[jplatt]

Still no house... Someone said something about cookies. is that a setting in XBMC or IExplorer?

[jplatt]

This is what is in the log file if this helps...

2:20:24 T:696 M:2663849984 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: rtmp://cp39470.hulu.com:1935/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp39470.hulu.com&auth=daEcRaPdeaQd5clabd3bXaQc0a9agaxbabe-bjRFn4-8-ZnGEvCp1Hzn&aifp=NS20070910&slist=content/39478/14/723/HuluTranscode_69875_86411_FLASH_480K_16x9_23_976__yT309dBP80KhmBbZN0N25A
22:20:24 T:696 M:2663837696 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue:ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
22:20:24 T:2836 M:2663776256 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
22:20:27 T:2836 M:2663456768 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
22:20:31 T:2836 M:2661830656 ERROR: rtmp server sent error
22:20:31 T:2836 M:2661826560 ERROR: rtmp server requested close
22:20:31 T:2836 M:2661826560 ERROR: CDVDDemuxFFmpeg::Open - error reading from input stream, rtmp://cp39470.hulu.com:1935/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp39470.hulu.com&auth=daEcRaPdeaQd5clabd3bXaQc0a9agaxbabe-bjRFn4-8-ZnGEvCp1Hzn&aifp=NS20070910&slist=content/39478/14/723/HuluTranscode_69875_86411_FLASH_480K_16x9_23_976__yT309dBP80KhmBbZN0N25A
22:20:31 T:2836 M:2661826560 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
22:20:31 T:2836 M:2661826560 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
22:20:31 T:2836 M:2661826560 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
22:20:31 T:696 M:2661830656 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [rtmp://cp39470.hulu.com:1935/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp39470.hulu.com&auth=daEcRaPdeaQd5clabd3bXaQc0a9agaxbabe-bjRFn4-8-ZnGEvCp1Hzn&aifp=NS20070910&slist=content/39478/14/723/HuluTranscode_69875_86411_FLASH_480K_16x9_23_976__yT309dBP80KhmBbZN0N25A]
22:20:31 T:696 M:2661851136 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
22:20:31 T:696 M:2661851136 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue:ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
22:20:31 T:696 M:2661851136 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
22:20:31 T:696 M:2661851136 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
22:20:48 T:696 M:2660954112 ERROR: Unable to load: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\plugins\video\Fancast\resources\settings.xml, Line 0
Failed to open file
22:20:48 T:3368 M:2657382400 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
22:20:48 T:3368 M:2657382400 NOTICE:
22:20:48 T:696 M:2654076928 ERROR: Unable to load: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\plugins\video\Fancast\resources\settings.xml, Line 0
Failed to open file
22:20:49 T:3928 M:2656837632 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
22:20:49 T:3928 M:2656837632 NOTICE:
22:20:56 T:696 M:2657943552 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: rtmp://cp39470.hulu.com:1935/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp39470.hulu.com&auth=daEd2bqbKawc1akbPdLbOd0a8bgasczahbV-bjRFoy-8-0oLCxCp0Dxm&aifp=NS20070910&slist=content/39478/14/723/HuluTranscode_69875_86411_FLASH_480K_16x9_23_976__yT309dBP80KhmBbZN0N25A
22:20:56 T:696 M:2657935360 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue:ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
22:20:56 T:1988 M:2657902592 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
22:20:59 T:1988 M:2657095680 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
22:21:02 T:1988 M:2656612352 ERROR: rtmp server sent error
22:21:02 T:1988 M:2656608256 ERROR: rtmp server requested close
22:21:02 T:1988 M:2656608256 ERROR: CDVDDemuxFFmpeg::Open - error reading from input stream, rtmp://cp39470.hulu.com:1935/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp39470.hulu.com&auth=daEd2bqbKawc1akbPdLbOd0a8bgasczahbV-bjRFoy-8-0oLCxCp0Dxm&aifp=NS20070910&slist=content/39478/14/723/HuluTranscode_69875_86411_FLASH_480K_16x9_23_976__yT309dBP80KhmBbZN0N25A
22:21:02 T:1988 M:2656608256 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
22:21:02 T:1988 M:2656608256 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
22:21:02 T:1988 M:2656608256 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
22:21:02 T:696 M:2656612352 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [rtmp://cp39470.hulu.com:1935/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp39470.hulu.com&auth=daEd2bqbKawc1akbPdLbOd0a8bgasczahbV-bjRFoy-8-0oLCxCp0Dxm&aifp=NS20070910&slist=content/39478/14/723/HuluTranscode_69875_86411_FLASH_480K_16x9_23_976__yT309dBP80KhmBbZN0N25A]
22:21:02 T:696 M:2656641024 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
22:21:02 T:696 M:2656641024 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue:ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
22:21:02 T:696 M:2656641024 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
22:21:02 T:696 M:2656641024 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
22:21:49 T:3252 M:2689961984 NOTICE: ES: Client from 127.0.0.1 timed out

[skunkjar]

My advice is to give up on Vista and just use Linux... I can watch House just fine on my Xbox...

[nicoli_k]

Still no house... Someone said something about cookies. is that a setting in XBMC or IExplorer?

I referred to cookies earlier, but that was for your web browser on the computer you were using to download the plugin that I uploaded to mediafire.com. there's no cookie settings in the plugin.

you should upload your entire log to pastebin.com or pastebin.ca to provide more information. you should also try the newest plugin from: http://github.com/rectalogic/xbmc-fancas...ree/master as was posted a few posts back.

[isobsr]

I am using the plugin on xbox/xbmc and all works good. One odd thing, I can see certain TV programs on the Hulu site but not through the plugin! the TV show 24 for instance is not showing the latest shows on the plugin!
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Thanks to all who help make this plugin work.

You are right, the latest episode is not showing up because it's not in the RSS feed. I've submitted a bug report to Fancast. If they don't fix it, we will have to scrape their site, which will really suck.

[SofaKng]

Whenever I try to play any video with this plugin I'm getting an error about default.py...

It looks like something about a tag mismatch.

Also, I can't load the "All Movies" (it just hangs and if I press cancel than it errors about default.py again)

Here is the entire log: http://pastebin.com/m9c28148

[jplatt]

Sorry for the log crap in my last post...

I have posted a Debug log at http://pastebin.com/m5b50fd08

Its a fresh log with debugging enabled... I start XBMC (in Vista x64) I open up the fancast plugin and start an episode of the "Daily Show" it plays fine... then I open up an episode of "House" and I get a blank screen no buffering or anything... what is wrong? Sometimes it crashes and in this case it crashed when I exit XBMC other people seem to be able to get house...

many other shows do the same thing

I know I could try Ubunto but XBMC is acutally working quite well under Vista for other stuff like Xvid...

ohwell I guess there are always torrents...

any help would be appreciated

[theMonolith]

You are right, the latest episode is not showing up because it's not in the RSS feed. I've submitted a bug report to Fancast. If they don't fix it, we will have to scrape their site, which will really suck.

Is it possible to let the plugin follow custom RSS feeds?

Like I could create my own based on the shows I want to watch and then when I sit down to XBMC it would be able to see them and stream them.

[nicoli_k]

Sorry for the log crap in my last post...

I have posted a Debug log at http://pastebin.com/m5b50fd08

Its a fresh log with debugging enabled... I start XBMC (in Vista x64) I open up the fancast plugin and start an episode of the "Daily Show" it plays fine... then I open up an episode of "House" and I get a blank screen no buffering or anything... what is wrong? Sometimes it crashes and in this case it crashed when I exit XBMC other people seem to be able to get house...

many other shows do the same thing

I know I could try Ubunto but XBMC is acutally working quite well under Vista for other stuff like Xvid...

ohwell I guess there are always torrents...

any help would be appreciated

After taking a look at your log, it appears that you've got an older build of XBMC:

NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Windows Vista, 32-bit Service Pack 1 build 6001. Built on Nov 13 2008 (compiler 1500)

The handling for RTMP wasn't implemented until at least a month later than November of 2008. You should upgrade your build to something more recent and try it again. I was able to view House using a builds from January 25, Feb 18, and March 3rd.

From my experience, the latest XBMC has been the best to use almost every time. I've only had to downgrade to the 2nd newest version once. I always keep a backup of the latest working version in case something is broken with it. I just rename the folder to "XBMC 1-25" or something so that it doesn't load by default, but I can still navigate to it from the newest build and run it if there are any problems and revert back to it if necessary.

[jplatt]

Ok, now i'm really confused, I installed on of the latest third party builds
http://www.mediafire.com/xbmc

but when I put the fancast plugin in there it doesnt appear to support plugins...
can you point me to a recent working build?

thanks

[jplatt]

ok I tried
XBMCSetup-Rev16953.exe
and house works... but XBMC goes out of full screen and moved to windowed mode how do I stop this
which build is the best right now?

[mcsmackton]

thanks for the recent fixes guys. good stuff.

[isobsr]

Is it possible to let the plugin follow custom RSS feeds?

Like I could create my own based on the shows I want to watch and then when I sit down to XBMC it would be able to see them and stream them.

I looked at a few feeds and they fixed the problem already.

If you still want to do that, an easy way to add your feed url is to use the favorites feature. Add a show as a favorite, then edit the userdata/favorites.xml file.
This way, you won't have to edit the script.

[theMonolith]

I looked at a few feeds and they fixed the problem already.

If you still want to do that, an easy way to add your feed url is to use the favorites feature. Add a show as a favorite, then edit the userdata/favorites.xml file.
This way, you won't have to edit the script.

The two shows I am trying to watch are The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and they both are not updating properly.

I will have to try to use the favorites option to add it.

[malsbury]

The two shows I am trying to watch are The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and they both are not updating properly.

I will have to try to use the favorites option to add it.

I have only been using xbmc for about a week, and the Fancast plugin only a few days, but I have not had any problems getting the two shows listed above to work. They are a few days behind posting the shows, but the Fancast plugin is correctly showing what is available in the rss feed.

As a matter of fact I added them directly to my main list of video sources [sources.xml] to save time getting to them.

Code:

<source>
            <name>TV - Fancast</name>
            <path pathversion="1">plugin://video/Fancast/</path>
            <thumbnail pathversion="1">E:\XBMC\media\fancast.png</thumbnail>
        </source>
        <source>
            <name>TV - The Daily Show</name>
            <path pathversion="1">plugin://video/Fancast/?episodeFeedUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffb1.fancast.com%2Frss%2F89142.xml&amp;module=episodelist&amp;title=The+Daily+Show+With+Jon+Stewart</path>
        <thumbnail pathversion="1">E:\XBMC\media\tv.png</thumbnail>
        </source>
        <source>
            <name>TV - The Colbert Report</name>
            <path pathversion="1">plugin://video/Fancast/?episodeFeedUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffb1.fancast.com%2Frss%2F94816.xml&amp;module=episodelist&amp;title=The+Colbert+Report</path>
        <thumbnail pathversion="1">E:\XBMC\media\tv.png</thumbnail>
        </source>

You can remove the <thumbnail> section, that just points at some custom icons I made for different source types.