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I'm trying to play the stream on this page via a strm file: http://www.cybc.com.cy/en/index.php/tv?id=90

I'm a novice with Wireshark but I extracted this: cdn.webvideocore.net/live4uk/out_dqgyqc45pzk8c4gw40o4/8258850000.ts (add an http:// in front of the above stream)

Haven't encountered a .ts stream before (MPEG2?) but it wont play, I'm using the latest Gotham stable release 13.2 Git: 201140817 for Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. I've also tested on a fresh install of Gotham and still nothing ...

This is a new version of the stream which seems to have appeared over the last couple of months. Prior to this I was succesfully using an RTMP I had previously extracted via Wireshark which now doesn't seem to be available. The old version stream was as below which I can't see it in wireshark any longer, only the TS stream.

rtmp://cdn106nl.webvideocore.net:1935/pull playpath=epfeao2vff48kskgs4wk swfURL=http://play.streamingvideoprovider.com/player3.swf live=true pageUrl=http://www.cybc.com.cy/index.php/tv?id=90

Logfile output relating to the TS stream:
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13:07:41 T:1780 NOTICE: Thread GUIDialogCache start, auto delete: true
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: http://cdn.webvideocore.net/live4uk/out_...8850000.ts
13:07:41 T:6828 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: DXVA::CProcessorHD:reInit - The Direct3d device doesn't support DXVA-HD.
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: CWinRenderer:reinit - could not init DXVA-HD processor - skipping
13:07:41 T:6956 NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
13:07:41 T:6956 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
13:07:41 T:6956 ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: HTTP response code said error(22)
13:07:41 T:6956 NOTICE: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Reconnect, (re)try 1
13:07:41 T:6956 ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: HTTP response code said error(22)
13:07:41 T:6956 ERROR: CCurlFile::CReadState::Connect, didn't get any data from stream.
13:07:41 T:6956 ERROR: XFILE::CFileCache::Open - failed to open source <http://cdn.webvideocore.net/live4uk/out_dqgyqc45pzk8c4gw40o4/8258850000.ts>
13:07:41 T:6956 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [http://cdn.webvideocore.net/live4uk/out_...8850000.ts]
13:07:41 T:6956 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
13:07:41 T:6956 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
13:07:41 T:6828 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [http://cdn.webvideocore.net/live4uk/out_...8850000.ts]
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
13:07:41 T:6828 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
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- Should this TS play ok via a strm file or are there some other parameters I need to sniff out?
- Can anyone shed any light on the log errors above, eg, "ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: HTTP response code said error(22)"

Many thanks in advance for any clues!

Welcome to forums.

Sure testing...

That stream also doesn't play here. Kodi says something about playlist error unable to play next item on playlist and thats it. Im on the Helix v14 nightlies.

I think that stream just may not be playable maybe due to some encryption or something else, FTW tried VLC also failed so not a player issue I guess.

Thanks for that uNiversal .. uhhm, how do I thank you :-)

So, the stream is:

a) possibly encrypted - but then it plays fine on the source website at www.cybc.com.cy/en/index.php/tv?id=90. Plus the same stream is available on several other websites like this one: www.odyovi.com/cyprus/nicosia/free-online-greek-tv/watch-live/rik-sat-tv-cybc.Can the raw stream be encrypted but be available to embed on a website?

b) blocked as far as Kodi/XBMC is concerned (and for VLC). I read somewhere that some live streaming providers have been blocking VLC and XBMC by rejecting their http headers. I know the header can't be changed on VLC as the developers have taken that option away as far as I'm aware. Do you or anyone else know whether its possible to change the Kodi headers to emulate say internet explorer?

c) or I have the stream incorrectly formatted - don't suppose anyone with Wireshark could have a look for me perhaps?

Yea you need more posts for the + to show up to you.

a) No idea the original site may decrypt it. As for other sites embedding it, via API maybe?

b) Its hard coded I think, I dont really understand much of that part but see https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/search?utf8...=useragent Its possible that this is the reason. FYI its doesnt play on my Firefox I get blank video.
Im already running code with this https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/4681 (imitates chromium) and I cant play it in Kodi.

c) /me shrugs.

When I get enough posts I owe you a + ....

Strange that you can't play it in FF as thats what I use and it plays fine in my browser. I dont think its anything to do with geo-detection as I'm pretty sure it plays fine in several countries.

Thanks for links, I'll have a look.

In the meantime if there's any packet sniffing experts out there I'd really appreciate you checking I have the correct raw stream ....

So, as a short-term workaround I can play the stream using this web browser for Kodi http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=162544

Seems to work fine, though a little inelegant for just playing a stream. Would much prefer to have the strm sorted out. If anyone has any ideas about getting the raw stream to work I'd really, really like to hear from you ...