IPTV Stalker and iVue integration modifications

[dara]

For those who use iVue to connect to the servers through IPTV Stalker... This minor code change will prevent IPTV Stalker from sending an invalid serial number, which would cause on-going authentication issues with the server. If you already have these issues, you need to change your linked MAC, as it is already corrupted, and make sure that "Send Serial Number" is off.


Using a simple text editor, or Notepad++, make this change in the load_channels.py module in plugin.video.stalker in your addons folder

Just put a # sign in front of the setSerialNumber(Serial)

def retriveUrl(portal_mac, url, serial, channel, tmp):
	
	setMac(portal_mac);
#	setSerialNumber(serial);
		
	if 'matrix' in channel:
		return retrieve_matrixUrl(url, channel);
		
	else:
		return retrive_defaultUrl(url, channel, tmp);

[Alucard]

Dara, I think you are on the right track here but I don't think that is enough. This is a procedure and is called from other procedures then just this one leave a potential of still trigger setSerialNumber procedure. I think this would be a better solution as outlined below. What do you think?

def setSerialNumber(serial):
global sn, device_id, device_id2, signature;

return; <-- Add return here.

if serial == None:
return;

elif serial['custom'] == False:
sn = hashlib.md5(mac).hexdigest().upper()[13:];
device_id = hashlib.sha256(sn).hexdigest().upper();
device_id2 = hashlib.sha256(mac).hexdigest().upper();
signature = hashlib.sha256(sn + mac).hexdigest().upper();

elif serial['custom'] == True:
sn = serial['sn'];
device_id = serial['device_id'];
device_id2 = serial['device_id2'];
signature = serial['signature'];

[dara]

I saw that, but going line by line to eliminate that call would be too difficult for the novice user. The tutorials now all say not to set the "Send Serial Number", which essentially stops all other calls to the "false" and "true", because serial is "None". In the case of iVue, the serial is "True", so it will trigger the sending of all that info, unless stopped.

[Alucard]

yes I see what your saying, all these issues will soon be easy to fix

[generica]

You guys working with a Python script ?

[dara]

You guys working with a Python script ?

The python script is within the IPTV Staker add-on. Because the add-on was released here first, I hope the author will return to make updates for it. However, I may fork it out to make it a 'semi-official' custom version that won't require anything but a valid mac to run.

[ivueguide]

serial%22%3A+%7B%22custom%22%3A+false%7D%2C+%22 youll see in ivue the serial is actually off in the addons.ini so ivue wont send serial command anyway?

[dara]

serial%22%3A+%7B%22custom%22%3A+false%7D%2C+%22 youll see in ivue the serial is actually off in the addons.ini so ivue wont send serial command anyway?

I think the line sends its over as "False", but it actually needs to be a null. I put in a debug line in the IPTV Stalker to see what it sees when the play channel routine is called, and its not the same as when a channel is called internally from IPTV Stalker.

[Alucard]

Looking at the iVue Stalker channel list it looks to me that it is sending a null and it it should be an empty string

portal={"name": "NFPS", "parental": "false", "url": "http://portal.iptvprivateserver.tv", "mac": "00:1a:00:00:00:00", "serial": null, "password": ""}
should be
portal={"name": "NFPS", "parental": "false", "url": "http://portal.iptvprivateserver.tv", "mac": "00:1a:00:00:00:00", "serial": "", "password": ""}

I am working on a fix for this.

[dara]

I'm going to see if I can force IPTV Stalker to use the custom MAC entered in IPTV Stalker, no matter what MAC is being sent over from iVue. Alucard, or anyone that read or hack code, you are welcome to help.