"irish TV" player on xbmc

zakalibit

RTE Player HQ updated to V1.2.0
- some shows would not play as they do not have a hls url, fallback to rtmp implemented
- rest api caching implemented for better user experience

it should update automatically, if not force it or download the latest zip from http://zakalibit.github.io/kodi.rteplayer.hq/

zakalibit

RTE Player HQ updated to V1.2.1
- added RTE News Now live stream

it should update automatically, if not try manual update, or download the latest zip from http://zakalibit.github.io/kodi.rteplayer.hq/

Movie Maestro

This is brilliant work zakalbit, looking forward to see if you can get the other RTE streams working too Your efforts are appreciated by all of us :D:D

Johnboy1951

zakalibit wrote: »

RTE Player HQ updated to V1.2.1
- added RTE News Now live stream

it should update automatically, if not try manual update, or download the latest zip from http://zakalibit.github.io/kodi.rteplayer.hq/

I tried it last night ..... did manual update from a Beta version.

I had no difficulties at all this time.

RTE News Now streaming without difficulty.
Hopefully the other live channels will also be possible.
Watched a couple of episodes of series also without any difficulty.

The only other thing I missed was a recording function ... I would have liked to record the Centenary event for others to view later.

I like the background pic changing with mouse over selections.

Great result!

and a big Thank You

zakalibit

Thanks for reconsigning my work that I enjoy anyway, as well I'd like to say thanks to those that have donated through the website donate button, I do not have any mercantile intentions with this plugin, but it is still pleasant to get few bobs.

The other life streams are in the pipeline, the main problem is that kodi can not digest these streams, the only player on linux that plays them without hiccups is mplayer.

Neon_Lights

I just downloaded a guide and uktvnow, put all the irish channels on the top of the guide and voila. Good live TV

zakalibit

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I tried it last night ..... did manual update from a Beta version.

I had no difficulties at all this time.

RTE News Now streaming without difficulty.
Hopefully the other live channels will also be possible.
Watched a couple of episodes of series also without any difficulty.

The only other thing I missed was a recording function ... I would have liked to record the Centenary event for others to view later.

I like the background pic changing with mouse over selections.

Great result!

and a big Thank You

Not a bad idea with recording, recording as such is not a problem at all.

zakalibit

Neon_Lights wrote: »

I just downloaded a guide and uktvnow, put all the irish channels on the top of the guide and voila. Good live TV

That is an android app, not usable on other platforms, as well not sure how legal is that, my plugin streams only what is available from the official rte website.

Johnboy1951

zakalibit wrote: »

Thanks for reconsigning my work that I enjoy anyway, as well I'd like to say thanks to those that have donated through the website donate button, I do not have any mercantile intentions with this plugin, but it is still pleasant to get few bobs.

The other life streams are in the pipeline, the main problem is that kodi can not digest these streams, the only player on linux that plays them without hiccups is mplayer.

Could you provide me with one of those stream RTE URIs (by pm if you don't want to post it) -- I would like to play around with it when I get time.
Thanks.

zakalibit

here u go http://cdn.rasset.ie/hls-live/_definst_/rte1/rte1-360.m3u8

Johnboy1951

zakalibit wrote: »

here u go http://cdn.rasset.ie/hls-live/_definst_/rte1/rte1-360.m3u8

Thank you

I note that DASH should be available in Kodi soon

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=237356&page=3

zakalibit

what makes you think that this is dash? it is aes-128 encrypted hls see 3.4.4 in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-13#page-7

Johnboy1951

I see .... there are separate streams for the higher res
http://cdn.rasset.ie/hls-live/_definst_/rte1/rte1-720.m3u8

Worztron

@zakalibit Thank you for making this excellent RTE player Kodi addon. Kudos!

zakalibit

RTE Player HQ updated to V2.1.0
- added RTE1 and RTE2 live streams (works only on linux/unix, needs ffmpeg, or avconv installed on the system)

it should update automatically, if not try manual update, or download the latest zip from http://zakalibit.github.io/kodi.rteplayer.hq

Johnboy1951

It updated automatically.

I tried both RTÉ1 & 2

Both worked well ...... very well ..... 720 streams.

RTÉ2 was not as perfect as RTÉ1 ..... I had a couple of stutters in the first minute, but all seemed to be ok after.

Just one quick test is all I had time for .... RTÉ1 for about 9 mins and RTÉ2 for about 6 mins.

Excellent result and great streams.


Congratulations!

captain_boycott

zakalibit wrote: »

RTE Player HQ updated to V2.1.0
- added RTE1 and RTE2 live streams (works only on linux/unix, needs ffmpeg, or avconv installed on the system)

it should update automatically, if not try manual update, or download the latest zip from http://zakalibit.github.io/kodi.rteplayer.hq

working perfectly under OpenElec. Fantastic!

Worztron

Also works perfectly on Linux Mint 17.3.

zakalibit

it should work on any linux/unix like platform as long as there is ffmpeg/avcon binary available.

zakalibit

RTÉ Player HQ updated to V2.1.1
- fixed windows platform detection, should fix errors on startup
- added rte live epg
- added rte live icons
- few minor fixes and improvements

I looked a bit in to making live streams working on windows, the main show stopper now is that pycrypto is not available on windows by default, need to think of a solution that works out of the box

I'm not sure about epg stability, as I used a free app engine service, for a caching proxy, so that the plugin will not hammer the original source.

Johnboy1951

Did a manual update this am as it had not updated automatically.

Now/Next showing for RTÉ1 but not for RTÉ2 ....... maybe because RTÉ2 is hsowing RTÉ jr st this time?

Thanks for the update

zakalibit

understand, but that is what I get from the original source
I'll try find something more reliable, but for now is better then nothing.

BTW if there is windows users interested in getting live streaming working, you could help me with some experimentation and testing on windows, as I do not have a windows machine and I feel like I'm left handed when using windows at this stage

Johnboy1951

zakalibit wrote: »

understand, but that is what I get from the original source
I'll try find something more reliable, but for now is better then nothing.

Sorry I was not clear ..... the Now is showing but not the Next for RTÉ jr

All is good I believe.

BTW if there is windows users interested in getting live streaming working, you could help me with some experimentation and testing on windows, as I do not have a windows machine and I feel like I'm left handed when using windows at this stage

Sorry I cannot help with that.
Linux only household here.
If you get really stuck I could maybe try a dual boot on one of the machines as a temporary thing.

Mickalus

zakalibit wrote: »

BTW if there is windows users interested in getting live streaming working, you could help me with some experimentation and testing on windows, as I do not have a windows machine and I feel like I'm left handed when using windows at this stage

I can help you out there. Have a Win7 PC.

GAAman

Hi zakalibit, noticed a while ago you said it won't work on android. Is there any plans to change that?

zakalibit

if you can install ffmpeg executable on android, I see no reasons why it would not work, is the same linux.
So to make it work on android out of the box, plugin needs to provide android executable, it is doable, just need to find some time to do it.

zakalibit

Mickalus wrote: »

I can help you out there. Have a Win7 PC.

will send you a pm

zakalibit

RTÉ Player HQ updated to V2.1.2
- fixed live stream blank titles when epg is not available

Johnboy1951

Only want to report the following in case it might be of interest.

I have just watched last night's episode of Christ Moore's Journey.
WHen it is selected I get an error popup in Kodi telling me to see the log file, but the episode goes on to play without problems.
This happened on the few catch up episodes I tried.

Here is an entry from the log file ..... but i have no idea if it is of any interest

11:48:44 T:140269620836096 WARNING: CreateLoader - unsupported protocol(plugin) in plugin://plugin.video.rteplayer.hq/?path=rteplayer&showid=10558251&icon=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.rasset.ie%2F000c0e61-827.jpg&title=%5BCOLOR+blue%5DRT%C3%89+One%5B%2FCOLOR%5D%2FChristy+Moore%3A+Journey

As this is a fresh install of Kodi, maybe I am missing some other plugin or such that it is looking for .....

In any case all "Latest Episodes" I tried played properly.

zakalibit

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Only want to report the following in case it might be of interest.

I have just watched last night's episode of Christ Moore's Journey.
WHen it is selected I get an error popup in Kodi telling me to see the log file, but the episode goes on to play without problems.
This happened on the few catch up episodes I tried.

Here is an entry from the log file ..... but i have no idea if it is of any interest

11:48:44 T:140269620836096 WARNING: CreateLoader - unsupported protocol(plugin) in plugin://plugin.video.rteplayer.hq/?path=rteplayer&showid=10558251&icon=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.rasset.ie%2F000c0e61-827.jpg&title=%5BCOLOR+blue%5DRT%C3%89+One%5B%2FCOLOR%5D%2FChristy+Moore%3A+Journey

As this is a fresh install of Kodi, maybe I am missing some other plugin or such that it is looking for .....

In any case all "Latest Episodes" I tried played properly.

That warning is ok, the error should be related to something else, check for an ERROR message, probably log file is rotated by now

Johnboy1951

RTÉ Player HQ Error

is the pop up, but as I said it does not hinder playing in any way.

It pops up when an episode is selected, while the stream is located and presumably buffered.

zakalibit

so you get it every time you try to play an episode?

what is you kodi version and os?

Johnboy1951

zakalibit wrote: »

so you get it every time you try to play an episode?

what is you kodi version and os?

Yes. The error shows after a short delay, immediately before the rotating icon indicating the stream being accessed.

OS is PCLinuxOS 2016 kernel 4.4.6

Kodi version 16

zakalibit

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Yes. The error shows after a short delay, immediately before the rotating icon indicating the stream being accessed.

OS is PCLinuxOS 2016 kernel 4.4.6

Kodi version 16

RTÉ Player HQ updated to V2.1.3
- fixed a typo

that error should be gone now

Johnboy1951

zakalibit wrote: »

RTÉ Player HQ updated to V2.1.3
- fixed a typo

that error should be gone now

Thank you.

Error no longer pops up.

I manually installed 2.1.3 as it did not update immediately.

zakalibit

did you try settings->addons->check for updates?

Johnboy1951

zakalibit wrote: »

did you try settings->addons->check for updates?

I had tried from the config page of the plugin and 2.1.2 was all that was offered, so I uninstalled that and installed manually.

I probably should have tried the other method, but I was more anxious to try the new one rather than various methods of updating, after it failed to update automatically as it had previously from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2.

zakalibit

I've noticed that plugin auto-update in kodi not working very well when repository is specified in the plugin itself.

zakalibit

RTÉ Player HQ updated to V2.1.4
- fixed windows startup error

for manual install download the zip from http://zakalibit.github.io/kodi.rteplayer.hq/

captain_boycott

zakalibit wrote: »

RTÉ Player HQ updated to V2.1.4
- fixed windows startup error

for manual install download the zip from http://zakalibit.github.io/kodi.rteplayer.hq/

still getting startup error on Windows

zakalibit

can you show me your log?

zakalibit

I found the problem, will make another version later this evening.

beautifulrock

Hi Zakalibit, first fantastic work and thank you for all your hard work, much appreciated.

I live outside Ireland so am unable to watch any of the live streams, just wondering if this as you expected?

zakalibit

that is down to rte, streams come from them and they're regionally restricted probably

beautifulrock

ok thanks, yes they have geo restrictions in place unfortunately.

joe_99

Zakalibit....thanks for all your great work on this. Is there a repository that I can download it from?

zakalibit

joe_99 wrote: »

Zakalibit....thanks for all your great work on this. Is there a repository that I can download it from?

Add your reply here.
See the web site there is the link to the kodi repository.

duffmagic

Thanks for all the great work on this Zakalibit!
I have it running on Nvidia Shield TV (on the Android TV OS). I read the comments about this not working on Android but maybe that's just the live TV. It seems to play back RTE Player content just fine which is all I really care about as I have saorview coming into the TV already. RTE News Now is the only live channel showing up and it starts to play but within a few seconds it fails.

zakalibit

duffmagic wrote: »

Thanks for all the great work on this Zakalibit!
I have it running on Nvidia Shield TV (on the Android TV OS). I read the comments about this not working on Android but maybe that's just the live TV. It seems to play back RTE Player content just fine which is all I really care about as I have saorview coming into the TV already. RTE News Now is the only live channel showing up and it starts to play but within a few seconds it fails.

Android is next on my list, I think I'm going to park windows for now, I tried few things on windows with little success.

Next version that I'd like to release will contain windows startup error fix and a fix for kodi shutdown, now it gets stuck sometimes waiting for rte decryption service to shutdown, and that is not working well yet.

Regarding RTE News stream it is a simple hls that kodi should handle just fine, actually is streamed the using the same technology as other catch-up programs. It could be that stream bitrate is too big and your internet can not keep up with it, so it times out. Check kodi logs after it fails.

zakalibit

Small clarification, with android on my list I did mean live streaming, everything else should work on any platform that xbmc/kodi runs