[VBS/Pitchfork/Crunchyroll] maruchan addons repository

Afaik they still use the new and unsupported media servers for their content on Crunchyroll and various other sites.

Until this is implemented in rtmpdump you can only browse crunchyroll but not play anything.

As a suggestion: Boxee is a spin-off from XBMC and currently does support Crunchyroll content (as it uses Flash to play the videos)

Boxee does not work on ATV G2, so good suggestion if you have a G1 device but unfortunately I don't.

I thought from the previous discussions it looked like the 360p stuff worked, it was just the premium anime that had issues. Did something happen between the last successful post attempt and now at crunchroll to change how they serve?

Crunchyroll and other video providers (I think Hulu and Youtube as well, for example) use Adobe server software to handle the video distribution.

This software has seen a new release and with it, a new protocol version between client and server is deployed. Unfortunately, this new "handshake 9" has not been reverse engineered into the open-source version of the client.

As such, only servers running the old software still work with XBMC. And it seems more and more sites migrate to the new server versions.

So long story short, video streaming from many websites is broken and will remain so until the good folks at mplayer manage to implement the new protocol.

Ahh, understood. I saw crunchyroll had posted on reddit a week or so ago and regained a bit of interest. Until I can stream it to my tv through atv2 or ps3 I cannot justify the purchase.

Hopefully someone figures something out on this.

Thanks again!

repository says vbs.tv broken on ATV2, any chance this will be looked into? Would love this amazing content, don't care about CR or the others. Great work bro

So bluecop compiled a new version of the rtmp library that does in fact support handshake 9. I placed it in the right place on my atv2 and am, unfortunately, not having any luck playing crunchyroll with it. Same error as before unfortunately. I am not seeing anything related to handshake 9 errors though, is there a way to turn on additional logging for the addon?


14:35:16 T:119394304 M:112070656 INFO: Scriptresult: Success
14:35:16 T:119394304 M:112070656 INFO: Python script stopped
14:35:16 T:119394304 M:112070656 DEBUG: Thread Python Thread 119394304 terminating
14:35:16 T:109236224 M:112070656 DEBUG: waiting for python thread 12 to stop
14:35:16 T:109236224 M:112087040 DEBUG: python thread 12 destructed
14:35:16 T:119926784 M:112087040 DEBUG: WaitOnScriptResult - plugin exited prematurely - terminating
14:35:16 T:109236224 M:112087040 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.crunchyroll/?url=None&mode=episode&name=A+Maiden+Teleported&id=573554&resolutions=12&page_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchyroll.com%2Fbattle-girls-time-paradox%2Fepisode-1-a-maiden-teleported-573554&icon=http%3A%2F%2Fimg2.lln.crunchyroll.com%2Fi%2Fspire4-tmb%2F8f5e9fa69a77b5025bd5aef9870cabc91301957656_large.jpg&plot=The+Present+Day.+There%27s+a+middle+school+girl+named+Hideyoshino+who+l​oves+fashion+and+cell+phones.+Her+nickname+at+school+is+%22Hideyoshi.%22+Just+be​fore+her+exams%2C+she+realizes+that+her+only+hope+is+divine+intervention%2C+and+​goes+to+a+shrine.+There+she+is+whisked+away+by+a+mysterious+light...The+next+thi​ng+she+knows%2C+she+is+surrounded+by+female+bandits+who+proceed+to+attack+her%21​++She+is+saved+by+a+general+with+a+gigantic+sword.+The+general+calls+herself+Oda​+Nobunaga...

That is good news!

Is there a download location for the updated library? Or is it impossible to replace a part of XBMC when using Ubuntu (with the package manager and all that).

I can't say for ubuntu for sure but I would imagine so. The source is available via git for rtmp and I am sure you could compile it without issue.

In atv2land there is a dynamic library that is loaded/unloaded at will as part of how xbmc works. Simple enough to put in as a direct replacement and reboot to ensure it is using the new file.

Update: with a replacement librtmp from git (I've installed the 2.4 branch using the 2.3 build scripts) works like a charm.

Instructions for those with experience:
- Get the source from http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/ which tells you to use git for "git clone git://git.ffmpeg.org/rtmpdump"
- Use "apt-get build-dep librtmp0" to install build dependencies
- Fetch the sources for 2.3 with "apt-get source rtmpdump"
- Copy the sources from the git folder to the debian source folder - make sure you keep the directory structure
- Use the debian build system like in this thread: http://code.google.com/p/bluecop-xbmc-re...?id=28#c30
- Comment out the 2 patches as described in the linked thread: no 2 is no longer needed and number 3 is a clean-up patch which no longer works
- Use 'debuild' as described and install the appropriate *.deb packages
- Restart XBMC

For future reference for everyone running Windows: the DLL can be found here: http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showpos...stcount=17

Hmm, so now the question is why does ATV2 crunchyroll attempt fail? The error looks like it isn't able to work at a different point than the handshake issue.

I am able to play the trailers that do not have subtitles.

In that case the log looks like:
14:22:39 T:805146624 M:114905088 NOTICE: CRUNCHYROLL: --> App - a3439/e13/
14:22:39 T:805146624 M:114905088 NOTICE: CRUNCHYROLL: --> Attempting to find subtitles...
14:22:39 T:805146624 M:114905088 NOTICE: CRUNCHYROLL: --> No subtitles available!
14:22:39 T:109236224 M:114880512 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(rtmpe://crunchy.fcod.llnwd.net/a3439/e13/mp4/ve695740/video.mp4?s=1311013338&e=1311027
738&h=f3597201c2d43f1aaaa2d3c9650416d9 swfurl=http://static.lln.crunchyroll.com/flash/20110711145109.f6bf7f75b86a64e089e1d98f9c222f89/ChromelessPlayerApp.swf?con
fig_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchyroll.com%2Fxml%2F%3Freq%3DRpcApiVideoPlayer_GetC​hromelessConfig%26aff%3Daf-91360-abhf&use_explicit_config=1 swfvfy=1 token=gQ/ROo3vxI+/x18Fs10qrVzqc1M= playpath=mp4/ve695740/video.mp4?s=1311013338&e=1311027738&h=f3597201c2d43f1aaaa2d3c9650416d9 pageurl=http://www.crunchyroll.com/a-dark-rabbit-has-seven-lives/-a-dark-rabbit-has-seven-lives-official-preview-580796)

Further on it starts talking about loading the rtmp library, but when there are subtitles it never gets that far and has an error with GetDirectory. There are also a bunch of warnings about using the wrong call to get the directory a few lines earlier, so I have a feeling there is something broken in python or how the device does something.


Here is the pastebin link for a failed attempt.
Debug logging is enabled, verified I can watch this video through the web on my laptop (after commercial). This is the entire log from the point I opened the crunchyroll plugin, moved into the anime folders and selected an anime to play. After hitting play it successfully downloaded and decrypted (as per its messages) the subtitles then eventually failed.

On screen I just see "crunchyroll - 100% Loading Directory - Retrieved 0 items" in a window, that eventually just disappears.

http://pastebin.com/bpwcmVc3