ARD Mediathek Livestreams
Hi,
Has a solution been found in the meantime? I have the same issue over a year later with my new Roku Express 4K. Now I’m seriously considering returning the product.
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I thought I replied here yesterday, but I can't find the reply:
After I unlocked the developer interface on the box, I installed a sample app. In the Config.brs I then changed the URL for some livestreams. And voila, I can enjoy the livestreams of the ARD-Mediathek.
Activating developer mode is descriped here: https://developer.roku.com/de-de/docs/developer-program/getting-started/developer-setup.md (in geman).
I found the URL for the ARD-Channel and others here: here: https://gist.github.com/Axel-Erfurt/b40584d152e1c2f13259590a135e05f4
The sample app is here: https://github.com/rokudev/multi-live-channel
Important: The streams must have "hls" as streamFormat!
Anyway, it worked for me. All tips without guarantee and use at your own risk. Have fun!
Klaus
Thanks a lot for this. Works great. Can you give another tip how to make it not start rewinding?
Hello axel99092,
Thank you for your inquiry.
I may have the solution to the problem.
I have made the following changes:
Replace curPos with "-1". Stream then starts about 30 seconds before the current time.source/main.brs
...
if playContent then
m.video.visible = true
'stop
==> 'm.video.content.PlayStart = curPos
==> m.video.content.PlayStart = -1
m.video.control = "play"
m.global.AdTracker = 1
m.AdTimer.control = "start
end if
...And to suppress the ad timer (comment out both lines):
components/HomeScene.brs
...
==> 'm.AdTimer.control = "start"' ==> 'm.AdTimer.observeField("fire")
==> 'm.AdTimer.observeField("fire", "change")
...That should help for now. To make it clear again: This is just a workaround until Roku finally updates the ARD-Mediathek app.
Many greetings
KlausThanks, that helps.
kparadies wrote:This is just a workaround until Roku finally updates the ARD-Mediathek app.
For me it's more than that, I can combine all channels (e.g. ARD / ZDF) in one app.
greetings
Axel
