unable to use HTTP protocol in video club

[malakudi]

I tried using the HTTP protocol in video club but I am unable to make it work. Client always reports "File missing".

I have setup correctly the storage server, when adding the movie a folder is created in /media/stalker/storage. I then copy the movie file inside that folder, perform the check in admin interface and movie becomes available. But it is not playing back. I have created /var/www/media/myarchive to point to /media/stalker/mac (also tried to point to /media/stalker/storage). 

What am I missing? I haven't find any documentation about this. Also, in order to enable series, the filenames can only be %d.ext ? Or they can be %d.Episode_name.ext?

[Aleksey Zhurbitsky]

Check storage log (in admin interface Storages > Logs) and check apache error logs on the storage and on the potral server.

[malakudi]

No error in log files. Follows the response of the stalker server when client asks to play a video club movie defined with HTTP protocol.

GET /stalker_portal/server/load.php?type=vod&action=create_link&cmd=/media/405.mpg&series=1&forced_storage=&disable_ad=0&JsHttpRequest=1-xml

Replies:

{"js":{"id":0,"cmd":"","storage_id":"","load":"","error":"nothing_to_play"},"text":"array(5) {\n  [\"id\"]=>\n  int(0)\n  [\"cmd\"]=>\n  string(0) \"\"\n  [\"storage_id\"]=>\n  string(0) \"\"\n  [\"load\"]=>\n  string(0) \"\"\n  [\"error\"]=>\n  string(15) \"nothing_to_play\"\n}\ngenerated in: 0.055s; query counter: 46; cache hits: 0; cache miss: 0; php errors: 0; sql errors: 0;"}

Can I debug this? What are the sql queries involved?

[Aleksey Zhurbitsky]

Try to run the portal in debug mode and show output when you click on the movie.

[malakudi]

DEBUG:: 1401s 377ms  code: 0

DEBUG:: 1401s 379ms  code: 13

DEBUG:: 1401s 383ms  vclub.check_for_play true undefined

DEBUG:: 1401s 385ms  lock 0

DEBUG:: 1401s 387ms  vclub.check_for_series true undefined

DEBUG:: 1401s 390ms  vclub.play true

DEBUG:: 1401s 392ms  cmd /media/335.mpg

DEBUG:: 1401s 394ms  indexOf -1

DEBUG:: 1401s 404ms  player.play ({id:335, owner:, name:47 Ronin (2013), old_name:, o_name:47 Ronin (2013), fname:, description:A band of samurai set out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun., pic:, cost:0, time:118, file:, path:47_Ronin_2013, protocol:http, rtsp_url:, censored:0, hd:1, series:[], volume_correction:0, category_id:3, genre_id:0, genre_id_1:0, genre_id_2:0, genre_id_3:0, genre_id_4:0, cat_genre_id_1:20, cat_genre_id_2:0, cat_genre_id_3:0, cat_genre_id_4:0, director:Carl Rinsch, actors:Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki , year:2013, accessed:1, status:1, disable_for_hd_devices:0, added:2014-03-22 15:41:04, count:260, count_first_0_5:45, count_second_0_5:1, vote_sound_good:0, vote_sound_bad:0, vote_video_good:0, vote_video_bad:0, rate: null, last_rate_update: null, last_played:2014-04-16, for_sd_stb:0, kinopoisk_id:461314, rating_kinopoisk:6.959, rating_count_kinopoisk:25▒655, rating_imdb:6.50, rating_count_imdb:32 070, rating_last_update:2014-03-23 03:10:38, age:, rating_mpaa:PG-13, high_quality:0, comments:, low_quality:0, screenshots:348, sd:0, lock:0, fav:0, for_rent:0, screenshot_uri:/stalker_portal/screenshots/4/348.jpg, genres_str:action, cmd:/media/335.mpg, week_and_more:march 2014})

DEBUG:: 1401s 407ms  stb.setFrontPanel 1542 true

DEBUG:: 1401s 461ms  ad_indication.hide

DEBUG:: 1401s 463ms  ad_skip_indication.hide

DEBUG:: 1401s 465ms  cmd /media/335.mpg

DEBUG:: 1401s 467ms  playback_limit.start_counting

DEBUG:: 1401s 469ms  stb.user[playback_limit] 4

DEBUG:: 1401s 472ms  item.position undefined

DEBUG:: 1401s 474ms  this.emulate_media_len false

DEBUG:: 1401s 476ms  cmd:  /media/335.mpg

DEBUG:: 1401s 478ms  player.define_media_type /media/335.mpg

DEBUG:: 1401s 480ms  file_type video

DEBUG:: 1401s 482ms  player.proto file

DEBUG:: 1401s 484ms  player.media_type:  file

DEBUG:: 1401s 486ms  player.file_type:  video

DEBUG:: 1401s 488ms  player.is_tv:  false

DEBUG:: 1401s 490ms  player.on_play 335

DEBUG:: 1401s 493ms  stb.profile[plasma_saving] 0

DEBUG:: 1401s 495ms  module.tv.on false

DEBUG:: 1401s 498ms  player.create_link vod /media/335.mpg   undefined

DEBUG:: 1401s 500ms  stb.load()

DEBUG:: 1401s 502ms  params: ({type:vod, action:create_link, cmd:/media/335.mpg, series:, forced_storage:, disable_ad:false})

DEBUG:: 1401s 510ms  keydown handler exit

DEBUG:: 1401s 654ms  array(5) {

  ["id"]=>

  int(0)

  ["cmd"]=>

  string(0) ""

  ["storage_id"]=>

  string(0) ""

  ["load"]=>

  string(0) ""

  ["error"]=>

  string(15) "nothing_to_play"

}

generated in: 0.055s; query counter: 46; cache hits: 0; cache miss: 0; php errors: 0; sql errors: 0;

DEBUG:: 1401s 656ms  connection_problem.hide

DEBUG:: 1401s 658ms  authentication_problem.hide

DEBUG:: 1401s 660ms  player.create_link callback type vod

DEBUG:: 1401s 662ms  create_link callback:  ({id:0, cmd:, storage_id:, load:, error:nothing_to_play})

DEBUG:: 1401s 664ms  this.last_storage_id

DEBUG:: 1401s 667ms  vclub.on_create_link ({id:0, cmd:, storage_id:, load:, error:nothing_to_play})

DEBUG:: 1401s 669ms  _alert.show File missing

DEBUG:: 1401s 672ms  _alert.t_hide

DEBUG:: 1402s 203ms  stb.setFrontPanel 1543 true

DEBUG:: 1403s 674ms  _alert.hide

DEBUG:: 1403s 676ms  _alert.t_queue_handler

DEBUG:: 1405s 678ms  _alert.queue_handler

[Aleksey Zhurbitsky]

Show your storage setting (screenshot of the "Storages" page from admin interface after you click "edit" on storage). May be you did not set "Max online" or did not check option "Storing content".

[malakudi]

I found what the problem was. I was using the field "User-Agent Filter" which I had it filled with the user agent of mag250 - Lavf53.32.100 . When I removed this, it worked. Any clue why the filter does not work? Maybe the value needs to be entered differently? However same option works fine for tv archive.

I have also some questions about the storages table. What are fields "external" and "archive_stream_server" are for? 

[Aleksey Zhurbitsky]

I was using the field "User-Agent Filter" which I had it filled with the user agent of mag250 - Lavf53.32.100

This is player user-agent, you chould use browser user agent ("Mozilla/5.0 (QtEmbedded; U; Linux; C) AppleWebKit...") 

But this option makes sense if you using API v2. 

 What are fields "external" and "archive_stream_server" are for? 

This options are deprecated

[malakudi]

Sorry, I didn't understand the first part of the reply. What exactly "User-Agent Filter" is used for? If you can, please give an example of it's usage.

[Aleksey Zhurbitsky]

This option makes sense if you using API v2. For example if one storage should be used only for API clients then you can set in "User-Agent Filter" your API client (external application) user agent.

[cola]

on my installation 5.0.2 I don't have any option to set http if I add a new movie. Did I must activate something?