updating a formerly working pluggin, now sound no video

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I wrote the VBS.tv plugin about a year ago i think. Plex has changed a few times, and so have the websites.

I went through and started fixing the xml file so it would work again, and got the menus working. which is still a pain it seems. xpath vs what plex will actually understand are not the same.

anyways, so now I get the file to start but only hear the sound. no video.

I have read and re-read a bunch of things only about what and how to grab the swf plugin address. I am doing that but cant seem to get the video to show.

heres a screen grab of the player details from firebug



might have to click to make it larger. but so Im stumped at the moment, I dont know where else to look for the swf player details. any help would be great.
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Hey,



I see that you are currently using the Site Configuration associated with the Ooyala player. I also used this for my PitchforkTV plugin for a while before upgrading the plugin to v2.1. Now that the plugin is in the newer framework version, it can make use of the URL Services which exist and can offload the play back of the content. I’m not sure if you have seen but I wrote a blog explaining how to upgrade plugins, which can be found here. I’ve also just made a few fixes to the Vice URL Service which is currently waiting to be pulled by the guys (details). Once this has been done, you could get this service to handle all playback. And since it’s actually using MP4 streams, and not flash, you’re plugin will be able to support a lot more clients, plus no more Site Config! :slight_smile:



Let me know if you have any question…



Ian

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thanks for the tips, i read through it.



rewriting the code in the .py file isnt that enticing right now, since I just rewrote it to get it working again.



but i might have to convert to your style anyways, who knows.

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ok got the player working now.



seems adding a variable to the player string solved the issue.



<site site="http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel"<br />
	    plugin="http://player.ooyala.com/static/cacheable/.+/player_v2.swf"<br />
			initialState="playing"<br />
			version="1.0">


the ".+" is where the video code would display, making it open to whatever the url is telling it to place.

my pause play is still a bit wacked out but its working again.
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nevermind, the player worked because the videos were cached on my system, since only vice guide to travel worked. and those were ones i tested in the browser. the “.+” didnt help



Reading and reading and reading it seems that the framework isnt going to work to grab the player data, and I cant seem to figure out how to make it do that.



I might have to abandon this plugin, sucks

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Can you post the GitHub URL? I can then take a look if you like?
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