SOPCAST VIDEO WEB RESOURCE

i am really no expert as i am just getting into this myself, but i found that if you start the stream FIRST then inputted the url etc it worked.

Chris

[jhb50]

Did you read and follow the first post? Obviously if the stream does not exist then Serviio cannot display it.

[devil2]

is it possible to make something like you did to sopacast to this two new projects
http://torrentstream.org/
stream torrent

thanks

Did you read and follow the first post? Obviously if the stream does not exist then Serviio cannot display it.

Yes, i can open it in my vlc player so the stream is working. For some reason the Online folder on my LG TV is always empty.

[jhb50]

You will need to set your log for debug, then refresh the feed and post the log for that period so we can see why.

You will need to set your log for debug, then refresh the feed and post the log for that period so we can see why.

Here it is.
Let me know if there's any other thing needed.

[WildRushSykes]

According to the log you are running version 2 of the plugin so you might want to update it and try again

According to the log you are running version 2 of the plugin so you might want to update it and try again

The file i'm using is the latest available. (Downloaded from the first post and from your pack. Both say V2) I don't know if is a typo os someone put the wrong file for download.
That said, i doubt the problem is the version of the file...

[jhb50]

Actually Version 3 has been posted since Sept 13. Retry with it.

That said the log shows that the SOPCAST items have been set up correctly but when Serviio goes to display them it gets a 500 error that the list is null. I have gotten this error as well and have yet to figure out why. I got it to go away but I can't recall how. I think I cleared the cache. Try restarting Serviio.
Maybe there is a bug in the plugin.

  Code:

2012-10-03 12:28:47,809 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 10)
2012-10-03 12:28:47,810 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Retrieving list of [LIVE_STREAM] OnlineRepositories for VIDEO [No_Restriction]
2012-10-03 12:28:47,816 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 1000000000010001 and profile LG TV / player
2012-10-03 12:28:47,818 ERROR [ContainerNode] Cannot retrieve results of action command: Cannot execute library command for list: null
org.serviio.upnp.service.contentdirectory.command.CommandExecutionException: Cannot execute library command for list: null


Actually Version 3 has been posted since Sept 13. Retry with it.

That said the log shows that the SOPCAST items have been set up correctly but when Serviio goes to display them it gets a 500 error that the list is null. I have gotten this error as well and have yet to figure out why. I got it to go away but I can't recall how. I think I cleared the cache. Try restarting Serviio.
Maybe there is a bug in the plugin.

  Code:

2012-10-03 12:28:47,809 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 10)
2012-10-03 12:28:47,810 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Retrieving list of [LIVE_STREAM] OnlineRepositories for VIDEO [No_Restriction]
2012-10-03 12:28:47,816 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 1000000000010001 and profile LG TV / player
2012-10-03 12:28:47,818 ERROR [ContainerNode] Cannot retrieve results of action command: Cannot execute library command for list: null
org.serviio.upnp.service.contentdirectory.command.CommandExecutionException: Cannot execute library command for list: null


The link in the first post is wrong... It's the link for the V2. Maybe you uploaded the wrong file?

[jhb50]

The link in the first post is wrong... It's the link for the V2. Maybe you uploaded the wrong file?

Yes you are right. Thanks for that. I've uploaded V4 which is a refresh of the V3 which never got uploaded.

Tested and got the same result.

Been testing a bit going back and forth with 2 different Sopcast streams H264 and WMV2 and there seems to be some bugs (latest version downloaded today) From playing WMV2 on my TV -> starting new Sopcast stream with H264 -> force library refresh

  Code:

2012-10-09 02:30:52,002 DEBUG [ActionsServerResource] Action with name 'forceLibraryRefresh' was requested
2012-10-09 02:30:52,002 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Started looking for newly added files
2012-10-09 02:30:52,002 DEBUG [RepositoryDAOImpl] Reading all Repositories
2012-10-09 02:30:52,005 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Finished looking for newly added files
2012-10-09 02:30:52,006 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Started looking for updates to currently shared files
2012-10-09 02:30:52,006 DEBUG [RepositoryDAOImpl] Reading all Repositories
2012-10-09 02:30:52,007 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Finished looking for updates to currently shared files
2012-10-09 02:31:09,561 DEBUG [PlaylistDAOImpl] Reading all Playlists
2012-10-09 02:31:21,128 DEBUG [FeedUpdaterThread] Checking for new and expired online resources
2012-10-09 02:31:21,128 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading all OnlineRepositories
2012-10-09 02:31:21,130 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 1)
2012-10-09 02:31:21,131 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 2)


So looks ok and click #1 on my TV.. now the problem is the format can be played natively on my PS3, but for some reason Serviio decides to transcode it (mind the time stamp gap, did it twice to be sure):

  Code:

2012-10-09 02:54:05,202 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 2)
2012-10-09 02:54:05,203 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 2)
2012-10-09 02:54:05,205 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '1000000000020001' for client 'IPAddress=/10.0.0.5, Profile=Playstation 3'
2012-10-09 02:54:05,205 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file 'http://localhost:8902' using transcoding
2012-10-09 02:54:05,206 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] No suitable transcoding job exists yet, start one for client 'IPAddress=/10.0.0.5, Profile=Playstation 3'
2012-10-09 02:54:05,206 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Extracting new URL for the expired feed item
2012-10-09 02:54:05,206 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] Sopcast: Starting extraction of url for item: Sopcast #1
2012-10-09 02:54:05,216 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] Sopcast: refeshing Sopcast #1
2012-10-09 02:54:05,216 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] Sopcast: Finished extraction of url: ContentURLContainer [fileType=VIDEO, contentUrl=http://localhost:8902, thumbnailUrl=https://sites.google.com/site/serviiorss/sopcast.jpg, expiresImmediately=true, cacheKey=sopcast890222495734, live=true, ]
2012-10-09 02:54:05,216 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Successfully set new URL for the feed item
2012-10-09 02:54:05,217 DEBUG [FFMPEGWrapper] Invoking FFmpeg to transcode video file: http://localhost:8902
2012-10-09 02:54:05,217 DEBUG [ProcessExecutor] Starting "C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib\ffmpeg.bat" -i http://localhost:8902 -y -threads 1 -copyts -c:v mpeg2video -sameq -r 25 -g 15 -c:a ac3 -b:a 384k -ac 2 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -sn -f mpegts pipe:
2012-10-09 02:54:10,717 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file http://localhost:8902: MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO
2012-10-09 02:54:10,717 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file http://localhost:8902: MPEG_TS_SD_NA_ISO
2012-10-09 02:54:10,717 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file http://localhost:8902: MPEG_TS_SD_KO_ISO
2012-10-09 02:54:10,717 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Stream entity has length: 50000000000
2012-10-09 02:54:10,717 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Sending file back


I restart the Serviio service still running the same stream, and now I get it natively on my PS3

  Code:

2012-10-09 02:58:29,366 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 2)
2012-10-09 02:58:29,366 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 2)
2012-10-09 02:58:29,367 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 1000000000020001, format AVC_TS_HP_SD_MPEG1_L2_ISO and profile Playstation 3
2012-10-09 02:58:29,367 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Sending HEAD response back
2012-10-09 02:58:29,368 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 200 OK, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Content-Length: 50000000000,Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:58:29 GMT,Server: Windows 7, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/1.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2012-10-09 02:58:29,380 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /10.0.0.5:64128
2012-10-09 02:58:29,380 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 10.0.0.5
2012-10-09 02:58:29,381 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/1000000000020001/MEDIA_ITEM/AVC_TS_HP_SD_MPEG1_L2_ISO-0/ORIGINAL HTTP/1.1, headers = [Host: 10.0.0.2:8895,User-Agent: PLAYSTATION 3,Connection: Keep-Alive,Accept-Encoding: identity,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2012-10-09 02:58:29,381 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 10.0.0.5
2012-10-09 02:58:29,382 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/10.0.0.5, Profile=Playstation 3'
2012-10-09 02:58:29,383 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Request for resource 1000000000020001 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2012-10-09 02:58:29,383 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 1000000000020001 (online)
2012-10-09 02:58:29,383 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 2)
2012-10-09 02:58:29,384 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 2)
2012-10-09 02:58:29,385 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '1000000000020001' for client 'IPAddress=/10.0.0.5, Profile=Playstation 3'
2012-10-09 02:58:29,385 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file 'http://localhost:8902' in native format
2012-10-09 02:58:29,386 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Extracting new URL for the expired feed item
2012-10-09 02:58:29,386 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] Sopcast: Starting extraction of url for item: Sopcast #1
2012-10-09 02:58:29,400 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] Sopcast: refeshing Sopcast #1
2012-10-09 02:58:29,401 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] Sopcast: Finished extraction of url: ContentURLContainer [fileType=VIDEO, contentUrl=http://localhost:8902, thumbnailUrl=https://sites.google.com/site/serviiorss/sopcast.jpg, expiresImmediately=true, cacheKey=sopcast890222495738, live=true, ]
2012-10-09 02:58:29,401 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Successfully set new URL for the feed item
2012-10-09 02:58:29,401 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Stream entity has length: 50000000000


Going back to the WMV2 stream and force library refresh just results in a HTTP error on my PS3. Restarting serviio service = transcoded to mpegts/h264

So currently I just restart Serviio service for each time I change Sopcast channel with different codec



Here is my current profile, transcoding asf (WMV2) and remuxing h264 containers to mpegts

  Code:

      <Video targetContainer="mpegts">
        <Matches container="asf" vCodec="h264"/>
        <Matches container="mpeg"/>
        <Matches container="mp4"/>
        <Matches container="mpegvideo"/>
       </Video>
      </OnlineTranscoding>


Streaming

@jhb50 : hi,

I am playing sopcast streams from my Panasonic ETW50. The problem is, as soon as I start playing high quality streams, My PC starts to lag and shows symptoms of lack of ressources.

What is the minimum required system configuration for a PC to play high quality streams ( > 1700 kbps) without any troubles?

I have a PC with following configuration: Windows XP Pro, Pentium IV 2,63 Ghz , 768 MB SDRAM

Thx for help !

alexio

[WildRushSykes]

You may need to get more ram. I have 3GB in my laptop and a 2.8Ghz dual core processor and even then some 1080p streams can get a little buggy even for me lol

Thanks for answer. I will try first to upgrade my system to 2 GB RAM.I hope this would bring some improvements

I think one could save system resources, if one is able to prevent the sopcast stream from being played on the PC on the sopcast client. It should somehow possible to forward the stream directly to TV (via serviio)

Can anyone help me? I have a sony hx850, I can see all sopcast channels but the quality is very poor with many pixels. Any solution?

Thanks to all

EDIT: I managed to watch the high quality streaming, but no audio. I'm finally seeing the full picture and streaming audio through a PopcornHour, but I wish I could fix it to see it all through dlna on sony.

Hello.

First thank you for your plugin. It works great.

I have one problem. I open in my pc two sopcasts sessions, one in 8902 port and another in 8904 port. In serviio set up two "online source" one with 8902 and another in 8904. But on TV and on my WDTV live only the first source the 8902, the second source never appears.

Any help on the subject? I like to have 3 or 4 open sopcasts and in my tv decide which to see at all times, as each use a different port.

Sorry for my english

Salu2

[jhb50]

I have only used one feed 8902 but see if ffplay -i http://192.168.1.nn:8904 will play the second feed. If not it is a sopcast problem not serviio.

This works really well in my Samsung PS50C7000.

Keep up the good work