[REQUEST] BBC iPlayer (Video) Plugin or Script?

captaincook Wrote:I am in australia and i use purevpn.com and just route my bbc.co.uk via the vpn tunnel i do the same for all UK streaming sites $55 USD for the year and it works a charm

Living in Aussie AND getting decent TV!

Can anyone recommend whose builds work best with this plugin? I am using a HTPC with Vista32. I have tried IKONS latest build but theplugin flatly refused to play any streams. Currently using the XBMC 9.04 Babylon Alpha 1 release but it still seems temprimental (some streams play fine, some lock XBMC altogether and require a restart).

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

pbu50w Wrote:Can anyone recommend whose builds work best with this plugin? I am using a HTPC with Vista32. I have tried IKONS latest build but theplugin flatly refused to play any streams. Currently using the XBMC 9.04 Babylon Alpha 1 release but it still seems temprimental (some streams play fine, some lock XBMC altogether and require a restart).

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Try looking here http://ocs.nl/xbmc/ . Jester lists one from the start of March which seems to work ok.

Cheers
Dink

Thanks for the info, I had been using jesters builds until he stopped updating them. I'll try his last build and see how I get on.

Is there anyway to record the radio streams in iplayer, as if you were recording a Shoutcast stream?

I guess Im a bit of a horder with this stuff, I listen to Last.Fm using the plugin ( alot), but cant record Same with iplayer live radio.

I suppose the nature of the stream is different to that of a Shoutcast stream then, but I'm not sure how. It would be great to record

I'm running XBMC r19448 (built just this morning), IPlayer 03-06-09b on MacOS 10.5.6 and no matter what show I try on which channel I get something similar to the following:


Can other folks see anything? Thanks.

jonm42 Wrote:I'm running XBMC r19448 (built just this morning), IPlayer 03-06-09b on MacOS 10.5.6 and no matter what show I try on which channel I get something similar to the following:

Code:

14:44:16 T:2963492864 M:252674048   DEBUG: Process - Entering source directory /Users/jonathan/Library/Application Support/XBMC/plugins/video/IPlayer
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252145664  NOTICE: SUBTITLES DIR: /Users/jonathan/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata/plugin_data/IPlayer/Subtitles
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252145664  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252145664  NOTICE: (None, None, 'b00h9xh8', None, None, None, None, None)
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252145664  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252362752  NOTICE: <iplayer2.item object at 0x1ba62660>
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252346368  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE: None
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE: <iplayer2.item object at 0x1c855d10>
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE: default
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE: Traceback (most recent call last):
14:44:18 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:   File "/Users/jonathan/Library/Application Support/XBMC/plugins/video/IPlayer/default.py", line 780, in ?
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136  NOTICE:
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136  NOTICE: watch(pid)
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252370944  NOTICE:   File "/Users/jonathan/Library/Application Support/XBMC/plugins/video/IPlayer/default.py", line 669, in watch
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136  NOTICE:
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136  NOTICE: d.ok('Error: can\'t locate tv stream')
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136  NOTICE: TypeError
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136  NOTICE: :
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136  NOTICE: function takes at least 2 arguments (1 given)
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136  NOTICE:
14:44:19 T:2963492864 M:252379136   ERROR: Scriptresult: Error

Can other folks see anything? Thanks.

I'm running SVN19451 on windows and not seeing this. I would suggest trying a new build now or going back to what previously worked, waiting a couple of days, then trying again. Building against the SVN really is bleeding edge and will not always work. If the problem persists then please do flag it up.

Regards
Dink

I had similar problem but updating the plugin to version 2009-03-06 from link in Dink's sig fixed it.

Hi all

Great work by everyone on this plugin, it really is brilliant, has been so useful.

Quick question, when it was first being done as a script, it was possible to download programmes before watching them rather than just streaming them, is there anyway to set it to do this with the new plugin setup?

Reason I ask is, my internet connection is normally 3mb which works fairly well normally but on some occassions (particularly when weather is bad) the speed drops and I end up with programmes constantly buffering. It would be preferable to have it download a programme fully before playing when this is the case.

Was wondering if there was any way it would be possible to add an options menu or something when selecting a programme? Thought maybe something like when you click on the programme it asks if you want to download or stream the programme?

Any help very very much appreciated.

Valve

Valve90210 Wrote:Hi all

Quick question, when it was first being done as a script, it was possible to download programmes before watching them rather than just streaming them, is there anyway to set it to do this with the new plugin setup?

Sorry but this plugin is streaming only. For download functionality you need to use some other software.

Cheers
Dink