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Can you help me, Harry Muscle? The first post in this tread says to ask if something is not working for them..
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Hi everyone/anyone Smile

Is this thread still alive?

I've set up my Slingbox Solo, added the source to the sources.xml file, created a SlingboxSettings.xml file to be able to channel up/down, and everything works fine, besides one annoyance, and that's the terrible picture quality (320x240).

I was wondering if anyone was able to overcome the 640x480 encryption on the Slingbox stream?
Has anyone tried downgrading their Slingbox firmware to a version that doesn't encrypt the stream?
Does the firmware have anything to do with the encryption?

Cheers!
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Necrobump as this is a persistent and unresolved issue.

I have found a way to connect to the sling rose waffle attachment for the VIP series Dish receiver.

I do not however understand how to add the Sling as a source in the most recent XBMC as sling is not an add source protocol.

The following is how you attain those internalized credentials:

Use Chrome and log into Dish Anywhere

Goto My Recordings and use the drop down for your slingloaded box.

Right click the drop down and click inspect element.

At the lower inspection pop-up goto resources.
On the left column select the source of dishanywhere.com

On the right column a Receivers row should be visible, copy all data directly to the right of "Receivers"

Paste that into Wordpad.

Look for the following line "sling_admin_pw" it will be null for all but the active slingloaded DVR (Make sure your IP connectivity on the box is good!)

So there you go, UN: Administrator ; PW: sling_admin_pw=Whatever Is Here 14 digits
This can also be used in Sling Player vs: 2.0.3.508
Also for the bitrate issues I see Sling Player version 1.5.1.338 has a lot of options for manually adjusting such.

Now could someone assist me with how to add the stream to XBMC.
As I currently get: MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED

"
23:04:04 T:6140 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: sling://administratorTongue[email protected]:5101/
23:04:04 T:6140 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
23:04:04 T:6824 NOTICE: Thread CDVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
23:04:04 T:6824 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
23:04:05 T:6824 NOTICE: Loaded SlingboxSettings.xml from special://profile/SlingboxSettings.xml
23:04:16 T:6824 ERROR: XFILE::CSlingboxFile::Open - Error starting stream on Slingbox: 192.168.1.2
23:04:16 T:6824 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [sling://administratorTongue[email protected]:5101/]
23:04:16 T:6824 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
23:04:16 T:6824 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
23:04:16 T:6140 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [sling://administratorTongue[email protected]:5101/]
23:04:16 T:6140 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
23:04:16 T:6140 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
23:04:16 T:6140 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
23:04:16 T:6140 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
23:04:32 T:5812 NOTICE: Thread Background Loader start, auto delete: false
"

My sling is congif for port 5101.
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(2013-12-01, 03:00)SAxFuryx Wrote: I do not however understand how to add the Sling as a source in the most recent XBMC as sling is not an add source protocol.
My sling is congif for port 5101.

In your sources.xml file, add
<sources>
<programs>
<default pathversion="1"></default>
</programs>
<video>
<default pathversion="1"></default>
<source>
<name>SlingBox</name>
<path pathversion="1">sling://Administrator:password@IP_ADDRESS:5101/INPUT</path>
</source>
</video>
<music>
<default pathversion="1"></default>
</music>
<pictures>
<default pathversion="1"></default>
</pictures>
<files>
<default pathversion="1"></default>
</files>
</sources>

By INPUT use 1, 2 or 3 (dependent on your input being used
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anyone know if its possible to get atleast the remote working? using the slingbox 500 using a hdmi modulator with tvheadend to get the stream into kodi, so would be handy if somehow can send command signals over wifi to the slingbox to change channels
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Anyone knows if Kodi supports slingbox 500?
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(2015-09-28, 18:52)TotoNano Wrote: Anyone knows if Kodi supports slingbox 500?
All the little SlingBox support there were was removed in pull request #7446 before Kodi v15 Isengard https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/7446

If you want to add it again then you really need to develop a new PVR client addon for Kodi, similar to that is dicussed in this other thread about SageTV http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220873

As mentioned in the pull request, later Slingboxes support streaming Apple HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) protocol in high-resolution to SlingPlayer clients.

It is possible that the SlingBox SDK could be posted into a such new PVR client addon http://sourceforge.net/projects/slingboxsdk/
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(2015-09-30, 13:01)RockerC Wrote:
(2015-09-28, 18:52)TotoNano Wrote: Anyone knows if Kodi supports slingbox 500?
All the little SlingBox support there were was removed in pull request #7446 before Kodi v15 Isengard https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/7446

If you want to add it again then you really need to develop a new PVR client addon for Kodi, similar to that is dicussed in this other thread about SageTV http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220873

As mentioned in the pull request, later Slingboxes support streaming Apple HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) protocol in high-resolution to SlingPlayer clients.

It is possible that the SlingBox SDK could be posted into a such new PVR client addon http://sourceforge.net/projects/slingboxsdk/

Thank you for your respond,
I was hoping to us it with Kodi on OpenElec which a linux based system.

All of your suggestion are for windows

I was able to make it work with kmttg which uses JAVA and Perl
http://sourceforge.net/p/kmttg/wiki/slingbox_capture/
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(2015-10-03, 01:28)TotoNano Wrote:
(2015-09-30, 13:01)RockerC Wrote:
(2015-09-28, 18:52)TotoNano Wrote: Anyone knows if Kodi supports slingbox 500?
All the little SlingBox support there were was removed in pull request #7446 before Kodi v15 Isengard https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/7446

If you want to add it again then you really need to develop a new PVR client addon for Kodi, similar to that is dicussed in this other thread about SageTV http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220873

As mentioned in the pull request, later Slingboxes support streaming Apple HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) protocol in high-resolution to SlingPlayer clients.

It is possible that the SlingBox SDK could be posted into a such new PVR client addon http://sourceforge.net/projects/slingboxsdk/
Thank you for your respond, I was hoping to us it with Kodi on OpenElec which a linux based system. All of your suggestion are for windows
You must have completly misunderstood me, I did not in any way mean for you to use SageTV, I was just using the dicusssion in that thread as a comparision.

You need to to write PVR client addon specifically for SlingBox, there need to be written in C++ (or C wrapped in C++), and PVR client addons for Kodi are platform independent so yes once you done so you will be able to use that SlingBox PVR client addon in Kodi under Linux as well as under Windows.

When refered to that SageTV thread I was just refering to what I wrote on page 3 in that thread: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220873&page=3

If you have been looking into Python scripts/plugins for Kodi then you going about it the wrong way if you want to create an true PVR addon for SageTV to be used inside Kodi's native PVR interface, as addons for Kodi's PVR API currently needs to be written in in C++ (or C wrapped in C++) and are referred to as binary PVR client addons for Kodi.

For a better description how PVR (client) addons works on the edn-user side compared to common Python script/plugin addons checkout the http://kodi.wiki/view/PVR page (and then also the http://kodi.wiki/view/PVR_backend page). There are also dedicated subforums for the development and usage of those binary PVR addons here:

http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=136
http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=167

For deeper details about PVR (client) addons you might need to dig into the code of existing addons here:

https://github.com/kodi-pvr

Point is, you really do not want just a Python script/plugin as a addon in Kodi for a PVR backend like SageTV, as instead you want a binary PVR client addon for Kodi written in in C++ (or C wrapped in C++). Maybe begin by following the guide here http://kodi.wiki/view/PVR and here http://kodi.wiki/view/PVR_backend to first setup a other PVR backend like example Tvheadend or VDR and try out their respective PVR client addon for Kodi to understand the concept and test the user experince.

Another tip to explain this to someone new to Kodi (and XBMC) is to point them to Lifehacker's old but excellent how-to guide for how Live TV and PVR works in Kodi/XBMC http://lifehacker.com/5981757/how-to-wat...dia-center


Again this PVR API can as of current not be accessed by Python or Java based addons, PVR client addons need to be written in C++
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it's actually C++ wrapped in C Wink yeh yeh wasn't the point just correct should be correct. the bindings are pure C.
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...em, you people here DO Realise there is a WORKING SLING CLIENT add on!
Just did a forum search and there's only 1 post (the last 1) by the guy who has done this
(HTPC SOLUTIONS) no one has replayed to it! It was on the skygo topic!

Here is the github:
https://github.com/htpcsolutions/downloa...ions.sling

Here is the app in action:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P9XJlwmwffI (ow he's also done skygo as well!)

Here is the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HTPCServices

and Here is the superepo page:
https://superrepo.org/kodi/addon/plugin....ons.sling/

BTW I have not tested it but from what it says on the Facebook page,
It works on android and a little research says all you need is your sling login (email & pass!) That's It!

I really need someone here to just clarify this is the first anyone here has herd of this and
give it a run to see if it ACCUALY is As good as it looks!
I would.... But yeah, sh*ty custom MX Box! Getting plugin errors, glitches & well,
I'm probably not the best person to give an accurate result!

They are updating the plugin everyday and the latest version has been released today!
BTW I have basicly just created this account here to tell this to everyone Wink
So yeah, have fun and let everyone here know if this is what you've all been looking for!
CHEERS
03stevensmi
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(2015-10-21, 18:41)03stevensmi Wrote: ...em, you people here DO Realise there is a WORKING SLING CLIENT add on!
Just did a forum search and there's only 1 post (the last 1) by the guy who has done this
(HTPC SOLUTIONS) no one has replayed to it! It was on the skygo topic!

Here is the github:
https://github.com/htpcsolutions/downloa...ions.sling

Here is the app in action:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P9XJlwmwffI (ow he's also done skygo as well!)

Here is the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HTPCServices

and Here is the superepo page:
https://superrepo.org/kodi/addon/plugin....ons.sling/

BTW I have not tested it but from what it says on the Facebook page,
It works on android and a little research says all you need is your sling login (email & pass!) That's It!

I really need someone here to just clarify this is the first anyone here has herd of this and
give it a run to see if it ACCUALY is As good as it looks!
I would.... But yeah, sh*ty custom MX Box! Getting plugin errors, glitches & well,
I'm probably not the best person to give an accurate result!

They are updating the plugin everyday and the latest version has been released today!
BTW I have basicly just created this account here to tell this to everyone Wink
So yeah, have fun and let everyone here know if this is what you've all been looking for!
CHEERS
03stevensmi
Tongue

This is awesome. I've been using the slingfront client for a while now but this seems a lot more integrated. I've only done a quick install so far and connected to my M1 and it works.

I still have to test how well it works with my remote and stuff like that. But if it passes the kodi controls through then it might be just fine.

Thank you.
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(2015-10-21, 18:41)03stevensmi Wrote: ...em, you people here DO Realise there is a WORKING SLING CLIENT add on!
Just did a forum search and there's only 1 post (the last 1) by the guy who has done this
(HTPC SOLUTIONS) no one has replayed to it! It was on the skygo topic!

Here is the github:
https://github.com/htpcsolutions/downloa...ions.sling

Here is the app in action:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P9XJlwmwffI (ow he's also done skygo as well!)

Here is the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HTPCServices

and Here is the superepo page:
https://superrepo.org/kodi/addon/plugin....ons.sling/

BTW I have not tested it but from what it says on the Facebook page,
It works on android and a little research says all you need is your sling login (email & pass!) That's It!

I really need someone here to just clarify this is the first anyone here has herd of this and
give it a run to see if it ACCUALY is As good as it looks!
I would.... But yeah, sh*ty custom MX Box! Getting plugin errors, glitches & well,
I'm probably not the best person to give an accurate result!

They are updating the plugin everyday and the latest version has been released today!
BTW I have basicly just created this account here to tell this to everyone Wink
So yeah, have fun and let everyone here know if this is what you've all been looking for!
CHEERS
03stevensmi
Tongue

@03stevensmi everything is empty on github.... trying to test now
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(2015-10-22, 20:48)bry- Wrote:
(2015-10-21, 18:41)03stevensmi Wrote: ...em, you people here DO Realise there is a WORKING SLING CLIENT add on!
Just did a forum search and there's only 1 post (the last 1) by the guy who has done this
(HTPC SOLUTIONS) no one has replayed to it! It was on the skygo topic!

Here is the github:
https://github.com/htpcsolutions/downloa...ions.sling

Here is the app in action:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P9XJlwmwffI (ow he's also done skygo as well!)

Here is the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HTPCServices

and Here is the superepo page:
https://superrepo.org/kodi/addon/plugin....ons.sling/

BTW I have not tested it but from what it says on the Facebook page,
It works on android and a little research says all you need is your sling login (email & pass!) That's It!

I really need someone here to just clarify this is the first anyone here has herd of this and
give it a run to see if it ACCUALY is As good as it looks!
I would.... But yeah, sh*ty custom MX Box! Getting plugin errors, glitches & well,
I'm probably not the best person to give an accurate result!

They are updating the plugin everyday and the latest version has been released today!
BTW I have basicly just created this account here to tell this to everyone Wink
So yeah, have fun and let everyone here know if this is what you've all been looking for!
CHEERS
03stevensmi
Tongue

@03stevensmi everything is empty on github.... trying to test now

I would try add it through superrepo. I tried downloading directly from github and the files weren't downloading properly for some reason. Once I added it via superrepo it worked fine.
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