Dear PLayon Staff,
There seems to be an issue with PlayOn playback capabilities; the explanation of the experts at playonplugins.com is that Playon doesn't know what to do with large flv files.
Are you planning to fix this on a future release? I found this issue when trying to access a couple of online TV channels using the "scripts" plugin at plugins.com. This is the simple 'lua' script I was trying to use:
function CanalesDeEspanya()
VideoResource("24h", "http://83.231.187.101/rtve/24h.flv", "Canal 24h", "", 10000);
VideoResource("Aragon Television", "http://195.10.10.209/tvaragon/live.flv", "Aragon Television", "", 10000);
end;
VirtualFolder("Canales de Espanya", "CanalesDeEspanya");
Thanks in advance,
Carlos
We need a little more details than this. PlayOn should be able to handle online Flash videos no problem, regardless of size. Have any of the users who've experienced this sent in support requests through PlayOn Settings? Can you clarify more about how exactly it fails?
PlayOn Administrator
Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply. It fails as follows: the stream starts playing (with audio/video stuttering) and after a few seconds it stops playing.
In order to reproduce the issue, it's necessary to install the "scripts plugin" (http://www.playonplugins.com/index.php?topic=1721.0) and copy a 'lua' script (with the five lines on my original post) on the plugings/scripts folder.
As far as I know, nobody has reported this through the Playon/Settings, but I will do that right now.
BTW, my ultimate goal is being able to play online TV streams (as the ones shown on my first post) using Playon, and this is why I am using the scripts plugin (I haven't found any alternative way to do that). If you could suggest any alternative solution to tell Playon how to play a live TV stream I would happy to listen! :)
Best regards,
Carlos
There is nothing different functionality-wise between creating a scripts plugin or a regular .NET plugin.
Incidentally, we just tried those two links in VLC and the source sync is off, and sometimes the streams just stop.
PlayOn Administrator
I've experienced this as well with the BitGravity stream for TWiT.
High quality: http://bglive-a.bitgravity.com/twit/live/high
Low: http://bglive-a.bitgravity.com/twit/live/low
Also it seems XBMC suffered from the same problem. http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/6384
Hi,
Oops, you are right. I repeated the VLC test myself and I got a similar result. So, I guess there is nothing to fix on your side
Thanks!