[RELEASE] Free Cable - US station aggregator

The plugin is great, I can now watch Star Trek TOS with out the new graphics thanks for the CBS feed.

Good stuff.

Still seem to be having the same problem with NBC. It's intermittent, but when I get the error, it seems to happen for any show.

http://pastebin.com/w1NV7TEP

Eden 11 on Windows 7

Just wondering , for the food network, is it Geo/region restricted?
I could not get that working.

ailingcoot,
I do not know the answer to that question but leads me to an idea.

If you are outside the US and know for a fact a station is/not GEO locked, tell us about it. We can comprise a list and ask Bluecop to add it to opening post. That way we can easily access and point to the answer. Thoughts?

(2012-04-01 23:37)mrdally204 Wrote:  ailingcoot,
I do not know the answer to that question but leads me to an idea.

If you are outside the US and know for a fact a station is/not GEO locked, tell us about it. We can comprise a list and ask Bluecop to add it to opening post. That way we can easily access and point to the answer. Thoughts?

Actually, the issues are with the US VPN turned on, users out of the states are able to watch Hulu(this one was geo locked as well?) However, with the US VPN turned on, users are only able to see the lists and thumbnails of food network in the free cable plugin but not able to watch the stream.

That makes me wonder what's the difference and any chance to make that happen like hulu?

I just updated my ATV2 to Eden Final and FreeCable is not working anymore. ABC always played and now I get the "working" message for a long time and then it either goes back to the menu or return a (in spanish) message saying "too many failed attempts, check log".

This is part of the log:


start of FREE CABLE plugin
01:15:26 T:804483072 NOTICE: FREE CABLE --> common :: getHTML :: url = http://cdn.abc.go.com/vp2/ws-supt/s/synd...1/-1/-1/-1
01:15:32 T:804483072 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
01:15:33 T:804483072 ERROR: /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.video.free.cable/resources/lib/_common.py:9: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
import md5
01:15:33 T:804483072 ERROR: /Applications/XBMC.frappliance/XBMCData/XBMCHome/addons/script.module.pysqlite/lib/pysqlite2/__init__.py:34: UserWarning: DeprecationWarning: the pysqlite2 module is deprecated; please change your script to use sqlite3.
warnings.warn("DeprecationWarning: the pysqlite2 module is deprecated; please change your script to use sqlite3.")
01:15:33 T:804483072 NOTICE: common.args
01:15:33 T:804483072 NOTICE: {'url': 'http://abc.go.com/watch/desperate-housewives/SH559048?rfr=rss', 'sitemode': 'seasons', 'name': 'Desperate Housewives', 'mode': 'abc'}
01:15:33 T:804483072 NOTICE: addoncompat.py: XBMC Revision not available - Version String: 11.0 Git:20120321-14feb09
01:15:33 T:804483072 NOTICE:



Can anybody help me?

Thanks.

OS:Windows 7
XBMC Version:11.0 RC2
Free Cable Version:0.3.0

Pastebin log:http://pastebin.com/rSexLz1p

Station with issue CBS,Nickelodeon Primetime Full shows, the list of show and episodes are generated but will not play just script error on all shows, no issue with ABC could you take look at this for us.

Thanks Robotech

Hi,

I just installed XBMC and Free Cable on my Windows 7 laptop. I get a script error navigating to some directories within the Free Cable (i.e. CBS/Primetime/Survivor/Full Episodes). I'm also seeing this with the Hulu plugin as well.

Please see below for my log:

start of FREE CABLE plugin
12:30:51 T:2084 M:4294967295 NOTICE: FREE CABLE --> common :: getHTML :: url = http://www.cbs.com/carousels/106/video/0...f9a/0/400/
12:30:51 T:2084 M:4294967295 ERROR: Error Type: exceptions.TypeError
12:30:51 T:2084 M:4294967295 ERROR: Error Contents: argument 1 must be unicode or str
12:30:51 T:2084 M:4294967295 ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\James\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.free.cable\default.py", line 49, in ?
modes ( )
File "C:\Users\James\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.free.cable\default.py", line 45, in modes
exec 'sitemodule.%s()' % common.args.sitemode
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "C:\Users\James\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.free.cable\resources\lib​\cbs.py", line 230, in newvideos
for video in itemList:
TypeError: argument 1 must be unicode or str
12:30:51 T:2016 M:4294967295 ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.free.cable/?url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbs.com%2Fcarousels%2F106%2Fvideo%2F0_video_small%2Fb6de8288d33​6e9b7f22b2f69d15c9f9a%2F0%2F400%2F"&mode="cbs"&sitemode="newvideos"&name="Full+Episodes"
12:30:51 T:2016 M:4294967295 ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.video.free.cable/?url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbs.com%2Fcarousels%2F106%2Fvideo%2F0_video_small%2Fb6de8288d33​6e9b7f22b2f69d15c9f9a%2F0%2F400%2F"&mode="cbs"&sitemode="newvideos"&name="Full+Episodes") failed
12:30:51 T:4644 M:4294967295 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
12:30:52 T:4644 M:4294967295 NOTICE: common.args
12:30:52 T:4644 M:4294967295 NOTICE: {'url': 'http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/video/', 'sitemode': 'showcats', 'name': 'SURVIVOR\xe2\x84\xa2', 'mode': 'cbs'}
12:30:52 T:4644 M:4294967295 NOTICE: addoncompat.py: XBMC Revision not available - Version String: 10.1 Git:e9e9099
12:30:52 T:4644 M:4294967295 NOTICE:

It works beautifully on my jailbroken Apple TV 2. I'm not sure what's different with my Win7 config, permissions issue maybe? Any help would be appreciated

Thanks!

I just reinstalled XBMC - all working now! Apparently, I didn't have Eden installed primarily.

This plugin is great! Best one I know of. Thanks!

Except I can't watch Tiger blow up at The Masters Golf Tournament!

The coverage is goofy this year and everything but the last few pairings is streaming from http://www.cbssports.com and neither my Boxee nor my Roku can find it.

You are my only hope Obi-Wan Kenobi...

Thanks for the consideration.

-KP

Edit:

I guess while I'm at it, I should ask: If stations do get added/changed, will I need to re-install the latest Plug-In file, or does that automatically refresh/update?