2008-09-16, 14:16
gilgongo Wrote:do you guys know about this wiki?
http://beebhack.wikia.com/wiki/IPlayer_TV
It's a hub for people hacking on stuff like the iPlayer. I've used some of the scripts and tricks on there to download and play mp4 files on my Ubuntu PC. Would an XBMC plugin using some of their code be possible?
The first XBMC iPlayer script used this very method to get programmes, but unfortunately required the entire programme to be downloaded first (it couldn't stream) and had to be updated frequently as the BBC change the authentication mechanism.
It's also naughty and a pain, which is why I decided to drop that approach and concentrate on streaming now that XBMC does RTMP.
jelockwood Wrote:The 200808221345 version is currently working fine in both Plex 0.5.18 and XBMC Atlantis Alpha 4 both on the same Mac mini running Mac OS X 10.5.4
More recent versions don't work.
Is this another example of "It just works" with a Mac?
I've not a clue. It's driving me mad, I can't get a single program to stream without the unknown packet error. Old plugin or new plugin, Alpha4 build or SVN build, Windows or Linux, PC at home or PC at work, same thing on every stream. It's like it's haunting me.
I'll put the old authentication mechanism back into the next release of the plugin, maybe that'll mean everyone who hasn't got a BBC poltergeist will be able to use it again without reverting to an old version.