## Requirements
* [Livestreamer](http://docs.livestreamer.io/install.html)
-* python3-pycrypto -- Livestreamer needs this for some videos
-* [rtmpdump](https://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu)
-* python 2.7 (webdl doesn't work with python3 yet)
-* python2-lxml (for python2)
+* python 2.7 or 3.2+
+* pycrypto -- Livestreamer needs this for some videos
+* python-lxml
* ffmpeg / libav-tools
-## Instructions
+## Installation
### Arch Linux
- pacman -S livestreamer python-crypto python2-lxml rtmpdump ffmpeg
+ pacman -S livestreamer python-crypto python-lxml ffmpeg
### Ubuntu
- apt-get install livestreamer python3-crypto python-lxml rtmpdump libav-tools
+ apt-get install livestreamer python-crypto python-lxml libav-tools
### Mac OS X
Warning, this is untested!
- brew install python3 python rtmpdump ffmpeg
- pip3 install livestreamer pycrypto
- pip install lxml
+ brew install python3 ffmpeg
+ pip3 install livestreamer pycrypto lxml
### Then get WebDL itself
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/delx/webdl
cd webdl
- ./grabber.py
+ python3 ./grabber.py
+
+
+## Interactive usage (grabber.py)
+
+You can run WebDL interactively to browse categories and episode lists and download TV episodes.
+
+```
+$ ./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)
+
+I have a shell script which looks something like this, I run it daily from crontab.
+
+```
+# m h dom mon dow command
+ 0 1 * * * ./autograbber.py /path/to/video-dir/ /path/to/patterns.txt
+```
+
+The patterns.txt file should contain shell-style globs, something like:
+
+```
+ABC iView/*/QI*/*
+SBS/Programs/Documentary/*/*
+```
+
+The above will download all episodes of QI from ABC as well as every SBS documentary. 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).