ebr 14912 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The beta of the app the went out tonight has the most up-to-date libvlc there is so you can try that and see if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1560 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Have tried over the last several betas and still the same, tries but fails and gives up. If it used to work can't it be made to work again ? These iPlayer files work fine on Kodi sideloaded on the exact same machine, so I can use that, but it would be nice if the Emby app could be made to work for this stuff, without having to run it all through Handbrake or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Can you describe the problem in detail? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1560 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 On FireTV 2nd gen the FireTV app plays most stuff fine via gigabit ethernet from a PC (not a NAS), so bluray rips dvd rips, recordings via PlayOn all work but iPlayer files don't, the app says its trying to play and fails, then it tries again and fails, then says giving up, after too many tries (sorry, they're not the exact words) but you get the idea. typical file is this... I have just sent a log from the FireTV, 7 or 8 minutes ago, bit after 1pm NZ time, trying to play this file (again, works on Kodi on exact same device) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 do they direct play in the mobile android app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1560 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 No idea - I guess I would need an Android phone to find out, I use Windows phone. Will have a go on one of the kids android phones when they're back from school, unless there's another way or someone else knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Ok thanks, was just curious. Can you provide us a sample file for testing? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1560 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hopefully this OneDrive link will work https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmkRWNKmKxThhcosIfnczRP237x59Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14912 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hopefully this OneDrive link will work https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmkRWNKmKxThhcosIfnczRP237x59Q That link is to an nfo file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14912 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 The issue is that VLC is producing a decoder error trying to play those items. It is re-trying but it should be doing so in the Google player but it looks like it is trying VLC again instead which, of course, fails so it gives up. If I could get a sample video so I can reproduce, then I should be able to figure out why the re-try logic isn't working properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1560 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hope fully these will be correct, they're quite big, both iPlayer, both 25fps but different resolutions...(neither play) https://1drv.ms/v/s!AGkRWNKmKxThhcot https://1drv.ms/v/s!AGkRWNKmKxThhcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14912 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Thanks I got that one. Unfortunately, on the Google platform, the items play but with no video and no errors are thrown at all so there isn't much I'm going to be able to do about that. On the Fire, an error is thrown but our internals are not handling it the same as they were before so I'm looking into that. There is nothing obviously different about these items that we could key off of to try and treat them differently unfortunately. I'm wondering if maybe this is a copy-protection scheme implemented by iPlayer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1560 Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Pity it does this. They play fine in vlc in windows, but like you say its Android / FireTV. Hopefully as looking into it for the FireTV you'll be able to work your magic........ (would have thought any copy protection would stop it playing on anything, but i'm hardly an expert) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14912 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Try with .44 when you get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1560 Posted September 3, 2016 Author Share Posted September 3, 2016 .44 plays iPlayer stuff very nicely now, at the two different resolutions I linked too. Thanks very much. Excellent. p.s. Have just tested with playing a few minutes of 3 shows, so if anything happens am sure I will pester you again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14912 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 .44 plays iPlayer stuff very nicely now, at the two different resolutions I linked too. Thanks very much. Excellent. It fails and then quickly re-tries and succeeds, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1560 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Yep, pops up 'Player error encountered. Will retry..' retries and works fine. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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