Error creating demuxer when playing .ism stream

[sterd71]

Hi,

I maintain the Eurosport addon for Kodi.

The addon has been able to play .ism streams using inputstream.ffmpegdirect for a while now, but recently it has started to raise an error.

I suspect Eurosport have changed something and I need to provide additional settings to allow the stream to play.

In the addon I set the following:

item.setProperty('inputstreamclass','inputstream.ffmpegdirect')
item.setProperty('inputstream.ffmpegdirect.manifest_type','ism')
item.setProperty('inputstream.ffmpegdirect.is_realtime_stream','true')
item.setMimeType('text/xml')

The log is now displaying the following error:

2021-03-15 12:09:00.292 T:281471503795376   DEBUG: CFileCache::Open - opening <secondary/3/4ee27fdf05844bd5a09677a77e6e75a5/start/1615807783/index.ism/Manifest> using cache
2021-03-15 12:09:00.293 T:281471503795376   DEBUG: CurlFile::Open(0xffff104ab3a0) https://eurosport-dlvr-ott.akamaized.net/secondary/3/4ee27fdf05844bd5a09677a77e6e75a5/start/1615807783/index.ism/Manifest?aws.manifestfilter=video_bitrate:900000-5500000&hdnts=ip=92.22.35.160~exp=1615864139~acl=/secondary/3/4ee27fdf05844bd5a09677a77e6e75a5/start/1615807783/index.ism/Manifest%3Faws.manifestfilter%3Dvideo_bitrate%3A900000-5500000*~hmac=420d16f7fd8f2fe07043dd1f7fd1647db4204c01033f3aa9814be076181f5e1d
2021-03-15 12:09:00.322 T:281471394755760   DEBUG: Thread FileCache start, auto delete: false
2021-03-15 12:09:00.322 T:281471503795376  NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
2021-03-15 12:09:00.323 T:281471394755760    INFO: CFileCache::Process - Source read didn't return any data! Hit eof(?)
2021-03-15 12:09:00.358 T:281471503795376   ERROR: Open - error probing input format, https://eurosport-dlvr-ott.akamaized.net/secondary/3/4ee27fdf05844bd5a09677a77e6e75a5/start/1615807783/index.ism/Manifest?aws.manifestfilter=video_bitrate:900000-5500000&hdnts=ip=92.22.35.160~exp=1615864139~acl=/secondary/3/4ee27fdf05844bd5a09677a77e6e75a5/start/1615807783/index.ism/Manifest%3Faws.manifestfilter%3Dvideo_bitrate%3A900000-5500000*~hmac=420d16f7fd8f2fe07043dd1f7fd1647db4204c01033f3aa9814be076181f5e1d
2021-03-15 12:09:00.359 T:281471503795376   ERROR: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
2021-03-15 12:09:00.359 T:281471503795376  NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()

I've copied and pasted the URL into VLC, and it plays correctly in there.

I've tested and can re-create the error on Kodi 18.8.

Any thoughts?

[phunkyfish]

I would not set the mime type. Try it without.

[sterd71]

Hi,

I've tried it without and still get the same error.

[phunkyfish]

Have you tried to open it with ffplay?

[sterd71]

Hi,

Yeah, I've tried using ffplay. I've attached a screenshot of the debug messages. I've set the request headers that are required but just get "invalid data".

[phunkyfish]

Hmmm, if ffplay does not work I’m not sure we would make any progress.

what about inputstream.adaptive?

[sterd71]

inputstream.adaptive gives me the same errors:

2021-03-24 09:18:28.420 T:281472000640176   ERROR: Open - error probing input format, https://europe-fastly-mediashield-live-prod.cdn.h264.io/primary/1/3675c8d931514834935146006f1334e8/start/1616576406/index.ism/Manifest?aws.manifestfilter=video_bitrate:900000-5500000&hdnts=ip=92.22.35.160~exp=1616631507~acl=/primary/1/3675c8d931514834935146006f1334e8/start/1616576406/index.ism/Manifest%3Faws.manifestfilter%3Dvideo_bitrate%3A900000-5500000*~hmac=c10e44c2f9b2f01bc0a22175389aa09841bd7be2aab1d3a3ad13b889e48405c3
2021-03-24 09:18:28.420 T:281472000640176   ERROR: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer

In the addon I set the values for inputstream.adaptive like this: item.setProperty('inputstreamaddon','inputstream.adaptive') item.setProperty('inputstream.adaptive.manifest_type','ism') item.setMimeType('text/xml')

[phunkyfish]

Have they added authentication maybe?

[sterd71]

no, the authentication has already been resolved and is set in a cookie on the request to get the stream. The HLS stream plays fine with inputstream.adaptive, it's just the ISM streams that have stopped working.

[phunkyfish]

If it’s doesn’t play with either ffmpegdirect or adaptive I’m at a loss as to what to try next.

[sterd71]

Ok, well thanks for helping anyway. I'll think I'll remove the support for .ism streams from the addon and just default to hls.