I've got a beginner's background in coding (a little experience with HTML and VB) and I've been doing the Code Academy lessons on Python to help with my channel.
I'm hoping to make a channel that can watch any of the TV streams listed on LiveTVCafe.net. The streams use Justin.TV for the most part, several other popular players are used as well.
Just wondering, from anyone that knows how to go about this stuff, if I pressed ahead, would I be able to create a channel around this website? Any suggestions?
It may be possible to get something working but it's not likely to work well. "Live" streams are not well supported for transcoding by PMS. So, the only clients that will be able to handle them are those that can handle the streams natively which usually means just PMC/PHT. The other option is to use webkit with a site config file which will not work for linux users and is notoriously buggy for Windows users and even some OSX users.
Not something I personally would try to tackle especially since the website doesn't own the content they are streaming, the likelihood of things changing or disappearing altogether is pretty high.
I wanted to work on something similar, the website I’m trying to tackle is not likely to change as it is a paid subscription to get the content.
Ill probably have to use WebKit and site configuration from what I’ve read so far to get access (login required to get content, token changing to access live stream URL)
Anyway, was wondering if you had a skeleton or channel example I could get inspiration from ?
I tend to avoid working with webkit like the plague but I am aware of a few channels that (at least in theory) have similar requirements. Some are unofficial, and I'm not certain that any of them are in fully functioning condition.
It may be possible to get something working but it's not likely to work well. "Live" streams are not well supported for transcoding by PMS. So, the only clients that will be able to handle them are those that can handle the streams natively which usually means just PMC/PHT. The other option is to use webkit with a site config file which will not work for linux users and is notoriously buggy for Windows users and even some OSX users.
Not something I personally would try to tackle especially since the website doesn't own the content they are streaming, the likelihood of things changing or disappearing altogether is pretty high.
Are all live streams difficult for PMS to transcode? I looked a little at this site and found a HLS live stream .... I've heard of difficulties with RTMP and was hoping that HLS would be better?
Most clients are capable of handling HLS natively so transcoding is not necessary. The same cannot be said of RTMP since only clients which include libRTMP (basically just desktop clients) are able to handle those streams natively.
