[RELEASE] CTV Properties (CTV/TSN/Comedy/Discovery/etc)

andre_pl Wrote:0.1.6 was just released with complete 'Global News' support.

Sorry, can you give me an idea on how to update? In the XBMC submenu for the CTV Properties plugin, the "Update" is greyed out, so I can't do it from there.... Or do I have to uninstall the plugins, and start from scratch (I don't mind, I just need to know!)

Thanks!

Simon,
you have to get the CanadaOnDemand plugin, not update the CTV plugin. vtélé won't be an easy one, as it's based on the Brightcove platform for video distribution. From my initial googling on the topic, there are lock-in issues with Brightcove-served videos. The bright side is that if/when we can figure it out, a whole new bunch of channels use the system and can be added en-masse.


We should probably start a new thread for CoD at this point, to avoid confusion?

Wow, that was fast! Thanks. Unfortunately it seems you added the Global News streams for every province except for mine (Vancouver, BC). Unless of course my plugin just didn't refresh properly.

andre_pl Wrote:Thank you very much!

You're the first to donate, so I figured the least I could do is get your feature request out asap. 0.1.6 was just released with complete 'Global News' support.

Enjoy!

eQUIV Wrote:Wow, that was fast! Thanks. Unfortunately it seems you added the Global News streams for every province except for mine (Vancouver, BC). Unless of course my plugin just didn't refresh properly.

Oops! Sorry about that, I dunno how I missed it. It's in 0.1.8 now.

@renaudtrudel: Yes, I want to do an official release thread for Canada on demand and deprecate the CTV Plugin. but every time I sit down to write a nice post I get sidetracked by something more fun

If there's time this weekend maybe we can do a 0.2.0 official release.

0.1.9 released with CTV Local News.

Hi Andre,

Again thanks for this great addon. I am not sure if someone asked before, but I was wondering if it is possible to add playlist management to this addons. It would be nice to be able to play all the part of a video in once using a playlist instead of having to play it one by one.
Of course if depend on the way you retrieve the video URLs.

Anyways, I just wanted to check that with you if it is doable or not.

Due to a bug in XBMC Dharma it's not possible at this time, so even if I were to implement it, it wouldn't work for most people. That being said I'm still planning to add the feature, probably when I get around to upgrading to the dev version on my HTPC.

In the meantime, its still possible to queue up all of the clips in an episode and play them together, its just not as easy as Playing the whole folder. you have to manually 'Queue' each item, (zero on the remote, 'q' on the keyboard, or "Queue Item" from the context menu.)

Also, don't forget there's a paypal donation link that can sometimes get your request implemented quicker, just ask eQUIV

Temhil Wrote:Hi Andre,

Again thanks for this great addon. I am not sure if someone asked before, but I was wondering if it is possible to add playlist management to this addons. It would be nice to be able to play all the part of a video in once using a playlist instead of having to play it one by one.
Of course if depend on the way you retrieve the video URLs.

Anyways, I just wanted to check that with you if it is doable or not.

Just got home and tested it out, works great! You rock, thanks again.

Just a note, if you had ever blocked certain ports to get Hulu to play in the browser from Canada, that port block interferes with Canadian flash videos playing through this plugin in XBMC (it's port 1935). The browser can play all Canadian or US streams just fine even with the port blocked, but it will not play in XBMC with Canada On Demand plugin.

This is the error logged to AppData\Roaming\XBMC\xbmc.log:

Quote:13:45:18 T:3072 M:2472136704 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
13:45:39 T:3072 M:2463633408 ERROR: RTMP_Connect0, failed to connect socket. 10060 (Unknown error)
13:45:39 T:3072 M:2463629312 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [rtmp://cp103924.edgefcs.net/ondemand?ovpfv=2.1.4 playpath=mp4:video/Showcase_Burn_Notice_S2_E11_lowest_16x9__721544.mp4]

13:45:39 T:3072 M:2463629312 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
13:45:39 T:3072 M:2463629312 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
13:45:39 T:4288 M:2464284672 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.canada.on.demand/?Plot=Michael+helps+siblings+being+chased+by+gangsters.&Thumb=http%3A%2F%2Fa123.g.akamai.net%2Ff%2F123%2F68811%2F1d%2Fbroadcastent.d​ownload.akamai.com%2F68961%2FCanwest_Broadcast_Entertainment%2FShowcase_Burn_Not​ice_S2_E11_220x130.jpg&remote_PID=qw1eqrYzof5oOQv6OCGolgefM4ClJAnh&Title=Hot+Spot+%28431+kbps%29&entry_id=1844336892&channel=showcase&action=play&clip_url=rtmp%3A%2F%2Fcp103924.edgefcs.net%2Fondemand%2Fvideo%2FShowcase_Bur​n_Notice_S2_E11_lowest_16x9__721544.mp4&remote_url=http%3A%2F%2Frelease.theplatform.com%2Fcontent.select%3Fpid%3Dqw1​eqrYzof5oOQv6OCGolgefM4ClJAnh%26UserName%3DUnknown%26Embedded%3DTrue%26Portal%3D​Showcase%26TrackBrowser%3DTrue%26Tracking%3DTrue%26TrackLocation%3DTrue&Icon=http%3A%2F%2Fa123.g.akamai.net%2Ff%2F123%2F68811%2F1d%2Fbroadcastent.do​wnload.akamai.com%2F68961%2FCanwest_Broadcast_Entertainment%2FShowcase_Burn_Noti​ce_S2_E11_220x130.jpg]
13:45:39 T:4288 M:2464280576 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
13:45:39 T:4288 M:2464280576 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
13:45:39 T:4288 M:2464280576 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
13:45:39 T:4288 M:2464276480 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting

Since browsers can play the streams, there must be some trick that isn't implemented int he support libraries. To get around this, the port blocking should be restricted to hulu.cust.footprint.net. Everything worked great after I worked this kink out, so thanks! Although, the Hulu plugin still doesn't work still, but that's for another thread. :-)

andre_pl Wrote:0.1.9 released with CTV Local News.

The plugin actually auto-updates itself?!? I'm quite impressed!

Anyway, it works a lot better, as all channels requiring RTMP indicate [BAD] and self-modify to play. Still having a few issues, but overall it's a great experience, not having to open the contextual menu.

This plugin works great on AppleTV 2's XBMC!!! What a great 99$ box this has turned out to be!