[RELEASE] freedocast
#1
as requested here is a freedocast plugin

Version 0.1.2
- add support new octoshape streams using flash fallback

Version 0.1.1
- add support for streams that use octoshape using flash fallback

Version 0.1.0
- Initial version

it's available in my repo which is also available using the Un-oficial Repository Installer

xbox users can install from xbmc4xbox-addons repo via the SVN repo installer.

you can also use it to resolve stuff for you:

live stream example:
Code:
plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=http://www.freedocast.com/SuvarnaTv

or just:
Code:
plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=SuvarnaTv

recorded video example:
Code:
plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=5316426A31DA2141109F&mode=vid

t0mm0
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#2
Great addon yet again,t0mm0

is it possible to load more than 4 channels a page?
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#3
rogerzees Wrote:Great addon yet again,t0mm0

is it possible to load more than 4 channels a page?

thanks rogerzees!

i guess so. they only give you 4 per page but i could load several pages in one go i suppose.

i'll add that to my list of stuff to do.

thanks,

t0mm0
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#4
t0mm0, you weren't kidding when you said you had a whole queue. Cool mate.
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#5
Thanks for the plug-in . Here are my observations.

Most of the links are not working. Getting "Could not resolve URL error" . The channels that are working are very low quality is it possible to get more than 480p quality.
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#6
This addon is not showing up on my system (running Windows 7)
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#7
itssuresh Wrote:Thanks for the plug-in . Here are my observations.

Most of the links are not working. Getting "Could not resolve URL error" . The channels that are working are very low quality is it possible to get more than 480p quality.

yeah, i found that lots of channels didn't work when i was testing, but checking on the website i found that they didn't work there either. thats the nature of live channels i'm afraid.

unless you have found channels that work on the site but not in the addon? in which case if you can provide details i'll take a look.

Jammer Wrote:This addon is not showing up on my system (running Windows 7)

i'll need something more to go on than that Wink

if you mean it's not showing up in my repo then do a force refresh or just wait a while.

t0mm0
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#8
Thanks t0mm0, I was able to find few channels in the website which were not listed in the plugin, I was wondering if it was possible to let the user to enter URL your plugin.
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#9
justash Wrote:Thanks t0mm0, I was able to find few channels in the website which were not listed in the plugin, I was wondering if it was possible to let the user to enter URL your plugin.

yeah i had a feeling that the listings were not going to be very reliable for this plugin.

i was assuming that it would be most useful being called from other plugins like sportsdevil, which is why i spent more time making the resolving stuff work than the scraping.

check out the first post for info on how to call the plugin with a stream of your choice. you can do this in a .strm file as well as from another plugin.

i suppose i could also make a way of entering channel names in the interface if that woud be useful?

thanks,

t0mm0
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#10
Here is one example with a log...

00:16:11 T:171679744 M:127639552 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
00:16:15 T:171679744 M:127410176 ERROR: freedocast: Could not resolve url
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127397888 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening:
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127397888 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
00:16:17 T:181776384 M:127393792 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
00:16:17 T:181776384 M:127393792 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening []
00:16:17 T:181776384 M:127393792 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
00:16:17 T:181776384 M:127393792 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127393792 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=HMTVLIVENewsChannel]
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127393792 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127393792 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127393792 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127397888 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
00:23:38 T:175845376 M:126865408 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
00:24:00 T:170319872 M:128290816 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
00:24:04 T:170319872 M:128430080 ERROR: freedocast: Could not resolve url
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128294912 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening:
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128294912 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
00:24:10 T:177086464 M:128290816 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
00:24:10 T:177086464 M:128290816 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening []
00:24:10 T:177086464 M:128290816 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
00:24:10 T:177086464 M:128290816 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128290816 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=HMTVLIVENewsChannel]
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128290816 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128290816 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128290816 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128294912 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting


But when you directly access http://www.freedocast.com/HMTVLIVENewsChannel through a browser, it works fine but the plugin is unable to resolve [plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=HMTVLIVENewsChannel]
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#11
Hey t0mm0, I think I figured out why the plugin does not work on few of the channels, it is pop up message which is displayed for few of them i.e. with 'No Thanks' & 'Yes', even in thru the browser the streaming will not start until we click on the popup.
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#12
justash Wrote:Here is one example with a log...

But when you directly access http://www.freedocast.com/HMTVLIVENewsChannel through a browser, it works fine but the plugin is unable to resolve [plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=HMTVLIVENewsChannel]

ah, that channel seems to use a different system that i hadn't come across when i was making the plugin (already found 2 different systems so this is a third one!). it uses octoshape, but does have a flash fallback so i should be able to make these channels work.

thanks for the report!

t0mm0
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#13
justash Wrote:Hey t0mm0, I think I figured out why the plugin does not work on few of the channels, it is pop up message which is displayed for few of them i.e. with 'No Thanks' & 'Yes', even in thru the browser the streaming will not start until we click on the popup.

that doesn't happen for me on the stream you mentioned before - do you have an example of one of these?
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#14
justash Wrote:But when you directly access http://www.freedocast.com/HMTVLIVENewsChannel through a browser, it works fine but the plugin is unable to resolve [plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=HMTVLIVENewsChannel]

just released 0.1.1 which now plays this stream and any others that use octoshape (using the flash fallback stream).

i hate this site. it's so hard to find streams that work in their own flash player that testing takes far too long Sad

anyway, hope this works ok. let me know if you find any other streams that work in the browser but not with this addon and i'll try and fix them.

t0mm0
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#15
Thanks a ton t0mm0, this channel is working now..!
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