WebDL is a set of Python scripts to grab video from online Free To Air Australian channels.
-## Requirements
-* [Livestreamer](http://docs.livestreamer.io/install.html)
-* python 2.7 or 3.2+
-* pycrypto -- Livestreamer needs this for some videos
-* python-lxml
-* ffmpeg / libav-tools
+## Installation
-## Instructions
+Install the following packages using your package manager:
-### Arch Linux
- pacman -S livestreamer python-crypto python-lxml ffmpeg
+* Python 3.2+
+* ffmpeg or libav-tools
-### Ubuntu
- apt-get install livestreamer python-crypto python-lxml libav-tools
+Clone the WebDL repository:
+```
+git clone https://bitbucket.org/delx/webdl
+cd webdl
+```
-### Mac OS X
+Set up a Python virtualenv and use pip to install the other dependencies:
+```
+virtualenv --python python3 .virtualenv
+. .virtualenv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
-Warning, this is untested!
+## Interactive usage (grabber.py)
- brew install python3 ffmpeg
- pip3 install livestreamer pycrypto lxml
+You can run WebDL interactively to browse categories and episode lists and download TV episodes.
-### Then get WebDL itself
- hg clone https://bitbucket.org/delx/webdl
- cd webdl
- python3 ./grabber.py
+```
+$ ./grabber.py
+ 1) ABC iView
+ 2) SBS
+ 0) Back
+Choose> 1
+ 1) ABC 4 Kids
+ 2) Arts & Culture
+ 3) Comedy
+ 4) Documentary
+<snipped>
+Choose> 4
+ 1) ABC Open Series 2012
+ 2) Art Of Germany
+ 3) Baby Beauty Queens
+ 4) Catalyst Series 13
+<snipped>
+Choose> 4
+ 1) Catalyst Series 13 Episode 15
+ 2) Catalyst Series 13 Episode 16
+ 0) Back
+Choose> 1
+RTMPDump v2.3
+(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
+Connecting ...
+INFO: Connected...
+Starting download at: 0.000 kB
+```
+
+The bolded parts are what you type. Note that you can go back on any screen by typing “0”. At the list of episodes you can download a single episode by typing one number, or multiple episodes by typing several numbers separated by spaces.
+
+
+
+## Cron scripted usage (autograbber.py)
+
+You can schedule a regular download of your favourite shows.
+
+```
+# m h dom mon dow command
+ 0 1 * * * ./autograbber.py /videos/ABC4Kids /videos/Insight
+```
+
+Each of these directories should contain a `.patterns.txt` with shell-style globs:
+
+```
+ABC iView/By Channel/ABC4Kids/*/*
+SBS/Channel/SBS1/Insight*
+```
+
+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.
## Bug reports
-Log an issue on the [Bitbucket project](https://bitbucket.org/delx/webdl/issues?status=new&status=open)
+Please raise issues on the [Bitbucket project](https://bitbucket.org/delx/webdl/issues?status=new&status=open).