[RELEASE] LiveStreams (video) Add-on - an alternative to .strm files

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divingmule Offline
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2011-03-17 20:35 Post: #1
Instead of using .strm files this add-on lets you add streams by adding items to an xml file. Thus giving you a nice list with thumbnails, fanart, and mediadata if you like.

Artwork from Patk, thanks!

This add-on is a little different than most, it requires some effort on the users part. Make your own personal xml file, or use one that's been shared via community-links or a direct url to a file. When you have "PLAYBACK FAILED" usually means that the url supplied from the xml file is dead, temporally offline, geo-blocked... ect. Expect this when using community files.

I started community-links repository for users to share their XML files. If you would like to have your file added paste it to one of the pastebin services like http://pastebin.com and make a post with the link to the file and I will upload it, or I can add you to the repository.

Version 1.0.9

fix script error when having only one source
fix decode errors with non ascii characters in list-item
fix downloading of files from the xml database
changed the regex function to be executed when selecting the list-item instead of when adding the list-item

Download and install as zip -> http://divingmules-repo.googlecode.com/f...-1.0.9.zip

Or you can install by adding my repo. Which is also avaliable through the Repositories Installer program add-on.

Tip: Make a folder somewhere that is writable by the XBMC user. Start XBMC open the file manager(System>File manager), select Add Source, browse to and select the folder you created. Now when you use the file browser, from settings or the such, your folder will be in the root directory.
Use the folder for your xml files, and or, if your using community files set it as the location to save files.

Some rules for xml, these characters need to be replaced with their counter part. Especially watch your links for the '&' character.

Code:
change  &  to  &
change  <  to  &lt;
change  >  to      &gt;
change  '  to  &apos;
change  "  to  &quot;
(This post was last modified: 2013-01-22 16:44 by divingmule.)
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Thumbs Up  2011-03-17 21:54   Post: #2
Thanks for your started examples of

NHK - World
BBC World
RT English
CNBC

I wanted NHK - World for the Japanese coverages of earthquake/tsunami. And watching it now on my AppleTV2.
(This post was last modified: 2011-03-17 21:59 by myXBMC.)
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2011-03-17 22:46 Post: #3
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=710...stcount=10

That should work for Al Jazeera English (which is so much better than US news its not even funny)
(This post was last modified: 2011-03-17 22:50 by ksosez.)
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2011-03-17 23:06 Post: #4
Awesome idea.
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2011-03-18 00:44 Post: #5
Nice Job

Thanks

Code:
<item>
    <title>EuroNews</title>
    <link>rtmp://media2.lsops.net/live/ playpath=euronews_en_high.sdp swfUrl="http://www.livestation.com/flash/player/5.4/player.swf" pageUrl="http://www.livestation.com/channels/1-euronews-english" swfVfy=true live=true
    </link>
    <thumbnail>http://www.abitofenglish.com/images/Euronews.jpg</thumbnail>
    </item>
<item>
    <title>SkyNews</title>
    <link>mms://live1.wm.skynews.servecast.net/skynews_wmlz_live300k</link>
    <thumbnail>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/files/2011/03/skynews.jpe</thumbnail>
    </item>


<item>
    <title>France 24 English</title>
    <link>rtmp://stream2.france24.yacast.net/france24_live/en playpath=f24_liveen app=france24_live/en pageURL=http://www.france24.com/en/aef_player_popup/france24_player swfUrl=http://www.france24.com/en/sites/all/modules/maison/aef_player/flash/player.swf live=true</link>
    <thumbnail>http://www.techbabu.com/wp-content/images/france24_tv.jpg</thumbnail>
    </item>


<item>
    <title>ABC News 24 (Australia)</title>
    <link>rtmp://cp103653.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live?_fcs_vhost=cp103653.live.edgefcs.net&akmfv=1.8 playpath=international_medium@36382 swfVfy=true live=true</link>
    <thumbnail>http://www.mediaspy.org/report/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/abcnews24.jpg</thumbnail>
    </item>

<item>
    <title>NASA HD</title>
    <link>rtmp://flash86.ustream.tv:1935/ustreamVideo/6540154 playpath=streams/live app=ustreamVideo/6540154 swfUrl="http://cdn1.ustream.tv/swf/4/viewer.rsl.558.swf" pageUrl="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html" live=true</link>
    <thumbnail>http://jkontherun.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/nasa-app-hd.png</thumbnail>
    </item>

<item>
    <title>Press TV</title>
    <link>http://wms.edgecastcdn.net/200216/ipresstv?MSWMExt=.asf</link>
    <thumbnail>http://www.gilad.co.uk/storage/Press-TV_t.gif?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1280835516186</thumbnail>
    </item>



<item>
    <title>CCTV-News</title>
    <link>mms://219.90.61.6/cctv9-tw</link>
    <thumbnail>http://www.shenzhen-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cctv.jpg</thumbnail>
    </item>


A nice looking thumb for CNBC
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/file...c_logo.jpg
(This post was last modified: 2011-03-18 06:35 by FishOil.)
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Star  2011-03-18 03:52   Post: #6
Lovely job... and Fish Oil, thanks for the cut&paste. This collection has potential, just wondering if holding the icons local might prove a better solution. Hate to lose a stream on a sticky icon.
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2011-03-18 06:35 Post: #7
Excellent job can we get more USA channels in the list

thanks
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ptipton Offline
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2011-03-18 09:31 Post: #8
A fantastic plugin. Thanks!
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2011-03-18 09:51 Post: #9
This is GREAT! Thanks so much for putting this together!
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aivs Offline
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2011-03-18 09:52 Post: #10
Hello, how can i see from IP-camera
http://admin:admin@192.168.1.104/cgi/mjpg/mjpg.cgi Confused
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