[Request] New MSNBC plugin
#1
I know there's already a plugin that takes advantage of MSNBC's clip library (even though I haven't been able to get it to work for the last few months), but MSNBC is launching a new website and a new media library that includes a live stream to people who have cable TV.

Everything is now located at http://now.msnbc.com (make sure you don't have www at the beginning). Also, I had to turn off my ad and flash blockers to be able to get in. But once I did that, all I had to do was click the "unlock" link at the top and then log in with my comcast account.

The new site offers a live stream of what's playing on the network now, as well as full episodes of the shows. I can watch the live stream just fine, but it's saying "this content is currently unavailable" on the full episodes of the shows.

But I was hoping someone could look into this and figure out how to make an XBMC addon that takes advantage of this new video library and live stream. I would be eternally grateful if you could!

I'm not entirely confident this can be done, though, since CNN has had a similar set for quite a while and I haven't seen an addon for that.

But could someone with some technical know-how people take a look?
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#2
Someone asked a few weeks ago about adding msnbc to free cable. Looking at the new site it is now very similar to some of other nbc universal sites, so may be able to do this.
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#3
That would be amazing! Please keep us updated if you can!
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#4
By the way, if you want a livestream for MSNBC (which works with the Livestream plug-in) This is the code you need to put in XBMC-Streams.xml:

<item>
<title>MSNBC*</title>
<link>rtmp://d.cdn.livenewschat.eu/edge playpath=msnbc_live swfUrl=http://msnbclive.eu/player.swf pageUrl=http://www.livenewschat.tv/politics/ live=true<link>
<thumbnail>http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new-msnbc-logo-781050.gif</thumbnail>
</item>

I also have CNBC, ESPN, Bloomberg, HLN, CNN US & Intnl. If you need those codes let me know.

(There is also a thread for the plug-in here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=97614&page=3)
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#5
Seconding this request for MSNBC.

CNBC is also streaming live here (cable or satellite login is required). http://www.cnbc.com/live-tv/

Thanks!
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#6
Yes.
Thirding.

This would be great!
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#7
I would totally enjoy this. MSNBC, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, HLN, CNN, etc all have live streams.

I would totally enjoy having all of these streams in XBMC, but I noticed that all of the above mentioned streams use DRM to where they cannot be recorded in anyway except for CNN/HLN.

CNN/HLN both use totally normal RTMP methods but you have to get a new token each and every time you "hit play", but this probably can be coded in some manor but you would have to tie into the authentication system which I bet can be loads of fun.

Another issue besides DRM, is they use a "chunk"/HDS playlist (refer to AdobeHDS.php) and it appears XBMC does not support these types of streams, which the BBC also uses. I hope they one day do support it because you could easily combine Tunlr + iPlayer streams and watch them anywhere Smile.
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