[REQUEST] Channel4 Catchup - 4oD (Channel 4 on Demand) Plugin?

Dan Dare · 2009-04-08 15:00

@ewis.donofrio

There is a Help link in the message you're getting, doh :-)
If you are in UK you might want to send'em and email to clear things out.

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Can I watch 4oD Catch-Up in another country?

Rights agreements mean that our 4oD Catch-Up service is only available in the UK. Even if you are a citizen of the UK you cannot access the service from abroad.

Geeba · 2009-04-08 15:39

Yep Channel 4 would be good! Dink or Voinage are your best bets..... Dink I think now maintains the BBC iPlayer (dam good it is too) and ITV Catchup... They have a new one too ITVPlayer.... not sure if its the same as ITV catchup Confused

pt-1 · 2009-04-08 15:57

Doesn't C4 use DRM ..?

jacksprat · 2009-04-22 21:45

Should be able to to use the base code from the BBC and ITV plugins to get the 4OD streams. Just not sure how! *looks hopefully at the pros*

~~Voinage~~ · 2009-04-23 20:41

Pick a program:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hesto...s/catch-up

Pick an episode:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hesto...up#2870743

All you need is the number after the hash.

http://www.channel4.com/services/catchup...fo/2870743

And go from there.

Code:

import re,urllib2

url='http://www.channel4.com/programmes/catch-up'

req = urllib2.Request(url)

req.add_header('User-Agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3')

response = urllib2.urlopen(req).read()

group=re.compile('\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href="(.+?)">(.+?)</a>').findall(response)

group=group[:-9]

The above code Grabs all the available content, the method gets the rtmp / maybe.
I have spotted 2 rtmp streams. One within the xml from the above method.
One via wireshark....

dink · 2009-04-23 22:18

A probable hiccup from the xml the rtmp:// stream is a rtmpe:// stream as in encrypted Sad

So unless there is some way to decrypt the stream or another way to access it XBMC can't play it. Correct me if I'm wrong (which I would like to be)

Cheers
Dink

BlueCop · 2009-04-23 22:26

i have had some success just replacing the rtmpe with rtmp and have the video stream correctly. i did this for the mtvn streaming. i don't know if it will work here though.

dink · 2009-04-28 09:10

Looks like the utility rtmpdump (based on XBMC code) now supports rtmpe and is capable of downloading channel 4 content. See http://linuxcentre.net/download-and-watc...t_iplayer/

frosty · 2009-04-29 19:41

Supporting RTMPE may not be a great idea for those whose plans don't include fighting off lawyers:

http://applian.com/replay-media-catcher/...asures.php

Quote:As of January 28, 2009, any newly installed copy of Replay Media Catcher does not support Adobe Secure RTMP Measures. We have resolved a dispute with Adobe Systems Incorporated, without admitting any wrongdoing or liability, by agreeing not to circumvent any Secure RTMP Measures developed by Adobe.

I assume Adobe Secure RTMP Measures includes the RTMPE protocol. While Replay Media Catcher was explicitly for copying files, where as XBMC is a player, I don't know how Adobe would feel about it. RTMP specs are alledgedly being released first half 2009, so we'll see what they want to make public then.

nirst · 2009-06-08 16:54

Hi Guys,

Perhaps I'm a little cheeky asking this, but my python skills are very basic indeed and this would be well out of my league.
Now that the BBC iPlayer plugin is so perfect and the TVCatchup plugin is working well, surely the next logical project is the new Channel 4 4oD Catchup website. Particularly now they've announced they will be putting a huge amount of back catalogue on there in the near future.

From what I can see, they've abandoned the windows media DRM model they've been using for the last few years and now have flash streams on their website a la iPlayer.

Does anybody fancy giving this a go?

Nirst

Geeba Posting Freak Posts: 1,805 Joined: Sep 2006 Reputation: 0 Location: UK	2009-04-08 15:39 Post: #12 Yep Channel 4 would be good! Dink or Voinage are your best bets..... Dink I think now maintains the BBC iPlayer (dam good it is too) and ITV Catchup... They have a new one too ITVPlayer.... not sure if its the same as ITV catchup
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pt-1 Senior Member Posts: 175 Joined: Aug 2006 Reputation: 0	2009-04-08 15:57 Post: #13 Doesn't C4 use DRM ..?
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jacksprat Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: Nov 2005 Reputation: 0	2009-04-22 21:45 Post: #14 Should be able to to use the base code from the BBC and ITV plugins to get the 4OD streams. Just not sure how! looks hopefully at the pros
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dink Skilled Python Coder Posts: 265 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 2	2009-04-23 22:18 Post: #16 A probable hiccup from the xml the rtmp:// stream is a rtmpe:// stream as in encrypted So unless there is some way to decrypt the stream or another way to access it XBMC can't play it. Correct me if I'm wrong (which I would like to be) Cheers Dink ----------------------------------------- BBC IPlayer[url=http://drop.io/xbmcdink][/url] Plugin
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BlueCop bipedal omnivore Posts: 1,657 Joined: May 2004 Reputation: 70	2009-04-23 22:26 Post: #17 i have had some success just replacing the rtmpe with rtmp and have the video stream correctly. i did this for the mtvn streaming. i don't know if it will work here though.
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dink Skilled Python Coder Posts: 265 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 2	2009-04-28 09:10 Post: #18 Looks like the utility rtmpdump (based on XBMC code) now supports rtmpe and is capable of downloading channel 4 content. See http://linuxcentre.net/download-and-watc...t_iplayer/ ----------------------------------------- BBC IPlayer[url=http://drop.io/xbmcdink][/url] Plugin
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