XBMC Supersport Addon

Penquin said:
Got my HTPC set up with WMC and mediabrowser. Is there a way to access the stream in windows media centre or is this for XBMC only?
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Like Windows is the defacto standard for a Gaming pc, I'd say XBMC is the defacto standard for HTPCs. While you can use many other things or software for it, I don't see how any of them are better than XBMC, except maybe cheaper :)

Correct, this is for XBMC only.
 
can any one point me in the right direction to the specs needed for a decent xbmc? Any guides i should follow
 
Tinuva said:
Like Windows is the defacto standard for a Gaming pc, I'd say XBMC is the defacto standard for HTPCs. While you can use many other things or software for it, I don't see how any of them are better than XBMC, except maybe cheaper :)

Correct, this is for XBMC only.
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Never tried XBMC before. I heard it had issues with live TV and tuners. Don't know if it's still the case, but when I build my HTPC a couple of years ago, I decided on MCE and Mediabrowser due better TV and gaming support. I've got everything set the way I like it, so it would be quite a hassle to set XBMC the same way.

Is this same stream from Supersport's website though? Where you log in with your DSTV account and can watch supersport? Or is it better quality? Maybe widescreen?
 
Penquin said:
Never tried XBMC before. I heard it had issues with live TV and tuners. Don't know if it's still the case, but when I build my HTPC a couple of years ago, I decided on MCE and Mediabrowser due better TV and gaming support. I've got everything set the way I like it, so it would be quite a hassle to set XBMC the same way.

Is this same stream from Supersport's website though? Where you log in with your DSTV account and can watch supersport? Or is it better quality? Maybe widescreen?
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Fair enough. However I can't help to think that using DSTV through a HTPC must suck.

Its the same stream as the website. It used to be widescreen and at some point changed back to 4:3 =/ So for now I use wide zoom to get full screen without stretching out the people, looks ok enough.
 
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Mr Feesh said:
can any one point me in the right direction to the specs needed for a decent xbmc? Any guides i should follow
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I don't think there are any specific specs required unique to XBMC thats other software don't need. But I will try to give you some hints.

OS: Works on any OS, I prefer Linux, for 1 I don't need to buy a Windows License and 2, I can automate a few other things without the OS becoming slower on boot time.

Hardware spec.
GPU: Use something where the drivers support H.264 hardware assisted acceleration. Mostly important on Linux, on Windows any DirectX compatible card will work.
CPU: If your GPU is not going to assist for smooth video playback, at least 3 ghz dual core if its the Core2duo architecture, something similar if its AMD (I don't know their line that well). If your GPU will accelerate your playback anything from a Pentium4 or so will be good enough.
Memory: On Linux you can get away with 1gbyte memory, on Windows I personally would go with 2gbyte at least.
Hard Drives: Not big to get it functional, for practical reasons I am now at 1.5gbyte, but soon going to add 2 more 2gbyte drives.

If you want to give the XBMC Live a try (XBMC Linux Distro where most stuff is already set up for you):
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=XBMC_Live#XBMC_Live_minimum_and_recommended_hardware_requirements
 
Tinuva said:
I don't think there are any specific specs required unique to XBMC thats other software don't need. But I will try to give you some hints.

OS: Works on any OS, I prefer Linux, for 1 I don't need to buy a Windows License and 2, I can automate a few other things without the OS becoming slower on boot time.

Hardware spec.
GPU: Use something where the drivers support H.264 hardware assisted acceleration. Mostly important on Linux, on Windows any DirectX compatible card will work.
CPU: If your GPU is not going to assist for smooth video playback, at least 3 ghz dual core if its the Core2duo architecture, something similar if its AMD (I don't know their line that well). If your GPU will accelerate your playback anything from a Pentium4 or so will be good enough.
Memory: On Linux you can get away with 1gbyte memory, on Windows I personally would go with 2gbyte at least.
Hard Drives: Not big to get it functional, for practical reasons I am now at 1.5gbyte, but soon going to add 2 more 2gbyte drives.

If you want to give the XBMC Live a try (XBMC Linux Distro where most stuff is already set up for you):
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=XBMC_Live#XBMC_Live_minimum_and_recommended_hardware_requirements
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thanks for the help, so if i want to play HD i shouldn't bother looking at one of my old pentium4s with an on board VGA?
 
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Mr Feesh said:
thanks for the help, so if i want to play HD i shouldn't bother looking at one of my old pentium4s with an on board VGA?
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That assumption is correct, but that is the same for pretty much any other video software used on HTPCs.

The only time I have seen it work better is if you use the CoreAVC codec, which as far as I know is not free (if you obtain it legally). Most HTPC software however makes use of built in codecs.
 
Tinuva said:
That assumption is correct, but that is the same for pretty much any other video software used on HTPCs.

The only time I have seen it work better is if you use the CoreAVC codec, which as far as I know is not free (if you obtain it legally). Most HTPC software however makes use of built in codecs.
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thanks, know any program that i can use to join video files?

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Thinking of just using my ps3 to stream from my pc, it will be over a wired connection. Any downsides to this option?
 
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Same script error (just "a script error has occured with your addon) comes up every now and then, I think it's what the addon does when it can't get connectivity?
 
Can the CoreAVC codec be added in XBMC and is it possible. would that make a huge difference w.r.t. picture qaulity on a bigger screen?
Anybody willing to comment on what benfits CoreAVC will have if being added to XBMC. how can it be done if you have a pirate copy...
 
Stevie G said:
Can the CoreAVC codec be added in XBMC and is it possible. would that make a huge difference w.r.t. picture qaulity on a bigger screen?
Anybody willing to comment on what benfits CoreAVC will have if being added to XBMC. how can it be done if you have a pirate copy...
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XBMC will not use CoreAVC, they do not use paid for software and need the source code.

Apart from that, benefits are much lower CPU usage on HD content when you play 1080p videos. For example, normal codecs on a pentium4 a 1080p video used 100% cpu usage and only played 5 frames per second. With CoreAVC the usage would drop down to 60% cpu usage with the full 30 fps, and this is on heavy bit rate 1080p video with lots of action. That is the only benefit, quality ect looks the exact same.
 
This is nogals awesome. Won't use it myself but I tried it just for the kicks. Couldn't get it to work through work proxy, but 3G did the trick. Also needed to download the BeautfulSoap thingies.
 
New update available: http://xbmc-supersport-tv.googlecode.com/files/plugin.video.supersport.0.0.3.zip

Fixed:
Blitz Videos now listing
Added ability to choose the number of videos to show per page. Should help those who were getting timeout errors on slower connections. To change configure the addon settings.
Added upcoming live events in the Live Streams section with the dates of them showing. Do not click on them - if you do, your currently playing media will stop and you will get an error.
 
Bounce said:
renierp: Please do and let me know the outcome! I can't see why it won't work :)
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Ok it does not seem to work. The addon is there and enabled, but when I select it from the menu, I get the following:
Error: Script Failed [plugin.supersport...]
Will try to have a look at logs when I have some time. Let me know if you find any cause as well



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renierp said:
Ok it does not seem to work. The addon is there and enabled, but when I select it from the menu, I get the following:
Error: Script Failed [plugin.supersport...]
Will try to have a look at logs when I have some time. Let me know if you find any cause as well


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got the same error , mine was configuring mu inet connection properly over wug.. :)
 
SFW007 said:
got the same error , mine was configuring mu inet connection properly over wug.. :)
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Is it on the apple tv too? If so, I think I have found the problem (mentioned earlier in thread)
12:15:29 T:125882368 M:118870016 INFO: -->Python script returned the following error<--
12:15:29 T:125882368 M:118870016 ERROR: Error Type: <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>
12:15:29 T:125882368 M:118870016 ERROR: Error Contents: No module named BeautifulSoup
12:15:29 T:125882368 M:118861824 ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.video.supersport/default.py", line 2, in <module>
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
ImportError: No module named BeautifulSoup
12:15:29 T:125882368 M:118861824 INFO: -->End of Python script error report<--


Wifey watching movies on ATV now, will see if I can get beautifulsoup installed later. Should do the trick!
 
I don't exactly have a python folder to add the BeautifulSoup scripts into on the ATV. Any pointers anyone?
 
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