Engima 2 - Samsung SMART TV Streaming app

[sigpark]

Out of interest - have you tried non HD channels?

pembo - unfortunately I have tried SD stream - BBC SD is my standard test, and I have tried many channels! I did find it interesting that the .TS stream did not work, neither did an x264 .mkv file that I tried to play!

I was successful with tests on a few different audio tracks (mp3 + ac3) in avi containers that all worked - let me spin up a copy of virtualdub and see what the video properties of the avi files are and I will post back.

 

[pembo]

E2Stream v5.5 has been released and can be downloaded from the normal location

http://www.pembo.co.uk/e2stream/e2stream-download/

change log

* Updated return button to also cancel infobar when active
* Added last channel/bouquet cache to store last active  
  channel/bouquet to enable further functionality
* Added '### Last Active Bouquet' as an option to the startup
  bouquet choice so that the app can startup in the bouquet
  you last browsed from the previous run of E2Stream.

 

[pembo]

pembo - unfortunately I have tried SD stream - BBC SD is my standard test, and I have tried many channels! I did find it interesting that the .TS stream did not work, neither did an x264 .mkv file that I tried to play!

I was successful with tests on a few different audio tracks (mp3 + ac3) in avi containers that all worked - let me spin up a copy of virtualdub and see what the video properties of the avi files are and I will post back.

I'm not surprised the MKV container file didn't play - I had limited success with these through DLNA on early TVs, however the TS really should play as it's not any different than a standard DVB signal unless something weird is going on with the stream from the e2 box.

 

[redbellied]

redbellied - can you press 'tools' on your remote to turn on debug, and then try to play a channel and report back what shows?

I will try this later, thanks

 

[redbellied]

tried this on BBC 1, cheers

 

[pembo]

Looks like you've got the 'legacy player' option set. Change to default player, try again and post the debug please.

It also shows "Playing: null" which doesn't look good and might mean it's having trouble parsing the response from openwebif.
Can you put this in a browser:

http://<ip addres>/web/getallservices

Save the results and then pm me or email me them.

Thanks

 

[pembo]

E2Stream v5.6 is now available to download from the usual location

http://www.pembo.co.uk/e2stream/e2stream-download/

Change log

* Resolved issue with return button and infobar cancel
* Resolved issue with now/next detail showing when constant
   buffering occurs
* Moved the 'buffering' text just slightly to make it more
   visible
* Removed redundant code for infobar in preparation for
   coming changes
* Extended debug view to fill the pane with lines
* Reduced font-size in NOW/NEXT detail and stopped text from
   overflowing the container

 

[redbellied]

I sent your other request by pm, thanks for your help.

 

[pembo]

There's something not right with the URL to the stream still - it's mixing in the channel name and id together and doesn't look right.
I didn't get your PM, so I dropped you my email address via pm

 

[redbellied]

Thanks, I will send later by email

 

[pembo]

E2Stream v6.0 has been released.
This is a major release and adds now/next channel browsing and selection during streaming.

v6.0 can be downloaded from here:

http://www.pembo.co.uk/e2stream/e2stream-download/

Change log

[B]v6.0 - 07/02/2015 [/B]
* Up/Down arrows buttons whilst whilst watching a channel 
  now allow you to browse now/next for the channels in the 
  currently active bouquet 
* Whilst browsing now/next 'enter' will select and tune the 
  current channel. 
* Fixed info-bar display on pause 
* Up/Down arrow buttons also display the info bar now

[B]v5.7 – 30/01/2015[/B]
* Fixed issue with empty recordings list causing errors
* URL Encoded service id for those people who have unusual
  service id values

 

[sigpark]

Anybody with a Samsung Smart TV should definitely try this app of pembo. It really does give you very stable multi-room without the need for a receiver or external open webif cabable device attached to a second Samsung TV. Thanks!!

 

[sigpark]

I'm not surprised the MKV container file didn't play - I had limited success with these through DLNA on early TVs, however the TS really should play as it's not any different than a standard DVB signal unless something weird is going on with the stream from the e2 box.

@pembo - regarding the D series, I decided to try and do a little more validation on the transport stream (.ts), which I believe is the open-webif feed. I took one of my ViX recordings, and loaded into my Plex library! BTW the E2 box is a genuine Solo 2 from the sponsor with ViX up-to-date image.

Guess what - I get an Network Error! on the D series using the Plex Smart TV app when I "direct play"! Noteworthy is of course Plex Smart App is happy to play the .ts recording on the F and H series Samsung TV's. Interestingly, Plex does indeed "direct play" .mkv files on the D series.

So, this is beginning to look a little more like a problem with .ts files I think? Just a little more info on the whole thing, but for now I ain't holding my breath. Thanks for the great app.

 

[pembo]

E2Stream v6.1 has been released and can be downloaded from here:

http://www.pembo.co.uk/e2stream/e2stream-download/

Change log:

v6.1 - 15/02/2015
* Resolved channel up/down button issue when streaming a
  channel

 

[pembo]

E2Stream v6.3 has now been released and can be downloaded from here:

http://www.pembo.co.uk/e2stream/e2stream-download/

Change log:

v6.3 - 22/03/2015
 * Added option in installer to download the app as a zip for installation from other software

v6.2 - 22/03/2015
 * Moved source to github and updated build processes to use github
 * Corrected positional issue of title text on the now/next detail infobar

Source location for those interested can be foud here:

https://github.com/dpembo/e2stream
https://github.com/dpembo/e2stream-installer

If anybody does want to build this themselves, I'll be putting up a tutorial at some point of how to setup the build process in Jenkins CI.

 

[pembo]

E2Stream v6.5 has now been released and can be downloaded from here:

http://www.pembo.co.uk/e2stream/e2stream-download/

Change log:

v6.5 - 25/05/2015
* Implemented fix to avoid error on movie list items 
  with no description (not normally E2 recordings!)
  
* Changed recordings/movie playback to honour the
  transcoding settings that are set in the settings menu
  to allow for playback of recordings using the
  transcoder if needed.

 

[finbarr]

Hi pembo,

Can you tell me what API you are using to resolve the picons for each channel? Is there a REST request for that?

Cheers
Finbarr

 

[finbarr]

Oh and thanks for adding transcoded recordings! Ill give that a go tonight!

 

[pembo]

Hi pembo,

Can you tell me what API you are using to resolve the picons for each channel? Is there a REST request for that?

Cheers
Finbarr

There's no REST request unfortunately as far as I'm aware. I check for a service name picon for the channel, and then a service Id picon if the name one doesn't exist. To avoid many unnecessary/failed requests and for performance, I do this only for the first channel in the first bouquet, then use that decision as a basis to pull all the other picons.

The URL to access the picon is:
http://<ip>/picon/bbconehd.png

Where the filename is normalised lower case ascii, * replaced with star, & replaced with and, + replaced with plus

or same but URL for a service id icon, with : replaced by _


Service list comes from a REST call (name/id)

 

[finbarr]

Ah right. I was afraid I would have to revert to that. I'm working on integration with Home-Assistant.

https://home-assistant.io