livestream.com stop working

[framirez99]

Live streams form livestream.com are not working.

Ej. http://livestream.com/accounts/17275479/events/4945175

You get the following error:

[cli][error] Could not open stream: Unable to open URL: http://viewerplus.livestream.com/assets/swf/hdplayer-2.0-viewerplus.swf (404 Client Error: Not Found for url: http://viewerplus.livestream.com/assets/swf/hdplayer-2.0-viewerplus.swf)

[DanGoodman92]

I have the same issue.

C:\Users\briti>livestreamer --http-no-ssl-verify --loglevel debug "http://livestream.com/accounts/5057055/naploi2016court1" best
[cli][info] Found matching plugin livestream for URL http://livestream.com/accounts/5057055/naploi2016court1
[cli][info] Available streams: 216p (worst), 216p_hls, 432p (best), 432p_hls
[cli][info] Opening stream: 432p (akamaihd)
[stream.akamaihd][debug] Opening host=http://livestream-f.akamaihd.net streamname=5057055_5082539_FqTCfyvX_1_728@175370
[stream.akamaihd][debug] Attempting to handshake
[stream.akamaihd][debug] onEdge data
[stream.akamaihd][debug] session=AQC279E1PP6PZqrsBFd4ycfjgZU/9a8Gs1sJFFNOOZuhm1d2NX
[stream.akamaihd][debug] tat=4043.4209969
[stream.akamaihd][debug] dvrWindow=-1.0
[stream.akamaihd][debug] timeBase=4042.20000005
[stream.akamaihd][debug] timeOfLastTAT=1459940523.5
[stream.akamaihd][debug] errorNumber=0.0
[stream.akamaihd][debug] status=0.0
[stream.akamaihd][debug] streamType=3.0
[stream.akamaihd][debug] streamStartTime=1459936464.32
[stream.akamaihd][debug] liveDelay=14.0
[stream.akamaihd][debug] isLive=True
[stream.akamaihd][debug] switchFail=False
[stream.akamaihd][debug] streamName=5057055_5082539_FqTCfyvX_1_728@175370
[stream.akamaihd][debug] transferToken=XUc3Db1o
[stream.akamaihd][debug] data64=Q1dTCnEkAQB4nLy8B1hURxcwfGfm3ju7NFEsCNGsZjHRWBC7sQ
[stream.akamaihd][debug] edgeVersion=7.4.4
[stream.akamaihd][debug] edgeIP=60.254.143.102
[stream.akamaihd][debug] playerIP=182.239.209.53
[cli][error] Could not open stream: Unable to open URL: http://viewerplus.livestream.com/assets/swf/hdplayer-2.0-viewerplus.swf (404 Client Error: Not Found)

[karlo2105]

I have different output.

livestreamer "http://livestream.com/accounts/17275479/events/4945175" best
[cli][info] Found matching plugin livestream for URL http://livestream.com/accounts/17275479/events/4945175
[cli][info] Available streams: 272p_hls, 272p (worst, best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 272p (akamaihd)
[cli][error] Could not open stream: Unable to open URL: http://viewerplus.livest
ream.com/assets/swf/hdplayer-2.0-viewerplus.swf (404 Client Error: Not Found)

but it's working with hls.

livestreamer "http://livestream.com/accounts/17275479/events/4945175" 272p_hls
[cli][info] Found matching plugin livestream for URL http://livestream.com/accou
nts/17275479/events/4945175
[cli][info] Available streams: 272p_hls, 272p (worst, best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 272p_hls (hls)
[cli][info] Starting player: 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'
[cli][info] Player closed
[cli][info] Stream ended

[scottbernstein-zz]

I see the problem here. Breaking it down into its actual Akamai HD stream URL, which if you find the SMIL request in the page source here:
http://api.new.livestream.com/accounts/17275479/events/4945175/broadcasts/118284313.smil

The SMIL gives us the Akamai URL here:
http://livestream-f.akamaihd.net/17275479_4945175_59865394_1_198@24128

But an Akamai protocol URL requires an SWF to be passed in. There are 2 SWF URLs on the page, both of which the plugin knows about:
http://cdn.livestream.com/swf/LSPlayer.swf
https://viewerplus.livestream.com/assets/swf/hdplayer-2.0-viewerplus.swf

For whatever reason, the 2nd of these SWFs is no longer working. If you request it from the server, you get a 404 File Not Found error.

Since the plugin already knows about both of them but seems to prefer the 2nd, it would be relatively trivial to update the plugin to do one of the following:

1. prefer the OTHER url (this is easy and it works but is not the best solution)
2. Even better: Make a request to retrieve the SWF file that it prefers, and if that request returns an error, then try the other SWF URL, and assuming that is successful use it (or fail with an error if none succeeds).
3. Best: If you don't succeed with either SWF URL, then fallback to the HLS stream.

Frankly I think it might be better to always prefer the HLS stream for Livestream streams anyway because the Akamai stream will always cut you off after sending you exactly 2GB of data on the stream, and the streams I request from Livestream are often more than 2GB.

I am tempted to make these fixes myself unless anyone has any better ideas?

[intact]

1. is OK, because you can always use something like:

livestreamer http://livestream.com/stream 720p_hsl

[DanGoodman92]

@scottbernstein A fix would be fantastic. For odd reasons that aren't worth going into, I need to use the Akamai stream, so any assistance you could give regarding a fix (even just pointing me in the right direction) would be much appreciated!

Edit: I had a bit of a stuff around myself (bearing in mind my lack of experience), and I've got it working by amending:

 play_url = stream_info.get("play_url")
        if play_url:
            swf_url = info.get("viewerPlusSwfUrl") or info.get("hdPlayerSwfUrl")
            if not swf_url.startswith("http"):
                swf_url = "http://" + swf_url

to:

play_url = stream_info.get("play_url")
        if play_url:
            swf_url = "http://cdn.livestream.com/swf/LSPlayer.swf" #info.get("viewerPlusSwfUrl") or info.get("hdPlayerSwfUrl")
            if not swf_url.startswith("http"):
                swf_url = "http://" + swf_url`

I'm sure this is a cringeworthy fix for anyone who knows what they are doing, but it has fixed the issue for me!

[intact]

@DanGoodman92 you can try #1277

[framirez99]

intact solution worked for me. Thanks.
So I'm closing this issue and expecting a commit soon.