[alpha_male]

All's well with 1.0.14. Ready for official repo update in my opinion.

[learningit]

Is it possible to display the program and episode's info like description and date aired as one goes through the list of programs and episodes? The old PBS add-on did this and it was nice to read before watching.

Version 1.0.16 available in the git: https://github.com/learningit/plugin.video.thinktv/
Flat icons added for easier use on TVs - set view to "thumbnail" - many thanks to freem@n for this work.. Added featured and popular shows - both categories are able to display show descriptions and allow easier access to the most popular show. "All programs" and "A to Z" allow access to much larger set of programs without show descriptions, icons and fanart (not many shows outside of popular ones have them).

[ludespeedny]

This add-on works great on my desktop pc, but I get cannot play this file error on everything I try to play on my Raspberry Pi box. Any ideas?

[learningit]

This add-on works great on my desktop pc, but I get cannot play this file error on everything I try to play on my Raspberry Pi box. Any ideas?

Posting a debug log would be a good starting place.

[ludespeedny]

I'll try and get one shortly. I just noticed I am on Kodi 14 on my pc and 14.1 on my pi and am updating my pc to 14.1 and see if I get the same results.

[ludespeedny]

Here is the log and I tried to play 2 different files.

http://pastebin.com/XQNs3jj7

[learningit]

Here is the log and I tried to play 2 different files.

http://pastebin.com/XQNs3jj7

Well you've won a prize. Those streams work on a windows 8 helix 14.0 but not on 14.1. They are also broken on 15.0 alpha1 Isengard - I upgraded this morning. I have a bizarre Kodi 15.0-Alpha1 Android build on my Amazon Fire Stick dated Dec 27 2014 (this date seems way too early for a 15.0 alpha) which works fine as well. I'm not sure if this a platform issue or a release issue.

So, if you (or a loved one) need a fix of Curious George, my quick solution is downgrade to Helix 14.0. I need to ask folks who are a lot smarter than I am as to why these feeds don't play in 14.1 or 15.0.

UPDATE: I posted a question on the above issue here: 1943434 (post) and also tested the latest 14.2 build I could find (16 Feb for Windows) and it works fine as well. So to recap: there is a problem with 14.1 and 15.0 alpha1. I would upgrade to the 14.2 builds for now.

FURTHER UPDATE: Please see post: 1943860 (post)

[toejam]

So, if you (or a loved one) need a fix of Curious George, my quick solution is downgrade to Helix 14.0. I need to ask folks who are a lot smarter than I am as to why these feeds don't play in 14.1 or 15.0.

UPDATE: I posted a question on the above issue here: 1943434 (post) and also tested the latest 14.2 build I could find (16 Feb for Windows) and it works fine as well. So to recap: there is a problem with 14.1 and 15.0 alpha1. I would upgrade to the 14.2 builds for now.

Of course it is worthwhile to resolve whatever rtmp issue(s) (if present) with 14.1 and 15.0 alpha1 regardless of what I write below.

However, note that for every case for which there is a rtmp urs redirect for the pbs family (video.pbs.org, pbskids.org, thinktv,org, ect.) there is also a corresponding http progressive mp4 urs redirect.

There are cases where there are hls (m3u8) qualities that have no corresponding http progressive mp4 quality, but I have never seen a rtmp quality that didn't have a corresponding http progressive mp4 quality. At least on the modern and cove platforms. The conclusion being that there is really no need to ever use rtmp.

I haven't investigated how you're using the pbs api, or what headers you're using to make your requests. But it is possible to get the api to return urs redirect urls for http progressive mp4 in all qualities. Or, you can forgo adding that logic and just patch the rtmp urls to http as they are returned, for example;

Code:

urs redirect url;
http://urs.pbs.org/redirect/6c4df45d0d4b4278a7311ab113c3d542

which redirects to;
rtmp://s3h56pp78s3goi.cloudfront.net/cfx/st/mp4:videos/daniel-tigers-neighborhood/532c0c23-a11c-4de6-8172-7b0eebda21f3/32107/hd-mezzanine-16x9//DTIG125_EpisodeB_M1080-16x9-mp4-2500k.mp4

corresponding http progressive mp4 url;
http://kids.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/daniel-tigers-neighborhood/532c0c23-a11c-4de6-8172-7b0eebda21f3/32107/hd-mezzanine-16x9/DTIG125_EpisodeB_M1080-16x9-mp4-2500k.mp4

[learningit]

However, note that for every case for which there is a rtmp urs redirect for the pbs family (video.pbs.org, pbskids.org, thinktv,org, ect.) there is also a corresponding http progressive mp4 urs redirect.

I was aware of this, but wasn't certain that it was the case all the time - I was just being lazy (I mean cautious) and using the url directly as I got it. I have found that there is not a corresponding 2500k for every 1200K version for .mp4s, as there is for the .m3u8 format, so I just wasn't sure. I also had a concern that bypassing the selected cdn could result in buffering, etc. for some folks, which I've experienced with quite a number of sites.

For a number of reasons, I sort of dance around the edge of the api a bit: 1) to be able to present all available local content to everyone and 2) so that folks don't have to login - I understand this can be a challenge for some folks.

My fallback plan was to test this fix more to see if it could be used. Thanks, you saved me all that work, I appreciate it.

I agree that we should understand why the rtmp works for 14.2, but not 15.0, there are other sites where we don't have the luxury of choosing between formats.

[learningit]

After thinking a bit more about toejam's conversation above, I made a change to convert the rtmp to progressive mp4 as he described. It makes sense for folks using http proxies. Of course I screwed up the patch because the flv's for clips needed to be dealt with as well, so we now have version 1.0.18 in the git which fixes the "Curious George" problem. It does, unfortunately, mask the current Kodi 15.0 alpha - Isengard rtmp problem. Once again, thanks to toejam.
I still have a slight concern that changing the cdn could cause buffering issues for some folks.

https://github.com/learningit/plugin.video.thinktv

If this works for everybody, I'll submit the update to the kodi.org repo, so let me know.

[ludespeedny]

That worked for me on all my tests! Thanks for the quick fix!

[Darrylx444]

New member here, first post ever:

I have recently installed the addon: PBS ThinkTV version 1.0.18 (latest I believe).
Android 4.4.2 TV box, Ethernet cable. Located in Canada.

Works great mostly.

The 2 major programs I want to watch are Nova and Nature.
But so far, it appears that only 10% of the episodes will actually launch.
The majority have "Script Error PBS ThinkTV" or else nothing happens (maybe "failed to launch" notice).
Don't get that on any other addons yet, so far as I have seen.

Anybody else have the same problem?

[learningit]

New member here, first post ever:

I have recently installed the addon: PBS ThinkTV version 1.0.18 (latest I believe).
Android 4.4.2 TV box, Ethernet cable. Located in Canada.

Works great mostly.

The 2 major programs I want to watch are Nova and Nature.
But so far, it appears that only 10% of the episodes will actually launch.
The majority have "Script Error PBS ThinkTV" or else nothing happens (maybe "failed to launch" notice).
Don't get that on [EDITED] at all.

Anybody else have the same problem?

1) You mention a banned addon. Please read the forum rules Official:Forum_rules/Banned_add-ons (wiki), then go back and edit the reference out of your post. It really won't make my day to have the support thread binned for a rules offense.

2) For anyone to be of help with a problem a debug log is needed to see what is happening. The how-to is here: Debug_log/Easy (wiki)

3) If you are outside the US a proxy may be needed to access all the content. Please see this post: 1910233 (post)

[Darrylx444]

Hi learningit,

Thanks very much for your reply. I REALLY appreciate your advice!

1) Oops - sorry bout my newbosity. I fixed that post now.

2) Here is a log file link, if it can help: http://xbmclogs.com/pienwzi0b

3) I don't have a proxy service to try out. Or know much about them. I will look into that, but it is odd that some of these episodes play fine. And all of the other PBS content works too. Can you tell if it is blocked in Canada from the log file?

PS - I am a big fan of Monty Python too. "Oh noooo.... its just a harmless little bunny"....LOL

[learningit]

2) Here is a log file link, if it can help: http://xbmclogs.com/pienwzi0b

3) I don't have a proxy service to try out. Or know much about them. I will look into that, but it is odd that some of these episodes play fine. And all of the other PBS content works too. Can you tell if it is blocked in Canada from the log file?

PS - I am a big fan of Monty Python too. "Oh noooo.... its just a harmless little bunny"....LOL

Could I ask you to open the following url in any browser, copy what is returned and post it here (should be a line or two)? Be sure to do a "copy link" on the url, the displayed text may be truncated:

http://urs.pbs.org/redirect/8a3582eb3d30...ormat=json

My avatar is my daughter's work she felt that I wasn't "Pythonic" enough - which is the language (yes named after Monty +) which we use to write addons.
A couple of puns within puns there.