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riVn
Profile Joined September 2010
53 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-03 09:55:22
November 06 2011 09:24 GMT
#1
Release 0.9.10
- stream selector bug fixed
- code refactored

Link to Extension-Page

FAQ:
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[ Q: ] Why does this exist?
[ A: ] So that Linux- and Mac-Users can also enjoy GomTV

[ Q: ] Do I need a GomTV-Account, do I get Premium for free?
[ A: ] This Extension is not supposed to steal, share, restream, distribute or redistribute property of Gretech Corp.
It only works with a valid account.
And no, you only get the HQ Stream if you are logged in with your payed for account.


This is the experimental version of my normal GomTV for VLC extension which is mentioned in this thread.

The big change to the normal version is, that you can now start the stream right in the chrome browser.

Because it uses an experimental API of Chrome you have to enable it before installing this extension. Just type "chrome://flags" into the address bar, and enable the "Experimental Extension APIs". After that you have to restart the browser.

When you are using the normal version already, you should disable the old one while using the new one, and vice versa.

Link to YouTube Video Guide


Previous Changelogs:
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Release 0.9.9
- added stream chooser, if there is more than one stream availible
- fixed update address, autoupdate should work now
Release 0.9.8
Initial public release with experimental webRequest API
bearhug
Profile Joined September 2010
United States999 Posts
November 06 2011 17:10 GMT
#2
Nice!
I hope there is such an addon for firefox.
We are dusts in the vast cosmic arena. Need to make the most out of life when we still have it.
riVn
Profile Joined September 2010
53 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-07 08:19:46
November 07 2011 08:19 GMT
#3
It would be really nice if you could provide feedback if it works for you guys or not
Crassulacean
Profile Joined November 2010
68 Posts
November 07 2011 09:05 GMT
#4
Works like a charm. .Thank You so much!!!
zerg:ba,protoss&terran:imba
Crassulacean
Profile Joined November 2010
68 Posts
November 07 2011 09:17 GMT
#5
Gomtv is casting two steams now. I cannot watch the second one. Also the bar that pops and show stream has now disappeared
zerg:ba,protoss&terran:imba
riVn
Profile Joined September 2010
53 Posts
November 07 2011 09:24 GMT
#6
On November 07 2011 18:17 Crassulacean wrote:
Gomtv is casting two steams now. I cannot watch the second one. Also the bar that pops and show stream has now disappeared


I'll try to bring out a fix as soon as I'm home from work. That's a new thing that they deliver 2 streams.
dormer
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1314 Posts
November 08 2011 10:07 GMT
#7
Omg, thank you -- they changed something the other day where my old manual method didn't work anymore, I've been watching it on the choppy Mac version of Gom Player. Watching Code S now and it looks so much better. Thank you so much!
Artosis: "You need to hold my hand." Tasteless: "I'm very good at that."
riVn
Profile Joined September 2010
53 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-09 10:17:30
November 09 2011 10:15 GMT
#8
released version 0.9.9 now.
You have to reinstall it because the update address in the previous version was wrong.

Also I added a stream chooser that shows up if there is more than one stream available.

jtan_123
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia5 Posts
November 09 2011 12:08 GMT
#9
riVn, thank you soooooo much! Always wanted to watch the GSL on my mac and finally can
Ketch
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands7285 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-28 09:43:23
November 28 2011 09:37 GMT
#10
Oh, I was waiting until the complete CGI file had downloaded, but you have to open it right away . Works like a charm now! Cool!


Question: Chrome still shows that it is downloading (in the taskbar) all the time. Is there something to do against that? Somewhat distracting. This is nitpicking though!
Crassulacean
Profile Joined November 2010
68 Posts
November 29 2011 09:09 GMT
#11
It does not work when 2 streams are available. The orange bar at the top just goes blank
zerg:ba,protoss&terran:imba
riVn
Profile Joined September 2010
53 Posts
November 29 2011 09:41 GMT
#12
@Ketch
Depends ... If you are still watching the live stream, no ... because chrome is indeed downloading.
If you have stopped watching, you can just stop(cancel is the term in chrome I believe) the download.

@Crasulacean
Sorry for that, the only time I can test the extension is on weekends due to my work schedule, but I'll try to fix it this evening(central european time).

It's not a nice way to have you test the extension for me, but that's the best I can do till the weekend, and even then I'd have to be lucky to get 2 streams.

Ketch
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands7285 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-30 10:06:08
November 30 2011 09:31 GMT
#13
Hmm, I'm not getting it to work today. I'm stuck at the message that it is updated, and clicking continue doesn't give any response. Ah well, back to work then.
riVn
Profile Joined September 2010
53 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-30 20:04:44
November 30 2011 20:03 GMT
#14
@Ketch
I had no time yesterday after all, sorry! I've released a new version (0.9.10) right know which should fix the bug.
Feedback would be appreciated!
godulous
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States337 Posts
December 03 2011 06:41 GMT
#15
On this version and the older version I've always had the error about "VLC is unable to open the MRL" any time I try to open the network stream. I've followed the steps exactly many times and still get the same issue, I originally guessed it was because the plugin wasn't maintained anymore and gom changed something but posts here seem to indicate it works, does anyone have any idea what's causing my problem? I have the same issue on two separate computers.
Playhem.com | Ben.477 US | Ben.1125 EU
riVn
Profile Joined September 2010
53 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-03 10:14:44
December 03 2011 09:50 GMT
#16
On December 03 2011 15:41 godulous wrote:
On this version and the older version I've always had the error about "VLC is unable to open the MRL" any time I try to open the network stream. I've followed the steps exactly many times and still get the same issue, I originally guessed it was because the plugin wasn't maintained anymore and gom changed something but posts here seem to indicate it works, does anyone have any idea what's causing my problem? I have the same issue on two separate computers.


First, when you are using the experimental version, you have to disable the old one. If you had problems with the normal version I would recommend using the experimental version, because there is one step for you to do.

So you get this error after ofter opening the view.cgi file? (In the experimental version you start the stream download in the Chrome- / Chromium-Browser itself, of which the filename is "view.cgi")

My guess is, that you are trying to use the extension as it was intended when I first released it. Since than, GomTV has implemented a little hurdle, namely the user-agent has to be "KPeerClient". After this change you had to use a program that could spoof this user-agent(Firefox (with addon), Safari, wget, etc.). In the experimental version of my Chrome Extension, I'm using an experimental api of chrome to spoof the user-agent directly in Chrome, so you don't need to take this second step.

As soon as this experimental api becomes available in the normal stable api of Chrome, the experimental version will become the main version again.

I'll try to put more time into this extension in the future, as things are settling down in my work life. Sorry for the lack of information about this topic on my part.

I hope the YouTube video I made does a good enough job, for the time being, as to how to operate the chrome extension in connection with VLC.

PS: As always, sorry for my bad english skills.
godulous
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States337 Posts
December 04 2011 00:34 GMT
#17
On December 03 2011 18:50 riVn wrote:
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On December 03 2011 15:41 godulous wrote:
On this version and the older version I've always had the error about "VLC is unable to open the MRL" any time I try to open the network stream. I've followed the steps exactly many times and still get the same issue, I originally guessed it was because the plugin wasn't maintained anymore and gom changed something but posts here seem to indicate it works, does anyone have any idea what's causing my problem? I have the same issue on two separate computers.


First, when you are using the experimental version, you have to disable the old one. If you had problems with the normal version I would recommend using the experimental version, because there is one step for you to do.

So you get this error after ofter opening the view.cgi file? (In the experimental version you start the stream download in the Chrome- / Chromium-Browser itself, of which the filename is "view.cgi")

My guess is, that you are trying to use the extension as it was intended when I first released it. Since than, GomTV has implemented a little hurdle, namely the user-agent has to be "KPeerClient". After this change you had to use a program that could spoof this user-agent(Firefox (with addon), Safari, wget, etc.). In the experimental version of my Chrome Extension, I'm using an experimental api of chrome to spoof the user-agent directly in Chrome, so you don't need to take this second step.

As soon as this experimental api becomes available in the normal stable api of Chrome, the experimental version will become the main version again.

I'll try to put more time into this extension in the future, as things are settling down in my work life. Sorry for the lack of information about this topic on my part.

I hope the YouTube video I made does a good enough job, for the time being, as to how to operate the chrome extension in connection with VLC.

PS: As always, sorry for my bad english skills.


Thanks very much for the detailed reply, I'll give it another shot next time I'm watching GSL. I'd love to be able to get it work on VLC, I think I only tried using view.cgi once without much luck, the other times I was still trying the same instructions as for the non experimental version (copying the link into VLC). I'll let you know how it works out.
Playhem.com | Ben.477 US | Ben.1125 EU
Ketch
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands7285 Posts
December 05 2011 09:37 GMT
#18
It works again for me! Good job !
Aetherial
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia917 Posts
December 05 2011 10:57 GMT
#19
Works great, fixed my lag issues using VLC as well!
Sverigevader
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden388 Posts
December 06 2011 12:04 GMT
#20
Good stuff! Works awesomely!
"I can answer this, you're just a god damn sexy mofo." http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=147829&currentpage=7#139
mki
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Poland882 Posts
December 06 2011 12:14 GMT
#21
Is this something that I can use INSTEAD of GOM player or do I still have to have GOM Player installed?
Head of New Business at Team Kinguin :: https://www.teamkinguin.com
Sverigevader
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden388 Posts
December 06 2011 14:45 GMT
#22
On December 06 2011 21:14 mki wrote:
Is this something that I can use INSTEAD of GOM player or do I still have to have GOM Player installed?


There is no need to have GOMPlayer installed. Just Chrome and VLC.
"I can answer this, you're just a god damn sexy mofo." http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=147829&currentpage=7#139
cnguyen
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada24 Posts
December 07 2011 09:18 GMT
#23
worked for me yesterday, but not working right now.
Samurai-
Profile Joined May 2008
Slovenia2035 Posts
December 07 2011 09:30 GMT
#24
jeah they have changed something again..
someone know the port they are streaming on now ?
One ring, to rule them all!
checkplus
Profile Joined December 2011
United States10 Posts
December 07 2011 09:46 GMT
#25
same. no longer works for me after today. Thanks for all your hard work
Sverigevader
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden388 Posts
December 07 2011 09:59 GMT
#26
Stuck on loading after choosing a streamquality. Seems like they don't want us to do this
"I can answer this, you're just a god damn sexy mofo." http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=147829&currentpage=7#139
Moochi
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden8 Posts
December 12 2011 09:44 GMT
#27
I have the same problem as Sverigevader. When I click either quality it's just stuck on "loading...".
maxdeliso
Profile Joined July 2011
United States2 Posts
December 12 2011 10:22 GMT
#28
also broken with Chrome 16.0.912.41 (Official Build 110024) beta on Linux x64

it seems likely to me that the Gom engineers are actively blocking this workaround.
Rannasha
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Netherlands2398 Posts
December 12 2011 11:23 GMT
#29
Same problem here. Seems that GomTV is blocking Linux viewers again.
Such flammable little insects!
Growiel
Profile Joined October 2010
Korea (South)363 Posts
December 12 2011 11:46 GMT
#30
Go do what's in this post guys : http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=214014 it works as a workaround until the automated way is backup.
StarCraft II for ever.
Samurai-
Profile Joined May 2008
Slovenia2035 Posts
December 15 2011 09:21 GMT
#31
well it doesnt work for me, this is the final url i get

http://MISSING IP AND PORT/view.cgi?hid=1&cid=25302&nid=.... and so on, so the missing part is the ip and port where the server from gom is..
So does anyone know what ip and port are gom servers streaming from ?
One ring, to rule them all!
Fishgle
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2174 Posts
December 15 2011 09:52 GMT
#32
well for today at least, you can watch on twitch.tv

http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/GOMTV

good luck finding the ports, you fancy linux users
aka ChillyGonzalo / GnozL
See.Blue
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2673 Posts
April 19 2012 10:52 GMT
#33
How long is this expected to load for? Mine feels stuck, been cloes to 5 min
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