4OD (UK only) - Web Resource

From my experience it does depend on what you are watching whether you get success or not. Some older content doesn't seem to be as fussy, but when I went to watch embarrassing bodies the other night I got it dropping out after 1-2 minutes and then refusing to play again. Looking at the ffmpeg output it said it could not find http://www.channel4.com/static/programm ... 1.21.2.swf, so guessed it was the same issue that Xmantium posted about last time this happened. Ffmpeg would then report that it is not allowed to play that content.

Using a process of elimination, I changed the version number to 1.23.4 which is still currently live. Strangely it didn't fix the issue straight away even though ffmpeg did not complain about the swf player as before. After about 5-10 minutes all the content played again from start to finish.

For confirmation, I'm sure Xmantium may have something to say, as we are virtually using the same set up, although our taste in TV does somewhat differ

[zip]

I've updated the plugin to include this latest version.

[Xmantium]

4oD keep changing the version number of the swf player every few months, I can confirm the latest version number works well

[will]

I'm still having problems with 4oD (and the newly released ITV player) where it stops after a while and ffmpeg returns 141. If I then run the command manually it seams to work, so i'm a little confused. I'm using the newest player url. Any suggestions would be great. Is there anyway to get the full ffmpeg output captured and logged?

Here is my ffmpeg config, similar to the one on the wiki but with less extra packages.

  Code:

ffmpeg version N-40023-gdd3043d Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Apr 21 2012 11:57:32 with gcc 4.4.5
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-librtmp --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-pthreads --enable-static --disable-shared
  libavutil      51. 47.100 / 51. 47.100
  libavcodec     54. 15.100 / 54. 15.100
  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
  libavfilter     2. 71.102 /  2. 71.102
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 11.100 /  0. 11.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100


I'm running Debian 6 on an Atom D525.

[Xmantium]

On my QNAP linux NAS, since the swf player number update on 4oD I've never had issues bombing out once the file has played, only few issues to start playing of video, usually try to play another 4oD video and go back on the original file.
I've even noticed this same issue on XBMC 4oD plugin which this groovy is based on, try playing video file again and it works!

On ITV Player, last night I watched about 4 full episodes and no issues at all of dropping out.

It must be the way you compiled ffmpeg, have you tried the latest version? they seem to claim they fixed over hundreds of bugs since 0.9.
Alternative the Windows version?

[will]

It must be the way you compiled ffmpeg, have you tried the latest version? they seem to claim they fixed over hundreds of bugs since 0.9.
Alternative the Windows version?

I want to run serviio on my linux box as it is low powered, small and out of the way and it is left on 24/7 for the other services i run on it.

I built them both from the latest source yesterday lunchtime, i'm happy to change any options if that is what is needed. What options where used to compile your version of ffmpeg (can you post the output of running ffmpeg)?

[Xmantium]

What options where used to compile your version of ffmpeg (can you post the output of running ffmpeg)?

I'm lucky I don't need to compile ffmpeg as the QNAP admins build the QPKG for us! One of admin is a pro and provides QPKG for alot of apps that run on QNAP, because the architecture is the same, all QNAP builds work well for everyone along with Marks excellent web UI.

We did run into few issues with librtmp on 0.6.2, the user kiefOS on this forum provided his ffmpeg for us QNAPers, best man to ask is kiefOS

[will]

Yes but could you still provide the output of running ffmpeg, I can work out the options from that and try those.

[Xmantium]

Here is mine, the QNAP admin only use zips source from the download page

  Code:

ffmpeg version 0.9, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jan  8 2012 13:25:46 with gcc 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)
  configuration: --prefix=/root/.serviio/opt --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --enable-pthreads --extra-ldflags=-L/root/.serviio/opt/lib --extra-cflags=-I/root/.serviio/opt/include
  libavutil    51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
  libavcodec   53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0
  libavformat  53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0
  libavdevice  53.  4. 0 / 53.  4. 0
  libavfilter   2. 53. 0 /  2. 53. 0
  libswscale    2.  1. 0 /  2.  1. 0
Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'
Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...

Ok, i'm new to this so bare with me.
I have my NAS running Serviio 0.6.2. I have it setup to stream content to my Sony Bravia TV, which works great.

I want to watch "2 Broke Girls" which is available on 4od.
I copied the file on the first page of this post called "Channel4od.groovy" in the plugins folder in the Serviio directory on the NAS.
I then added a "Online Source" in the form of a "Web Resource" with the url "http://www.channel4.com/programmes/2-broke-girls/4od".

It shows up on my TV under "Online" -> "Video", but when I click on it to play, it buffers and says "Temporarily cannot access the server. Please retry.

Am I setting it up correctly?

Thanks

[zip]

looks ok... check the log for any errors

I restarted my NAS Server and it works fine now
But the video quality isnt the best. How can I improve it, if at all?

[WildRushSykes]

thank channel 4 for not supplying a video quality option the videos look terrible on my wdtv live and ps3 lol

[Xmantium]

I restarted my NAS Server and it works fine now
But the video quality isnt the best. How can I improve it, if at all?

Believe me the quality on Serviio is much better than the Xbox 360 app and 4oD flash player on PS3
4oD don't provide HD videos AFIK like iPlayer
On a plus no annoying ads

Well looks like they done it again. New play url is http://www.channel4.com/static/programm ... 1.23.7.swf

[zip]

Updated with a code that should detect the new swf file name and use it.

Simple as that then, nice one!

Hi,

First of all, thank you very much for this plugin. I've been using it for a few weeks and it's been running great. Recently however it has also started bombing out for me after a few minutes of play. I have followed this thread and tried several things (different FFMPEG versions, swf player versions) but unfortunately it still bombs out for me every time I try it. I'm running version 0.6.2 on Windows 7 (x64) with the latest groovy file (29/04/2012) and I get the same issues on both my Samsung D6200 TV and PS3. I have attached a detailed log. I started playing the file at around the 12:22:58 mark and the file stopped playing at around 12:29. I also tried running it from the command line:

  Code:

ffmpeg -i "rtmpe://ak.securestream.channel4.com:1935/4oD/?ovpfv=1.1&auth=da_dLaEczcpbfbOdldVdEcGd2dbcLbJcjbR-bpPK_x-eS-kxM-p5p9p5kUlWr4kbm9o4l5r3pg&aifp=v002&slist=assets/CH4_08_02_900_39905012001002_003.mp4 playpath=mp4:assets/CH4_08_02_900_39905012001002_003.mp4?auth=da_dLaEczcpbfbOdldVdEcGd2dbcLbJcjbR-bpPK_x-eS-kxM-p5p9p5kUlWr4kbm9o4l5r3pg&aifp=v002&slist=assets/CH4_08_02_900_39905012001002_003.mp4 swfurl=http://www.channel4.com/static/programmes/asset/flash/swf/4odplayer-11.23.7.swf swfVfy=1"

Output:

  Code:

ffmpeg version 0.9, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Dec 13 2011 20:46:11 with gcc 4.4.2
  configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --extra-libs='-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --pkg-config=pkg-config
  libavutil    51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
  libavcodec   53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0
  libavformat  53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0
  libavdevice  53.  4. 0 / 53.  4. 0
  libavfilter   2. 53. 0 /  2. 53. 0
  libswscale    2.  1. 0 /  2.  1. 0
HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 6, server answered 9
rtmp server sent error
rtmp server requested close
rtmpe://ak.securestream.channel4.com:1935/4oD/?ovpfv=1.1&auth=da_dLaEczcpbfbOdldVdEcGd2dbcLbJcjbR-bpPK_x-eS-kxM-p5p9p5kUlWr4kbm9o4l5r3pg&aifp=v002&slist=assets/CH4_08_02_900_39905012001002_003.mp4 playpath=mp4:assets/CH4_08_02_900_39905012001002_003.mp4?auth=da_dLaEczcpbfbOdldVdEcGd2dbcLbJcjbR-bpPK_x-eS-kxM-p5p9p5kUlWr4kbm9o4l5r3pg&aifp=v002&slist=assets/CH4_08_02_900_39905012001002_003.mp4 swfurl=http://www.channel4.com/static/programmes/asset/flash/swf/4odplayer-11.23.7.swf swfVfy=1: AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO: Operation not permitted

If anyone has any ideas how I can resolve this then I'd greatly appreciate it.

[zip]

the FFmpeg command fails becasue the URL is not valid anymore (it expiresvery quickly), I guess. It's hard to reproduce the problem.

Hi,

My first post, so I'd just like to start with a thanks for providing a thoroughly fantastic product.

I've had serviio 0.6.2 running smoothly on Ubuntu since January but over the last couple of weeks 4od programs no longer appear in the listings (Homeland had been working perfectly, but now no longer appears in the listing). Some programs appear without any problems but others simply have a "No media found message". Everything that I have should be up to date - pulled down your latest 4od plugin (29/4/12), ffmpeg and librtmp have been built manually, etc. I've had a look at the logs and for programs that don't appear I get the following message (this time round I have the killing setup):

2012-05-07 21:45:27,728 DEBUG [OnlineLibraryManager] Resource http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-killing/4od not in cache yet, loading it
2012-05-07 21:45:27,728 DEBUG [WebResourceParser] Parsing web resource 'http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-killing/4od'
2012-05-07 21:45:27,728 DEBUG [WebResourceParser] Found matching url extractor (4OD (UK only)) for resource http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-killing/4od
2012-05-07 21:45:27,728 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] 4OD (UK only): Starting parsing resource: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-killing/4od
2012-05-07 21:45:28,277 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] 4OD (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Reflections (S02 E01)
2012-05-07 21:45:28,912 DEBUG [WebResourceParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (4OD (UK only)) for item Reflections (S02 E01): index is out of range 0..-1 (index = 0)
2012-05-07 21:45:28,912 DEBUG [OnlineContentCacheDecorator] Stored online content 'http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-killing/4od' in the cache (online_feeds), returning it
2012-05-07 21:45:28,912 DEBUG [OnlineLibraryManager] Resource http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-killing/4od will expire in the cache on Tue May 08 21:45:28 BST 2012

Any program that doesn't work always has the "Unexpected error during url extractor" message. I tried having a dig around to see if I could figure it out but to no avail.

Any ideas why this message now appears?

Thanks,
Scot