2012-02-20, 21:01
Hi,
I'm trying to sort out a problem that has occured over the past few weeks. Basically, I think that the NHL changed something in their m3u8 files (unicode playlist files) that now has xbmc trying to play them as normal playlists instead of letting ffmpeg play the files as an applehttp stream. For more information see http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=118853&page=5 at around post 43.
In any case, up until a few weeks ago we could just point xbmc at the http://...m3u8 file and it would not try to parse it itself and (I assume) would pass it directly to ffmpeg for play, which worked. Now, it is trying to parse these files on its own. It is able to play them, but there is a long pause between playlist items and the playlist is started from the beginning (instead of at the end, which is preferable for a live event).
So I'm looking for suggestions or comments in trying to come up with a fix. With a newer version of ffmpeg the plugin could just use applehttp://...m3u8, since this demuxer now exists and I think everything would work fine. What are the odds of a resync before Eden is released?
The other (probably incorrect) option I'm trying to think of would be to somehow indicate that this file shouldn't actually be parsed as a playlist by xbmc, and should be handed down to ffmpeg -- any ideas?
TIA
I'm trying to sort out a problem that has occured over the past few weeks. Basically, I think that the NHL changed something in their m3u8 files (unicode playlist files) that now has xbmc trying to play them as normal playlists instead of letting ffmpeg play the files as an applehttp stream. For more information see http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=118853&page=5 at around post 43.
In any case, up until a few weeks ago we could just point xbmc at the http://...m3u8 file and it would not try to parse it itself and (I assume) would pass it directly to ffmpeg for play, which worked. Now, it is trying to parse these files on its own. It is able to play them, but there is a long pause between playlist items and the playlist is started from the beginning (instead of at the end, which is preferable for a live event).
So I'm looking for suggestions or comments in trying to come up with a fix. With a newer version of ffmpeg the plugin could just use applehttp://...m3u8, since this demuxer now exists and I think everything would work fine. What are the odds of a resync before Eden is released?
The other (probably incorrect) option I'm trying to think of would be to somehow indicate that this file shouldn't actually be parsed as a playlist by xbmc, and should be handed down to ffmpeg -- any ideas?
TIA