Supersport Live Streaming stopped working on Ubuntu

S

Serious_Python

Active Member
Joined
Jan 22, 2009
Messages
71
Reaction score
0
Location
Kempton Park
So I've been using Ubuntu for a couple of years now, I'm a big fan of streaming my sports via the internet as I'm usually at work and I have crappy Walka Signal.

About a couple of weeks ago I started getting problems. The screen just gets stuck on "Downloading DRM Module".

I came across the following article when searching for a solution:

HTML: 
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/supersport-uses-entriq-technology-to-protect-and-monetize-25-days-of-live-and-on-demand-cricket-matches-73371992.html

So now I know my problem is Silverlight.

Ubuntu's answer for Silverlight: Poor to Non-Existent due to its proprietary nature.

Microsoft announced that they were dropping Silverlight last year.

Netflix announced in April that they were dropping Silverlight

So with this in mind it begs the question why, oh why, Multichoice do you get into bed with a proprietary technology to stream content that was working fine, thereby excluding all your Linux users?

Are your Linux users worth so little to you in your quest to protect your sub-480p quality sports streams that you now have to exclude them completely? (at this point I'd like to throw in that there is No Drfita support for Linux - so this means there is ZERO ability to access content legally from a Linux based machine: No Streaming and no Drifta).

Oh and your call centre has no idea on how to assist, their answer is "Open Windows".....
 
I tried to stream from my office Ubuntu machine the other day - got stuck on "Authentication" or similar.. sounds like it could be related. Though I never used to have the issue on my Ubuntu laptop - though I haven't used that since getting a MBP a couple of weeks ago so haven't tested it since.
 
Maybe they just don't see Linux as being a viable desktop option that requires support. It's all about income and where they can protect it best.

It's also not just Ubuntu, I used to view on my Nexus via firefox with flash plugin until about a week ago. Also just stuck on the "Authentication".

It might be they're pushing us towards the mobile Walka product and/or the mobile streaming paid for options. Again, income protection.
 
Ashtop said:
Maybe they just don't see Linux as being a viable desktop option that requires support. It's all about income and where they can protect it best.

It's also not just Ubuntu, I used to view on my Nexus via firefox with flash plugin until about a week ago. Also just stuck on the "Authentication".

It might be they're pushing us towards the mobile Walka product and/or the mobile streaming paid for options. Again, income protection.
Click to expand...

It's pretty silly if you ask me. Anything using a MS proprietary product like Silver
Ight is just retarded unless you only want to cater to Windows users. Windows is not the great force it once was and this is quite evident in the fact that a company like Netflix is dropping Silverlight - wonder why?
 
I posted a message here asking the same question! Replies? NONE! Anyway, screw that! I just boot up windoze and I get a rotating goody and authenticating then bba live starts IF it is working! Invariably it doesn't! There is an option on the page to "Contact us" I email them from there. Which product are you having a problem with? is the reply I get. What a bunch of idiots at dstv! You mean that page does not have a tag to tell them where the email is from? This is South Africa or actually Microsoft Africa.

No I do not have any answers. The other reply I got was make sure I have the latest adobe installed with a windoze instruction! how to.
 
Ashtop said:
Maybe they just don't see Linux as being a viable desktop option that requires support. It's all about income and where they can protect it best.

It's also not just Ubuntu, I used to view on my Nexus via firefox with flash plugin until about a week ago. Also just stuck on the "Authentication".

It might be they're pushing us towards the mobile Walka product and/or the mobile streaming paid for options. Again, income protection.
Click to expand...

That's what it boils down to I suppose. They wanna sell more Walka's/ Drifta's. I have a Drifta though, poor signal at the office so then I'm left with nothing (except go buy Windows)....
 
Okay I solved this

On Ubuntu 11.10:

Install the latest Adobe flash player from the site. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Then (from http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/flash-player-11-problems-playing.html):

sudo apt-get install hal

After the "libhal" (HAL) library install completes, close the browser and clear the Adobe Access directories by executing the following shell commands:

cd ~/.adobe/Flash_Player
rm -rf NativeCache AssetCache APSPrivateData2

Open firefox again, click a live-video stream, wait a while fro the DRM message to disappear. Well that worked for me on Ubuntu.
Cheers
TheSendal
 
Last edited by a moderator:
TheSendal said:
On Ubuntu 11.10:

Install the latest Adobe flash player from the site. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Then (from http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/flash-player-11-problems-playing.html):

sudo apt-get install hal

After the "libhal" (HAL) library install completes, close the browser and clear the Adobe Access directories by executing the following shell commands:

cd ~/.adobe/Flash_Player
rm -rf NativeCache AssetCache APSPrivateData2

Open firefox again, click a live-video stream, wait a while fro the DRM message to disappear. Well that worked for me on Ubuntu.
Cheers
TheSendal
Click to expand...

Confirmed it works on Mint Olivia Youre a star Thanks
 
Linux users are just so few in number compared to windows that they just don't care. It just isn't worth supporting.
 
Guys, does anyone have a solution for this with a tablet...

I'm still getting stuck on authentication screen with my galaxy tab!!!

PLEASE HELP!!!!!
 
TheSendal said:
On Ubuntu 11.10:

Install the latest Adobe flash player from the site. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Then (from http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/flash-player-11-problems-playing.html):

sudo apt-get install hal

After the "libhal" (HAL) library install completes, close the browser and clear the Adobe Access directories by executing the following shell commands:

cd ~/.adobe/Flash_Player
rm -rf NativeCache AssetCache APSPrivateData2

Open firefox again, click a live-video stream, wait a while fro the DRM message to disappear. Well that worked for me on Ubuntu.
Cheers
TheSendal
Click to expand...

Awesome! Works on Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit
 
On win 7 I have Firefox as my preferred browser. Flash updated the other week. Works like a charm. Linux updated as well also works like a charm. IE10 in win7 doesn't! (Who cares I don't)
 
Last edited:
I know this thread is old, but this worked for me using fedora, note you might need to install pm-utils first:



For Fedora, try this.

DISCLAIMER: This is mostly copy-pasted from here.

I'm not really sure if this will work (I don't use Fedora), but it will help you install HAL, and maybe it will. After all, NBC would seem an appropriate place for DRM-laden Flash content to show up.

Anyway, here goes:

First, head to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and download the "YUM for Linux (YUM)" RPM. Then:

# Install Adobe Flash and its browser plugin
sudo yum install -y adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install -y flash-plugin

# Install a simple SELinux policy file for Flash
sudo yum install -y policycoreutils-devel
wget http://togami.com/~warren/archive/2012/adobedrm.te
checkmodule -M -m -o adobedrm.mod adobedrm.te
sudo semodule_package -o adobedrm.pp -m adobedrm.mod

wget http://thinkingconcurrently.com/files/f19_flash/fakehal-0.5.14-7.fc19.x86_64.rpm
wget http://thinkingconcurrently.com/files/f19_flash/fakehal-libs-0.5.14-7.fc19.x86_64.rpm



# Install the fakehal RPMs
sudo yum install -y fakehal-0.5.14-7.fc19.x86_64.rpm \
fakehal-libs-0.5.14-7.fc19.x86_64.rpm

At this point, make sure all Firefox windows are closed.

cd ~/.adobe/Flash_Player

rm -rf NativeCache AssetCache APSPrivateData2

Note: I inserted the above 2 lines based on what unqualified said.

rm -rf ~/.adobe/Flash_Player/
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe \
/usr/share/hal/fdi/information \
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty \
/var/cache/hald/
sudo ln -s /usr/share/hal /etc/hal
sudo touch /var/cache/hald/fdi-cache
sudo systemctl start haldaemon.service

The bit I'm unsure about is the line where it deletes the FlashPlayer dir. I would wait for someone to comment and confirm this or reject it before trying it.

I'd repeat, try this at your own risk. I'm not at all sure that this will work or even help.

Anyway, hope you can watch! evamvid
 
Last edited:
abzo said:
Has anyone got this to work on ubuntu recently?
Click to expand...

My SuperSport streaming stopped working after upgrading to 16.04. I just ran the following two commands again:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mjblenner/ppa-hal
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install hal

Afterwards live streaming worked again from Firefox (Flash was still installed).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X