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[Q] iPlayer issues

I've had my N10 for months but for some reason have never used iPlayer on it.
I went to use it today and when pressing the app it simply opens the mobile iplayer website in Chrome. Is this how it works? Have they been too lazy to actually make an app for Android tabs?
Also when I try to play something it tells me I need to install BBC media player. It is already installed.
I've tried reinstalling both apps and clearing their caches but I'm still having this same problem.
Can anyone help me out here?

just giving this a bump as I'm still having this issue.
I have the media player installed. I get this message even when I open iplayer via the media player app. I've tried clearing the cache of both apps but no improvement.
some help here would be great.

It is a bug that appeared in the last update. Hopefully they will fix it soon as I'm currently having to watch iPlayer on my phone.
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I use AOSP browser or any other flash enabled browser like Firefox and play iPlayer in HD straight from the BBC website. I have never encountered a problem doing this. Just remember to request the desktop site in whatever browser you are using.
There are plenty of guides around on how to install and use flash on android 4.2 if you have not got it installed already.
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[Q] 4.1.2 CM10 - Video Restarting

I installed the rom from stock a couple of days ago, and the phone restarts whenever i try to watch any video from the gallery, or a youtube link with the player
What i did so far:
Disabled hwa for youtube, restarted. The app doesnt seem to be working properly, it doesnt seem to be applying changes, though it unchecks the apps.
Installed Adobe Flash Player downloaded from adobe's site. Youtube keeps restarting, aswell as the gallery video player.
Installed dolphin mini, chrome and played youtube videos from the navigator. Still restarting.
Installed MX Player, set it to sw only, seems to work for local videos, youtube still restarts the phone.
A couple of things i noticed from other posts:
People that installed the rom from another version dont seem to have the problem.
hwa aplication needs to be restarted a couple of times, never showed adobe flash for the support.
I guess the problem is in a particular library, that doesnt get step over when you upgrade roms, and the issue could be a memory leak of some sort because all the players play atleast a couple of seconds of the video.
I cant post on developers, it doesnt let me till i get 10+ posts.
Anyone has any idea of what to try? Maybe pinpoint me to the library that could be the issue, and where to get it / replace it
Thanks in advance!

In mxplayer settings sw decoder set it for both local and for network.I've set it for audio too be sure.
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cyrusct82 said:
In mxplayer settings sw decoder set it for both local and for network.I've set it for audio too be sure.
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Did that, but i cant get any youtube workaround
Any ideas about the libraries?

Well what i tried to get a workaround to this problem is this:
Uninstalled the youtube app, using a root uninstaller or whatever.
Set the browser as default to watch videos from the site, it works fine.
Downloaded MX Player, set everything to software, works fine, not great, but fine.
Another issue ive found is that the CPU governor or scalling freezes my settings whenever i try to change its type, i tried a couple of apps like setCPU, and the problem remains. I can live with that.
Ill post here any news i get from the phone, since i cant post on the devs thread yet

Workaround?
rm /system/lib/libstagefrighthw.so
(of course backup first )
This seems to provide a quick solution.
(With Deadline scheduler & HWA on...)
PS: By comparing 20130703 vs. 20130709 libstagefright.so as Quarx suggested few days back they are quite the same according to their sums. Differences are libstagefright_soft_aacdec.so, libstagefright_soft_aacenc.so, libstagefright_yuv.so, libstagefrighthw.so - on which *hw.so does for me...)

CNN and Xfinity Apps

Just got a new N7 2013 32gb from Best Buy to replace my existing N7 16 gb and while the new one is definitely better in almost every way, the CNN and Xfinity apps do not seem to work at present. None of the videos on CNN or the Live TV feature work, they just say 'Video Not Available' when trying to play a video. Xfinity app also just shows a blank screen when trying to play a video. Both of these apps work fine on the older N7.
Thankfully Netflix seems to work just fine. I came across a few posts on android central about CNN not working with the new N7 too.
Any one else experienced the same or knows a fix for this? This seems to be an app level issue : may be they need to be updated for 4.3 / N7 but if there is workaround, that would be great. The Live TV feature on CNN is particularly useful and would be great to have it back.

sidm2k9 said:
Just got a new N7 2013 32gb from Best Buy to replace my existing N7 16 gb and while the new one is definitely better in almost every way, the CNN and Xfinity apps do not seem to work at present. None of the videos on CNN or the Live TV feature work, they just say 'Video Not Available' when trying to play a video. Xfinity app also just shows a blank screen when trying to play a video. Both of these apps work fine on the older N7.
Thankfully Netflix seems to work just fine. I came across a few posts on android central about CNN not working with the new N7 too.
Any one else experienced the same or knows a fix for this? This seems to be an app level issue : may be they need to be updated for 4.3 / N7 but if there is workaround, that would be great. The Live TV feature on CNN is particularly useful and would be great to have it back.
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Update: Just downloaded a 720p mkv file and I get no audio using BS Player Pro or ES Video Player on the new nexus but the same files plays back without issue on the older n7. This is disappointing to say the least, looks like some codecs are missing on this new device. To be clear my older N7 was rooted but that was it, everything else was stock. This may be an issue with 4.3 or a S4Pro vs Tegra 3 issue with the S4 missing some audio codec support.
Will have to hang on to the old one for a while it seems as the new one still has kinks that need to be resolved.

I just used the Xfinity app on my unlocked and rooted new Nexus 7. Worked fine for me.
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Xfinity App works fine for me, both downloaded and streamed content. Watch ESPN also worked, but Watch ABC seems to be hit our miss.
CNN App does not work.
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Ok, xfinity started working for me after clearing the data and restarting the app, doing the same for CNN did nothing as it still does not work.
This is not something that root and unlocking can fix so not really inclined to do that right now.
The audio on the 720p mkv file so far only works with vplayer , an obscure media player that I found on the play store. Hoping BSPlayer will update their player for Nexus 7 soon.

Ok, so it turned out the latest version of BS Player 1.9.152 removed DTS/AC3 support because of licensing issues with Dolby, so had to manually downgrade to .151 through an apk posted online ( I own the pro license). If anyone uses BSPlayer (best media player in my book) please keep that in mind. So right now the only remaining issue is the CNN app, hope they fix it sooner than the 6 months+ they took to officially support the original N7 and another 3 months before live streaming was added.
Update: The CNN app on the play store states that they are aware of the issues with 4.3 and are working on fix, hope that comes soon.

Plex

I only see plex pass is showing up in apps, looked on play store on the web shows plex for android not compatible , new version not out yet ?? what is everybody doing side loading it ? thanks.... nexus player isn't ready at all , no surround sound in netflix , not a very good start ..

Android TV support is a plexpass only feature right now. Even if you sideload the paid plex app (for non plexpass subscribers) it will not show up in the android tv launcher and will not have the new leanback interface. You could still launch it from chainfire's leanback launcher or whatever its called though. But I'm not sure how well it would work.
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Kodi + PleXBMC + Amber Skin will give you a "Plex Home Theatre" like experience without having a plexpass and it is not buggy with a terrible UI like the Current Plex for Android App is!

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Kodi + PleXBMC + Amber Skin will give you a "Plex Home Theatre" like experience without having a plexpass and it is not buggy with a terrible UI like the Current Plex for Android App is!
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Having tried both, I have to agree with this 1000%.
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Hello, Thanks for the replies , I installed kodi beta 2-x86 with plexbmc addon-3.0.0 , it crashes every time i try to play a video from plex, if i press select it will open stream then close ,working shows up in the corner then it crashes to the nexus home screen, pressing the play button on a movie crashes it instantly.. I checked my setup on the fireTv to make sure i had it set up right. It works on the fireTv but crashes on the nexus player. Anybody else having issues ??? Thanks..

Try beta 1, I was having some crashing with the Live TV addons on beta 2. I don't have Plexbmc since I use the Plex app for that so I don't know for sure if this will work.

Thanks ,that did the trick using beta 1 , it loads very slow and you get cache full, but it works ... it keeps pausing , could be wifi , buffering , ethernet connection would solve some issues .. Thanks...
Edit: stopped working getting , error script failed ; plexbmc
installed Gotham 13.2 , plexbmc works better on this not getting cache full , loads faster

halfluck said:
Kodi + PleXBMC + Amber Skin will give you a "Plex Home Theatre" like experience without having a plexpass and it is not buggy with a terrible UI like the Current Plex for Android App is!
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Why use both Plex and Kodi? What's the pros of using them both?

Casting WatchESPN causes slow audio during commercials

Hi all,
I have a consistent bug while casting WatchESPN to my Nexus Player. I don't have this trouble when casting to my Chromecast, so there must be something specific with the NP.
At every commercial, the audio track will get very, very slow. The video stream will continue like normal, but the audio is slowed down to a crawl. Once the audio track is finished with that commercial, the speed will return to normal, but by that time the audio sync is way behind the video. The only fix for the problem is to stop casting and then recast. This fix will last until the next commercial.
As I said, casting to Chromecast does not have this bug.
Any thoughts?

I'm having the exact same problem. Annoying beyond belief.

The past few nights have been working fine but tonight it is back. It is happening every commercial.

This is dreadful. No idea what to do about it.

Seems like it only happens when watching the SEC Network?

I have the same issue. Casting WatchESPN to my NP results in slow audio ONLY when commercials start playing.
Only way around it is to manually seek to a different point in the stream

I haven't tried seeking to a different point in the stream. Is that available when watching live tv, or just previously recorded shows?

Tonight, it isn't causing audio problems, it is just causing cast receiver to crash. Trying to cast ESPN2.

Got a Xbox One for Christmas. The ESPN app does something similar. The audio doesn't get slow, but it gets off sync with the video. However, eventually the audio catches back up because the video feed will pause and restart when the audio catches up.

Exact same problem on my Nexus Player casting from Nexus 6P. Did you find a fix? I've tried reinstalling WatchESPN... no avail.

You can sideload the WatchESPN app directly on your Nexus Player and watch the live channels that way.

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You can sideload the WatchESPN app directly on your Nexus Player and watch the live channels that way.
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The phone version of the app I imagine? I don't like using an air mouse...
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The phone version of the app I imagine? I don't like using an air mouse...
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Yes, the WatchESPN app intended for phones works when sideloaded on the Nexus Player. The app also responds to the Nexus Player's remote so you can navigate through the menus and load channels.

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Yes, the WatchESPN app intended for phones works when sideloaded on the Nexus Player. The app also responds to the Nexus Player's remote so you can navigate through the menus and load channels.
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Hmmm didn't realize it worked with the remote. HD?
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Hmmm didn't realize it worked with the remote. HD?
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Yup. It takes a few seconds for the app to detect your bandwidth so the stream starts in a lower resolution but it switches to HD shortly after that (as long as you have a decent Internet connection). WatchESPN v2.4.1 is the latest version so you can either pull a copy off your phone or search and download it from a web site.

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Yup. It takes a few seconds for the app to detect your bandwidth so the stream starts in a lower resolution but it switches to HD shortly after that (as long as you have a decent Internet connection). WatchESPN v2.4.1 is the latest version so you can either pull a copy off your phone or search and download it from a web site.
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Sweet thanks. Hopefully ESPN will eventually release a real Android TV version, but this should be a good work around for the time being.
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GabbyWC said:
Yes, the WatchESPN app intended for phones works when sideloaded on the Nexus Player. The app also responds to the Nexus Player's remote so you can navigate through the menus and load channels.
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I'm able to navigate but when I try to actually pay the center remote button to play an event, nothing happens. Air mouse select button works though. Working for you?
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@bradwatson, once you open the app, you can use the remote to click on the LIST VIEW button on the LIVE row and select a channel from there. It's not easy to see which channel the cursor is on, however, so you'll need to count how many times you click down from the top of the live channels list.