[REQUEST] MLB.TV (Live Major League Baseball Games) plugin? Maybe port/use mlbviewer?

dylanb · 2010-06-19 20:17

Not having any luck downloading the jar file, seems like MLB took it down. Anyone think they could send me a copy of theirs? dylanb@umich.edu

Thanks

theophile · 2010-06-24 20:06

You can get it out of the Mac installer:

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install dmg2img p7zip-full

$ wget http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/nexdef/v2010_108/mlbnexdefinstall.dmg

$ dmg2img mlbnexdefinstall.dmg

$ sudo modprobe hfsplus

$ sudo mount -t hfsplus -o loop mlbnexdefinstall.img /mnt

$ cp /mnt/MLB.TV\ NexDef\ Plug-in.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz .

$ gzip -d Archive.pax.gz

$ 7z a Archive.pax

$ cp Library/Application\ Support/Swarmcast/lib/autobahn.jar .

blm14 · 2010-09-10 16:15

Would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see someone port this into the new add-on functionality in V10!

luger · 2011-01-21 04:20

I'm going to give this all another shot again this upcoming season but I'm still crossing my fingers that somebody cracks the code for an MLB.TV add-on. I'd be forever in their debt.

luger · 2011-02-09 23:22

I got an e-mail today from the fine folks who run MLB.tv reminding me of the upcoming baseball season and it reminded me that MLB.tv is available for Boxee so it made me curious if it's a stretch of the imagination to think that some crafty person might be able to tinker into an addon for XBMC this season? I generally watch my MLB games from my PC using this service but am really hoping that I can get it working on my XBMC so I can watch baseball on a big screen again.

This type of development is far beyond my comprehension so I don't really understand the logistics behind it. I just figured that since Boxee and XBMC are cut from the same cloth that there might be hope of this being an addon. Does anybody know if it would be possible or if it's maybe being worked on already by someone?

kobayashi · 2011-02-10 16:09

Interesting idea. I am new to XBMC on an HTPC and have taken to watching NHL Gamecenter, a product similar to the MLB program. Would be great if it were available within XBMC though.

If you're really aching for the game on the big TV, you can get MLB.tv via the PS3.

**natethomas** · 2011-02-10 19:55

Do you know how the Boxee mlb.tv plugin works? I haven't used much from boxee, but my understanding has always been that you are sent to a built-in webbrowser, and the web browser does the actual work. If that's the case, and if that's the only real way to access mlb.tv video, your best bet might be to talk to the people who are working on the netflix addon.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=87552

luger · 2011-02-11 00:53

That very well might be the case, Nate. I'll have to look more into just how they're doing it. As theophile talks about in the thread here, he did have a workaround last year that allowed him to dump the stream from this mlbviewer python script that was developed for Linux into a mounted folder and watch in XBMC that way but I never got that option to work for myself (though I operate in XBMCLive and I think he was in Linux). Though, perhaps I should give it another shot since that was over a year ago.

I was hoping that with the mlbviewer script there might be hope of making an interface for it in XBMC for an add-on that could essential dump the streams as well like theophile was doing manually.

schmoko · 2011-02-11 07:10

MLB.tv on Boxee seems to be using the native player. It has the Boxee scrub bar and the framerate is fairly smooth. This is on an HTPC where flash content normally chugs.

Last year there was a promotion where the entire season was available for 19.99 through Boxee. It was a decent solution (minus any games for the local team), but I had to break down and switch back to cable once my team was in a Pennant race. If there was an XBMC add-on I might look at it again.

jbalicki10 · 2011-02-11 23:10

I was able to get MLB.tv to work on Xbmc via PlayOn. Not the greatest but it worked on an old Xbox.

dylanb Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-06-19 20:17 Post: #111 Not having any luck downloading the jar file, seems like MLB took it down. Anyone think they could send me a copy of theirs? dylanb@umich.edu Thanks
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blm14 Senior Member Posts: 120 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-09-10 16:15 Post: #113 Would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see someone port this into the new add-on functionality in V10!
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luger Member Posts: 82 Joined: Apr 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-01-21 04:20 Post: #114 I'm going to give this all another shot again this upcoming season but I'm still crossing my fingers that somebody cracks the code for an MLB.TV add-on. I'd be forever in their debt.
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kobayashi Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-02-10 16:09 Post: #116 Interesting idea. I am new to XBMC on an HTPC and have taken to watching NHL Gamecenter, a product similar to the MLB program. Would be great if it were available within XBMC though. If you're really aching for the game on the big TV, you can get MLB.tv via the PS3.
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jbalicki10 Member Posts: 71 Joined: Mar 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-02-11 23:10 Post: #120 I was able to get MLB.tv to work on Xbmc via PlayOn. Not the greatest but it worked on an old Xbox.
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