Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:15:49 +0000

I just tested with windows XP (don't laugh..) in virtual machine, it also works fine. Your java version is outdated by the way, java 6 was EOL(end of life)-ed almost a year ago. You might want to try to install java 7 or 8. I'm not sure whether installing java 7 or 8 will resolve this issue.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

p.vanderwal — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:01:21 +0000

I did so, but no solution. If you can't reproduce it, I must be something on my side. I will look into it again. But it is not a really major problem, I can live with it. Thanks anyway.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 09:42:17 +0000

Your "plugin_BBC.xml" file is probably corrupted. You can safely delete "plugin_BBC.xml". The plugin will create a new one.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

p.vanderwal — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 06:38:11 +0000

Thanks for answering.

No, I am not using sandbox or anything like that, just plain Win7.

Do you mean I can change the "plugin_BBC.xml" file manually and save these changes? The only thing I see in this file is:
=========================

Language: XML
 version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
-  version="1.6.0_24" class="java.beans.XMLDecoder">
   class="cz.vity.freerapid.plugins.services.bbc.SettingsConfig" /> 
  >

=========================

Or do I misunderstand you here?

Edited: formatted as xml

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:18:22 +0000

p.vanderwal Wrote:
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> Now I have to choose Limelight manually each time I
> open FDR.

I can't reproduce the case. Are you using sandbox program, or antivirus that has sandbox feature? If so, make sure you don't run FRD in sandbox, or maybe you can put FRD directory in whitelist.

Configuration file for BBC plugin is saved as "plugin_BBC.xml" file in FRD config directory. Help->Browse to log file, the go to the parent directory (config). When you press "OK" button on BBC plugin option form, the configuration is saved.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

p.vanderwal — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 05:02:27 +0000

No, it is not broken.
Sorry that I was not clear enough. I am searching for a option that FRD remembers this setting. Now I have to choose Limelight manually each time I open FDR. Using Akmai gives a zero sized file, while FDR says "Completed".....
Btw, I am in Holland, using an UK-proxy, but Akmai is apparently not working for me.

Log file attached.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:54:18 +0000

By choosing "Limelight" as the preferred CDN in BBC plugin option. Is the feature broken?

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

p.vanderwal — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:40:50 +0000

Not really a problem, but a question: Is there a way of locking the BBC-plugin into Limelight, instead of doing this each time manually?

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:44:56 +0000

TVjunkie Wrote:
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> The default "SWF URL" on the iPlayer pages has
> been changed to:
> [emp.bbci.co.uk]
> aPlayerChromelessFlash.swf
> Note to the devs: I'd be cautious and not
> implement this on all CDNs - Limelight CDNs (for
> overseas users)
> continue to work relliably with the older format,
> but in the past did suffer from connection issues
> when an
> updated format of the "SWF URL" was implemented
> (see: One of my previous posts)

You read my mind well. Or vice versa, since you composed few hours before I fixed the plugin..

> NOTE: I STARTED COMPOSING THIS POST SOME 2 HOURS
> AGO, LONG BEFORE
> tong2shot's LATEST REPLY; BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM
> WITH MY ISP, INTERNET
> CONNECTION WAS LOST :-(, ONLY TO RETURN SOME
> MINUTES AGO.
> I DECIDED TO POST IT ON THE FORUMS REGARDLESS, FOR
> REFERENCE...
> (apologies for the caps)

I had power outages (three times) at that time. Coincidence...?

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

TVjunkie — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:19:23 +0000

NOTE: I STARTED COMPOSING THIS POST SOME 2 HOURS AGO, LONG BEFORE
tong2shot's LATEST REPLY; BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH MY ISP, INTERNET
CONNECTION WAS LOST :-(, ONLY TO RETURN SOME MINUTES AGO.
I DECIDED TO POST IT ON THE FORUMS REGARDLESS, FOR REFERENCE...
(apologies for the caps)

On October 04, 2014 07:19AM, p.vanderwal wrote:

> Today I cannot download BBC's TV- nor Radio-programs.
> Yesterday all was fine.
> FRD says: Waiting --> Getting --> ERROR.

Hello ;-)

When you place your cursor above the word "ERROR" in the "Est. time" column,
what does the tooltip say in detail?

> Take these for instance:
> TV: Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies: 2. Pop Goes the Soundtrack

> Could someone please look into this?

I first made sure that iPlayer itself is in working order;
I configured Firefox to use a (working) UK http proxy and attempted
to watch the programme online; all went fine and I got the stream to
start via the Limelight CDN (see attachment "b03b965y.ll.jpg")
I then tried FRD 0.9u4 with bbc.frp 1.2.2 (with the following settings:

Preferred quality level: 480p
Preferred RTMP port: 1935 (default)
Preferred CDN: Limelight
Enable Tor: YES
Download Subtitles: YES )

but upon several tries I got the dreaded:
"Not available in your country"message;
it appears that the Tor plugin today is not working at all for BBC :X
Maybe even more UK Tor nodes got blacklisted...
I then configured FRD to use the same UK http proxy as with
my Firefox test earlier, and I can report I was met with success,
see attachment "FRD-bbc122-TV.jpg".

So you must find a working UK proxy and retry the download...:P

> Radio: Choral Evensong: New College, Oxford

When I click that link you posted, I get:

Quote

i: This episode will be available soon

So FRD can't download an unavailable show.
Tip: When Tor plugin fails like today, you can always disable it
and download from your Dutch IP the international version of an
available Radio programme; this is only HE-AACv2@48kbps
and a far cry from the UK one (AAC-LC@320kbps), but better
have this than nothing...

Greetings to The Netherlands!

On October 04, 2014 06:07PM, ilanad wrote:

> had been working FINE till yesterday, then
> .. .I get... "ERROR downloading SWF"

The default "SWF URL" on the iPlayer pages has been changed to:

http://emp.bbci.co.uk/emp/SMPf/1.9.36/StandardMediaPlayerChromelessFlash.swf

Note to the devs: I'd be cautious and not implement this on all CDNs - Limelight CDNs (for overseas users)
continue to work reliably with the older format, but in the past did suffer from connection issues when an
updated format of the "SWF URL" was implemented (see: One of my previous posts)

Regards

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

p.vanderwal — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 17:48:48 +0000

You did it again, wonderful! All is working fine again.

THANKS SO MUCH.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 17:28:23 +0000

Thanks for the report. Please try plugin v1.2.3.

bbc.co.uk problems

ilanad — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:07:24 +0000

had been working FINE till yesterday, then either I get "Not available in your country" (have TOR installed and checked off) or "ERROR downloading SWF"

troublesome link

[www.bbc.co.uk]

on the ERROR downloading SWF this is repeatedly in the log

Sat Oct 04 10:02:53 MDT 2014 WARNING: Loading file failed
Sat Oct 04 10:03:05 MDT 2014 WARNING: Couldn't create fir C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\VitySoft\FRD
Sat Oct 04 10:05:35 MDT 2014 WARNING: Couldn't create fir C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\VitySoft\FRD
Sat Oct 04 10:05:37 MDT 2014 WARNING: Couldn't create fir C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\VitySoft\FRD

but folder is there however

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

p.vanderwal — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 05:19:48 +0000

Good morning!

Today I cannot download BBC's TV- nor Radio-programs. Yesterday all was fine.
FRD says: Waiting --> Getting --> ERROR.

I am using FDR 0.9u4 and BBC-plugin 1.2.2, wich I manually set to Limelight.
I tried all different settings but nothing works, so I suspect BBC made some changes again.

Take these for instance:
TV:
[www.bbc.co.uk]
Radio:
[www.bbc.co.uk]

Log attached.

Could someone please look into this? Thanks.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

TVjunkie — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:48:57 +0000

Hello ! :-)

I am on WinVista SP2 32bit, JRE 7u67 (x86) installed
and running latest version 0.9u4 of FRD.
With the most up-to-date version (1.2.2) of the bbc plugin,
I have these settings checked:

Preferred quality level: 480p
Preferred RTMP port: 1935 (default)
Preferred CDN: Limelight
Enable Tor: YES
Download Subtitles: YES
(I am physically outside the UK... ;-) )

When I attempted to download this TV show:

Later... with Jools Holland - Series 45 - Episode 2

the video itself did download successfully (after my third try, because the Tor plugin isn't very reliable these days with the
BBC geo-filter mechanisms... :? ), however I ended up with an EMPTY subtitles file:

"Later... with Jools Holland - Series 45 - Episode 2.srt" (size 0 bytes).

The episode is in fact subtitled, as can be verified on the proper iPlayer page if the "S" switch is turned ON;
the actual URL of the raw subs (ttml format, .xml extension) is the following:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/subtitles/ng/modav/p026pyv2_b04jtzhv_1411774239323.xml

I suspect something went wrong during the conversion to .srt format;
could one of the devs please investigate this?
Hugely grateful in anticipation :-P
Many thanks to tong2shot for maintaining a working BBC iplayer plugin! (tu)

EDIT: It may or may not be related, but surely something fishy is going on
with the subs server:
when I try to load in a Firefox tab the aforementioned subs URL, i.e.

Later... with Jools Holland - Series 45 - Episode 2

Firefox offers to save the .xml file instead of displaying it in the tab...??? :S
On the contrary, when I try to load in a Firefox tab the raw subs of this next episode:

Later... with Jools Holland - Series 45 Live - Episode 3

which are found here, the subs are displayed normally in the tab.

So, possibly it is a server issue, not a plugin one...

EDIT No2: It is now ca. 15:15 GMT of Wed Oct 1st 2014 and the server issue has rectified itself;
indeed, the problematic subs URL does load successfully in a Fx tab and when I attempted
a re-download of the corresponding TV show (b04jtzj1), FRD saved this time a non-empty .srt file ( sized 24.5 KB ).

Many apologies for the false alarm 8-) - the beeb was to blame :X ...

Cheers

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

p.vanderwal — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:43:38 +0000

I think you did a wonderful job .... and fast! The test-link does work properly now, BRAVO!

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:28:47 +0000

Thanks for the report.

Please try v1.2.1.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

p.vanderwal — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:38:06 +0000

I cannot download BBC 3 radio programs anymore, like this one: [www.bbc.co.uk] (Mozart's La finta giardiniera). FDR says: ERROR.
I am using FDR 0.9u4 and BBC plugin 1.2.0. I am in The Netherlands.
TV programs are working fine, be it that I have to manually choose Limelight each time.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

martyh — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:10:06 +0000

It works! Thank you.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 01:45:20 +0000

Please try plugin v1.2.0.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

martyh — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 11:29:51 +0000

The BBC plugin does not currently download some "Audio Described" programmes, with "/ad/" in the URL.

[www.bbc.co.uk]

[www.bbc.co.uk]

Can anything be done about this?

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:18:25 +0000

Subtitle download already supported a while ago. You can enable it through plugin option.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

timecek — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 10:22:09 +0000

Sorry, no - I don't know that there can be subtitles downloaded...
Can you little bit more explain it?
Thanks!
Tim

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

chancemimi — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:32:27 +0000

timecek Wrote:
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> Hello guys,
>
> I can confirm, that new version works perfect!
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> Best regards,
> Tim

Are you sure to get the subtitles ?

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

timecek — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:50:57 +0000

Hello guys,

I can confirm, that new version works perfect!

Thank you for your time!

Best regards,
Tim

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:25:00 +0000

Okay please try plugin v1.1.17.

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

timecek — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:54:39 +0000

Thanks that you tried find solution very soon.

I tried this URL today:
[www.bbc.co.uk]

but now I got error:
ERROR - cannot download from a service

Do you need something else from my side? Do you think that downloading by your plugin will be possible?

Thank you for your time
Best Regards,
Tim

Re: Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

tong2shot — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:51:34 +0000

Thanks for the report.

The sample URL already expired, but I managed to find working URL from CBBC channel.

Please try plugin v1.1.16.

Problem with bbc.co.uk plugin

timecek — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:16:35 +0000

Hello

I want to ask you about repair of the plugin bbc.co.uk.

I'm already using FreeRapid Downloader version 0.9u4 and bbc.co.uk plugin version 1.1.15

When I try to download anything from bbc I get error message:
ERROR - PID not found

You can try this link (I hope, that it will be already working)
URL of tested video

I'm able to watch this video, but I'm not able to download by this plugin.

Thank you for your time
Best regards,
Tim