Request: Livestation
#1
http://www.livestation.com

appears to be wmv based streaming and has a linux client to boot, though i think it requires registration - i have no issues setting a username/pwd in a config screen to enable it though.
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#2
Hi! I think this is very doable, I've been looking into how Skinners system works and it's quite easy, I've fished out:

http://channeldb.lsops.net/client/2-1-1/channels.xml

Which contains a XML format file, with all details. It also provides a XBMC playable MMS stream. No login required, so it should be a easy script to make.
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#3
Bumping this. This would be very nice to have. Smile
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#4
I looked over the link provided, it would be easy enough to scrape the streams. But alot of them appear to be in .asx format which I have yet to see if anyone has found a way to get .asx streams to play in the xbmcmediaplayer. If some one has figured this out I'd love to see it. Otherwise, if a plugin were created only the mms streams that are not .asx could easily be provided.

Cheers,

FC
In these post-absolutist days it is better to build upon the shifting sands
than that of the rock which will confound you upon the day it shatters...
When you've finally realised that, then you will know
that Nothing is true and All is permitted and
you can then embrace chaos...


Google Code Page : http://code.google.com/p/f8lcoder-xbmc-s...d-plugins/
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#5
I beleive I'm just about done making this work based soley on the xml provided. I won't be able to test it for a few hours so I'm not sure if what I have coded will work. I'll post what I find within the next 6-8 hours.

FC
In these post-absolutist days it is better to build upon the shifting sands
than that of the rock which will confound you upon the day it shatters...
When you've finally realised that, then you will know
that Nothing is true and All is permitted and
you can then embrace chaos...


Google Code Page : http://code.google.com/p/f8lcoder-xbmc-s...d-plugins/
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#6
OK here's what results I've gotten:

Using the url given -> http://channeldb.lsops.net/client/2-1-1/channels.xml which contains the channel list xml.

I scraped proper all the mms streams, this resulted in only 12 usable mms stream addresses.

Not bad but not great.

I then tested those stream and of the 12 only 1 had decent streaming video content for CSPAN in french. The rest of the mms streams were live radio stations from different countries. A major Disappointment..

I do believe that the desired content was for the streaming TV channels and not the news radio stations.

I'm going to hang on to what I've coded as it doesn't seem to be what is desired. I'll toy with it a bit more and put it on my code page as unfeatured just in case anyone is actually interested in the 12 streams available. But for the most part I don't see much more that can be done with it.

If/when .asx format is supported then this could be a much better plugin...

FC
In these post-absolutist days it is better to build upon the shifting sands
than that of the rock which will confound you upon the day it shatters...
When you've finally realised that, then you will know
that Nothing is true and All is permitted and
you can then embrace chaos...


Google Code Page : http://code.google.com/p/f8lcoder-xbmc-s...d-plugins/
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#7
Hi,

isn't livestation a p2p application like sopcast?

wikipedia LiveStation
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#8
I manually went through the XML file and copied the stream urls in to .strm file to test them. I can confirm that all the video ones are working quite nicely.

Many thanks for providing this great link.
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#9
Hello,

I put the mms URLs in .strm file but they did not work. I think Livestation disabled them.

We need a programer to add Livestation to any of the following:

- Software Menu -> added to Apple TV by USBCreator
- Launcher (XBMC, Boxee) -> added to Apple TV by USBCreator

or

- Script that runs from the XBMC main menu
- A Python script to run it from the Programs menu within XBMC main menu

Hope someone will find a solution.

Thanks
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