The delete single file I did earlier was in grid view, hence no crash. Since latest build is working on bugs I haven't had, guess I'll take a rest. Let me know if you need any tests on single file delete in list view.@DesertDog I did change absolutely nothing in SMB/CIFS parts of the app
Regarding HDHomeRun, if you have problems playing streams, please long tap on a file not playing and restart the app after the crash !
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Crash only happens if last file in a folder in List View. I was able to delete a file in List View, just not the last one. Grid View works in all cases that I test including last file in a folder.
I'll wait for crash report then ... Make sure to restart the app after the crash !
@DesertDog I did change absolutely nothing in SMB/CIFS parts of the app
Regarding HDHomeRun, if you have problems playing streams, please long tap on a file not playing and restart the app after the crash !
Weird! Nothing has changed in my set-up either other then having an internet outage at about 3 am this morning. That shouldn't make a difference but my airport extreme did complain about DHCP and NAT when it was out. Wondering if it was a router issue that got shook loose from it.
Done for the crash. You should be getting the log.
Thanks guys, while I was sleeping I did receive several crash reports 
2 were about the HDHR streams, now I have some interesting information ... I had 2 reports from 2 different people with 2 different information !
One was about KNTV-HD.3 channel, there is only one stream :
http://192.168.1.51:5004/auto/v11.3?dlna&transcode=none
The other was about KTVK-HD.1 channel and there are 3 streams :
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=heavy
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=mobile
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=none
In the first case, current code is getting correctly the stream url, but I don't know why it's not playing the stream ... If the one who has this HDHR device is here, could you try to open http://192.168.1.51:5004/auto/v11.3?dlna&transcode=none url using VLC on your computer ?
In the second case, my current code is also getting the correct stream (the one without transcoding : http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=none ), could you also try to open this stream (and others) from vlc on a computer ?
Now regarding the "last item delete crash", I got the crash report and I now understand what's going on ... I'll check how to fix this without breaking anything ...
2 were about the HDHR streams, now I have some interesting information ... I had 2 reports from 2 different people with 2 different information !
One was about KNTV-HD.3 channel, there is only one stream :
http://192.168.1.51:5004/auto/v11.3?dlna&transcode=none
The other was about KTVK-HD.1 channel and there are 3 streams :
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=heavy
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=mobile
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=none
In the first case, current code is getting correctly the stream url, but I don't know why it's not playing the stream ... If the one who has this HDHR device is here, could you try to open http://192.168.1.51:5004/auto/v11.3?dlna&transcode=none url using VLC on your computer ?
In the second case, my current code is also getting the correct stream (the one without transcoding : http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=none ), could you also try to open this stream (and others) from vlc on a computer ?
Now regarding the "last item delete crash", I got the crash report and I now understand what's going on ... I'll check how to fix this without breaking anything ...
The KTVK one was from me. I tried all 3 streams in VLC and they all played correctly. Let me know if you want me to try anything else.
FYI, it also had a 4th stream for each channel too that was the station's logo. Might be useful for UI. The one for KTVK was http://usca-my.hdhomerun.com/fyimediaservices/v_3_3_6_1/Station.svc/2/340/Logo/120x120
FYI, it also had a 4th stream for each channel too that was the station's logo. Might be useful for UI. The one for KTVK was http://usca-my.hdhomerun.com/fyimediaservices/v_3_3_6_1/Station.svc/2/340/Logo/120x120
Thanks guys, while I was sleeping I did receive several crash reports
2 were about the HDHR streams, now I have some interesting information ... I had 2 reports from 2 different people with 2 different information !
One was about KNTV-HD.3 channel, there is only one stream :
http://192.168.1.51:5004/auto/v11.3?dlna&transcode=none
The other was about KTVK-HD.1 channel and there are 3 streams :
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=heavy
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=mobile
http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=none
In the first case, current code is getting correctly the stream url, but I don't know why it's not playing the stream ... If the one who has this HDHR device is here, could you try to open http://192.168.1.51:5004/auto/v11.3?dlna&transcode=none url using VLC on your computer ?
In the second case, my current code is also getting the correct stream (the one without transcoding : http://10.0.1.21:5004/auto/v3.1?dlna&transcode=none ), could you also try to open this stream (and others) from vlc on a computer ?
Now regarding the "last item delete crash", I got the crash report and I now understand what's going on ... I'll check how to fix this without breaking anything ...
Hi, Sylver78.
The first crash report is mine. I tried opening the stream with VLC (Mac version) and it plays correctly.
Attached is the codec info.
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An interesting observation:
I captured a clip of the stream using 'wget' and named it 'xxxxxx.mpeg'. I then copied it over to a Samba share and tried playing it with NAStify -- it played correctly.
Got a chuckle this AM after reading this. How many times have I said that over the years.
@DesertDog : I have the picture description also but didn't talked about it as it's not really the problem for now !
@a.coward : thanks, I was about to ask for something similar (record a part of the video and try to play it).
@DesertDog & @a.coward : could you just try one last thing : get the vlc app on an iPhone/iPad and try to play these streams ?
I think that is will work but it's just to be sure (you will certainly miss ac3 audio using vlc but it's a limitation of this app).
What I suspect is a character encoding issue on my side (because of these "&" and "?" characters), but I'm not sure at all because I think that I have some other upnp devices returning comparable URLs
@a.coward : thanks, I was about to ask for something similar (record a part of the video and try to play it).
@DesertDog & @a.coward : could you just try one last thing : get the vlc app on an iPhone/iPad and try to play these streams ?
I think that is will work but it's just to be sure (you will certainly miss ac3 audio using vlc but it's a limitation of this app).
What I suspect is a character encoding issue on my side (because of these "&" and "?" characters), but I'm not sure at all because I think that I have some other upnp devices returning comparable URLs
@DesertDog : I have the picture description also but didn't talked about it as it's not really the problem for now !
@a.coward : thanks, I was about to ask for something similar (record a part of the video and try to play it).
@DesertDog & @a.coward : could you just try one last thing : get the vlc app on an iPhone/iPad and try to play these streams ?
I think that is will work but it's just to be sure (you will certainly miss ac3 audio using vlc but it's a limitation of this app).
What I suspect is a character encoding issue on my side (because of these "&" and "?" characters), but I'm not sure at all because I think that I have some other upnp devices returning comparable URLs
Tried with VLC on an iPod Touch, and it works. I also tried playing with the & and ? character removed:
http://192.168.1.51:5004/auto/v11.3
and it also works (this will default to the native mpeg2 format).
Thanks for your tests
I've checked if I had a character encoding problem with UPnP and it seems that it's ok ...
Could you try something just to be sure : browse to the channel list, then unplug your network connector (from your AppleTV ou HDHR) and start the video play ! It should show you an error with the url it's trying to play, take a picture and send it to me.
Do the same with your iPod Touch and check if it's the same url ...
I'm not using the same libvlc version than the one running the AppStore version of VLC, maybe there are some bugs in this new version ...
I've checked if I had a character encoding problem with UPnP and it seems that it's ok ...
Could you try something just to be sure : browse to the channel list, then unplug your network connector (from your AppleTV ou HDHR) and start the video play ! It should show you an error with the url it's trying to play, take a picture and send it to me.
Do the same with your iPod Touch and check if it's the same url ...
I'm not using the same libvlc version than the one running the AppStore version of VLC, maybe there are some bugs in this new version ...
I've solved the "delete last file in line view" bug, I'm sending a new beta
I've made a change for the HDHR : I'm stripping out the part after the question mark to see if it works ... If not then I guess that there is a nasty bug in latest libVLC ...
I've made a change for the HDHR : I'm stripping out the part after the question mark to see if it works ... If not then I guess that there is a nasty bug in latest libVLC ...
I'll try that out when I get home later if @a.coward doesn't get to it first. Seems odd to be an encoding issue for those chars since they shouldn't be encoded in the URL. Do you know off hand where it's handled in code? I'll do a quick review and see if anything jumps out at me (I'm a longtime mac/ios dev).
Still a no go on HDHR with 1.2.2 (6). So removing the params after the ? didn't work. One thing I don't remember from before is that the Media Info in app is now showing "Video dimensions: 0x0 ((null))". I thought that was blank before but I'm not 100%.
I really think that the problem is in the libVLC, I have another UPnP device that is providing video streams containing "?" and "&" and it's working well ...
A good news for people that are not beta testers : v1.2.1 is now available on the AppStore
New features :
- Allow to delete files !!! You can delete your files if you don't need them anymore ! Just long tap a file to view option to delete it (if supported). Please note that delete is not possible via UPnP/dlna protocol as this protocol is not allowing file deletion
- Added a start folder for SMB/CIFS
- SSA/ASS subtitles support
- Allow to download subtitles from opensubtitles
- Add date/time info in video player interface
Bug fixes :
- Fix SMB/CIFS video playback for videos with high bitrate
- Improve video decoding stability
- Fix for discovered servers login/password save with empty username
- Fix for video playback progress bar not correctly updated (causing incorrect position when pressing pause button)
- Fix SMB/CIFS connection to some devices (like TimeCapsule/Airport Extreme)
- Fix playback progress bar issue
- Fix name shown during video playback (was wrong for some servers like UPnP/Synology/QNAP)
- Fix issue with FTP servers that are not forcing UTF-8 use
- Fix audio delay when using AirPlay as audio output
A good news for people that are not beta testers : v1.2.1 is now available on the AppStore
New features :
- Allow to delete files !!! You can delete your files if you don't need them anymore ! Just long tap a file to view option to delete it (if supported). Please note that delete is not possible via UPnP/dlna protocol as this protocol is not allowing file deletion
- Added a start folder for SMB/CIFS
- SSA/ASS subtitles support
- Allow to download subtitles from opensubtitles
- Add date/time info in video player interface
Bug fixes :
- Fix SMB/CIFS video playback for videos with high bitrate
- Improve video decoding stability
- Fix for discovered servers login/password save with empty username
- Fix for video playback progress bar not correctly updated (causing incorrect position when pressing pause button)
- Fix SMB/CIFS connection to some devices (like TimeCapsule/Airport Extreme)
- Fix playback progress bar issue
- Fix name shown during video playback (was wrong for some servers like UPnP/Synology/QNAP)
- Fix issue with FTP servers that are not forcing UTF-8 use
- Fix audio delay when using AirPlay as audio output
I can confirm it works. Tested with both Grid and Line.I've solved the "delete last file in line view" bug, I'm sending a new beta
Me, too. Works on both.
FYI, Tried streaming off HDHR after update (just in case of a "break"), still working perfectly for me.
Thanks for your tests
I've checked if I had a character encoding problem with UPnP and it seems that it's ok ...
Could you try something just to be sure : browse to the channel list, then unplug your network connector (from your AppleTV ou HDHR) and start the video play ! It should show you an error with the url it's trying to play, take a picture and send it to me.
Do the same with your iPod Touch and check if it's the same url ...
I'm not using the same libvlc version than the one running the AppStore version of VLC, maybe there are some bugs in this new version ...
NAStify does not pop any message. It just hangs on the please wait message as it did with the network connection. IOS message attached.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone !
@a.coward : weird that it doesn't show anything on AppleTV ... On my side I forced the URL to a not existing server and it finished to show the error with the same URL as for VLC for iOS ... So the problem is definitely in the libVLC ! But it'll be hard to investigate as I don't have a problematic stream available to debug
@a.coward : weird that it doesn't show anything on AppleTV ... On my side I forced the URL to a not existing server and it finished to show the error with the same URL as for VLC for iOS ... So the problem is definitely in the libVLC ! But it'll be hard to investigate as I don't have a problematic stream available to debug
Glad to be of help. I know you have been really busy and I appreciate the effort and the progress. But, thought I would remind you about some open problems I have been having.
1. With UPnP the playback is pretty smooth. Even after FF. However, with REW I believe I loose Audio until I FF a bit. Not sure because of confusion with SMB.
2. SMB starts out find until I try to FF and from then on it stutters and simply does not play smooth. So, of course I prefer UPnP access. But, I can only delete when connected via SMB.
3. When you FF it would be nice if the timer would increase so I know how far I have gone. Like to skip a commercial, I might want to FF 3-5 minutes so nice to see the timer incrementing. Now, I have to stop and start playing to see it. Of course it would be nice to see the Show actually play in FF so I can actually see when the Commercial is over but I assume that is harder to program. But my preference. MrMC does this quite well but the UI is terrible. You can FF x2,4,16.32 but you have to tap to change those after bumping over to the place to do it. I much prefer the new ATV UI for FF/REW of Video.
4. This last thing is more cosmetic. I now have a shortcut FOLDER at the top of my start screen but only for SMB. All the other are list below. Much prefer a menu item for Servers and only the Favorites on the main Page.
Sorry to add to your list right after getting all the other things done. But felt good you might appreciate a reminder list.
Mike: Is your file type .mpg? I just tested a mpg file and it exhibits the "bad" behavior as above.
On my m4v and wtv files, the FF/Rew behavior is as you have requested, on both UPnP and SMB.
Totally agree with point 4, for UI when Sylver adds favorites. Excited about UPnP favorite as it's a PITA now.
Yes. All .mpg (MPEG2). These are recordings from the HDHomeRun DVR. All have commercials that I would like to Skip with FF.
My recordings are done from HDHomeRun (Prime, like yours). However I use WMC DVR, which records in MPEG2/4 with the added audio benefit (NOT) of AC3 (causes license issues).
As I hope to change to the same NAS (with cloud assist) based SiliconDust DVR, this "bad" behavior will become a problem for me in the (near?, depends on SD) future.
My long range "hope" is for there to be no need for a DVR. CBS All Access is pretty close but they have limited commercials. I mean you have your Live TV and your complete on demand content (but with commercials). Also, for those into sports, no NFL. A lot of other Channels are similar with the Cable Login Required. WatchABC is not bad with Live TV but the on demand has commercials. Hulu with "no commercials" is really good for most of what I normally DVR in the past but no live content. Then of course theirs Neflix, HBO Now and Showtime with no commercials but limited content. I just think a matter of time. In the meantime I need a solution for not just me but my wife. I think Apple may have wanted the CBS All Access type offering but with a no commercial option (for all of their channels) which would have been great but as you can see that is extremely hard to put together.
So, I love the Live TV Channels App. And the HDHomeRun DVR is not bad since you really only setup recordings once in a while. Just now need a nice playback app.