iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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very often at 10 minutes into (any i think?) stream

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 22:10:10 M: 20164608  NOTICE: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet body. len: 90775
22:10:20 M: 21639168 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
2.5.2 is current for x4x?
anyone found workaround for this please?
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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2.5.8 is current.

there is no possible fix for that - for whatever reason the CDN dropped connection - might be a temporary issue, might be some rtmp protocol issue, might be something else. Try forcing the CDN to limelight/akamai (try both)
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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yeah this has been on and off a problem for a while. i saw you'd put out 2.5.8 but 252 is on the addon installer, does 258 work on 3.5? 3.3?
thanks

edit: sorry saw 2.5.8 as "working" here
http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/addons/

does the addon installer pull different versions for 3.5 or is it all one or just not updated yet?
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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I take it you are not running 3.5 beta 4 then if you can't see the latest version of iplayer ? (I would know if you had posted a full debug log rather than two lines - hence why we ask for full logs)
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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ok i'll try 3.5, was trying to update anyway but TVcatchup hung i probably need to update that too.
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Thanks. It is important that the beta releases get thoroughly tested by users, or else we will have the situation where the final version is released and bugs have been missed. I don't have time to maintain two trees, so all work has been going into 3.5.
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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yer 3.5b4 + 2.5.8 same error but took longer (probably nothing to do with versions, still on limelight, will try Akamai next)

dropped after 35 minutes approx

also lots of this in log (not fatal)

12:46:55 M: 21659648 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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Akamai is still going after 25 mins oooh ooh can e make it
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yeh, that last error means your machine is waiting and no data coming in. it could be a networking issue (between you and cdn), the cdn itself, or anything really. It's giving up sending you data anyway and then dropping. nothing we can do but wait and try alternatively cdn's. hopefully one will work better. or maybe it will get better in a few days.
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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woohoo Akamai made it through a 1 hour programme!

3.5b4, iplayer 2.5.8, Akamai, port 1935, 1500k stream
all other iplayer settings on default

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13:09:03 M: 10539008  NOTICE: Display resolution AUTO : 720p 16:9 (1)
13:31:55 M: 19247104   ERROR: Unable to wait for NTP reply from the SNTP server, GetLastError returns 10060
Previous line repeats 1 times.
13:58:34 M: 21102592   ERROR: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
13:58:34 M: 21102592  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
13:58:34 M: 21110784 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available

interesting that was only error (Unable to wait for NTP reply) during this hour, no "asked for new data packet, with nothing available" at all on Akamai this time.
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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@ Buzz i think it would be great if this plugin could somehow detect early termination and offer to try a different server? Going into settings and fixing this is impossible for my family. like make a popup menu when the stream drops? or if you can't detect difference between end of programme and early drop, just do it every time that's still better than sitting there staring at programme list wondering what happened.

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Smiff wrote:@ Buzz i think it would be great if this plugin could somehow detect early termination and offer to try a different server? Going into settings and fixing this is impossible for my family. like make a popup menu when the stream drops? or if you can't detect difference between end of programme and early drop, just do it every time that's still better than sitting there staring at programme list wondering what happened.

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    Level3

    Cancel
not really possible - or not in a way I think would work well. Even if I thought it was, I don't have time/motivation - sorry (I'm way too busy and have far too many projects on the go). On xbmc mainline you can resume where you left off. We don't have that functionality on xbmc4xbox (yet).
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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ok i'll just leave it on Akamai for now then.
yes resume is cool i noticed that on Gotham working pretty well even with different sources.
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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btw addon repo needs updating, iplayer is still on 2.5.2
(is it split repo for 3.5? because both 3.3 and 3.5 give 2.5.2).
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Smiff wrote:btw addon repo needs updating, iplayer is still on 2.5.2
(is it split repo for 3.5? because both 3.3 and 3.5 give 2.5.2).
3.5 has a different repository. sounds like you have left over config data.

if you copied 3.5 over 3.3 (or copied user data from old one over) you will need to remove UserData/plugin_data/addons4xbox . I recommend a fresh install for 3.5 though, as lots of files have changed, and copying over will leave lots of old stuff around.
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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ah right sorry..

yeah i forgot to clear that.

now i see the updated repo with only iplayer and tvcatchup!

ok trying TVcatchup 14.8. now.
liking 3.5beta so far mem usage doesn't seem higher which i was worried about.
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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I'm only maintaining a couple of addons. Many from xbmc repo work out of the box. Check add-ons link in main nav on this site.
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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that wasn't meant as a criticism. i'd rather have 2 plugins that work than 10 that don't.
but yeah i'd seen this page http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/addons/
you shouldn't be maintaining that anyway surely someone is able to do that.

i will try some more addons later thanks.
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Np. Hopefully I or others will be able to maintain a small set of the most popular that are wanted, but don't work. Unfortunately this didn't workout last time, although compatibility has been much improved since.
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Re: iplayer quits at 10 minutes into a stream

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Hmm just saw some weirdness. Went to play Goodness Gracious Me, it kept quitting just a second or so into the stream? After about 4 attempts then it played perfectly all way through. this is weird because (1) never changed any settings afaik and (2) it's never run out of ram before just loading one iplayer stream


http://pastebin.com/8f8QezVE
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