Another RTMP help request

[qusuda]

Hi

I am trying to play a rtmp stream, with the following code inspired by the 9004 bug report, but have so far had not success getting it to play .

def playVideo(item):
	path = "rtmp://vod.dr.dk/cms/cms/mp4:CMS/Resources/dr.dk/NETTV/DR1/2012/01/3053e904-7bb3-43af-8e40-37b608242294/0469495da5ab4431a9dcad41de11b5ef_1000.mp4"
	player = mc.GetPlayer() 
	Hostname = "vod.dr.dk"
	Playpath = "mp4:CMS/Resources/dr.dk/NETTV/DR1/2012/01/3053e904-7bb3-43af-8e40-37b608242294/0469495da5ab4431a9dcad41de11b5ef_1000.mp4"
	tcUrl    = "rtmp://vod.dr.dk:1935/cms/cms"
	list_item = mc.ListItem(mc.ListItem.MEDIA_VIDEO_CLIP) 
	list_item.SetPath(path) 
	list_item.SetProperty("PageURL", Hostname) 
	list_item.SetProperty("PlayPath", Playpath) 
	list_item.SetProperty("TcUrl", tcUrl) 
	player.Play(list_item)

The path used above is working with rtmpdump, which reports the following parameters:

DEBUG: Protocol : RTMP
DEBUG: Hostname : vod.dr.dk
DEBUG: Port : 1935
DEBUG: Playpath : mp4:CMS/Resources/dr.dk/NETTV/DR1/2012/01/3053e904-7bb3-43af-8e40-37b608242294/0469495da5ab4431a9dcad41de11b5ef_1000.mp4
DEBUG: tcUrl : rtmp://vod.dr.dk:1935/cms/cms
DEBUG: app : cms/cms
DEBUG: live : no
DEBUG: timeout : 30 sec
DEBUG: Setting buffer time to: 36000000ms


From the boxee log i can follow some of the first handshake steps in the RTMP_LIB debug print outs, but it seems to stop after some bandwidth checks.

Anyone able to point out what i do wrong ?

Thanks in advance

[bartsidee]

As state in the issue. (Which was closed and marked as duplicated completely wrong. )
http://jira.boxee.tv/browse/BOXEE-9004

The tcp/swfvfy/swfurl are not working with boxee. They are using a relatively old rtmplib and did not fully implement the api features. There was even a guy who patched the boxee source, but it seems it did not make it to a release

It would be good to email marcel about it as it seems this is definitly an issue that has lost some attention

Still it seems you do not need those extra params, but you did not split the domain and path param. Just try it and it just might work. Something like the below setup might do the trick:

player = mc.GetPlayer() 
list_item = mc.ListItem(mc.ListItem.MEDIA_VIDEO_CLIP) 
list_item.SetPath(str("rtmp://vod.dr.dk/cms/cms")) 
list_item.SetProperty("PageURL", str(rtmp://vod.dr.dk/cms/cms)) 
list_item.SetProperty("PlayPath", str(mp4:CMS/Resources/dr.dk/NETTV/DR1/2012/01/3053e904-7bb3-43af-8e40-37b608242294/0469495da5ab4431a9dcad41de11b5ef_1000.mp4)) 
player.Play(list_item)

you could also try to remove the .mp4 extension.

[qusuda]

Thanks for the answer

I tried the following, but still no luck.

def playVideo(item):
	player = mc.GetPlayer() 
	list_item = mc.ListItem(mc.ListItem.MEDIA_VIDEO_CLIP)
	list_item.SetPath(str("rtmp://vod.dr.dk/cms/cms"))
	list_item.SetProperty("PageURL", str("rtmp://vod.dr.dk/cms/cms"))
	list_item.SetProperty("PlayPath", str("mp4:CMS/Resources/dr.dk/NETTV/DR1/2012/01/3053e904-7bb3-43af-8e40-37b608242294/0469495da5ab4431a9dcad41de11b5ef_1000.mp4"))
	player.Play(list_item)

From the log file it seems to get stuck at the same spot as before.

The Boxee UI shows the progress indicators for ever, and become unresponsive when i tried to return to the video list.

The last rtmp related debug messages looks like this:

22:19:39 T:8360 M:915906560   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::HandleInvoke, server invoking <_result>
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915906560   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::HandleInvoke, received result for method call <createStream>
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915906560   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::SendPlay, invoking play 'mp4:CMS/Resources/dr.dk/NETTV/DR1/2012/01/3053e904-7bb3-43af-8e40-37b608242294/0469495da5ab4431a9dcad41de11b5ef_1000.mp4'
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915906560   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::SendPing, sending ping. type: 0x0003
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915881984   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::GetNextMediaPacket, received: invoke 16419 bytes
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915881984   DEBUG: START AMF Object Dump:
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915881984   DEBUG: Property: <no-name. STRING: _onbwcheck>
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915881984   DEBUG: Property: <no-name. NUMBER: 2156243389.00>
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915881984   DEBUG: Property: NULL
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915881984   DEBUG: Property: <no-name. STRING: m N % h 9 n G t % J M p 1 f # t % ^ ........<cut out>...........K H 7 ~ + $ K Z #   ! v 1 < >
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915865600   DEBUG: Property: <no-name. NUMBER: 0.00>
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915865600   DEBUG: END AMF Object Dump:
22:19:39 T:8360 M:915865600   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::HandleInvoke, server invoking <_onbwcheck>

and some time after this some kind of ping message is received

22:23:08 T:8360 M:910290944   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::HandlePing, received: ping, type: 6
22:23:08 T:8360 M:910290944   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::SendPing, sending ping. type: 0x0007
 22:23:08 T:8360 M:910290944   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::HandlePing, received: ping, type: 6
22:23:08 T:8360 M:910290944   DEBUG: RTMP_LIB::CRTMP::SendPing, sending ping. type: 0x0007

Compared to the rtmpdump debug output it seems that some reset and start command are missing.

DEBUG: RTMP_ClientPacket, received: invoke 16419 bytes
DEBUG: (object begin)
DEBUG: Property: NULL
DEBUG: (object end)
DEBUG: HandleInvoke, server invoking <_onbwcheck>
DEBUG: Invoking _result
DEBUG: RTMP_ClientPacket, received: invoke 32803 bytes
DEBUG: (object begin)
DEBUG: Property: NULL
DEBUG: (object end)
DEBUG: HandleInvoke, server invoking <_onbwcheck>
DEBUG: Invoking _result
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, received ctrl. type: 4, len: 6
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, Stream IsRecorded 1
DEBUG: HandleChangeChunkSize, received: chunk size change to 4096
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, received ctrl. type: 0, len: 6
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, Stream Begin 1
DEBUG: RTMP_ClientPacket, received: invoke 374 bytes
DEBUG: (object begin)
DEBUG: Property: NULL
DEBUG: (object begin)
DEBUG: Property: <Name:              level, STRING:     status>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:               code, STRING:     NetStream.Play.Reset>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:        description, STRING:     Playing and resetting CM
S/Resources/dr.dk/NETTV/DR1/2012/01/3053e904-7bb3-43af-8e40-37b608242294/0469495
da5ab4431a9dcad41de11b5ef_1000.mp4.>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:            details, STRING:     CMS/Resources/dr.dk/NETT
V/DR1/2012/01/3053e904-7bb3-43af-8e40-37b608242294/0469495da5ab4431a9dcad41de11b
5ef_1000.mp4>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:           clientid, STRING:     rAAdwYKA>
DEBUG: (object end)
DEBUG: (object end)
DEBUG: HandleInvoke, server invoking <onStatus>
DEBUG: HandleInvoke, onStatus: NetStream.Play.Reset
DEBUG: RTMP_ClientPacket, received: invoke 368 bytes
DEBUG: (object begin)
DEBUG: Property: NULL
DEBUG: (object begin)
DEBUG: Property: <Name:              level, STRING:     status>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:               code, STRING:     NetStream.Play.Start>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:        description, STRING:     Started playing CMS/Reso

Is Marcel someone from the development team, and how do i get in contact with him ?

[Bullet]

come to this thread and try to explain it to marcel I'm trying to get this solved myself also
http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=55743&page=9

[Bullet]

it use 2 work i dont understand why they stopped it from working

[AminB]

" Is Marcel someone from the development team, and how do i get in contact with him ? "

>> marcel@boxee.tv