POTATO TV (IPTV Stalker addon)

[couch potato]

sorry mate
There's NO PVR issues here on my side!


393.ts --> "ABC New York HD"

45.ts --> "CBS New York HD"

14:21:47 T:3808   ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: HTTP returned error 401

well...
your log obviously reported that you got an authorization error when you're trying to accessing the link

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401

1. were you using VPN ?
2. was your same account being shared with 2 or more devices at the same time ?

14:21:47 T:3808 ERROR: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 401 for http://p1.iptvprivateserver.tv/live/DONATION/DONATION/393.ts
14:21:51 T:5276 ERROR: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 401 for http://p1.iptvprivateserver.tv/live/DONATION/DONATION/45.ts

if you've got a Stalker's direct-stream url in your log like this one:

http://[PORTAL]/live/[ID]/[PASSWORD]/[CHANNEL].ts

it means that my addon can perform its job properly

now open your file-manager and go to potato's cache directory

Kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.potatoTV/[PORTAL]

open the following cache files:

• channels.json
• potato.m3u

when the PVR mode is ON,
PVR client will read all items stored in the playlist (potato.m3u)

and when you click a channel,
my addon will work as a middleware which will convert the link in the playlist (potato.m3u) to a Stalker's direct-stream url stored in channels.json

for example:
when you click "ABC New York HD" channel on PVR client
my addon will open the potato.m3u to get the channel's local link

http://[local_IP:local_PORT]/play?channel=ABC+New+York+HD

then my addon will open the channels.json to find the Stalker's direct-stream url

http://[PORTAL]/live/[ID]/[PASSWORD]/393.ts

so, once again,
if you've already got a Stalker's direct-stream url in your log like this one:

http://[PORTAL]/live/[ID]/[PASSWORD]/[CHANNEL].ts

it means that my addon can perform its job properly!

so next time,
when you get the same issue and you also get any Stalker's direct-stream url in your log,

you could also try to open the Stalker's direct-stream url instantly with VLC
and you must open the same url as the one stored in your log at about the same time, in order to perform apple-2-apple comparison

These two and the other tested channels they do open inside the Addon but not on the PVR.

since I'm not a "blind-guessing" kind nerd
if you could also show me a related video, that would be so helpful - "a picture is worth a thousand words"

[vampirito]

I don't know how to upload a picture here. It ask me for an URL and i don't have any host site to put it.

The same channels that on the PVR don't open, they do work if i open them in the Potato Addon (that's what i mean when i say inside the addon). I don't really understand what's happening, why the PVR won't open them. I'm not using my account in different devices, only my computer. Sometimes i use VLC and all channels work fine there. Only the PVR is giving me this issue. I did an Iptv Reset just in case and still the same, only "free" channels opens in the PVR, but sub ones like hbo, espn or so do not.

I tried what you said of opening the Stalker's direct-stream url instantly with VLC, one of the channels that don't open with the PVR like this one:
hxxp://MYPORTAL/live/MYDONATION/MYDONATION/2.ts and it worked very well. Also tried a couple of other channels and they also opened with VLC (remember all channels works if i open them with Potato Addon also). So the problem is specifically with my PVR or something making a conflict with it.

[couch potato]

sorry about your rare issue mate

too bad, you haven't answered my 2 questions

and I would also ask you for a small favour which can help me for tracing your issue


for example:
if you got this url in your log

14:21:47 T:3808 ERROR: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 401 for http://p1.iptvprivateserver.tv/live/DONATION/DONATION/393.ts

please c/p the url instantly on the VLC



It will tell us whether the url is ok or not


you can use a free-service host to upload your screenshots

https://postimages.org/

EDIT:

sorry I forgot about this one

you can also try to create a small playlist for a test

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1, BAD CHANNEL
http://p1.iptvprivateserver.tv/live/DONATION/DONATION/393.ts

c/p those codes uusing any text-editor and save it as "[your_directory]/BAD.m3u"

then open the kodi pvr simple client's settings
under general settings:

• Location = local path
• M3U playlist path = [your_directory]/BAD.m3u

then disable live-tv, clear all data, re-enable live-tv

[vampirito]

Yes, that's what i did. The links opened fine on VLC and on the Potato Addon:

This one was on VLC
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Same channel on Potato
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But still nothing on the PVR side (TV). Just the "Working" spins for about 1 sec then nothing. Still the error on log file
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[vampirito]

EDIT:

sorry I forgot about this one

you can also try to create a small playlist for a test

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1, BAD CHANNEL
http://p1.iptvprivateserver.tv/live/DONATION/DONATION/393.ts

c/p those codes uusing any text-editor and save it as "[your_directory]/BAD.m3u"

then open the kodi pvr simple client's settings
under general settings:

• Location = local path
• M3U playlist path = [your_directory]/BAD.m3u

then disable live-tv, clear all data, re-enable live-tv

Just did this. Same result. Channel says "working" for about 1 sec then nothing.




and this is the log

23:26:35 T:896 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
23:26:35 T:5804  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
23:26:36 T:5804   ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: HTTP returned error 401
23:26:36 T:5804   ERROR: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 401 for http://p1.iptvprivateserver.tv/live/DONATION/DONATION/301.ts
23:26:36 T:5804   ERROR: XFILE::CFileCache::Open - failed to open source <http://p1.iptvprivateserver.tv/live/DONATION/DONATION/301.ts>
23:26:36 T:5804   ERROR: CDVDInputStreamPVRManager::Open - error opening [http://p1.iptvprivateserver.tv/live/DONATION/DONATION/301.ts]
23:26:36 T:5804   ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [pvr://channels/tv/All channels/pvr.iptvsimple_329952215.pvr]
23:26:36 T:5804  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
23:26:36 T:896  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()

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[couch potato]

weird!

that's obviously tell us my addon is OK (thanks God lol)

so, the culprit might be on your pvr client (but I still don't know why)


btw, here is a thread talking about the similar issue like yours (vlc = OK | pvr client = NO)

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=273606

[couch potato]

just for my curiosity...

how about if you converted your account from "donation only" to "donation + MAC" ?
would the issue still exist ?

[vampirito]

weird!

that's obviously tell us my addon is OK (thanks God lol)

so, the culprit might be on your pvr client (but I still don't know why)


btw, here is a thread talking about the similar issue like yours (vlc = OK | pvr client = NO)

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=273606

Thank you Potato. I told you it is something very weird. Your addon is awesome and i know it's working very good. But anyway thank you again for your help. I'm done for the day so I'll read the link you posted tomorrow and will try to find where the problem could be with the PVR. I'll test changing my account also to Donation+Mac and will let you know if i find something.

[couch potato]

hahaha... no problem mate

I will also try to dig deeper
this is such an interesting issue

[vampirito]

Today i was reading the link you posted and some others around internet, also tried re-installing Kodi, in this case Krypton 17 and still nothing with the PVR Simple Client, same results as with Kodi 16. No body has a clue why this issue is happening. The only use why i would need the PVR is for the EPG (Guide), so nice it looks all in color but without been able to watch anything that sucks . Is there any way the get EPG with VLC? i know that with the Potato Addon we can't expect more than what you have done so far..