[daminator]

Hi,

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place.

Please let me know if I'm not.

My iPlayer plugin has suddenly stopped working

It's been working for years, but now all I'm getting is an error message saying to check the log.

Here is the log ...
wuvufopuce (paste)

Can anyone help me to get to the bottom of what's going wrong?
Thanks

[kereltje]

Am I right suggesting that this is somewhat related to the use of the jellyfin plugin?
Can you check if iplayer www behaves normally when you run it from Kodi's menu? Possibly first disabling jellyfin.
Would you be comfortable with manually editing python files in Kodi's addon folder?

[daminator]

Am I right suggesting that this is somewhat related to the use of the jellyfin plugin?

Jellyfin is installed on the system too, but I don't know why that should affect anything. They have worked side by side for years.

Can you check if iplayer www behaves normally when you run it from Kodi's menu? Possibly first disabling jellyfin.

I only ever run it from the Kodi menu.
I just disabled the Jellyfin plugin and tried to run it again. It still didn't work.

Would you be comfortable with manually editing python files in Kodi's addon folder?

I'm happy editing any files as long as I'm clear on exactly what I'm doing. I'm a bit of a geek, but not a coder. :-)

[kereltje]

You've run into a bug that affects some changes in the recent release. 
I don't know why it hasn't come up before, so I guessed your use case was somewhat different and I noticed in the log that jellyfin appeared to do something around the time the error in iplayer occured.

Anyway, if you're happy to do some manual editing try the following
- find the file default.py in the directory plugin.video.iplayerwww in the plugins folder of your system.
- open the file in an editor and find the lines (line 28 - 30)

python:


def get_params():

    param = []

    paramstring = sys.argv[2]

- change param = [] into param = {}
- ensure to only change [] to {} and leave all indents as they are

python:


def get_params():

    param = {}

    paramstring = sys.argv[2]

- save the file
- try the addon again and let us know if it works

[daminator]

- ensure to only change [] to {} and leave all indents as they are

Wow! That's fixed it!

Thank you so much!!

[kereltje]

Excellent!
Thanks for reporting the bug and providing the log.

BTW, you're a coder now ;-)

[UrbanAnimal]

Hello, I also need help with iPlayer WWW, it has stopped working about a month ago. I get an error message when i try to access anything on it, be it programs or watch live. the message is always HTTPSConnectionPool and max retries exceeded with url, caused by SSL Error, etc... amongst other information in the error message. I am at a loss on how to get it back. 

I recently updated to Kodi V21 and am using a mac. 

Any guidance is appreciated. Thank you.

[kitestramuort]

Hello,

haven't been able to watch live streams on the addon for a while now. Inputstream adaptive tries to download https, throwing 404 errors like the following:
HTTP error 404: https://vs-cmaf-push-uk-live.akamaized.n...748775.m4s

The https url does not, in fact, exist, however the corresponding http url does. Is there an easy fix?

[CaptainT]

Hello, I also need help with iPlayer WWW, it has stopped working about a month ago. I get an error message when i try to access anything on it, be it programs or watch live. the message is always HTTPSConnectionPool and max retries exceeded with url, caused by SSL Error, etc... amongst other information in the error message. I am at a loss on how to get it back. 

I recently updated to Kodi V21 and am using a mac. 

Any guidance is appreciated. Thank you.

Are you in the UK? Physically? No VPN, SmartDNS or whatever involved?

[CaptainT]

Hello,

haven't been able to watch live streams on the addon for a while now. Inputstream adaptive tries to download https, throwing 404 errors like the following:
HTTP error 404: https://vs-cmaf-push-uk-live.akamaized.n...748775.m4s

The https url does not, in fact, exist, however the corresponding http url does. Is there an easy fix?

That URL is provided by the Beeb, so it should work. The add-on just tries to play the same stream the iPlayer website would play. If it does not work, you would need to take it up with the Beeb unfortunately.

Quick fix: Choose a different CDN in settings, e.g. Bidi.

And finally a question: Are you in the UK? Physically? No VPN SmartDNS or whatever involved? Sometimes error 404 on streams means you are geolocked. If that’s the case, we won’t be able to assist you.

[Hitcher]

I have a small request:

Would you mind removing the bold tags from labels please because they mess with skins that use their own bold tags?

Currently:


With bold tags removed from iplayer addon:


Thanks.

[barney63]

You should look at adding support for https://github.com/add-ons/service.iptv.manager (and therefore IPTV Merge)

I was wondering if this has been done or is being considered for the iPlayer addon.  Just wanted to add my name to those who would like to see it.