MLB.TV in Linux

mkomko · 04-15-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Theophile

I was under the impression that archived games are only available in 800k. I could be wrong tho.

I definitely watched archived 1200k streams and even successfully tried archived 1800k streams the last week.

daftcat · 04-15-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rjwood

Thanks to all of you for helping - it works now!

Yes!!! Play ball!

daftcat · 04-15-2010, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by halobug

I must be doing something really wrong with Boxee. I can't get anything to play on it and MLB always says "this game is not available"

is there an idiot's guide to explain how boxee works or how to set it up to make it play anything? preferably in 2 syllable words?

Try the boxee forums.

This forum is mainly for getting mlbviewer working. That said, there may be some generous people here who have boxee experience and willing to help.

Still, you'll probably getting more help with boxee in the boxee forums.

daftcat · 04-15-2010, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mkomko

I have a question about archived games in different bitrates (non-NexDef):
It seems that not all bitrates are available for all games. Is that correct? Anyway, I noticed that the rtmpdump-calls are different for existing streams and non-existing streams. For existing streams the streaming starts immediately, for the others it tries but exits after two minutes without getting any data.

So I'm guessing it could be determined by mlbviewer if the stream is available in the selected bitrate or not?

If this is correct and you agree, maybe you could have mlbviewer respond with "game not available in that bitrate" instead of calling rtmpdump and nothing happening. Thanks in advance!
Or is there a different reason for all this?

Here are the two rtmpdump calls - I replaced my IP address with zeroes.

Existing stream:

Code:

rtmpdump -f "LNX 10,0,22,87" -o - -r "rtmp://cp65670.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:secure/mlbam/2010/04/14/mlbtv_ananya_home_800k.mp4?aifp=v0004&auth=da.ahbPb4cGcmclcjaWblbDaIbmdmaOa7d4-blXXFp-O-CvlpAlDsDpmFJn-k7kbjgkfm7jdjimijdk3kjldl5l9lhjbk9kkj7k8m8j7&slist=secure/mlbam/2010/04/14/mlbtv_ananya_home_800k.mp4&ct5=15-Apr-10&ct6=0.0.0.0&ct7=7424435:FLASH_800K_400X448&ct8=1&ct1=mlb&ct3=7808471&ct4=mlb" -y "mp4:secure/mlbam/2010/04/14/mlbtv_ananya_home_800k.mp4?aifp=v0004&auth=da.ahbPb4cGcmclcjaWblbDaIbmdmaOa7d4-blXXFp-O-CvlpAlDsDpmFJn-k7kbjgkfm7jdjimijdk3kjldl5l9lhjbk9kkj7k8m8j7&slist=secure/mlbam/2010/04/14/mlbtv_ananya_home_800k.mp4&ct5=15-Apr-10&ct6=0.0.0.0&ct7=7424435:FLASH_800K_400X448&ct8=1&ct1=mlb&ct3=7808471&ct4=mlb" -a "ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp65670.edgefcs.net&akmfv=1.6aifp=v0004&auth=da.ahbPb4cGcmclcjaWblbDaIbmdmaOa7d4-blXXFp-O-CvlpAlDsDpmFJn-k7kbjgkfm7jdjimijdk3kjldl5l9lhjbk9kkj7k8m8j7&slist=secure/mlbam/2010/04/14/mlbtv_ananya_home_800k.mp4&ct5=15-Apr-10&ct6=0.0.0.0&ct7=7424435:FLASH_800K_400X448&ct8=1&ct1=mlb&ct3=7808471&ct4=mlb" -s http://mlb.mlb.com/flash/mediaplayer/v4/RC91/MediaPlayer4.swf?v=4 -t "http://212.247.20.28:1935/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp65670.edgefcs.net&akmfv=1.6aifp=v0004&auth=da.ahbPb4cGcmclcjaWblbDaIbmdmaOa7d4-blXXFp-O-CvlpAlDsDpmFJn-k7kbjgkfm7jdjimijdk3kjldl5l9lhjbk9kkj7k8m8j7&slist=secure/mlbam/2010/04/14/mlbtv_ananya_home_800k.mp4&ct5=15-Apr-10&ct6=0.0.0.0&ct7=7424435:FLASH_800K_400X448&ct8=1&ct1=mlb&ct3=7808471&ct4=mlb"

Non-existing stream:

Code:

rtmpdump -f "LNX 10,0,22,87" -o - -r "rtmp://cp65670.live.edgefcs.net/live/mlb_c39_s1800@s22192?aifp=v0006&auth=da.cJbqdDcfardBcKdmdMdcdydrcyd8bJbx-blXXEL-O-GorGJpAurrBlHt-mem4mgmkl9mdkekflbk8mmlgjamflem5mgmdm7mdlam7&ct5=15-Apr-10&ct6=0.0.0.0&ct7=7424435:FLASH_1800K_800X448&ct8=1&ct1=mlb&ct3=7808471&ct4=mlb" -y "mlb_c39_s1800@s22192?aifp=v0006&auth=da.cJbqdDcfardBcKdmdMdcdydrcyd8bJbx-blXXEL-O-GorGJpAurrBlHt-mem4mgmkl9mdkekflbk8mmlgjamflem5mgmdm7mdlam7&ct5=15-Apr-10&ct6=0.0.0.0&ct7=7424435:FLASH_1800K_800X448&ct8=1&ct1=mlb&ct3=7808471&ct4=mlb" -a "live?_fcs_vhost=cp65670.live.edgefcs.net&akmfv=1.6" -s http://mlb.mlb.com/flash/mediaplayer/v4/RC91/MediaPlayer4.swf?v=4 -d mlb_c39_s1800@s22192 -v

The assumption in the code is that if a url is returned, play ball. The problem is that for bitrates that aren't archived, the servers are returning the url of the live stream. This obviously won't work because there is nothing more to stream on the live stream.

I have received a patch for this but I won't get around to testing it until maybe next week. Leaving town this afternoon for the weekend.

mkomko · 04-15-2010, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by daftcat

The assumption in the code is that if a url is returned, play ball. The problem is that for bitrates that aren't archived, the servers are returning the url of the live stream. This obviously won't work because there is nothing more to stream on the live stream.

I have received a patch for this but I won't get around to testing it until maybe next week. Leaving town this afternoon for the weekend.

Well cool, I can hardly wait

Enjoy your weekend and thanks in advance (also to the sender of the patch if it works)!

daftcat · 04-15-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mkomko

Well cool, I can hardly wait

Enjoy your weekend and thanks in advance (also to the sender of the patch if it works)!

I tested and checked in a temporary patch for this. It's temporary because the media state isn't checked until I've already requested the media stream. There is a better way to do this with the listings, but that's not a trivial change.

(Then again...I have nothing but time at the airport right now...)

Revision 235 will return "Requested stream not available" instead of starting rtmpdump with a live stream url for an archived game.

In general, the archives are available for 800 and 1200. The rest is a crap shoot.

halobug · 04-15-2010, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by daftcat

Try the boxee forums.

This forum is mainly for getting mlbviewer working. That said, there may be some generous people here who have boxee experience and willing to help.

Still, you'll probably getting more help with boxee in the boxee forums.

too many tabs open. posted on wrong one trying to find solutions. Sorry. I'm still looking for solutions to pass to the hubby to fix the MLBviewer. It's frustrating. Thanks for all the work you do, daftcat!

mkomko · 04-16-2010, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daftcat

I tested and checked in a temporary patch for this. It's temporary because the media state isn't checked until I've already requested the media stream. There is a better way to do this with the listings, but that's not a trivial change.

(Then again...I have nothing but time at the airport right now...)

Revision 235 will return "Requested stream not available" instead of starting rtmpdump with a live stream url for an archived game.

Well, works fine for me, so thank you so much! Can you remind us how to donate? I don't want to look through the whole thread. That means a lifetime of mlbviewer-updates right?

poorboywilly · 04-16-2010, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mkomko

Well, works fine for me, so thank you so much! Can you remind us how to donate? I don't want to look through the whole thread. That means a lifetime of mlbviewer-updates right?

There is a section in the mlbviewer README file about donations.

kaput · 04-16-2010, 08:41 PM

I'm getting a "(No video)" in the status section for all games tonight. Anyone else seeing this?

poorboywilly · 04-16-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kaput

I'm getting a "(No video)" in the status section for all games tonight. Anyone else seeing this?

Very few games tonight have the 1800k stream. Don't know why. Use the P key to cycle through and select another stream rate. The bottom right corner shows the currently selected stream rate. Most of them tonight do have the 1200k stream.

edouble312 · 04-17-2010, 09:54 PM

jimenez no hits the bravos, and the cards and mets are knotted up at 1-1 in the TWENTIETH, which i'm listening to because it had the, uh, 4:00 pm afternoon blackout from fox.

unreal.

thegenix · 04-17-2010, 11:22 PM

marc@marc-desktop:~/mlbviewer$ python mlbviewer.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mlbviewer.py", line 1508, in <module>
curses.wrapper(mainloop, mycfg.data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/curses/wrapper.py", line 44, in wrapper
return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
File "mlbviewer.py", line 388, in mainloop
+ len(coveragetoggle.get(cfg['coverage'])) + 2
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'hd_available' referenced before assignment

Any ideas what's wrong?

I'm on 64-bit 10.04 Ubuntu.

edouble312 · 04-18-2010, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by thegenix

marc@marc-desktop:~/mlbviewer$ python mlbviewer.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mlbviewer.py", line 1508, in <module>
curses.wrapper(mainloop, mycfg.data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/curses/wrapper.py", line 44, in wrapper
return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
File "mlbviewer.py", line 388, in mainloop
+ len(coveragetoggle.get(cfg['coverage'])) + 2
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'hd_available' referenced before assignment

Any ideas what's wrong?

I'm on 64-bit 10.04 Ubuntu.

just from searching this thread, I think thats what happens when something is unknown with the listings page.

have you tried loading it again in the last little while? sometimes when games go final theres parsing troubles but it usually resolves itself.

im sure others can help you more if its still not working

thegenix · 04-18-2010, 07:34 AM

edouble you are right on that one, I tried right now and it worked and I saw the listings but now when I select a game I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mlbviewer.py", line 1508, in <module>
curses.wrapper(mainloop, mycfg.data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/curses/wrapper.py", line 44, in wrapper
return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
File "mlbviewer.py", line 1159, in mainloop
stream = available[current_cursor][2][myteam]
IndexError: list index out of range