BBC iPlayer (UK) (2 Viewers)

[Brownard]

I've just fixed an issue with ITV when you try to play a video you've just played.
Cold Blood seems to work OK with me, can you update the site and try again?

 

[mpsam]

Thanks for looking at it. I updated and tried it again and had the same problem. Note that it is with the second episode of each season so 1x2 and 2x2 that the problem exists. The first episode of each season works fine.

 

[Brownard]

They are definitely working here. If you post your OnlineVideos.log after a failed playback (remember to set log verbosity to debug) I will take a look.

 

[Threarah]

I think that librtmp allows a socks proxy to be specified so it may be possible to configure this when starting playback - hopefully @georgius can confirm.

Did anything come of this? Is using a socks proxy for playback itself possible without using an external workaround (proxifier etc)?

IPlayer appears to be throwing errors, although I can't rule out a network problem as I use a VPN, although it works in a browser.

Here's OnlineVideos.log with verbosity set to debug: http://pastebin.com/Jpd5uAFq

 

[joesploggs]

Is anyone else finding that the HD streams no longer work for iPlayer? The default resolution of 832 x 468 1500kbps works fine.

 

[blair_haynes]

Yeah, no longer working for me. The 832 x 468 1500kbps hasn't worked for me for months now so not having the HD stream is a little disappointing for me.

 

[joecrow]

The program info. that is displayed when selecting Live BBC or ITV channels sems to be based on local time rather than UK time. For example if local time is GMT +1 hour the program info. displayed will be +1 hour in advance of what is currently playing, is there any way to correct this?

P.S. ref. the previous post 832x 468 1500kps may not be working but for HD use 1280 x 780 2800kps akamai which works great!

 

[joesploggs]

P.S. ref. the previous post 832x 468 1500kps may not be working but for HD use 1280 x 780 2800kps akamai which works great!

Hi joecrow- I am experiencing the opposite to you. 1280 x 720 akamai gives me a connection error but 832 x 468 works fine.
I really miss the HD stream. Any ideas why we would be different?

 

[Brownard]

The program info. that is displayed when selecting Live BBC or ITV channels sems to be based on local time rather than UK time. For example if local time is GMT +1 hour the program info. displayed will be +1 hour in advance of what is currently playing, is there any way to correct this?

This is something that I'll need to correct in the code, as you've noticed it just does a very crude comparison between the guide time and your system time.

I have no idea about some of the streams not working, logs may help, I rarely have issues myself

 

[joecrow]

P.S. ref. the previous post 832x 468 1500kps may not be working but for HD use 1280 x 780 2800kps akamai which works great!

Hi joecrow- I am experiencing the opposite to you. 1280 x 720 akamai gives me a connection error but 832 x 468 works fine.
I really miss the HD stream. Any ideas why we would be different?

Hi joesploggs
I'm no expert on this, just a user but I did a double check and for BBC Iplayer programs all the akamai streams work fine for me and all the others (limelight and level 3) including the default (832 x 468 limelight) fail with a connection error. For Live BBC TV the default highest speed stream works fine. Are you connecting via a VPN/DNS service? Could there be a difference there or codecs maybe? I'm more than happy to provide further info. here on my setup for comparison purposes if that will help, also see my system specs ("HTPC").

This is something that I'll need to correct in the code, as you've noticed it just does a very crude comparison between the guide time and your system time.

I have no idea about some of the streams not working, logs may help, I rarely have issues myself

No urgency there Brownard but maybe add it to the wishlist, and/or it would be real neat to be able to have a days worth of program guide available to view. Keep up the good work