2010-04-28, 15:12
Hi,
Firstly some help for xbox users only.. (mostly).
Please use one of my xbmc builds and this new version of IPlayer (my builds are in the same folder as the IPlayer.zip)
http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/xbmc/IPlayer.zip
It is locked down to 800kbps akamai h264 streams. xbox can't really do any more than 800kbps h264 anyway, and the limelight streams are rtmpt (rtmp over http) which the xbox build doesn't do. However, it should play the new stuff that hasn't been working.
This build also works on xbmc for linux, with the libRTMP patches. However it's still locked down to akamai and 800kbit, so it may not be that useful. You can modify it to use 1500kbit streams also with some editing, but really I first wanted to get Iplayer working on my old xbox1.
The problem and solution to the new streams, is that the authString provided by the mediaselector url for akamai streams does not work for new items. you have to instead specifically ask for an akamai stream as I mentioned in the urls in previous posts. Perhaps the BBC are half way through migrating to a new system. we shall see.
Please let me know if this works for you xbox users. If a stream happens to not be available in 800kbit on the akamai network, then I guess it won't work, but I think most if not all are.
Firstly some help for xbox users only.. (mostly).
Please use one of my xbmc builds and this new version of IPlayer (my builds are in the same folder as the IPlayer.zip)
http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/xbmc/IPlayer.zip
It is locked down to 800kbps akamai h264 streams. xbox can't really do any more than 800kbps h264 anyway, and the limelight streams are rtmpt (rtmp over http) which the xbox build doesn't do. However, it should play the new stuff that hasn't been working.
This build also works on xbmc for linux, with the libRTMP patches. However it's still locked down to akamai and 800kbit, so it may not be that useful. You can modify it to use 1500kbit streams also with some editing, but really I first wanted to get Iplayer working on my old xbox1.
The problem and solution to the new streams, is that the authString provided by the mediaselector url for akamai streams does not work for new items. you have to instead specifically ask for an akamai stream as I mentioned in the urls in previous posts. Perhaps the BBC are half way through migrating to a new system. we shall see.
Please let me know if this works for you xbox users. If a stream happens to not be available in 800kbit on the akamai network, then I guess it won't work, but I think most if not all are.