidate 1

Release Notes:
Fixed issue with a System.net.webException if there is an error in trying to receive the feed this will now cause the download to be canceled
Add the option to use temp files to download files to reduce the cpu usage on BTVLibrarySerivce when the download is occurring
Fixed an issue with the ability to write out BTV Information


Added some enhancements to the installer mainly now it remove a previous installed version automatically before installing the new version

[mpp_mpp]

Originally Posted by cfaslave

Question: Do I need to keep this program open for it to download new feeds automatically? I'm assuming yes, but wanted to be sure. Thanks

Yes to have it automatically download new files. You can minimize the program which will put the application in an icon next to the clock with xp or higher you can then hide that icon from the customize notification from the taskbar settings.

Sorry for the late response I just realized you added the question for the first time today

[bnflaherty]

I started using this about a week ago -- and have gotten several new episodes of the shows that I setup for feeds..

However -- I could not get it to download the past episodes...

[mpp_mpp]

First open up the program click on feed viewer in the menu bar
then select the feed from the drop down box then
click on the button to refresh feed.

then click on the DownloadFile in the menu bar are any files currently downloading do any downloads have an error.

If you do not see any downloads start a manual download in the feed viewer

If it download the file successfully see if you can find the file in windows explore in the location where the feed is going to download to.

Also check to see in the feed setup you have automatic download selected to yes

also what Feeds are you using. I will look to see if that feed has a GUID issue (which is how I determine which episodes are new episodes)

[bnflaherty]

I currently only have 2 feeds -- Diggnation and DL.TV

[mpp_mpp]

I currently subscribe to both of those feeds and am able to download past entries. Are you getting any messages in the downloadfile form when you download past file look on that data grid under the messages column or is it not showing up in that form after you click on download enclosure in the feed viewer?