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AFAIK, Boxee is not charging, nor are they doing any of the authentication. It's MLB.com that charges the fee, as they always have. I probably should have mentioned this in the OP, but this app does require a subscription to work (we could probably purchase a developer subscription if someone is willing to take this project under their wing).
The mlbviewer project uses the same authentication method that the in-browser player does (swf-based, I believe). I don't know for sure, but I think Boxee probably does the same. So my understanding is if we can just store the user/pass in the XBMC database (rather than on Boxee server), there's no need to even have a Boxee account.
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2011-04-02, 20:38
(This post was last modified: 2011-04-02, 20:48 by dallasnights.)
Thanks for the great work cant wait to see the final product, BTW 1 month free is in effect for MLB right now I am watching on iphone now, so if you can get this compelted soon we can at least get 1 month of FREE viewing or so
Thanks
BTW it does work fine with Playon
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How much are subscriptions for mlb.tv? 25$ a month? I suppose we could split the cost for a month, hopefully that's all we'd need.
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Anything going on with this lads?
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I tried bartsidee's code a few posts back and it did not change anything for me. At this point, we have two group of people: those with the desire to make this work, and those with the time and ability. The problem is there doesn't seem to be a lot of overlap between the two.
To the devs: If you're interested in assisting, how can we help? Do we need to buy a developer account on MLB.TV? Should I turn over git to someone else? Just let us know!
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I'm guessing that development on this stopped? I'm still holding out hope that someone may get it to work this season as the initial progress was encouraging. I wish there was something I could do to contribute and, as I've noted, I'd definitely throw some dollars or cents at the cause if it's needed.
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2011-04-29, 10:22
(This post was last modified: 2011-04-29, 11:27 by speed32219.)
Is the problem just getting to mlb. Why not just go to the site using FF and view the games. Try from terminal (If you have FF installed) sudo DISPLAY=":0.0" firefox "www.mlb.com"
Probably will need to re-size window (Bottom right corner, click and drag) hit F11 for full screen and watch a game. Will need a kybd and mouse though or combo. (New mini kybd like the Lenovo)
I realize that it's better if integrated into xbmc (Remote/Virtual Kybd works), but at least this will get you to the game. just create a script and add it to launcher with mlb artwork and it works. Or just install a wm (openbox/fluxbox and FF) and create a launcher that calls the wm first then FF to open in a seperate window. Also, might be nice to install something like devilspie and open it in a another desktop (desktop2) session/window. Heck, I might try that and see if I can hot key between desktops, that might be cool. Could just build a nice script around the whole process.
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Just checked back in so I haven't gotten to test this out yet, but divingmule, can you summarize the status of the plugin? I hacked on mlbviewer so that it can produce an XBMC-compliant .strm file that works with live games. Sounds like all the machinery is there, we just need to get it assembled properly.