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2015-03-26, 02:14
(This post was last modified: 2015-04-13, 22:20 by learningit.)
PLEASE READ FIRST
A number of people have requested an addon for DIY Network. I finally figured out how to get something other than .wmv videos off the website but there are problems figuring out which shows and videos are available. The .wmv files which are used in a browser do not play on Kodi. More logic is needed to figure out what resolutions, if any, are available.
So I'm posting a work-in-progress version and hoping that someone may have some better ideas about how to figure out which shows have episodes in an efficient manner. There is a limited set of Show selections and some of those do not return videos.
In the kodi.org repo.
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Thanks learningit, how do I install from git?
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2015-03-26, 20:17
(This post was last modified: 2015-04-10, 14:51 by learningit.)
The xmls return .wmv files. When going from an item the has a .wmv defined there is not always a .m3u8 or .mp4 for that matter. I've never found a method to request an xml which returns .m3u8 or .mp4 files - the website uses .wmv. I decided to use the m3u8 s because the stub load is smaller than the .mp4 in the case of the 404 not being returned and the file actually existing. I can step through a number of resolutions all at once on the m3u8 request whereas the ,mp4s need individual test to figure out the there is no file converted from .wmv available.
There doesn't seem to be a page or xml which list only shows with full episodes. I have to get a set of shows figure out which ones have videos. then check those videos for m3u8 (or mp4) and then walk up the resolutions. I was just going to do 480p that didn't seem the right thing to do.
It will be good when they move to theplatform - the other scripps sites I have addons for use it - DIY is the last hold out.
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There have been some major changes to the diynetwork website which have broken the current version of this addon. I need to explore a bit to see how to find full episodes on the changed site. It may not be possible given that new content is being put at watch.diynetwork.com which requires authentication with a cable id. I will post when I know what is doable.
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It does appear that even the Plex plugin I was using is now broken (It wouldn't bring up anything last night).
None the less, even if you give up, we do appreciate all the effort you have put into it. Thank you for at least trying.