2014-11-01, 00:14
The issue here is not with the playing of videos, but the identificaion of current programmes available on iplayer. The current iPlayer plugin relies on the BBC RSS feeds to get this list. However there is an alternative API available at http://bbc.co.uk/programmmes.
A few months ago I decided I did not like the interface on the current add-on and completely re-wrote this portion without using the RSS feeds.
My addon still works.
Unfortunately I have changed the functions for watched status and resumed to use MySQL for multiple XBMC machines and keep the status. This has required some changes to the core XBMC application (to expose database connections). Without these changes my addon will not work. There is also an amount of skin dependency regarding the way programmes are displayed, which as I was modifying purely for myself, and everyone was happy with the extant addon did not matter until now.
I have also removed all radio functionality because I was not interested in this.
There are some problems, but I can watch about 90% of iPlayer content and it still works, the removal of the RSS has made no change.
The backend for viewing videos is the same.
I am happy to provide my code if anyone is interested, but bear in mind that it will not work with a standard install, however it could be modified to remove the database and skin dependencies.
A few months ago I decided I did not like the interface on the current add-on and completely re-wrote this portion without using the RSS feeds.
My addon still works.
Unfortunately I have changed the functions for watched status and resumed to use MySQL for multiple XBMC machines and keep the status. This has required some changes to the core XBMC application (to expose database connections). Without these changes my addon will not work. There is also an amount of skin dependency regarding the way programmes are displayed, which as I was modifying purely for myself, and everyone was happy with the extant addon did not matter until now.
I have also removed all radio functionality because I was not interested in this.
There are some problems, but I can watch about 90% of iPlayer content and it still works, the removal of the RSS has made no change.
The backend for viewing videos is the same.
I am happy to provide my code if anyone is interested, but bear in mind that it will not work with a standard install, however it could be modified to remove the database and skin dependencies.