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GOM Mac player, Obfuscated url, & GSL Jan

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Snoogle
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada71 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-04 13:11:51
January 01 2011 23:22 GMT
#1
Thread turned into an explanation on how to watch GSL on Mac. I'll try to keep this thread up to date if GOM changes stuff again.

Original Post:
+ Show Spoiler +
So a little while ago I was pointed at this website -> http://ch.gomtv.com/4555/28119/401598
Upon opening it, the website informed me that I need the GOM Mac player to view the VODs which I gladly downloaded and installed. VODs worked like a charm.
Later i was pointed at a live King of the hill ft. Jinro so I figured I'd catch that as well. Unfortunately, Stream stated it wasn't compatible. I decided I'd be sly and use the same trick I used in GSL 2/3 for this stream. The url ended up being obfuscated and I couldn't decipher it at all =(

TL/DR I'm worried I won't be able to watch GSL jan from my mac

Which leads me to my question. Has there been any news if the GOM Mac player will support the streams? Or has anyone managed to convert any of the obfuscated urls into VLC compatible ones?


GSL on Mac using VLC Instructions as of Jan 4th works only on paid streams.


Step 1

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Open up Safari
In the menu bar select Safari -> Preferences


Step 2

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Under preferences, select the Advanced tab
Check off "Show Develop menu in menu bar" option


Step 3

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In the menu bar select Develop -> User Agent -> Internet Explorer 8.0


Step 4

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Select your flavour of stream and you'll be greeted with this page.
Select and delete the highlighted text. Press enter to be greeted by...



Step 5

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This is the information that gets sent to the GOM player! VLC won't read it though =(
Right click and select view source


Step 6

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Selected the highlighted text and copy!
Almost done!


Step 7

Open up VLC!

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In the menu bar select File -> Open Network

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Paste the url. Don't forget to add the http!

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Enjoy watching some baller games!
~the munch~
Riodam
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany9 Posts
January 02 2011 00:44 GMT
#2
I'm having the same problem. They did make that trick harder to do but it was still possible to do (I explained it on reddit here: http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/dt9rc/gomtv_free_live_stream_for_macwindows_users_heres/
However, now the "key" in the url just changes constantly and it won't work anymore (as far as I know). I downloaded the Mac GOM player (beta) too and tried it out on the recent team tournament. It seemed to work fine. Are you sure it won't work for GSL ?
superjoppe
Profile Joined December 2004
Sweden3685 Posts
January 02 2011 00:59 GMT
#3
I too downloaded the Mac GOM player upon visiting that site some time ago. I could have understood GOMtv.net not supporting OS X if there is no GOM player available, but when this chinese site let me download it I got angry at GOMtv.net - they should really support OS X.
Snoogle
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada71 Posts
January 02 2011 01:25 GMT
#4
I'm not sure if it will work. That's why i threw this post up.
~the munch~
TheGiftedApe
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1243 Posts
January 02 2011 01:28 GMT
#5
I just dont understand GOM, they are actively trying to make sure people can't use their service. They are not helping e-sports worldwide by doing things like this. I shouldnt have to hack the damn website to watch the free stream.
xO-Gaming.com || [xO]TheGiftedApe.364 || xO-Gaming Manager.
dissonantharmony
Profile Joined August 2010
United States46 Posts
January 02 2011 08:34 GMT
#6
Can you guys point me to a download link for the GOM player for mac? I'm not finding it anywhere. I figure I might as well take my chances and see if it works for the GSL streaming...
Snoogle
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada71 Posts
January 02 2011 09:05 GMT
#7
quick update.
GOM player is not working for the stream. apparently the application call is improper or something. I get the error: Safari can’t open “gomcmd:///title....
But good news! the link is NOT obfuscated! the previous season's stream method is still possible!

For those who don't know, here's the method from safari:

1. log in and go to live
2. click on the link
3. recieve and error : Safari can’t open “gomcmd:///title%20Global+StarCraft+Ⅱ+League+Jan.+Opening+%20http://www.gomtv.net/gox/gox.gom?
4. copy the error url from http://www.gomtv.net... to the end right before the closing perenthesis
5. open up the url in your webbrowser
6. the page that shows up will say, GOMTV.NET (c) Gretech Corp. All Rights Reserved
7. right click on the page and select view source
8. in the source there will be code like this <REF href="avis://38.108.112.11
9 copy the entire address into VLC and replace the avis with http
10. enjoy!
~the munch~
The Icon
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada111 Posts
January 03 2011 09:04 GMT
#8
On January 02 2011 18:05 Snoogle wrote:
quick update.
GOM player is not working for the stream. apparently the application call is improper or something. I get the error: Safari can’t open “gomcmd:///title....
But good news! the link is NOT obfuscated! the previous season's stream method is still possible!

For those who don't know, here's the method from safari:

1. log in and go to live
2. click on the link
3. recieve and error : Safari can’t open “gomcmd:///title%20Global+StarCraft+Ⅱ+League+Jan.+Opening+%20http://www.gomtv.net/gox/gox.gom?
4. copy the error url from http://www.gomtv.net... to the end right before the closing perenthesis
5. open up the url in your webbrowser
6. the page that shows up will say, GOMTV.NET (c) Gretech Corp. All Rights Reserved
7. right click on the page and select view source
8. in the source there will be code like this <REF href="avis://38.108.112.11
9 copy the entire address into VLC and replace the avis with http
10. enjoy!


ty, just tried this and it works
DJ_Amal
Profile Joined October 2010
New Zealand62 Posts
January 03 2011 10:21 GMT
#9
I don't know why but the Mac GOM player won't work on my comp. Whenever I try to open the app it will just jump up and down in my dock for ages to find the app is not responding so I just force quit it. I wonder if anyone else have the same problem. Good thing that the trick still works.
Krallin
Profile Joined July 2010
France431 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-03 11:46:44
January 03 2011 11:46 GMT
#10
Hi, if you want to open GomTV with VLC, I wrote a quick guide in here to help out.
(Safari works the same as Opera and IE for this guide)

(Kinda plugging myself, but I guess it might help)
The Icon
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada111 Posts
January 04 2011 09:00 GMT
#11
this doesn't work for me tonight when I click on the "HQ live" or "SQ live" thing tonight it just gives me a pop-up message saying "Currently, live broadcasting is not available on your Operating System."

lame, time to look for re-streams
Snoogle
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada71 Posts
January 04 2011 09:07 GMT
#12
yeah same thing happend to me. I'll look for a work around
~the munch~
Snoogle
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada71 Posts
January 04 2011 09:16 GMT
#13
Figured out a work around! Its a little more complicated, so I'll post with images.
@Krallin, your methods you posted aren't working with macs =( thanks though
~the munch~
Whiteman103
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1070 Posts
January 04 2011 09:35 GMT
#14
On January 04 2011 18:16 Snoogle wrote:
Figured out a work around! Its a little more complicated, so I'll post with images.
@Krallin, your methods you posted aren't working with macs =( thanks though


i would like this too
Snoogle
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada71 Posts
January 04 2011 09:45 GMT
#15
Updated steps! from Safari

Step 1.
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Goto gomtv.net and login. Right click and select view source


Step 2.
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http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3829/13734541.jpg
Option+F to search for keyword "gomtv.net/gox"
Combine the two parts of the URL and in the middle put in HQ/SQ depending on which quality stream you want. HQ stream is smooth!


Step 3.
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Input the address from step 2 into Safari. Right click and select view source


Step 4.
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copy the entire avis url into vlc. replace avis with http and you're done!

Just for ref, GOM player for mac is out, but GSL isn't compatible yet =(
~the munch~
android_245
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia103 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-04 10:12:11
January 04 2011 10:00 GMT
#16
Sorry, but could you explain Step 2 in a bit more detail? Exactly which part of the URL should I copy and where in the middle do I put the SQ/HQ? Thanks

EDIT: Nevermind, I found out that you have to put "SQTest", not just "SQ", in the middle.
pizzaguy234
Profile Joined January 2011
2 Posts
January 04 2011 10:13 GMT
#17
Snoogle has pretty much cracked it!

I worked out a slightly quicker/easier way to do Step 1 + Step 2:

In Safari, go to Preferences > Advanced and then check the box for "Show develop menu in menubar". (You'll only need to do this once)

You'll now have a Develop menu (between Bookmarks and Window). From this menu, go: Develop > User Agent > Internet Explorer 8.0 (*shudders*)

Once this is done, the GOM javascript will think you are on Windows, so you can click the buttons as normal, once you do, Safari will prompt you with a message:

Safari can’t open the specified address.
Safari can’t open “gomcmd:///title%20Sony+Ericsson+GSL+Jan.+Code+A+%5BRo.32+Match+3%5D%20http://www.gomtv.net/gox/gox.gom?leagueid=20119&strLevel=HQ&target=live&mb_no=XXXXXXXXXXXXX&title=Sony+Ericsson+GSL+Jan.+Code+A+%5BRo.32+Match+3%5D” because Mac OS X doesn’t recognize Internet addresses starting with “gomcmd:”.


You can just copy the full URL:

http://www.gomtv.net/gox/gox.gom?leagueid=20119&strLevel=HQ&target=live&mb_no=XXXXXXXXXXXXX


And proceed to step 3!

Ok, maybe that is a little more long winded... But you don't have to wade through JS source code!

Re: Step 4 -- how do I open the URL direct in the VLC gui? I've been using the command line...
Snoogle
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada71 Posts
January 04 2011 10:20 GMT
#18
@android_245, SQTest is the free feed? I'm not sure since i just watch the paid HQ feed

@pizzaguy234, >.< don't know why i didn't think of the developer menu. I'll try that once the feed comes back on in 40 mins. That's much simpler then searching through source code lol.
~the munch~
android_245
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia103 Posts
January 04 2011 10:25 GMT
#19
@Snoogle Yea, I watch the free feed, I'll confirm whether SQTest works when it goes back on.
Tanstaafl
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom123 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-04 11:02:55
January 04 2011 11:00 GMT
#20
Using SQTest (as the playType variable) for the free stream works for me.

Those of you without the premium package, your URL (for your browser, not for VLC) will look like this:

http://www.gomtv.net/gox/gox.gom?leagueid=20119&strLevel=SQTest&target=live&mb_no=[NUMBERS]

Go there, select View Source, and decode the video link as usual.
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