FRANCE TV a free account is now requested to access replay and live TV ? #1285

jlb312 · 2024-02-29T14:45:48Z

It seems that a free account with login and password is requested in order to access FRANCE TV server.

Is anyone can confirm this ?

Regards

sebmourlhou · 2024-02-29T23:19:24Z

I confirm !

crocketear · 2024-03-01T04:39:54Z

Je confirme également.
Comment fait-on pour intégrer notre compte dans CatchUpTV&More vu qu'il n'y a pas de compte france.tv dans les paramètres ?

willow3411 · 2024-03-01T19:37:37Z

Bonsoir à tous,
pareil sous RPI4 Libreelec derniere version et KODI 20....

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-01T20:43:32Z

resolver_proxy.py.txt

For the time being, I could only fix the live stream of FranceTV

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-01T21:54:06Z

So I've been able to get as far as getting links ending in .dash for the replay videos, but I end up in an inputadaptive error when trying to stream it with a message no MOOV in stream

And that goes beyond what I know. So if someone comes by with an idea, I'd be happy to discuss it.

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-01T22:29:36Z

So, perseverance was key.

I'm attaching a new version of the resolver_proxy.py file. Simply replace the one in the addon folder and it should repair both live and replay France TV. (remember to change the extension back to .py)
resolver_proxy.py.txt

Olivier1967 · 2024-03-02T08:47:58Z

Hello, thank you IceFreak66 for your file. Now a gift for easy use (stick and nvidiashiel...). I've modified addon and put in new resolver. Cadeau pour vous les gars fichier a ajouter dans kodi
plugin.video.catchuptvandmore-0.2.40~b1_modf2.zip

France TV marche a nouveau. All work perfectly..

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-02T08:50:50Z

Just a FYI, it's not really a durable fix. I found out that if you make france tv think you use a safari browser, it returns only m3u8 feeds. So it works that way.
But dash-mpeg streams are still broken and need someone more knowledgable than me to adress.

calvin4242 · 2024-03-03T12:11:47Z

Thank you, this fix works perfectly, just replaced "resolver_proxy.py" from catchup extension by the one in zip file.
Could someone consider the possibility of creating an account credentials in catchup account settings for a permanent fix pleas
e?

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-03T13:25:26Z

Thank you, this fix works perfectly, just replaced "resolver_proxy.py" from catchup extension by the one in zip file. Could someone consider the possibility of creating an account credentials in catchup account settings for a permanent fix pleas e?

There's actually no need for that, the issue was a missing parameter in an http call (probably after a change in API from FranceTV) which I added. All feeds can be retrieved without the need for an account at all.

The one issue remaining is about the dash-mpeg so that we don't need to force the call to be made with the browser param set to safari

wilfarte · 2024-03-03T14:11:35Z

Thank you. All is fine on my nvidia shield with the py file transfered.

DavidC-75 · 2024-03-03T22:18:47Z

It seems that a free account with login and password is requested in order to access FRANCE TV server.

There's actually no need for that, the issue was a missing parameter in an http call (probably after a change in API from FranceTV) which I added. All feeds can be retrieved without the need for an account at all.

I'm not too sure if that's the very same issue or not, but something similar was reported and fixed (tried it myself) here :
melmorabity/plugin.video.francetv#9

The one issue remaining is about the dash-mpeg....

Again, no idea if the fix above already addresses that too or not...

fonkdoctor · 2024-03-05T19:48:42Z

Hello all,
Merci @IceFreak66 pour le fichier resolver_proxy.py, ça marche impeccable sur windows ;)

Merci @Olivier1967 pour ton zip, j'ai bien installé ta version updatée dans kodi et ça fonctionne :)
Par contre j'ai un soucis de coupure de flux, ça charge à peu près toutes les 10secondes (pas de soucis sur windows)... ça parle à quelqu'un ?

Merci et très bonne journée à tous !

sebmourlhou · 2024-03-05T23:15:19Z

This version works with the dash-mpeg streams :
resolver_proxy.txt

But sometimes the video doesn't start (infinite loading) when I switch between series or episodes.
I have to restart Kodi...
Launching the very first video works every time though.

I have exactly the same problem with the france.tv plugin (with the fix mentioned by DavidC-75), so maybe it's my computer (Windows).

Can anyone try?

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-06T10:31:08Z

Hello @sebmourlhou

Do you mind if I take your file and take a look into making it more stable ?

sebmourlhou · 2024-03-06T11:06:46Z

Sure you can

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-06T12:24:35Z

So, I found the error, but I don't know how to adress it.
Issue occurs in the libCurl library

When it works, it's because the curl command to retreive the manifest.md file is done with the proper user agent.

When it fails, it's because the request is done with the user agent : Kodi/20.4 (Windows NT 10.0.22631.3235; Win64; x64) App_Bitness/64 Version/20.4-(20.4.0)-Git:20240211-4868e9c709
That curl request returns 403

But I have no idea why curl would change the user-agent at random points. I'm gonna delve a little more into it

Edit : The issue is somewhere in inputstream.adaptive, I can't look into it any further

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-06T13:28:11Z

From inputstream adaptive github :

Fix inputstream.adaptive.manifest_params which params was not applied to manifest request in 21.4.3-Omega

So I'm pretty sure that's the source of the problem.

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-06T17:02:24Z

I can confirm it's working in Kodi 21 beta 3

pols12 · 2024-03-08T23:14:01Z

Note: SebMourlhou’s patch requires nonfree Widevine DRM support, whereas I can watch movies without Widevine thanks to IceFreak66’s patch.

joaopa00 · 2024-03-13T09:36:19Z

@pols12 for the same program?

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-13T09:43:31Z

@pols12 for the same program?

Yeah, that's normal. My patch is forcing the request to be made as a safari browser. When you do that, france tv servers only return hls streams for every program.
SebMourlhou’s made it so that it requests as firefox, but handles properly dash mpegs streams as well. Except for an issue in inputstream adaptive that was fixed in kodi 21

joaopa00 · 2024-03-13T09:53:28Z

With safari browser, only hls streams are available?
The advantage of hls stream is they are downloadable when there is no drm.

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-13T09:56:45Z

With safari browser, only hls streams are available? The advantage of hls stream is they are downloadable when there is no drm.

I tested out a lot of programs, and I only ever got hls back when querying as safari. I cannot conclusively say safari browser will only ever get hls, but it seems that way at least.

joaopa00 · 2024-03-13T10:07:07Z

Can you try taxi driver in category - cinema -suspense
as well as with your patch and with Sebmourlhou's one. I would be surprised there is no drm in this stream.

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-13T10:17:26Z

Running as chrome :

"video": {
"workflow": "token-akamai",
"token": "https://hdfauth.ftven.fr/esi/TA?format=json",
"duration": 6559,
"embed": false,
"format": "dash",
"is_live": false,
"drm": false,
"drm_type": null,
"license_type": null,
"spritesheets": [

Running as safari :

"video": {
"workflow": "token-akamai",
"token": "https://hdfauth.ftven.fr/esi/TA?format=json",
"duration": 6559,
"embed": false,
"format": "hls",
"is_live": false,
"drm": false,
"drm_type": null,
"license_type": null,
"spritesheets": [

No DRM in either

IceFreak66 · 2024-03-13T10:25:33Z

You can try it yourself :
https://k7.ftven.fr/videos/8f807d3c-d474-4957-8f7c-6c7bcd2983ee?country_code=FR&w=829&h=466&screen_w=1920&screen_h=1080&player_version=5.106.0&domain=www.france.tv&device_type=desktop&browser=safari&browser_version=122&os=ios&gmt=%2B0100&video_product_id=5692284

just play around with the os and browser parameters

joaopa00 · 2024-03-13T10:26:57Z

And no I can't play by myself. I am geoblocked for several months....

Barthorel · 2024-03-24T14:59:27Z

Hello, thank you IceFreak66 for your file. Now a gift for easy use (stick and nvidiashiel...). I've modified addon and put in new resolver. Cadeau pour vous les gars fichier a ajouter dans kodi plugin.video.catchuptvandmore-0.2.40~b1_modf2.zip

France TV marche a nouveau. All work perfectly..

Hello, i'm new here and try to install the "@Olivier1967's gift" on myfirestick but Idk how to do that with Kodi.
I think I don't use the good method. Is there a tuto to help me or something?

JazzyEADG · 2024-03-26T23:18:33Z

@Barthorel I don't have this kind of asset but you can try a ftp connection I guess

enigma131 · 2024-03-29T13:01:29Z

Renaming and replacing resolver_proxy.py.txt in folder solve the problem for France TV except for France 5 (for it I have an infinite search). Thanks for the hard work ;)

pols12 · 2024-03-30T20:25:12Z

Fire Stick

try to install the "Olivier1967's gift" on myfirestick but Idk how to do that with Kodi.

A general guideline is to avoid ugly and disrespectful Amazon products and services. However, I tried to get information from the web to provide those methods, hoping they can help you.

Method 1: From a command line interface shell

Connect to an ADB shell https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/connecting-adb-to-device.html
You may use ADBLink for convenience.

wget https://github.com/Catch-up-TV-and-More/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/files/14466635/resolver_proxy.py.txt
adb shell mv /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/resolver_proxy.py /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/resolver_proxy.py.bkp
adb push resolver_proxy.py.txt /sdcard/Download
adb shell mv /sdcard/Download/resolver_proxy.py.txt /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/resolver_proxy.py

I’m not sure about locations (/sdcard …). You can probably get current location thanks to adb shell pwd, and browse file system thanks to adb shell ls and adb shell cd to find data/org.wbmc.kodi directory.

Method 2: From Fire OS apps

Download the patch (e.g. from Downloader or ES File Explorer)
Rename/Remove origin Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/resolver_proxy.py (e.g. to resolver_proxy.py.bkp. You can use ES File Explorer)
Move the downloaded patch to Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/resources/lib/ and rename it to resolver_proxy.py

Method 3: From Fire OS, then Kodi

Download zip file from Fire Stick (e.g. using Downloader): https://github.com/Catch-up-TV-and-More/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore/files/14468617/plugin.video.catchuptvandmore-0.2.40.b1_modf2.zip
Ensure unknown sources are allowed: Settings>System>Add-ons>Unknown Sources
Add-ons>Install from zip file. Find and select the downloaded plugin.video.catchuptvandmore-0.2.40.b1_modf2.zip file; then install it.

Olivier1967 · 2024-04-03T07:55:12Z

Hello, an official patch is out i think : #1299
It's working for me.

jeff2900 · 2024-04-05T10:11:00Z

To fix "Download failed with error 403" when playing dash streams in francetv replays, you must modify the header provided to the inputstream.adaptive addon.

kodi.log
...
2024-04-05 09:41:47.646 T:10700   error <general>: AddOnLog: inputstream.adaptive: Download failed with error 403: https://cloudreplay.ftven.fr/ZXhwPTE....

Fix tested with kodi 20 et kodi 21:

resolver_proxy.py
476:    params = {
477:        'country_code': geoip_value,
478:        'domain': 'www.france.tv',
479:        'device_type': 'desktop',
480:        'browser': 'chrome',
481:    }
...
557:            item.path = location_url
558:            item.property['inputstream.adaptive.stream_headers'] = stream_headers
558:            item.property['inputstream.adaptive.manifest_headers'] = stream_headers

resolver_proxy.txt

sebmourlhou · 2024-04-18T06:59:16Z

It works with the last version 0.2.40~beta03

jeff2900 · 2024-04-18T13:14:09Z

Sorry France.tv replay don't work for me under kodi 21, always error 403.

Fix by changing in file resolver_proxy.py line
241: if get_kodi_version() == 20:
By
241: if get_kodi_version() >= 20

timetofly06 mentioned this issue Mar 26, 2024

France info KO #1296

Closed

enigma131 mentioned this issue Apr 7, 2024

HttpError Error 400 #1306

Closed

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sebmourlhou mentioned this issue Apr 18, 2024

[francetv] Fix replay under Omega #1317

Merged

joaopa00 closed this as completed in #1317 Apr 18, 2024

FRANCE TV a free account is now requested to access replay and live TV ? #1285

FRANCE TV a free account is now requested to access replay and live TV ? #1285

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