Problem with online services using SageMC

[gianpieroizzo]

Hi all,

I'm trying to set some italian podcasts in the online services, but I'm not able to let them work.
I think I set correctly the OnlineVideoUIText.properties and the OnlineVideoLinks.properties files, everything seems to work fine up to the list of available videos, but when I select them I always receive an error "Video does not have MPEG4, FLV or AVI file...".

If it can be useful here's the URL context:

http://www.media.rai.it/mprss/0,1067241,21995,00.jsp

and here's an example of the xml file available at that url. Do you think is there something wrong/language (it) dependant which cause the error ?
I presume the <enclosure> tag should be the one used for the video stream, and it appears to be a correct MP4 one.

Could please anybody help me ?

Thanks in advance
Gian Piero

SageTV v6.3.5.179 + SageMC 6.3.7a (JVM 1.6.0_03)


<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
<channel>
<title>Ballarò - Viaggio in Italia</title>
<link>http://www.rai.tv/mpprogramma/0,,RaiTre-Ballaro%5E17%5E17447,00.html</link>
<itunes:subtitle>Il settimanale di approfondimento condotto in
diretta da Giovanni Floris</itunes:subtitle>
<description>Ballarò</description>
<language>it-it</language>
<copyright>Rai.it</copyright>
<image>
<url>http://www.rai.tv/MediaPortale/pub/static/2007/5/ballaro_129x96.jpg</url>
<title>Ballarò</title>
<link>http://www.rai.tv/mpprogramma/0,,RaiTre-Ballaro%5E17%5E17447,00.html</link>
<width>129</width>
<height>96</height>
</image>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:author>Rai</itunes:author>
<itunes:image href="http://www.rai.tv/MediaPortale/pub/static/2007/5/ballaro_129x96.jpg"/>
<itunes:category text="TV &amp;amp; Film"/>
<itunes: owner>
<itunes:name>Rai</itunes:name>
<itunes:email>rai-net@rai.it</itunes:email>
</itunes: owner>
<item>
<title>Stromboli</title>
<itunes:duration>00:03:24</itunes:duration>
<link>http://www.rai.tv/mpplaypodcast/0,,RaiTre-Ballaro%5E17%5E17765,00.html</link>
<guid>http://www.rai.tv/mpplaypodcast/0,,RaiTre-Ballaro%5E17%5E17765,00.html</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:22:52 +0100</pubDate>
<enclosure length="1532772" type="video/mp4" url="http://www.podcast.rai.it/bech_300107.mp4"/>
</item>...

[Opus4]

First, I moved this to the customizations forum because you are using SageMC.

Second, you should try the default STV using v6.3.10. There is a topic in the beta forum about how to add custom online feeds... which I need to move to this forum soon since it isn't beta any more.

I was able to add the feed and have a couple of the items play, but the other ones reported that the files were not on the server. But, maybe they won't play outside Italy, like some BBC feeds don't play outside the UK.

- Andy

[gianpieroizzo]

hallo,

I tried again on this, using sagetv 6.3.10 without sagemc just to be sure, but the result is the same.
It complains "no mpeg4, flv or avi file", even if I can see in the page mp4 files and download them.
Anyone can help me ?

thanks again
Gian Piero

The URL I used to test is
http://www.rai.tv/mprss/0,1067241,21995,00.jsp

[Opus4]

I tried it again & got the same results I posted above.

If you go to the System Information screen (easiest way: use the Info command while on the Main Menu), what versions are listed for SageTV Software and Current STV File?

If they are not both v6.3.10, then you aren't using the latest versions.

Are any STV customizations installed? What is the STV filename listed on System Info?

- Andy

[gianpieroizzo]

Ok, this is my configuration:

Software Version: SageTV V6.3.10.166
Java Version: 1.6.0_05
Current STV File: SageTV3.xml (Version 6.3.10.2 February 26, 2008)
Current STV Theme: Standard SDTV
Display: 1360x768, Window 1360x768
...
Maybe something different is that I set
Country: Italy
Language: Italiano
and I create (still in progress) the custom SageTVCoreTranslations_it and SageTV3_i18n_it, but I don't think it should have anything to do.

Note that all the default podcasts provided within sage work fine.
Tonight I'll try to investigate more in detail in order to understand what's going on.

Thanks
Gian Piero

[Opus4]

Maybe there is something gettting messed up in the translation that prevents it from working -- if so, it could be a line in the translation file that shouldn't have been translated or a glitch in SageTV that we'll need to take care of.

Try setting the language back to English to see what happens.

And, how exactly did you add the link? What file did you edit & what line(s) did you add?

- Andy

[gianpieroizzo]

So, I tried again from scratch installing SageTV server on my laptop.
I added the following lines in the CustomOnlineVideoLinks.properties:

CustomSources=Italiani

Italiani/CustomCategories=Ballarò,Repubblica

Ballarò/URLContext=http://www.rai.tv/mprss/0,1067241,21995,00.jsp
Repubblica/URLContext=http://tv.repubblica.it/xml/videopodcast.php

I tried setting SageTV language both in english and in italian (running the wizard from the beginning), but as soon as I try to select an item e.g. inside the "Repubblica" category I receive the same error message "NO MP4....", even if in the rss feed I see that there should be mp4 streams.

I really don't know what's wrong with my settings, all the default podcasts are fine.

thanks again
Gian Piero

[Opus4]

I added the following lines in the CustomOnlineVideoLinks.properties:

CustomSources=Italiani

Italiani/CustomCategories=Ballarò,Repubblica
Try using these lines instead:

CustomSources=xPodcastItaliani

xPodcastItaliani/CustomCategories=Ballarò,Repubblica

Podcast sources need to have "xPodcast" at the start of the Source name.

- Andy

[gianpieroizzo]

it works !!!! Sorry for the stupid issue, but I didn't realize this xPodcast thing :(

:goodjob:

I owe you a beer

ciao
Gian Piero