[RELEASE] freedocast

as requested here is a freedocast plugin

Version 0.1.2
- add support new octoshape streams using flash fallback

Version 0.1.1
- add support for streams that use octoshape using flash fallback

Version 0.1.0
- Initial version

it's available in my repo which is also available using the Un-oficial Repository Installer

xbox users can install from xbmc4xbox-addons repo via the SVN repo installer.

you can also use it to resolve stuff for you:

live stream example:

or just:

recorded video example:

t0mm0

Great addon yet again,t0mm0

is it possible to load more than 4 channels a page?

rogerzees Wrote:Great addon yet again,t0mm0

is it possible to load more than 4 channels a page?

thanks rogerzees!

i guess so. they only give you 4 per page but i could load several pages in one go i suppose.

i'll add that to my list of stuff to do.

thanks,

t0mm0

t0mm0, you weren't kidding when you said you had a whole queue. Cool mate.

Thanks for the plug-in . Here are my observations.

Most of the links are not working. Getting "Could not resolve URL error" . The channels that are working are very low quality is it possible to get more than 480p quality.

This addon is not showing up on my system (running Windows 7)

itssuresh Wrote:Thanks for the plug-in . Here are my observations.

Most of the links are not working. Getting "Could not resolve URL error" . The channels that are working are very low quality is it possible to get more than 480p quality.

yeah, i found that lots of channels didn't work when i was testing, but checking on the website i found that they didn't work there either. thats the nature of live channels i'm afraid.

unless you have found channels that work on the site but not in the addon? in which case if you can provide details i'll take a look.

Jammer Wrote:This addon is not showing up on my system (running Windows 7)

i'll need something more to go on than that

if you mean it's not showing up in my repo then do a force refresh or just wait a while.

t0mm0

Thanks t0mm0, I was able to find few channels in the website which were not listed in the plugin, I was wondering if it was possible to let the user to enter URL your plugin.

justash Wrote:Thanks t0mm0, I was able to find few channels in the website which were not listed in the plugin, I was wondering if it was possible to let the user to enter URL your plugin.

yeah i had a feeling that the listings were not going to be very reliable for this plugin.

i was assuming that it would be most useful being called from other plugins like sportsdevil, which is why i spent more time making the resolving stuff work than the scraping.

check out the first post for info on how to call the plugin with a stream of your choice. you can do this in a .strm file as well as from another plugin.

i suppose i could also make a way of entering channel names in the interface if that woud be useful?

thanks,

t0mm0

Here is one example with a log...

00:16:11 T:171679744 M:127639552 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
00:16:15 T:171679744 M:127410176 ERROR: freedocast: Could not resolve url
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127397888 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening:
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127397888 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
00:16:17 T:181776384 M:127393792 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
00:16:17 T:181776384 M:127393792 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening []
00:16:17 T:181776384 M:127393792 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
00:16:17 T:181776384 M:127393792 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127393792 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=HMTVLIVENewsChannel]
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127393792 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127393792 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127393792 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
00:16:17 T:152563712 M:127397888 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
00:23:38 T:175845376 M:126865408 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
00:24:00 T:170319872 M:128290816 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
00:24:04 T:170319872 M:128430080 ERROR: freedocast: Could not resolve url
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128294912 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening:
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128294912 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
00:24:10 T:177086464 M:128290816 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
00:24:10 T:177086464 M:128290816 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening []
00:24:10 T:177086464 M:128290816 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
00:24:10 T:177086464 M:128290816 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128290816 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=HMTVLIVENewsChannel]
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128290816 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128290816 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128290816 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
00:24:10 T:152563712 M:128294912 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting


But when you directly access http://www.freedocast.com/HMTVLIVENewsChannel through a browser, it works fine but the plugin is unable to resolve [plugin://plugin.video.freedocast/?play=HMTVLIVENewsChannel]