Ok.

install python-setuptools

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
sudo easy_install suds
sudo easy_install pyxml
sudo easy_install simplejson

They all worked except from the 'sudo easy_install pyxml' one, which seemed to have many issues.

I tried accessing mlbviewer11 again, and it lets me select a game but does not play, instead returning an error.

Ask if you want exactly what either error says.

Yes I would like to know what either error says.

The 'pyxml' error is very long, so I have shortened it down a bit so it will fit on one post:
extensions/pyexpat.c:1838: error: ‘modelmod_name’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:1839: error: ‘model_module’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:1840: error: ‘sys_modules’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:1848: error: ‘Xmlparsetype’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:1848: error: ‘PyType_Type’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:1851: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘Py_InitModule3’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1855: error: ‘ErrorObject’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:1856: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyErr_NewException’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1862: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyModule_AddObject’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1866: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
extensions/pyexpat.c:1868: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘get_version_string’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1869: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyModule_AddStringConstant’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1889: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PySys_GetObject’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1890: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyModule_GetDict’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1891: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyDict_GetItem’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1893: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyModule_New’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1918: error: ‘list’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:1921: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyErr_Clear’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1926: error: ‘item’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:1933: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyList_Append’
extensions/pyexpat.c:1996: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘PyModule_AddIntConstant’
extensions/pyexpat.c: In function ‘clear_handlers’:
extensions/pyexpat.c:2023: error: ‘PyObject’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:2023: error: ‘temp’ undeclared (first use in this function)
extensions/pyexpat.c:2027: error: ‘xmlparseobject’ has no member named ‘handlers’
extensions/pyexpat.c:2029: error: ‘xmlparseobject’ has no member named ‘handlers’
extensions/pyexpat.c:2030: error: ‘xmlparseobject’ has no member named ‘handlers’
extensions/pyexpat.c:2032: error: ‘xmlparseobject’ has no member named ‘itself’
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
matt@ubuntu:~$


When accessing a game:
An error occurred in locating the game stream:

What happened here?
Please enable debug with the d key and try your request again.

And the mlbviewer debug feature returned with this:
matt@ubuntu:~/Desktop/mlbviewer-svn/mlbviewer-svn$ python mlbviewer.py
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/suds-0.3.5-py2.6.egg/suds/wsse.py:26: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mlbviewer.py", line 1501, 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 1194, in mainloop
u = g.soapurl()
File "/home/matt/Desktop/mlbviewer-svn/mlbviewer-svn/MLBviewer/mlbtv.py", line 1174, in soapurl
client = Client(soap_url)
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/suds/client.py", line 106, in __init__
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/suds/wsdl.py", line 171, in __init__
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/suds/sax/parser.py", line 122, in parse
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/suds/transport/https.py", line 44, in open
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/suds/transport/http.py", line 51, in open
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/suds/transport/http.py", line 88, in __open
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 383, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 401, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 361, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 1226, in file_open
return self.open_local_file(req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 1262, in open_local_file
raise URLError(msg)
urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/matt/.mlb/MediaService.wsdl'>

I have no idea what is going on with your pyxml setup.

For your second error message enter your mlbviewer directory and
copy the Mediaservice files to your .mlb directory

cp MediaService.* ~/.mlb/


And please read the REQUIREMENTS-2009.TXT in the mlbviewer directory.

Ok, done all that, now with debug on when trying to view a game I get this:

matt@ubuntu:~/Desktop/mlbviewer-svn/mlbviewer-svn$ python mlbviewer.py
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/suds-0.3.5-py2.6.egg/suds/wsse.py:26: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mlbviewer.py", line 1501, 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 1194, in mainloop
u = g.soapurl()
File "/home/matt/Desktop/mlbviewer-svn/mlbviewer-svn/MLBviewer/mlbtv.py", line 1258, in soapurl
return self.nexdef_url(game_url)
File "/home/matt/Desktop/mlbviewer-svn/mlbviewer-svn/MLBviewer/mlbtv.py", line 1296, in nexdef_url
raise Exception,self.error_str
Exception: Could not parse NexDef stream list. Try alternate coverage.

Do you still have the console open with autobahn.jar running ?

Yes.

Then sorry, I am out. You have to wait for Dafcat to help you.

And to assure you, that the effort to get mlbviewer running, is worth it.
I am presently watching Yankees - Rangers on my HD-Tv. after 5 innings
7 : 0 Yankees and no single bunt. It's a Beauty.

Thanks for all your help, it's safe to say I would have no idea what I was doing if you hadn't helped me! Thank you

I assume this is the end of the error. What is the beginning?

The error was very long, so long that the beginning was cut off. It was very similar to the rest of the problem, with ascending numbers. I have a feeling that the last line 'error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1' is the crucial one?

Well that is basically the summary of what caused the setup to fail. GCC is compiling some code and it failed, so that is why the setup failed, and what caused GCC to fail was all the previous errors with the line numbers of the code file they are in. The first error sometimes trips off all the other errors, so that could be important.

One thing you could try is see if there is a "pyxml" package in your distro's package manager, rather than trying to install it with the python setuptools. This way it is precompiled and all. I don't and haven't ever used Ubuntu so I'm not sure how to do that, but I think it has something to do with "apt-get". This is how I got my pyxml, but on OpenSUSE.

You can try:

sudo apt-get install python-xml

I'm sorry that your question got overlooked.

NexDef is default mode for mlbviewer. You can override this manually with the 'n' key toggle or you can add:

to your ~/.mlb/config file.

Please also make sure you have compiled mplayer from latest source using svn (read the REQUIREMENTS-2009.txt file for instructions) and you have rtmpdump v1.6. The latter may be a little tricky as Adobe came after the developer with a cease and desist and ordered him to take the code off of sourceforge. I'm sure a Google search can turn up some alternate sites to download this. Also, patch it with the instructions in REQUIREMENTS-2009.txt file.

Don't worry too much about Adobe's actions. Mlbviewer does NOT download the content which appears to be the major issue they have with rtmpdump. Instead it streams the content just like the plugin, like FlowPlayer, like Applian FLVPlayer and several other freely available FLV players do. So far, Adobe hasn't come after any of these yet.

I have heard that there is a project under way to remove the offending download code. In the meantime, get rtmpdump v1.6 wherever you can find it and patch it with the patches I include in rtmpdump-patches.