[OLD] ServiiGo - Android 3G/Wifi Playback App - Beta

[jabrown0604]

I did try switching to flv but then my phone wouldn't stream anything. I thought that was the strangest of all, I really figured the container would have been playable.

Edit: I have one last tid bit of information on this. The process I have used for a long time with ripping with MakeMKV then compressing with handbrake with AC3 passthru does not seem to work if done with my PC. If done from my MAC, all appears to be working fine. I have tested a couple of movies especially the same ones I have been having issues and they work when a MAC does the compression. This really bothers me as I hate how this might inflate some mac fanboy's ego...

[will]

I've uploaded a new update to support Serviio 1.0 Beta 3 (beta 1/2 are no longer supported). You will want to go to settings and clear the thumbnail and image cache as the IDs will be wrong as you would have had to re-build your library to move from serviio beta2 -> beta 3 (online image cache will be fine). The ServiiGo profile is now included, so no need to add it to your plugin.xml file (but do make sure you don't remove it when making changes).

Movie metadata should be quicker to fetch the first time around as I'm using serviio's cached online ids, and once i've fetched it I store it in a db so it will be even faster the second time. Next release is going to hopefully tackle tv shows, then i'll go back to working on audio support. Please do give feedback, good and bad, (bad is very helpful, but good lets me know i'm on the right track which is important this early on in development), and let me know if/how much you are using it, and which parts you use/don't use.

  Code:

==== Beta 4 ====
*Updated to support Serviio 1.0 Beta 3 (and now requires Serviio 1.0 Beta 3)
*Online metadata for movies is now cached on the device in a DB
*Lots of little improvements to video lists


[mavika]

What do I do wrong? I can't login via ServiiGo on my phone, it says "The password is not valid."
I checked 10x times, i have typed the right password. Also turned off firewall - no success.
From browser (on PC and Phone) i can login to the mediabrowser.

Am I missing something?

The Serviio log says this:

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2012-05-24 22:44:03,825 WARN  [ServiioStatusService] AuthenticationException occured. Returning error code 401 to the REST layer. Message: Received authentication doesn't match, probably wrong password.
2012-05-24 22:44:09,745 WARN  [ServiioStatusService] AuthenticationException occured. Returning error code 401 to the REST layer. Message: Received authentication doesn't match, probably wrong password.
2012-05-24 22:44:21,882 WARN  [ServiioStatusService] AuthenticationException occured. Returning error code 401 to the REST layer. Message: Received authentication doesn't match, probably wrong password.


[will]

Hmmm could be something wrong in how I encode and sign it /the date format.

Could you try something really simple with no special characters eg just the letter a, and if that doesn't work it is probably that I'm building the date format for your local incorrectly.

I'll put together a build with lots of logging info tomorrow for you.

[mavika]

... with no special characters eg just the letter a ...

The password contained only english lowercase characters - no specials.
However I tried now with the single 'a' character - same error.

The detailed debug info is bellow:

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2012-05-25 06:24:22,944 WARN  [ServiioStatusService] AuthenticationException occured. Returning error code 401 to the REST layer. Message: Received authentication doesn't match, probably wrong password.
2012-05-25 06:24:22,944 DEBUG [ServiioStatusService] Detailed exception:
org.serviio.restlet.AuthenticationException: Received authentication doesn't match, probably wrong password.
   at org.serviio.upnp.service.contentdirectory.rest.resources.server.LoginServerResource.login(LoginServerResource.java:111)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at org.restlet.resource.ServerResource.doHandle(ServerResource.java:449)
   at org.restlet.resource.ServerResource.post(ServerResource.java:1111)
   at org.restlet.resource.ServerResource.doHandle(ServerResource.java:530)
   at org.restlet.resource.ServerResource.doNegotiatedHandle(ServerResource.java:587)
   at org.restlet.resource.ServerResource.doConditionalHandle(ServerResource.java:299)
   at org.serviio.restlet.AbstractProEditionServerResource.doConditionalHandle(AbstractProEditionServerResource.java:35)
   at org.serviio.upnp.service.contentdirectory.rest.resources.server.AbstractCDSServerResource.doConditionalHandle(AbstractCDSServerResource.java:50)
   at org.restlet.resource.ServerResource.handle(ServerResource.java:846)
   at org.restlet.resource.Finder.handle(Finder.java:510)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:156)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:203)
   at org.restlet.routing.Router.doHandle(Router.java:497)
   at org.restlet.routing.Router.handle(Router.java:737)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:156)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:203)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:156)
   at org.restlet.engine.application.StatusFilter.doHandle(StatusFilter.java:151)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:203)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:156)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:203)
   at org.restlet.engine.ChainHelper.handle(ChainHelper.java:111)
   at org.restlet.engine.application.ApplicationHelper.handle(ApplicationHelper.java:72)
   at org.restlet.Application.handle(Application.java:388)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:156)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:203)
   at org.restlet.routing.Router.doHandle(Router.java:497)
   at org.restlet.routing.Router.handle(Router.java:737)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:156)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:203)
   at org.restlet.routing.Router.doHandle(Router.java:497)
   at org.restlet.routing.Router.handle(Router.java:737)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:156)
   at org.restlet.engine.application.StatusFilter.doHandle(StatusFilter.java:151)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:203)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:156)
   at org.restlet.routing.Filter.handle(Filter.java:203)
   at org.restlet.engine.ChainHelper.handle(ChainHelper.java:111)
   at org.restlet.Component.handle(Component.java:388)
   at org.restlet.Server.handle(Server.java:488)
   at org.restlet.engine.http.connector.BaseServerHelper.handle(BaseServerHelper.java:158)
   at org.restlet.engine.http.connector.BaseServerHelper.handleInbound(BaseServerHelper.java:167)
   at org.restlet.engine.http.connector.BaseHelper.handleNextInbound(BaseHelper.java:418)
   at org.restlet.engine.http.connector.Connection.readMessages(Connection.java:695)
   at org.restlet.engine.http.connector.Controller$2.run(Controller.java:95)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
2012-05-25 06:24:22,945 WARN  [LogFilter] Couldn't find any helper support the HTTP_Serviio challenge scheme.
2012-05-25 06:24:22,945 INFO  [LogService] 2012-05-25   06:24:22   192.168.1.xxx   -   -   23424   POST   /cds/login   -   200   -   0   2   http://192.168.1.yyy:23424   Apache-HttpClient/UNAVAILABLE (java 1.4)   -

Hmmm could be something wrong in how I encode and sign it /the date format.

You are right!
I changed my phone's regional settings - from hungarian to english: success!
For this debug log is:

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2012-05-25 06:34:09,889 DEBUG [LoginServerResource] Successful login, generating security token

UPDATE:
I also tried to change my phone's language settings to others:
Francais - success, Polski - success, Čeština - logon fail

I think the date settings are:
English : dd/MM/yyyy
Hungarian: yyyy.MM.dd.

[will]

Hmmm I'm 99% sure what the problem is, but cannot reproduce it. Try this new version and use a simple password that you don't mind revealing so that I can manually sign it and check the result if needed.

Link https://bitbucket.org/willlunniss/servi ... -DEBUG.apk

If that works, then great, tell me an i'll upload an update to google play that won't log everything, if it doesn't can you send me the log by searching for the tag 'ServiiGo' from logcat. If you aren't familure with it, you can use various logcat apps on your phone, or using the developer tools, use adb logcat.

It should look something like

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05-07 21:28:58.756: D/ServiiGo(2672): [Application:onCreate] Enable Strict Mode: false
05-07 21:28:58.756: D/ServiiGo(2672): [Application:onCreate] Initialising ACRA
05-07 21:29:00.344: D/ServiiGo(2672): [Application:login] Server : 192.168.15.100:23424
05-07 21:29:05.195: D/ServiiGo(2672): [Application:login] Date formatter : EEE, d MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z Formatted date : Mon, 7 May 2012 09:29:00 GMT+00:00
05-07 21:29:05.346: D/ServiiGo(2672): [Application:login] Password : password Signature : kqKi94cUdpflG7f7us417aXQewk=
05-07 21:29:06.134: D/ServiiGo(2672): [Application:login] authToken : ac93aafb0cd04f7daa237d9a6dfef91a


for a successful startup and login.

[mavika]

... Try this new version and use a simple password that you don't mind revealing so that I can manually sign it and check the result if needed. ...

I installed this version, and it works now - logon without error.

Tried with language set to Čeština also - works also - no error.

Do you need any further logs?

[will]

Thats good. No I don't need any logs in that case. I'll upload an update to google play sometime today with the fix but without logging turned on.

Edit: done. you will need to delete the version you installed as it has the same internal version code so google play won't offer you an update.

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==== Beta 5 ====
*Fixed FC if you press refresh then click on a video before the refresh finishes
*Fixed failed login on devices with certain locale settings


[mavika]

Edit: done. you will need to delete the version you installed as it has the same internal version code so google play won't offer you an update.

Thank you!

As soon as beta 5 comes out in GPlay, I will try it.

EDIT:
Updated from Google Play, problem solved.

[will]

@mavika any initial feedback?


@testers, I really do need feedback on features, usability and how you are using it. I had hoped to have actually got some by now, especially considering you are serviio betatesters rather than normal users. So, give me some feedback along with what you want implemented/fixed/improved first and I will try and I will see what I can do.

[mavika]

@mavika any initial feedback?

Yes, I have a few:

* In some cases there are "null" strings before the name of audio songs:

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Maybe it's because ID3 tags...

* Audio playback is not working at all - it just displays the item name.

* When entering a not cached folder it displays first 'No content' message while loading the data.
It's true but a bit confusing. It wouldn't better to display 'Refreshing...', 'Loading...' or similar?
If the folder is really empty just then displaying the 'No content' message. (But empty folders aren't shown.)

* The image browsing is very impressive - it works great.

Feature request:
* Video playback without using 3rd party apps.

* Ability to send media files to renderer.
Example: long press on a video file in ServiiGo - popup menu - send this media - here the list of renderers. Or adjustable via settings: play local/remote.
(like Skifta https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skifta.android.app does it)

* Adjustable listing of media: Just thumbnails, Thumbnails with filename, Thumbnails with all details, Details only etc.
In the images browsing it's not easy to read folder names on the icons when there are a lot of folders.
It would be nice to have a displaying style like in audio or video: one folder / line, displaying how many items are in the folder.

* ServiiDroid like login page. More servers, search for servers, etc.

[will]

Thank you - Looks like its audio support for the next release along with the simpler layout adjustments.

* In some cases there are "null" strings before the name of audio songs:
Maybe it's because ID3 tags...

* Audio playback is not working at all - it just displays the item name.

Yes I noticed that on one of my files, i'll fix that.

As for audio, yes I haven't implemented it yet as it requires quite a bit of work. I have it half working but with little control and if you loose your connection it stops . That is the next big thing todo.

* When entering a not cached folder it displays first 'No content' message while loading the data.
It's true but a bit confusing. It wouldn't better to display 'Refreshing...', 'Loading...' or similar?
If the folder is really empty just then displaying the 'No content' message. (But empty folders aren't shown.)

OK, should be easy enough.

* The image browsing is very impressive - it works great.

Good - that is one thing I spent time working on

Feature request:
* Video playback without using 3rd party apps.

This might happen post version 1.0. I would have the benifit of targeting only one codec, but I would proably still need to include ffmpeg builds for different cpus in order for HW accelleration to work. Also a lot of users will have video playback apps anyway so thats just more space taken up.

* Ability to send media files to renderer.
Example: long press on a video file in ServiiGo - popup menu - send this media - here the list of renderers. Or adjustable via settings: play local/remote.
(like Skifta https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skifta.android.app does it)

Again this is something I was thinking about for post 1.0. However, I won't be able to send the device the details as it wouldn't understand it, so I would have to implement a DLNA server in the app, all of which is no small task.

* Adjustable listing of media: Just thumbnails, Thumbnails with filename, Thumbnails with all details, Details only etc.
In the images browsing it's not easy to read folder names on the icons when there are a lot of folders.

Good idea,for this i'll need to grid views for everything (but with only 1 column for most views), however, there are a few gotchas though which i'm still working out. Any suggestions for making the image folder names easier to read? I need to replace the folder icon, but anything else that would help?

It would be nice to have a displaying style like in audio or video: one folder / line, displaying how many items are in the folder.

Do you mean for images?

* ServiiDroid like login page. More servers, search for servers, etc.

This is something i've debated, I think the default will be just one server, and give an option to have a list of servers.
Search for servers only works via Wifi when on your homenetwork, this app is more designed for working outside of your network as well.

[mavika]

... this app is more designed for working outside of your network as well.

I see. I was thinking just in local network size.
In that case: search for servers, send media to renderer is irrevelant.

... Any suggestions for making the image folder names easier to read? I need to replace the folder icon, but anything else that would help?
... Do you mean for images? ...

The folder icon looks good, and the folder names are easy to read - if there are not too many folders, and the folder names are not too long.

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I think more about it and I come back tomorrow.

[mavika]

@will:

I have no better idea for the image folders browsing layout. I think in this form it's very usable and looks good.

Just one remark / question:
During the video browsing - are those folders hidden which doesn't contains video media?
It depends on Serviio Server or can you filter it in ServiiGo?

If that can be made on images (and maybe on audio too) that would solve my previous problem.

For example: I have a folder shared in Serviio that contains a lot of subfolders with all 3 kind of media (audio-video-images).
Then during browsing the images folder in ServiiGo, I have to scroll through all other empty subfolders, that contains video-audio.
If those empty folders could be hidden - then it would be easier to browse.

I don't know if it's a DLNA thing or it is possible to handle.

[jabrown0604]

Your app is working flawlessly for me. I only stream video, and as far as functionality goes it seems to be spot on. I do have a question about the serviigo extension profile. This is more for clarity than anything else.

Why does the Low setting of Transcoding have aSamplerate="22050" and the Online Transcoding has aSamplerate="44100"?
wouldn't this cause more use of bandwidth for people using mobile devices on 3G and 4G networks than if the sample rate was lower on the Online Transcoding? Seems to me that maybe the settings are backwards, but as I said I am looking for clarification.

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<Quality type="LOW">
            <Transcoding>
               <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="mp3" forceStereo="true" aSamplerate="22050" maxVBitrate="500" maxHeight="240">
                  <Matches container="*" />
               </Video>
            </Transcoding>
            <OnlineTranscoding keepStreamOpen="false">
               <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="mp3" forceStereo="true" aSamplerate="44100" maxVBitrate="500" maxHeight="240">
                  <Matches container="*" />
               </Video>
            </OnlineTranscoding>

[will]

During the video browsing - are those folders hidden which doesn't contains video media?
It depends on Serviio Server or can you filter it in ServiiGo?

If that can be made on images (and maybe on audio too) that would solve my previous problem.

For example: I have a folder shared in Serviio that contains a lot of subfolders with all 3 kind of media (audio-video-images).
Then during browsing the images folder in ServiiGo, I have to scroll through all other empty subfolders, that contains video-audio.
If those empty folders could be hidden - then it would be easier to browse.

I don't know if it's a DLNA thing or it is possible to handle.

Are you talking about the folders view? At the moment I don't do any filtering so if Serviio sends me an empty folder I will display it, but I can certainly add an option in the settings to hide empty folders.

[will]

Your app is working flawlessly for me. I only stream video, and as far as functionality goes it seems to be spot on. I do have a question about the serviigo extension profile. This is more for clarity than anything else.

Why does the Low setting of Transcoding have aSamplerate="22050" and the Online Transcoding has aSamplerate="44100"?
wouldn't this cause more use of bandwidth for people using mobile devices on 3G and 4G networks than if the sample rate was lower on the Online Transcoding? Seems to me that maybe the settings are backwards, but as I said I am looking for clarification.

Thanks , I still have improvements planned for video, so it isn't there yet.

The profile at the moment is basically the same as the one for the media browser (flv_player), but will mepgts and 240 heigh for LOW video. As my phone only supports 320x240 video (so I can only test the LOW version), my plan was to put together a very basic profile, and then get lots of people to test it/adjust where needed, and then give zip a revised one just before Serviio 1.0 is released. The reason it is 22050/44100 is i copied it from flv_player which also had that - not sure why zip chose it. So if you have had a chance to test it and think it should be the otherway, or if they should both be 22050 or both 44100 then do say an I will adjust it.

Some quick questions, I've never bothed to use the DLNA apps with my phone as I would have had to transcode all of my files to a lower resolution first, how does the performance of browsing compare to any DLNA apps that you had tried (if any). Also which video player apps have you used with SeviiGo, and have you tried anything with subtitles?

[mavika]

Are you talking about the folders view? At the moment I don't do any filtering so if Serviio sends me an empty folder I will display it, but I can certainly add an option in the settings to hide empty folders.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about.

That option to hide empty folders - sounds great.

[will]

Yes, that's what I'm talking about.

That option to hide empty folders - sounds great.

Ok that will be in the next beta then along with the other layout suggestions and audio playback.

[jabrown0604]

Yes, that's what I'm talking about.

That option to hide empty folders - sounds great.

Ok that will be in the next beta then along with the other layout suggestions and audio playback.

As long as the folder view can be toggled to or not to show, that sounds good. I tried Eminent player once, I got rid of it so I guess that says something. For video player I have used MX player, Moboplayer and Vplayer. all of them worked, but I prefer MX player. I haven't fully tested vplayer but it looks promising.

I do have an idea though, maybe a setting to change from the default video player app so that I can quickly change the video player app for testing.