[WIP] RTE Player for Enigma2

Zardoz · 16-02-2017 10:42pm

deezell wrote: »

Built in obsolescence strikes again Z.

Yeah,very annoying as a few other streaming plugins dont work because of the updated Gstreamer.

deezell · 16-02-2017 10:45pm

Zardoz wrote: »

Yeah,very annoying as a few other streaming plugins dont work because of the updated Gstreamer.

FWIW, try installing just the plugin.py file and let V 5.0 compile the.pyo. a long shot.

Zardoz · 17-02-2017 2:06am

deezell wrote: »

FWIW, try installing just the plugin.py file and let V 5.0 compile the.pyo. a long shot.

Cheers ,will give that a go

scanone1 · 17-02-2017 9:06pm

Having same issues as : @JaMarcusHustle with the RTE Player Plugin 2017.zip

"Any time I select a program to watch, I just get the loading animation but it never plays. The remote is unresponsive while its loading and it never comes out of it. I have to reboot at the back of the box."

I am on EDISION OS-MEGA Openvix 4 2 030

I then only see *.pyo files within the OnDemand plugin, so i can't edit the python directly, as far as i can see.

Can you give me advice on either of these?

I also tried your tip of "try installing just the plugin.py file and let V 5.0 compile the.pyo. a long shot." but i'm guessing that doesn't apply to my stb.

Any help greatly appreciated to get RTE player working

UrbanFret · 17-02-2017 10:35pm

Delete the ondemand plugin alltogether and put the rte player file in the extensions folder. that's it.
http://imgur.com/a/AHSzK

scanone1 · 17-02-2017 10:46pm

The default ondemand plugin gives me the error : "Sorry, unable to find playable stream!" for RTE Player.
I deleted that plugin completely.

Now i only use the "RTE Player Plugin 2017" from @deezell

showpost.php?p=102108696&postcount=139

And that gives me the "I just get the loading animation but it never plays. The remote is unresponsive while its loading and it never comes out of it. I have to reboot at the back of the box." error.

deezell · 17-02-2017 10:57pm

scanone1 wrote: »

Having same issues as : @JaMarcusHustle with the RTE Player Plugin 2017.zip

"Any time I select a program to watch, I just get the loading animation but it never plays. The remote is unresponsive while its loading and it never comes out of it. I have to reboot at the back of the box."

I am on EDISION OS-MEGA Openvix 4 2 030

I then only see *.pyo files within the OnDemand plugin, so i can't edit the python directly, as far as i can see.

Can you give me advice on either of these?

I also tried your tip of "try installing just the plugin.py file and let V 5.0 compile the.pyo. a long shot." but i'm guessing that doesn't apply to my stb.

Any help greatly appreciated to get RTE player working

As the last post says, lose the on demand plugin and all its files. None of those work here anyway. Unzip that player file and put it in the plugins/ extensions folder, including the folder 'RtePlayer' reboot and rteplayer should appear in the plugins. The .pyo files in the folder are not necessary as the image should compile these on boot up from the .po file. Whither all images are capable of doing this correctly, I don't know. The plugin is just the single file plugin.py inside the folder rteplayer. The icon is optional. The zip file was posted including the .pyo already compiled on Hyprion enigma2, should be good for most images but read Zardoz post re. Newer images.

Zardoz · 17-02-2017 11:13pm

deezell wrote: »

FWIW, try installing just the plugin.py file and let V 5.0 compile the.pyo. a long shot.

I gave that a go ,it still didnt work unfortunately .

UrbanFret · 17-02-2017 11:17pm

scanone1 · 17-02-2017 11:21pm

Same here Zardoz unfortunately, I'm getting the same "The remote is unresponsive while its loading and it never comes out of it. I have to reboot at the back of the box" error.

Note for anyone else trying this: copy both the __init__.py and the plugin.py across. Just the plugin.py on its own did not work.

the edision/openvix compiled these and created the pyo files, but alas, error continues.
Any advice on any other code that can be changed?
Alternatively, is there a good web browser plugin that i could use in enigma2, and go from there to player? (apologies if that's a daft idea!)

scanone1 · 17-02-2017 11:23pm

Yes Urbanfret - I have the same as that, the error is when i actually go into RTE Player and try to play any stream

UrbanFret · 17-02-2017 11:29pm

scanone1 wrote: »

Yes Urbanfret - I have the same as that, the error is when i actually go into RTE Player and try to play any stream

its fine on both boxes i have and on plenty of edison os minis i have put it on as well. Strange one.

scanone1 · 17-02-2017 11:41pm

Just as a matter of interest, as ARE they running OpenViX 4.2.030 (2017-02-06)?
I'm using an flavor of that Firmware from freetv . ie as I purchased the box from them, just wondering if it is that

UrbanFret · 17-02-2017 11:51pm

scanone1 wrote: »

Just as a matter of interest, as ARE they running OpenViX 4.2.030 (2017-02-06)?
I'm using an flavor of that Firmware from freetv . ie as I purchased the box from them, just wondering if it is that

No vix 4.2.023 on both boxes. original image from openvix.co.uk

UrbanFret · 17-02-2017 11:58pm

There was an important sticky on the vix support forum a while back. not sure if its relevant to this issue or not, might be worth a read.

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?54806-OpenViX-build-4-2-023-Please-read!

deezell · 18-02-2017 11:18am

UrbanFret wrote: »

its fine on both boxes i have and on plenty of edison os minis i have put it on as well. Strange ]

The fix came about when I published the error log in the alien2 forum when the plugin failed after previously working fine. A python coder ran the script in a shell and spotted the typo error which previously had not upset the player server. I edited the python script, recompiled and it worked. As it's entirely script based it should be transferable across boxes, but different images and how they handle python calls are bound to vary. As Zardoz says, the newer versions of previously compliant images may have different libraries that the old code can't reach. A lot to be said with sticking with a working image. Inevitably, the rte player servers themselves may change and the code will fail. The TV3 player out there was written for a server that has now changed format, so it no longer works. Unless a bored python coder fancies the challenge, there is no one out there with the time to keep track of these plugins, and their operability with the ever changing images. I can only speak for Hyperion 4.5 running on aa2/ sab triple 7162 box. I'll stick with that just for the fact that player still works on it.

scanone1 · 19-02-2017 2:13pm

Thanks a lot for all help.
I can continue with player from tablet device any way so not the end of the world.

deezell · 21-02-2017 11:44am

Zardoz wrote: »

I gave that a go ,it still didnt work unfortunately .

If you want to risk it, on another forum there is a method of replacing GStreamer with FFMpeg as the stream player. far less memory etc. Author says it will suit SH4, and most images. just run the following commands in telnet.

cd /tmp
wget http://iptvplayer.pl/resources/opena...g_2.7.1.tar.gz
tar -C / -xvf openatv5_sh4_ffmpeg_2.7.1.tar.gz
sync
reboot

Tuesday13 · 06-04-2017 11:53pm

deezell wrote: »

The fix came about when I published the error log in the alien2 forum when the plugin failed after previously working fine. A python coder ran the script in a shell and spotted the typo error which previously had not upset the player server. I edited the python script, recompiled and it worked. As it's entirely script based it should be transferable across boxes, but different images and how they handle python calls are bound to vary. As Zardoz says, the newer versions of previously compliant images may have different libraries that the old code can't reach. A lot to be said with sticking with a working image. Inevitably, the rte player servers themselves may change and the code will fail. The TV3 player out there was written for a server that has now changed format, so it no longer works. Unless a bored python coder fancies the challenge, there is no one out there with the time to keep track of these plugins, and their operability with the ever changing images. I can only speak for Hyperion 4.5 running on aa2/ sab triple 7162 box. I'll stick with that just for the fact that player still works on it.

RTE Player still working for you on Hyperion 4.5? Can't get it working here, been 3/4 weeks since i used so not exactly sure when it went down.

deezell · 07-04-2017 1:27am

Tuesday13 wrote: »

RTE Player still working for you on Hyperion 4.5? Can't get it working here, been 3/4 weeks since i used so not exactly sure when it went down.

About 3/4 weeks ago. Looks like the player server is not compliant anymore with plugin calls for media streams. This may have something to do with RTE selling exclusive access to HD RTEplayer on Sky subscription services. Who's to say web based player won't be restricted or downgraded. It's already restricted to ex pats abroad, who must pay for Rte player International. RTE are skint, so they'll sell publicly funded services to boost income.

Tuesday13 · 07-04-2017 12:57pm

A lot of moving parts.........part of the fun with enigma2 I guess!!

tech · 29-04-2020 4:06pm

Hi there

has anyone got this going recently?

mad turnip · 29-04-2020 5:33pm

tech wrote: »

Hi there

has anyone got this going recently?

What exactly doesn't work, I don't have an enigma2 box to test on, but I might be able to fix the issue.
It seems the player.swf resource is now gone from RTE's site. http://www.rte.ie/player/assets/player_458.swf
The new mechanism seems to be using DASH to play the video not even sure if theres a way of playing DASH videos on e2.

tech · 29-04-2020 5:42pm

I'm looking for a .ipk for the rte player if this available?

mad turnip wrote: »

What exactly doesn't work, I don't have an enigma2 box to test on, but I might be able to fix the issue.

deezell · 29-04-2020 10:17pm

tech wrote: »

I'm looking for a .ipk for the rte player if this available?

Here's the .py file, go back a few posts to Feb 2017 to read how to install it. It stopped working in April 2017 when RTE rebuilt the player server and discontinued the old archive which was simple to access by this plugin. No one has built a python RTE player plugin since, not one that runs on E2 SH4 boxes anyway. Would be nice to have, as the box is plugged into an old LG plasma, no tv apps. T'other telly has player built in, Samsung smart job.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BztHgAu7cL-QTzlzNUpTallXN28/view?usp=drivesdk

mdevilly · 22-05-2020 9:15am

hello, i would be obliged if someone could show me howto fix/edit the ondemand plugin for the RTE Player. Im running enigma2 on an Zgemma H9S box. Much appreciated.

Martin

deezell · 22-05-2020 9:46am

mdevilly wrote: »

hello, i would be obliged if someone could show me howto fix/edit the ondemand plugin for the RTE Player. Im running enigma2 on an Zgemma H9S box. Much appreciated.

Martin

No one has written a new version to access the updated RTE player server. It would be a big enough task as its a completely different client model now, with geolocation, overseas subscription etc. They're not going to allow direct access to the archive like before.

mdevilly · 22-05-2020 11:15am

fair enough deezell and thank you for your reply.

An alternative would be to setup a link/url to point to "https,//www,rte,ie/player/"

replaced "." with a "," to enable posting

Can this be done easily?

Thanks

mad turnip · 22-05-2020 11:20am

mdevilly wrote: »

hello, i would be obliged if someone could show me howto fix/edit the ondemand plugin for the RTE Player. Im running enigma2 on an Zgemma H9S box. Much appreciated.

Martin

I had a serious look at fixing it a few weeks ago. RTE have moved to using widevine DRM encoding the video streams. Playing this type of content on an E2 box is next to impossible I'd reckon.
The DRM free mp4 version does appear to be on the server, but RTE noticed a bug exploit being used by youtube-dl which was then patched and no-one seems to know what http headers might allow you to access it (if even at all).

Bug report:
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/18417

deezell · 22-05-2020 5:46pm

Thanks to Mad Turnip for a coders explanation of why it won't work. It's annoying that an App can be engineered for Samsung's crappy TV OS, but not for Linux. Samsung not sharing the source anytime soon I guess, Even if it could be ported.
As for using the browser version, is there even a browser plugin for E2? If there were, it would probably be a basic html page reader.

mdevilly · 22-05-2020 6:18pm

Thanks deezell, Mad Turnip

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[WIP] RTE Player for Enigma2

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