Can someone tell me why these channels don't work on R1?

[lbzg555]

Please, this is impossible to solve.

These don't work.
http://iptv.root-host.pro/tvkanal.php?kanal=403
http://iptv.root-host.pro/tvkanal.php?kanal=404

Just a blank screen and crash to home screen.

[bkant]

Too many "X" in channel name error.

But seriously, how are you going to play these channels? Are you using the IPTV software? You'll have to tell a little more than just "doesn't work".

[lbzg555]

Too many "X" in channel name error.

But seriously, how are you going to play these channels? Are you using the IPTV software? You'll have to tell a little more than just "doesn't work".

I have Pyros software installed and I'm watching all other IPTV channels normally. On VLC these channels work but on R1 is just a blank screen and a crash. It is annoying problem that I can't solve, it has no logic to it. All other channels from this server work, all but this, and there is no explanation.

[john3voltas]

VLC has a menu entry for you to check the codec of the video/channel.
Try to check if the ones working have the same codec of the ones not working.
Maybe they're different and the code in use on the ones that don't work is not supported.
You can also try 3 kinds of streaming decoder in IPTVxtra: flvstream and rtmpdump 2.3 and 2.4.
Try using other decoder

[lbzg555]

VLC has a menu entry for you to check the codec of the video/channel.
Try to check if the ones working have the same codec of the ones not working.
Maybe they're different and the code in use on the ones that don't work is not supported.
You can also try 3 kinds of streaming decoder in IPTVxtra: flvstream and rtmpdump 2.3 and 2.4.
Try using other decoder

Doesn't work on any of decoder.

Can you please explain what do you mean by those codec you have mentioned?

[john3voltas]

Simple.
Open the stream in VLC.
Then press CTRL-J.
Now look for the video stream and post here the name of the video stream codec name.
Do this for streams that work and for streams that don't work.
Try to find a pattern. For instance, check if all the non-working streams have AVC video codec.
Now check if any of the working streams have AVC codec.
If the first is true and the second is false, then maybe AMP can't decode AVC video streams. Who knows...
Just a guess.

[lbzg555]

Simple.
Open the stream in VLC.
Then press CTRL-J.
Now look for the video stream and post here the name of the video stream codec name.
Do this for streams that work and for streams that don't work.
Try to find a pattern. For instance, check if all the non-working streams have AVC video codec.
Now check if any of the working streams have AVC codec.
If the first is true and the second is false, then maybe AMP can't decode AVC video streams. Who knows...
Just a guess.

Ok here is what I have got;

One that don't work:
Video:
Codec: On2's VP6.2 Video (VP62)
Resolution: 384x288
Audio:
Codec: MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a)
Channels: Stereo
Sample rate: 32000 Hz

One that work:

Video:
Original ID: 69
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (h264)
Resolution: 720x576
Frame rate: 50
Audio:
Original ID: 68
Codec: MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a)
Language: English
Channels: Stereo
Sample rate: 48000 Hz

Try to find a pattern. For instance, check if all the non-working streams have AVC video codec.
Now check if any of the working streams have AVC codec.
If the first is true and the second is false, then maybe AMP can't decode AVC video streams. Who knows...
Just a guess.

Ok, how to fix it?

Will there be any new types of codec in new FW?

[FarVoice]

no way to add new codecs to FW

[john3voltas]

no way to add new codecs to FW

When I 1st heard of Asus O!play everybody was saying that it was open source and future-proof because of that.
Now I see that this is not exactly true.
Guess one of these days I'll build a small PC to run XBMC under Linux and I'll keep my small low power consumption Seagate Dockstar to use as a backend (DVB-S/S2/T/T2).

[bkant]

no way to add new codecs to FW

When I 1st heard of Asus O!play everybody was saying that it was open source and future-proof because of that.
Now I see that this is not exactly true.

In theory this is correct ("open source and future-proof") but someone has to do it. With other devices or classes of devices there have been whole replacement firmwares like OpenWRT for routers or Freetz for Fritzbox. I guess it would be possible to incorporate new codecs if one would write a completely new firmware. Considering that FarVoice and others have done a remarkeably good job with moServices and porting adapted firmwares of other devices to the Asus Oplay, it still is true that these are not complete firmwares build from scratch.