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rholicopp
Visitor
9 years ago

Roku bug: Streaming hls to Video RSG component, cert authorization not sent

Hello, 
 I am trying to switch from using the roVideoScreen element to using an embedded Video element(RSG)

The https server i am streaming from needs certificate authorization to be sent up, but it is not being sent up when using the new Video element (https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/Video)

 I am setting the certificate file and I believe i am setting everything needed for the Video element, however playback is failing
m.video.errorCode               -3
An unexpected problem (but not server timeout or HTTP error) has been detected.

The same error happens when I use the roVideoScreen and don't call video.SetCertificatesFile(getCertFilename())
function setVideo() as void
 m.video = m.top.findNode("musicvideos")
 m.video.observeField("state", "stateChanged")

 httpAgent = CreateObject("roHttpAgent")
 m.video.setHttpAgent(httpAgent)

 videoContent = createObject("RoSGNode", "ContentNode")
'THIS IS HTTPS m3u8
 videoContent.url = m.top.item.StreamUrl
'below WORKS
 'videoContent.url = "https://bitmovin-a.akamaihd.net/content/playhouse-vr/m3u8s/105560.m3u8"
 videoContent.title = m.top.item.Title
 videoContent.streamformat = "hls"
 videoContent.SwitchingStrategy = "full-adaptation"
 subtitle_config = {
 TrackName: "eia608/1"
 } 
 videoContent.SubtitleConfig = subtitle_config
 videoContent.HttpSendClientCertificates = true
 videoContent.HttpCertificatesFile = getCertFilename()

 headers = []
 headers.push("x-roku-reserved-dev-id:")
 videoContent.HttpHeaders = headers

 m.video.content = videoContent

 m.video.control = "play"
end function


Does anyone have any ideas why the certificate authorization would not be sent to the server?

Is this a roku bug that anyone is aware of? Can I log this somewhere, so Roku can investigate?
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5 Replies

  • rholicopp's avatar
    rholicopp
    Visitor
    9 years ago
    Bump, we are really in need of assistance from a Roku contact. Thanks

    A similar question has come up before (https://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?t=93082) and we are just getting ignored.
    I have found the way the docs specify how to do it, but they DO not work, this is a serious issue!

    To be clear, the issue is, this snippet is NOT sending certificate authorization to the server (tested on roku os 7.5 and 7.6 beta)


    •  videoContent.HttpSendClientCertificates = true

       videoContent.HttpCertificatesFile = "pkg:/certs/lab/gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt"

       httpAgent = CreateObject("roHttpAgent")
       
       m.video.setHttpAgent(httpAgent)
        
       m.video.content = videoContent

       m.video.control = "play"

  • belltown's avatar
    belltown
    Roku Guru
    9 years ago
    "rholicopp" wrote:
    Bump, we are really in need of assistance from a Roku contact. Thanks

    A similar question has come up before (https://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?t=93082) and we are just getting ignored.
    I have found the way the docs specify how to do it, but they DO not work, this is a serious issue!

    To be clear, the issue is, this snippet is NOT sending certificate authorization to the server (tested on roku os 7.5 and 7.6 beta)


    •  videoContent.HttpSendClientCertificates = true

       videoContent.HttpCertificatesFile = "pkg:/certs/lab/gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt"

       httpAgent = CreateObject("roHttpAgent")
       
       m.video.setHttpAgent(httpAgent)
        
       m.video.content = videoContent

       m.video.control = "play"


    I don't see why you're creating a brand new roHttpAgent object, then assigning it to your Video node. I don't think you need to do that. The Video node creates its own roHttpAgent. All you should need to do is set the relevant HTTPS content meta-data attributes.

    Try removing these lines:
    httpAgent = CreateObject("roHttpAgent")
     
     m.video.setHttpAgent(httpAgent)

    If it doesn't work then most likely it's because of what you have in your certificates file.
  • rholicopp's avatar
    rholicopp
    Visitor
    9 years ago
    "belltown" wrote:
    "rholicopp" wrote:
    Bump, we are really in need of assistance from a Roku contact. Thanks

    A similar question has come up before (https://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?t=93082) and we are just getting ignored.
    I have found the way the docs specify how to do it, but they DO not work, this is a serious issue!

    To be clear, the issue is, this snippet is NOT sending certificate authorization to the server (tested on roku os 7.5 and 7.6 beta)


    •  videoContent.HttpSendClientCertificates = true

       videoContent.HttpCertificatesFile = "pkg:/certs/lab/gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt"

       httpAgent = CreateObject("roHttpAgent")
       
       m.video.setHttpAgent(httpAgent)
        
       m.video.content = videoContent

       m.video.control = "play"


    I don't see why you're creating a brand new roHttpAgent object, then assigning it to your Video node. I don't think you need to do that. The Video node creates its own roHttpAgent. All you should need to do is set the relevant HTTPS content meta-data attributes.

    Try removing these lines:
    httpAgent = CreateObject("roHttpAgent")
     
     m.video.setHttpAgent(httpAgent)

    If it doesn't work then most likely it's because of what you have in your certificates file.

    Thank you for the response, Belltown.
      I have tried removing my own httpagent as well,  ive tried so many combinations 🙂 None of em work, it seems like the roku is not setup correctly to send them. 
      I would imagine since the headers are not being sent either, that its more than the certificates, but I'm in the dark here.
  • shibuyashadows's avatar
    shibuyashadows
    Visitor
    9 years ago
    try this approach...

        m.httpAgent = CreateObject("roHttpAgent")
        m.httpAgent.SetCertificatesFile ("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt")
        m.httpAgent.EnableCookies()

        m.videoPlayer.setHttpAgent(m.httpAgent)
  • kmikz's avatar
    kmikz
    Binge Watcher
    9 years ago
    What worked for me was:

    content = createObject("RoSGNode","ContentNode")
    content.streamFormat = "hls"
    content.title = title
    content.description = description
    content.url = url
    content.HttpSendClientCertificates = true
    content.HttpCertificatesFile = "common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt"

    m.videoPlayer.content = content

    m.videoPlayer.EnableCookies()
    m.videoPlayer.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt")
    m.videoPlayer.InitClientCertificates()

    m.videoPlayer.control = "play"