History Channel and HGTV "unable to play video. no url. (1 Viewer)

[jimmyzshack]

I installed SAV 6 and i still get the same error. This is a fresh install of mediaportal and OnlineVideos. Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

[corporate_gadfly]

I am so sorry, but looks like you are being geo-locked. Both sites are available to Canadian IPs only. The SMIL coming back from the server for non-Canadian IPs has the following code:

<ref src="Unavailable.flv" title="Unavailable" abstract="You are not in a geographic region that has access to this content."/>

 

[corporate_gadfly]

I will try and push out some code later tonight (or tomorrow) which will play a video clip telling users about the geolock instead of the ugly unable to play video error. Hopefully, that geolock video code works as I don't really have access to a non-Canadian IP to test from (except for an ssh account in US which helps with wget/curl requests).

 

[jimmyzshack]

That sucks, but thanks for your help.

 

[corporate_gadfly]

No problem. I have pushed out the latest code which has a geolock video. (OnlineVideos.Sites.corporategadfly version 1.0.1.11 at least). Perhaps you could test it out? I know it's an exercise in futility but it will help prevent frustration for other users.

 

[jimmyzshack]

Yes your video clip shows up now on HGTV and History. I'm about to try that unblock-us.com service and see if it will work.

 

[jimmyzshack]

that didn't work either. So some one would have to build a site for the HGTV etc based on the US linked videos in order for it to work?

 

[corporate_gadfly]

that didn't work either. So some one would have to build a site for the HGTV etc based on the US linked videos in order for it to work?

Yes, unfortunately.