MLB.TV in Linux

Haffalump · 06-20-2010, 12:39 PM

Thanks poorboywilly

now everything is clear
I'm on premium account and i'll try nexdef revision of mlbviewer for sure

dylanb02 · 06-20-2010, 01:20 PM

Thanks guys. So I've got the autobahn.jar file but I get this error when trying to use the nexdef branch:

An error occurred in locating the game stream:

NexDef reports that requested stream is unavailable.

Suggestions?

Thanks

poorboywilly · 06-20-2010, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dylanb02

Thanks guys. So I've got the autobahn.jar file but I get this error when trying to use the nexdef branch:

An error occurred in locating the game stream:

NexDef reports that requested stream is unavailable.

Suggestions?

Thanks

Did you try to run it again? Occasionally I get an error like this and then it works fine, a problem on MLB side I think. Or perhaps the game you are trying doesn't have nexdef for some reason?

dylanb02 · 06-20-2010, 04:48 PM

Also, when I run the jar file should it just hang or should I get some sort of results and a return to the prompt?

poorboywilly · 06-21-2010, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dylanb02

Also, when I run the jar file should it just hang or should I get some sort of results and a return to the prompt?

It should get a few results (about 5 lines or so, saying stuff like "Started SocketListener"), but then it should continue running without any results after that while you are watching nexdef content. Once you are done, you can kill it or ctrl-c it if you'd like.

poorboywilly · 06-22-2010, 01:28 PM

Daftcat-

The MLB-provided link to autobahn.jar is still broken, but I extracted the jar from the latest mac package and I am happy to report that I can watch archived nexdef games with this jar and the official player! Jump to innings is working, bitrate selection is working (although it appears that the highest rate is 2200kpbs, at least for this game), slow-mo and rewing/ff are working. This is certainly some progress, at least I haven't been able to get archived nexdef games working with the official player until today.

Theophile · 06-22-2010, 07:03 PM

Direct link to the current NexDef Mac installer:
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/nexd...definstall.dmg

emateja · 06-23-2010, 12:06 PM

Can anyone report accessing the current JAR file at:

located on the MLB site /nexdef-jars/

Or, can anyone provide an alternative source?

-cheers

Theophile · 06-23-2010, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emateja

Can anyone report accessing the current JAR file at:

located on the MLB site /nexdef-jars/

Or, can anyone provide an alternative source?

-cheers

It's still inaccessible, but you can get it from the Mac installer using these directions:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3949566

Just make sure you grab the latest installer which is linked in the post right above yours. Good luck!

emateja · 06-23-2010, 03:30 PM

Quote:

It's still inaccessible, but you can get it from the Mac installer using these directions:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3949566

Just make sure you grab the latest installer which is linked in the post right above yours. Good luck!

Thanks for the tip!

I ended up downloading the MAC installer via the link you provided and using a combination of dmg2img & pax on my Ubuntu Lucid machine to get my hands on the autobahn.jar file.

emateja · 06-25-2010, 05:07 PM

Hopefully I have not overlooked the answer as I searched threads for solutions to this but the fixes described did not seem to work for me.

My troubleshooting started with a listings error and after setting debug to 'True' and editing 'raise Exception, detail' to 'raise', I bomb with the following log.

Here is my traceback:

Code:

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 202, in mainloop
    available = mysched.getListings(cfg['speed'],cfg['blackout'],cfg['audio_follow'])
  File "/home/emateja/mlbviewer/MLBviewer/mlbtv.py", line 799, in getListings
    return self.getXmlListings(myspeed, blackout, audiofollow)
  File "/home/emateja/mlbviewer/MLBviewer/mlbtv.py", line 805, in getXmlListings
    listings = self.trimXmlList(blackout)
  File "/home/emateja/mlbviewer/MLBviewer/mlbtv.py", line 469, in trimXmlList
    if game['content']['blackout'] == 'MLB_NATIONAL_BLACKOUT':
KeyError: 'blackout'

And here is the config file:

Code:

# See README for explanation of these settings.
# user and pass are required except for Top Plays
user=**********
pass=**********

show_player_command=0

live_from_start=0

favorite_color=cyan

speed=500

video_follow=bos

video_player=mplayer -cache 2048

show_inning_frames=1

x_display=

audio_player=mplayer -cache 64 -really-quiet

flash_browser=firefox %s

max_bps=800000

bg_color=xterm

coverage=home

strict_stream=1

audio_follow=bos

top_plays_player=

favorite=

use_color=0

use_nexdef=1

debug=True

time_offset=

blackout=tex

Theophile · 06-25-2010, 05:35 PM

What game are you trying to watch? That looks like the national blackout error.

emateja · 06-25-2010, 06:38 PM

LOL... Nothing yet, have not been able to get to the day's game list. The explicit error code does give one pause, I agree. When I first saw that, I checked to see if there was something happening league-wide as I was simply trying to run mlbplayer from the start and produce the normal list view. I am guessing that something is causing that exception to throw, but was on break at work when troubleshooting it.

daftcat · 06-26-2010, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emateja

LOL... Nothing yet, have not been able to get to the day's game list. The explicit error code does give one pause, I agree. When I first saw that, I checked to see if there was something happening league-wide as I was simply trying to run mlbplayer from the start and produce the normal list view. I am guessing that something is causing that exception to throw, but was on break at work when troubleshooting it.

The line numbers aren't matching up with anything I have. What version are you using? Are you using the sourceforge version or the latest svn? I recommend the latest svn version using the instructions in the README file.

In the meantime, I'll see about updating the sourceforge version.

daftcat · 06-26-2010, 12:50 PM

I've fixed the gameday audio bug on both the trunk (mlbviewer) and the nexdef branch.

Since I am now looking at the language value in the domain-attributes, I may implement a preferred language setting for gameday audio. I don't really have a whole lot of time right now, but it doesn't seem too hard to do once I do get some time again.