WebDL is a set of Python scripts to grab video from online Free To Air Australian channels.
-## Installation
+## News
+
+### 2018-02-24
+
+* Support for Streamlink in addition to Livestreamer.
+* Currently working with iView, SBS and Channel 10.
+
+### 2017-02-24
+* Now requires Python3, use the `python2` branch if you need the old version.
+* Recommended installation is now with `virtualenv` and `pip` to install dependencies.
+* Removed some custom logic in favour of the `requests` and `requests_cache` libraries.
+* `autograbber.py` can write to multiple directories, previous command line args are still supported.
+
+
+## Updating to the latest version
+
+You must use [git](https://git-scm.com) to keep up to date. The `autograbber-cron.sh` script is how I do this. If you'd like to manually update just run these commands.
+
+```
+cd webdl
+git pull --ff-only
+```
+
+
+## Installation using pip
Install the following packages using your package manager:
-* Python 3.2+
+* Python 3.2+ (including dev package)
* ffmpeg or libav-tools
Clone the WebDL repository:
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
+Whenever you want to run WebDL you must source the `.virtualenv/bin/activate` script from your shell.
+
+
+## Installation on Debian/Ubuntu
+
+Clone the WebDL repository:
+```
+git clone https://bitbucket.org/delx/webdl
+cd webdl
+```
+
+Install Python 3 and needed libraries:
+```
+apt-get install python3 python3-lxml python3-requests python3-requests-cache
+```
+
+You must also install Streamlink, or if it unavailable, the older Livestreamer. Depending on the age of your distro you'll need either:
+
+- `apt-get install streamlink`
+- `apt-get install livestreamer python-crypto`
+
+
+Install ffmpeg:
+```
+apt-get install ffmpeg
+```
+
## Interactive usage (grabber.py)
You can run WebDL interactively to browse categories and episode lists and download TV episodes.
## Cron scripted usage (autograbber.py)
-You can schedule a regular download of your favourite shows.
+You can schedule a regular download of your favourite shows. This example uses `chronic` from `moreutils`.
```
# m h dom mon dow command
- 0 1 * * * ./autograbber.py /videos/ABC4Kids /videos/Insight
+ 0 1 * * * timeout 6h chronic $HOME/webdl/autograbber-cron.sh /videos/ABC4Kids /videos/Insight
```
Each of these directories should contain a `.patterns.txt` with shell-style globs:
SBS/Channel/SBS1/Insight*
```
+You may optionally created a `.excludes.txt` file with shell-style globs. This is matched against the episode title and can be used to filter out things you don't want. For example:
+
+```
+*(Mandarin)*
+*(Chinese)*
+```
+
Whenever an episode is downloaded it is recorded into `.downloaded_auto.txt`. Even if you move the files somewhere else they will not be redownloaded.