2012-01-01, 06:34
I would like to write a plugin to watch videos from a website that uses flash.
Is it possible to just give the link to the flv file to XMBC? Or must I resolve the URL to get the URL corresponding to the mp4 file?
You must be logged on the website with a paid subscription to access all the videos, and there are some security features handled by the flash player (mostly avoid streaming/downloading more than 2 videos at the same time, avoid people downloading the videos). Thus the owners of the website wouldn't mind an XBMC plugin that uses the flash player to display the videos, but not something that would allow people to bypass security measures. Also they're too busy to spend time creating a secured API.
Would it be possible? I already created a C# application just for myself using a proxy to resolve and download the videos, and create the nfo file to watch them on XMBC. I thought having an XBMC plugin instead could be cool too...
Is it possible to just give the link to the flv file to XMBC? Or must I resolve the URL to get the URL corresponding to the mp4 file?
You must be logged on the website with a paid subscription to access all the videos, and there are some security features handled by the flash player (mostly avoid streaming/downloading more than 2 videos at the same time, avoid people downloading the videos). Thus the owners of the website wouldn't mind an XBMC plugin that uses the flash player to display the videos, but not something that would allow people to bypass security measures. Also they're too busy to spend time creating a secured API.
Would it be possible? I already created a C# application just for myself using a proxy to resolve and download the videos, and create the nfo file to watch them on XMBC. I thought having an XBMC plugin instead could be cool too...