2008-10-15, 15:48
There seems to be several issues getting scripts and plugins to work on the WINDOWS platform. See posts:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=35315
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=37684
It's not clear why these scripts and plugins don't work, but most errors occur due to url and Winsock calls from the scripts' code. Since I do not have an XBOX or Linux, I have only tested these on Windows and cannot verify their working states on other platforms.
All scripts and plugins have been started "out of the box" with no alterations in the scripts like "socket.setdefaulttimeout". For testing purposes both the msvcr71.dll and the msvcp71.dll have been placed in system32 and the Python Image Libraries have been installed.
The purpose of this post is to get a clarifying overview of existing scripts and plugins, response from other users and to find out what's causing troubles in relation to the windows build.
This list is far from complete and totally relies on input from other users. A scripts might need an account or user settings to make it work. So please post your findings in this post. If you do, just copy and paste an item from the list (or the whole list), edit your findings in a simple text editor and past the list back into this topic. Use "Wrap
[b]Audio Plugins:
Scripts:
It seems that most scripts and plugins CAN get info from url but 2/3 FAIL when they actually need to stream the content.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=35315
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=37684
It's not clear why these scripts and plugins don't work, but most errors occur due to url and Winsock calls from the scripts' code. Since I do not have an XBOX or Linux, I have only tested these on Windows and cannot verify their working states on other platforms.
All scripts and plugins have been started "out of the box" with no alterations in the scripts like "socket.setdefaulttimeout". For testing purposes both the msvcr71.dll and the msvcp71.dll have been placed in system32 and the Python Image Libraries have been installed.
The purpose of this post is to get a clarifying overview of existing scripts and plugins, response from other users and to find out what's causing troubles in relation to the windows build.
This list is far from complete and totally relies on input from other users. A scripts might need an account or user settings to make it work. So please post your findings in this post. If you do, just copy and paste an item from the list (or the whole list), edit your findings in a simple text editor and past the list back into this topic. Use "Wrap
Code:
tags around selected text"[/b] (needs a non-proportional font) and make your entry [b]BOLD[/b] or [u]UNDERLINED[/u].
The [u]first[/u] column show the script/plugin name, The [u]second[/u] shows if the script grabs [i]indexes[/i] from a urls/sites/IP-addreses and shows some thumbnails, the [u]third[/u] and most important column shows whether the content shown [i]actually streams [/i]to your PC. It's this part where most scripts and plugins fail.
"o" represents a working state, "x" a failure.
[b]Video Plugins[/b]:
[CODE]Plugin Name Grabs Streams
Indexes Content Comments
Altertube Plugin o o
Anijunkie o x
Animefuel o o
Animeseed x x
AnimeShowcaseHD x x
Anitube o x
AOL Videos o x
Apple Movie Trail II o o
artePLUS7 o x
Channel 1o1 o o
Clip.vn o x
Crunchyroll o x
Demoscenetv o o
Diggavideo o o Very slow
DivVin Plugin x x
Gofish x x
Google video x x
Guba Plugin o o
Joox o x
LastTube o o
Libripod o o
Lindenstrasse x x
Meelu o x
Megavideo o x
Movieago plugin x x
Moviealien o x
Moviesondemand x x
Ninja video o x
One manga x x
Podcast2 o o
Podcasts x x
Quicksilverscreen o x
SageTV ? ? No Sage TV installed
Schweizer Fernsehen x x
Southpark o x
Southpark Studios o x
Space o o
Stagevu x x
Stansdad o x crashes
The Best of ITV o x
Tv Shack o o
Tv-links x o
Veoh o x crashes
Viasat o x
VideoMonkey o o
Vietnamese Media o x
Vreel x x
WatchOnline o x
Yahoo Music Video x x
YouTube x x
ZDF mediathek o o
[b]Audio Plugins:
Code:
Anime&Videogame o x
BBC Podcasts o o
Grabthatmusic x x
Libripod o o
MySpace ? ? No user account
Podcast2 o o
Podcasts o o
Seeqpod o o
Streamer Radio o x
Tagoo Music Search x x
Scripts:
Code:
Script Name Grabs Streams
Indexes Content Comments
Apple Movie Trailers o o
BBC PodRadio o x
Bowser x x Script errors
Buienradar o o
CnetTV x x Script errors
CNN x x Script errors
Comedy Central x x
Comics x x Script errors
DailymotionTV o x
DemoScene On Demand o o 4:3 orientated
Display Adjust o o Doesn't need streaming
Dutch Radio Streams x x
DutchStream x x exits
EPGViewer x x
FastcompanyTV x x
Google Images o x Shows only thumbs
GTReviews o o
Infinity TV x x 4:3 orientated
iTunesRadio o o
KaleidaScrape x x
LocateU x x No display of map
LeZapping o o
Live365 o o Needs account
Lucky7 x x
MediaFeedBrowser x x
MediaPortal TV Client o x [b]I'd really like this to work[/b]
MediaStream o o
Microsoft Channel 9 o o
MultiRSS o o Not always correctly displayed
MyTheatreXBMC x x
myTV o x No MythTV installed
Navi-X x x Script errors
NIT o o 4:3 orientaded
Ooba x x Winsock errors
RaiClick o o 4:3 orientaded
Revision3 x x Script errors
RunXM ? ? Needs account
SageTV ? ? No SageTV installed
Shoutcast Downloader o x Fetches but no save
Thumbnail Downloader o x Error urlopen
tv.com o x Says change in website
TVGids x x Script errors
TVGuide ? ?
WebScheduler ? ?
www.TV.com x x
XBMC Earth x x Script errors
XBMCScripts o x Hangs on installing
XBMCSub ? ?
Xelicious x x
xMceItv x x
XOT-Uzg.v3 o o Finally works but Xbox orientaded
YouTube2a o x Hangs on streaming
YouTube3 o o Needs repetitive clicking
It seems that most scripts and plugins CAN get info from url but 2/3 FAIL when they actually need to stream the content.