Plugin: PlayOn in Online Services (Hulu, Netflix, Amazon VOD, etc.)

[tsitalon1]

Originally Posted by tsitalon1

I haven't even tried netflix or amazon yet... I tried CBS/NBC/ABC/etc... and it opens like 4-10 tabs of the same page!

I have IE7 installed with XP SP3

Running sage with fullscreen and service mode.

Any Ideas EP?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by HuMan321

Now, why won't the mpg's? I have Windows 11 installed on a WHS PC

Try going into PlayON's settings and disabling "Always Process Entire Video". That should disable PlayON's internal buffering which we don't need cause Sage buffers everything for us.

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by tsitalon1

Any Ideas EP?

That's gotta be a PlayOn issue, try sending them a support request.

[Zippster]

Anyone figure out a way to use the Playon live plugin yet?

[mayamaniac]

Still can't get it to work on my HD100, works fine on the HD200. I followed the same procedure as the HD200, but I don't get any video listed on the HD100, not for CBS, NBC, FOX, or Hulu. What can I do to troubleshoot this?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by mayamaniac

Still can't get it to work on my HD100, works fine on the HD200. I followed the same procedure as the HD200, but I don't get any video listed on the HD100, not for CBS, NBC, FOX, or Hulu. What can I do to troubleshoot this?

First of all, if you're not already, revert back to SageTV3.xml and make sure you've grabbed all of the updates. Then...

1. On your Sage Server, delete the file SageTV\STVs\SageTV3\OnlineVideos\tempFeed.xml
2. On the HD100, try going into ABC->FlashForward and see if the video list comes up (I'm assuming it won't).

Now go back to SageTV\STVs\SageTV3\OnlineVideos\tempFeed.xml and see if it was recreated. If not, then there's a problem with the import. If it is there (and not empty), go ahead and post it on the thread.

I, personally, haven't tried it on an HD100, but I've gotten reports from many people that said it works without issues.

[tsitalon1]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

That's gotta be a PlayOn issue, try sending them a support request.

Ah, man I can see it now...there gonna blame Sage

One other interesting point. Even when I use a sage extender IE pops up on the server...weird.

[HuMan321]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

Try going into PlayON's settings and disabling "Always Process Entire Video". That should disable PlayON's internal buffering which we don't need cause Sage buffers everything for us.

I had tried this before and did not have success, but just did it again and it plays the same as before.

Quicktime fires up in about 8 seconds and starts streaming.

Short mpg files buffer for about 60 seconds and then play

Longer mpg files (over 4 minutes in length) buffer for about 90 seconds and I get the java time out message.

Wierd that Quicktime just takes off quickly while other files don't. I tried this on several different channels (links) with the same results.

I believe I had read on the Playon site that the "Always process entire video had something more to do with when you stopped or paused avideo it kept going versus not buffering so much to start.

Oh well, if I can only det everyone generating content out there to switch to Quicktime format...

[Taddeusz]

I've gone back and forth with PlayOn about the no sound from Netflix issue. They indicate the problem is caused by the following error from PlayOn:

CustomMediaFile: OnFileRequested[0] closed (writing = True): Unable to write data to the transport connection: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.

I then mentioned that I have two ethernet adapters in my system and asked if that could be the issue. They indicated that it's possibly the problem.

My question to everyone here is if you're having the "no sound from Netflix" problem do you have two ethernet adapters on the system where you're running PlayOn?

Just for giggles I installed PlayOn onto my client computer. It only has one network adapter. Netflix plays fine with audio and everything.

If this is indeed the case I thought of a possible solution. Install VirtualPC or VirtualBox and run PlayOn within it. Kind of a kludge of a solution if I do say so but it's a possible workaround if the issue is multiple ethernet adapters.

[HuMan321]

Here is a response I received at the Playon forum regarding buffer

Re: Playon ?
The buffering logic is on the device, not on the server. PlayOn serves video data as quickly as possible. We certainly don't wait to buffer up lots of data first.

Re: Adjustable Video Buffer
The client determines the playback buffer -- not the server. It is the buffering logic on your device that needs to be improved. We have lobbied all the major DLNA device manufacturers to improve their client buffering logic, but it would of course be helpful if our users also did the same.


My setup appears to want to buffer the entire (or most of) mpg recordings before starting to stream. I don't know why this would be different from other users having success.

[hemicuda]

Originally Posted by corwiniii

Does anyone know how much bandwidth Hulu and Netflix chew up? I ask because I know Comcast limits bandwidth to 250GB/month. Between uploading and downloading I'm probably using about 60% of that already.

And thanks to Comcast for imposing such a limit without providing a tool for us to monitor our activity.

In standalone mode via playon the HD200 reports most Netflix movies as 2-3GB on average.

[tsitalon1]

Originally Posted by tsitalon1

Hey guys... I got it working but am experiencing some weird things.

Sometimes when I try to stream a show something opens IE, then opens multiple tabs (>4) and all of them try to play the stream.

Why would this be played in IE vice Sage?

Playon Support is amazing. They responded at 10:30pm with the answer.

If you have my symptoms (this plugin opening IE and multiple tabs to the same stream) REMOVE THE COMODO FIREWALL.

This was 100% my issue, once removed, things this worked well.

[corwiniii]

Originally Posted by hemicuda

In standalone mode via playon the HD200 reports most Netflix movies as 2-3GB on average.

Thanks, that's helpful to know.

[matt91]

Originally Posted by corwiniii

And thanks to Comcast for imposing such a limit without providing a tool for us to monitor our activity.

i don't (currently) up/down-load enough to worry about it, but do you have a router that can measure this for you?

My DD-WRT firmware'd router will keep track of all WAN (and, separately, LAN) activity on a monthly basis.

Matt

[sic0048]

Mayamaniac - I can confirm again that this is working on my HD-100. It is the only method I have of playback and it works fine.

That being said, if you set up everything on the HD-200 (or sage client or server) are you sure you loaded the correct STV on the HD-100? You have to go through that process for each individual client/extender. So if you went through all the steps of the How To on the HD-200, it won't automatically work on the HD-100 without going through the same steps on the HD-100.

I'm hoping that the solution is something as easy as that.

[Taddeusz]

Hmm... I haven't gotten any responses to the no sound from Netflix issue.

Anyway, I've decided to install VMWare Server and create a virtual machine for not only PlayOn but also my other non-critical functions such as commercial detection. Since I don't change the configuration on these items as often it will make it easier to recover from a crash or start from a clean OS if these are virtualized. I'm keeping my fingers crossed as to whether PlayOn will work virtualized or not. It will probably work just fine.

[jsonnabend]

On my Netflix playback, I'm getting green bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Is anyone else seeing this?

- Jeff

[hemicuda]

Originally Posted by tsitalon1

Playon Support is amazing. They responded at 10:30pm with the answer.

If you have my symptoms (this plugin opening IE and multiple tabs to the same stream) REMOVE THE COMODO FIREWALL.

This was 100% my issue, once removed, things this worked well.

That doesn't leave me many choices if I develop your issues. I use Comodo because it doesn't hose up my HDHR recordings like my other fave; ZoneAlarm.

[tsitalon1]

Originally Posted by hemicuda

That doesn't leave me many choices if I develop your issues. I use Comodo because it doesn't hose up my HDHR recordings like my other fave; ZoneAlarm.

I choose Outpost firewall, but admitidly haven't tried my HDHR yet...will try tonight

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by hemicuda

That doesn't leave me many choices if I develop your issues. I use Comodo because it doesn't hose up my HDHR recordings like my other fave; ZoneAlarm.

FWIW, I moved my HDHR's to a separate ethernet adapter (I bet a USB 2.0 one would work) and have been quite happy with the result.