[RELEASE] LiveStreams (video) Add-on - an alternative to .strm files

(2012-05-06 14:28)thatguy7669 Wrote:  those are gonna be tough. i've been looking for sky 1 for months and the sky atlantic i had changed it's address and upped the securitey to boot. if you have in fact used up all your favourites and are running a pvr build of xbmc, i'd almost suggest adding the channels you want to the xbmc pvr. i've done it that way. there's no epg for the live streams but i just use an xmltv guide programm for that.

Ah, I never thought of that. I will have a play with that later when I get in. If I can get that working it would be perfect. I take it I can use that without having a tuner card. Thanks for your advise mate, it is realy appreciated.

(2012-05-06 15:04)apcarr Wrote:  would love sky 1 and sky atlantic myself,any chance you guys (thatguy7669 and OldTerrier) could post your xml's for me,Thanks

I haven't got a personal XML mate. Im just adding favourites from various addons and other XML's posted by others. If i see a channel listed in the threads I just paste into somebody else's xml. It's all very unorganised at the moment. That is why I'm trying to tidy things up.

it works a treat. quick little set-up guide, cuz some of the stuff is hidden.

you'll need to change the file "PVRDemoAddonSettings.xml", which is located in your xbmc sytem folder (not the user folder) in the "system" sub folder.

1. make a copy of the xml file you use for live streams.

2. open that copy in a text editor

3. using the find & replace function change

<item> to <channel>
<title> to <name>
<link> to <stream>
<thumbnail> to <icon>

keep in mind that the closing tags have a "/" in them, eg </item>
so you'll have to do each replace command twice.

4. the entire channel list has to be enclosed in <channels></channels> tags and inturn by <demo></demo>

5. if you have any radio channels in your list, you need to add <radio>1</radio> to each radio channel.

6. for channel groups see the PVRDemoAddonSettings.xml for the exact syntax.

once you have everything set up to your liking, replace the PVRDemoAddonSettings.xml with your changed channel file. (make a backup of the original for referance purposes and one of your personalized version, as it gets overwritten when xbmc gets updated)

to activate everything in xbmc: Settings > Add-ons > installed Add-ons > PVR clients > pvr demo client
that has to be enabled.

next: Settings > Live TV > enabled

you should then hear your system populating and after a few seconds can access the live tv options.

this does work without a tuner card (i use it just to have everything in one place)

what doesn't work: epg, fullscreen channel switching is often not possible without calling up the osd-channels list.

to make it easier, add <>XBMC.ActivateWindow(PVROSDChannels)</> to the FullscreenVideo section of your keyboard.xml file.

Any ther questions, feel free to ask

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(2012-05-06 15:04)apcarr Wrote:  would love sky 1 and sky atlantic myself,any chance you guys (thatguy7669 and OldTerrier) could post your xml's for me,Thanks

sorry bud, but those are the ones that remain elusive. i'm still looking for them.

You sir, are an absolute diamond. I'm not sure I will be sober enough to try that tonight, after getting back from the pub watching the football. I'm going to be Realy cheeky again and ask if you could pastebin your channel file. I would be a great start for me and I would definatly owe you a few pints.

(2012-05-06 16:15)OldTerrier Wrote:  You sir, are an absolute diamond. I'm not sure I will be sober enough to try that tonight, after getting back from the pub watching the football. I'm going to be Realy cheeky again and ask if you could pastebin your channel file. I would be a great start for me and I would definatly owe you a few pints.

check your inbox. my liver's fallen off too many bar stools to be posting that in the open

hey k1m0s, thanks the link worked great.
btw your xml has some syntax errors (unescaped & on line 29: pageUrl=http://www.ilive.to/A&E)
http://code.google.com/p/k1m0s/source/br...s/List.xml

You can easily validate the file by opening the above link in IE browser and clicking "View raw file". It will tell you what line your error is on.

Thanks

Sorry guys, i'm new to this. I have the Livestream addon installed. I got a xml file from someone on youtube. None of the streams work. Is there a master xml file here that someone could send me a link too? I've checked the first post and cannot figure out how to find/download the xml file on paste bin or community-links. Thanks in advance.

(2012-05-08 14:39)BigRed Wrote:  Sorry guys, i'm new to this. I have the Livestream addon installed. I got a xml file from someone on youtube. None of the streams work. Is there a master xml file here that someone could send me a link too? I've checked the first post and cannot figure out how to find/download the xml file on paste bin or community-links. Thanks in advance.

some of the members here share their xml with us and do an excellent job on updating and maintaining the xml.

Look at the previous posts, and pay attention to the members' signature. That is where you will find the hosted xml, and you will need to add the xml via url on the livestream addon settings.

(2012-05-08 14:39)BigRed Wrote:  Sorry guys, i'm new to this. I have the Livestream addon installed. I got a xml file from someone on youtube. None of the streams work. Is there a master xml file here that someone could send me a link too? I've checked the first post and cannot figure out how to find/download the xml file on paste bin or community-links. Thanks in advance.

i'm going to second this question and add, if i put this file in a folder in xbmc, then add it as a source in livestreams, am i going to be living large?

http://k1m0s.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/Li...s/List.xml

thanks from both of us.

gbb

(2012-05-08 17:50)g0beau Wrote:  

(2012-05-08 14:39)BigRed Wrote:  Sorry guys, i'm new to this. I have the Livestream addon installed. I got a xml file from someone on youtube. None of the streams work. Is there a master xml file here that someone could send me a link too? I've checked the first post and cannot figure out how to find/download the xml file on paste bin or community-links. Thanks in advance.

i'm going to second this question and add, if i put this file in a folder in xbmc, then add it as a source in livestreams, am i going to be living large?

http://k1m0s.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/Li...s/List.xml

thanks from both of us.

gbb

You can save the file as an xml file and add it but I would not suggest that because the streams link change all the times, so your best bet is to add it as URL (type the whole url in the settings and make sure you click on add source).. this way, when the owner of the xml makes changes, it will automatically be changed in your box.