BBC iPlayer RSS not working

Recently my iPlayer RSS feeds stopped working for video. Now the folders which should contain the videos report that there is "no content available".

The videos in My other folders containing non iPlayer RSS are working fine. I can watch the iPlayer via a browser fine.

The log file I captured is 135MB. If I edit out the libraries info when creating a new log will the correct information still be available as the online sources are apart of the library?

Below is a small sample of the log which may be useful

0:49,751 DEBUG [OnlineLibraryManager] Resource http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categori ... nk/tv/list not in cache yet, loading it
2013-03-18 15:00:49,751 DEBUG [FeedParser] Parsing feed 'http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/lifestyle_and_leisure/food_and_drink/tv/list'
2013-03-18 15:00:49,756 DEBUG [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Looking for removed/updated files in repository: F:\ServerFolders\TV Series
2013-03-18 15:00:49,756 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading MediaItems for Repository (id = 1)
2013-03-18 15:00:50,165 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Item 'rtsp://verytangy-654-400103.wm.llnwd.net/verytangy_653-400102/BBC 1' cannot be resolved to an entity in the Serviio library, will try again later
2013-03-18 15:00:50,166 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Playlist bbc2 has unresolved items, checking if they are in the library now



2013-03-18 15:00:50,176 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Found playlist item that has not been added yet: rtsp://verytangy-654-400103.wm.llnwd.ne ... 400103/BBC 2
2013-03-18 15:00:50,176 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Looking up a media item for file path: rtsp://verytangy-654-400103.wm.llnwd.ne ... 400103/BBC 2, ignore case: true
2013-03-18 15:00:50,189 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Item 'rtsp://verytangy-654-400103.wm.llnwd.net/verytangy_654-400103/BBC 2' cannot be resolved to an entity in the Serviio library, will try again later
2013-03-18 15:00:50,191 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Playlist bbc3 has unresolved items, checking if they are in the library now



2013-03-18 15:00:50,212 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Found playlist item that has not been added yet: rtsp://verytangy-671-403113.wm.llnwd.ne ... 03113/BBC3
2013-03-18 15:00:50,212 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Looking up a media item for file path: rtsp://verytangy-671-403113.wm.llnwd.ne ... 03113/BBC3, ignore case: true
2013-03-18 15:00:50,213 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Item 'rtsp://verytangy-671-403113.wm.llnwd.net/verytangy_671-403113/BBC3' cannot be resolved to an entity in the Serviio library, will try again later
2013-03-18 15:00:50,219 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Playlist Channel4 has unresolved items, checking if they are in the library now

2013-03-18 15:00:50,220 DEBUG [PlaylistParser] Found a suitable playlist parser strategy: WplParserStrategy
2013-03-18 15:00:50,229 DEBUG [PlaylistDAOImpl] Reading items for playlist 4
2013-03-18 15:00:50,230 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Found playlist item that has not been added yet: rtsp://verytangy-656-400105.wm.llnwd.ne ... 05/Channel 4
2013-03-18 15:00:50,231 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Looking up a media item for file path: rtsp://verytangy-656-400105.wm.llnwd.ne ... 05/Channel 4, ignore case: true
2013-03-18 15:00:50,232 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Item 'rtsp://verytangy-656-400105.wm.llnwd.net/verytangy_656-400105/Channel 4' cannot be resolved to an entity in the Serviio library, will try again later
2013-03-18 15:00:50,232 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Playlist E4 has unresolved items, checking if they are in the library now



2013-03-18 15:00:50,462 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Found playlist item that has not been added yet: rtsp://verytangy-663-404346.wm.llnwd.ne ... -404346/E4
2013-03-18 15:00:50,463 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Looking up a media item for file path: rtsp://verytangy-663-404346.wm.llnwd.ne ... -404346/E4, ignore case: true


2013-03-18 15:00:50,467 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Item 'rtsp://verytangy-663-404346.wm.llnwd.net/verytangy_663-404346/E4' cannot be resolved to an entity in the Serviio library, will try again later
2013-03-18 15:00:50,468 DEBUG [PlaylistMaintainerThread] Playlist film4 has unresolved items, checking if they are in the library now

[zip]

This looks like you have a playlist with online URLs.... ? It's not the iPlayer plugin I wrote.

downloaded plugin from here viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3277 and also re installed serviio again. Still no iplayer videos

2013-03-20 19:37:12,252 INFO [PluginCompilerThread] Added Feed plugin BBC iPlayer (UK only) (IPlayer.groovy), version: 1

2013-03-20 19:56:18,491 DEBUG [OnlineRepositoryDAOImpl] Reading an OnlineRepository (id = 2)
2013-03-20 19:56:18,492 DEBUG [OnlineLibraryManager] Resource http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categori ... nk/tv/list not in cache yet, loading it
2013-03-20 19:56:18,492 DEBUG [FeedParser] Parsing feed 'http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/lifestyle_and_leisure/food_and_drink/tv/list'
2013-03-20 19:56:23,020 DEBUG [AbstractCDSLibraryIndexingListener] Library updated, notifying CDS
2013-03-20 19:56:24,482 DEBUG [FeedParser] Found matching url extractor (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for resource http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categori ... nk/tv/list
2013-03-20 19:56:24,482 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: MasterChef: Series 9: Episode 3
2013-03-20 19:56:40,546 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item MasterChef: Series 9: Episode 3: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b01rhb1m
2013-03-20 19:56:40,546 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Great British Menu: Series 8: Wales Main
2013-03-20 19:56:56,460 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Great British Menu: Series 8: Wales Main: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b01rhj12
2013-03-20 19:56:56,461 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Country Show Cook Off: Episode 8
2013-03-20 19:57:12,454 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Country Show Cook Off: Episode 8: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b01rhzp8
2013-03-20 19:57:12,454 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Tomatoes
2013-03-20 19:57:28,391 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Tomatoes: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b00s1rkt
2013-03-20 19:57:28,391 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Eggs and Cheese
2013-03-20 19:57:44,419 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Eggs and Cheese: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b00rz5l0
2013-03-20 19:57:44,420 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Great British Menu: Series 8: Wales Fish
2013-03-20 19:57:48,966 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Multicasting SSDP alive using interface eth3 (Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller) and address 192.168.1.4, timeout = 0
2013-03-20 19:57:48,966 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Sending 6 'alive' messages describing device 204683ed-9f48-3c47-b70d-0da4ab7276fa
2013-03-20 19:57:50,934 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Will advertise again in 00:03:50 (advertisement duration is 1800 sec.)
2013-03-20 19:58:00,356 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Great British Menu: Series 8: Wales Fish: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b01rhj0y
2013-03-20 19:58:00,356 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Country Show Cook Off: Episode 7
2013-03-20 19:58:18,013 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Country Show Cook Off: Episode 7: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b01rhyl9
2013-03-20 19:58:18,013 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Bread
2013-03-20 19:58:33,950 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Bread: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b00rtf54
2013-03-20 19:58:33,950 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Game and Mushrooms
2013-03-20 19:58:49,950 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Game and Mushrooms: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b00rmpjw
2013-03-20 19:58:49,950 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Can Eating Insects Save the World?
2013-03-20 19:59:05,872 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Can Eating Insects Save the World?: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/p01599yk
2013-03-20 19:59:05,872 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Paul Hollywood's Bread: Classic Bread
2013-03-20 19:59:21,872 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Paul Hollywood's Bread: Classic Bread: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b01rgrk2
2013-03-20 19:59:21,872 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Great British Menu: Series 8: Wales Starter
2013-03-20 19:59:38,012 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Great British Menu: Series 8: Wales Starter: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b01rhj0r
2013-03-20 19:59:38,012 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Country Show Cook Off: Episode 6
2013-03-20 19:59:55,622 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Country Show Cook Off: Episode 6: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b01rhx6k
2013-03-20 19:59:55,622 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Winter Vegetables
2013-03-20 20:00:12,997 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Winter Vegetables: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b00rkdkq
2013-03-20 20:00:12,997 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Apples
2013-03-20 20:00:29,028 DEBUG [FeedParser] Unexpected error during url extractor plugin invocation (BBC iPlayer (UK only)) for item Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Series 1: Apples: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/b00r8dl2
2013-03-20 20:00:29,028 DEBUG [FeedItemUrlExtractor] BBC iPlayer (UK only): Starting extraction of url for item: Food & Drink: Rachel Khoo - Entertaining
2013-03-20 20:00:39,668 DEBUG [RepositoryDAOImpl] Reading all Repositories

[zip]

Are you in the UK?

Using a vpn type connection.

I can view iPlayer via the web on the same PC. It has worked in the past recently. The ITV player does work.

Thank you.

Any ideas why this is no longer working??

I am having the same problem. I am not in the UK, but until a couple of weeks ago the IPlayer plugin used to work like a charm through tunlr (and the BBC iPlyer still does in firefox). If it can help, when testing the IPlayer plugin on a valid BBC link it throws the following error:

$ groovy -cp lib/serviio.jar:lib/slf4j-api.jar:lib/slf4j-log4j12.jar:lib/log4j.jar:lib/org.restlet.jar plugins/IPlayer.groovy

Caught: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/p01538p0
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/p01538p0
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:632)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLVersionDetector.determineDocVersion(XMLVersionDetector.java:189)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:799)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:123)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1210)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:568)
at IPlayer.extractUrl(IPlayer.groovy:51)
at IPlayer$extractUrl.call(Unknown Source)
at IPlayer.main(IPlayer.groovy:128)

Thanks Zip for your great job.

[zip]

Is it still a problem? It works for me (in UK), tried this feed: http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/drama/tv/list

tired the drama feed and still no good, it is still a problem. i'm outside the UK but can watch the iplayer across all devices on my network expect serviio. this only stopped working recently. itv player is still working

Still not working, also with the drama feed always getting the same 500 error code from the http server. The strange thing is that if I try to fetch the url causing the exception (e.g., http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/p01538p0) via curl or wget or even a web browser, the http server returns an apparently well formed XML file (and not the 500 error).