New App: SopCast Player for Ubuntu

[tim183]

does that help at all?

[flyguy97]

It looks like it may be a permissions problem with sp-sc. Go to a command line and execute the following:

$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/sp-sc

Please let me know if that clears up the problem for you.

Jason

here is the output when I run he program from terminal and try to open the cctv-5 channel.

tim@tim:~$ /usr/bin/sopcast-player.py
Instanciating mediacontrol
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.4 Grishenko - (c) 1996-2008 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--enable-maintaner-mode' '--enable-release' '--prefix=/usr' '--enable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install' '--with-binary-version=1ubuntu3' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-gnome' '--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar' '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-arts' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=libxul-plugin' '--disable-kde' '--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-vorbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' '--enable-flac' '--disable-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' '--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' '--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-smb' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-x264' '--enable-faad' '--disable-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings' '--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-libdca' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-dv' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd' '--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/sopcast-player.py", line 751, in on_toolbar_play_clicked
self.parent.play_channel(self.selection[9], self.selection[1])
File "/usr/bin/sopcast-player.py", line 394, in play_channel
self.fork_sop.fork_sop(self.channel_url, str(self.inbound_port), str(self.outbound_port))
File "/usr/share/sopcast-player/lib/fork.py", line 42, in fork_sop
os.execlp("sp-sc", "sp-sc", self.sop_address, self.inbound_port, self.outbound_port)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 337, in execlp
execvp(file, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 354, in execvp
_execvpe(file, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 390, in _execvpe
func(fullname, *argrest)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
The program 'sopcast-player.py' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadIDChoice (invalid resource ID chosen for this connection)'.
(Details: serial 3701 error_code 14 request_code 53 minor_code 0)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
tim@tim:~$ python: ../../src/xcb_io.c:182: process_responses: Assertion `((int) (((dpy->last_request_read)) - ((dpy->request))) <= 0)' failed.

[flyguy97]

It may be a problem with file permissions. Run the following from the command line:

$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/sp-sc

Please let me know if that works for you.

Jason

On Jaunty i get this error

The program 'sopcast-player.py' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 7552 error_code 170 request_code 152 minor_code 7)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
ranjan@media-workhorse:~$ python: ../../src/xcb_io.c:182: process_responses: Assertion `((int) (((dpy->last_request_read)) - ((dpy->request))) <= 0)' failed.

Running it with --sync

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/sopcast-player.py", line 744, in on_channel_treeview_row_activated
    self.parent.play_channel(self.selection[9], self.selection[1])
  File "/usr/bin/sopcast-player.py", line 394, in play_channel
    self.fork_sop.fork_sop(self.channel_url, str(self.inbound_port), str(self.outbound_port))
  File "/usr/share/sopcast-player/lib/fork.py", line 42, in fork_sop
    os.execlp("sp-sc", "sp-sc", self.sop_address, self.inbound_port, self.outbound_port)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 337, in execlp
    execvp(file, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 354, in execvp
    _execvpe(file, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 390, in _execvpe
    func(fullname, *argrest)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
sopcast-player.py: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
sopcast-player.py: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.

[martynp]

Hi,

Installed OK........ all dependencies met...... player runs OK.

However, initially I get the error that the channel list could not be refreshed due to network errors. I started VLC (installed by package manager) and allowed it to access the internet.

The channel list now refreshes but I just get one entry called 'Other' that shows nothing when clicked.

Any pointers as to what is wrong here?

Many Thanks

[flyguy97]

In the code when the user clicks refresh from within the channel guide http://www.sopcast.com/gchlxml is downloaded and parsed to produce the channel guide. This service has been proven to be unreliable. No doubt when you were receiving the "List Could Not be Refreshed Due to Network Errors" the service was either down or too slow to be of any use. The problem with the "Other" can not be so easily explained. Can I assume there are no error messages?

Hi,

Installed OK........ all dependencies met...... player runs OK.

However, initially I get the error that the channel list could not be refreshed due to network errors. I started VLC (installed by package manager) and allowed it to access the internet.

The channel list now refreshes but I just get one entry called 'Other' that shows nothing when clicked.

Any pointers as to what is wrong here?

Many Thanks

[martynp]

Yes, not long after making this post I discovered that it was just an unreliable connection to the server. The 'Other' was just a part loading of the channel list.

Apart from that, this works like a charm.

Many Thanks

[flyguy97]

Glad to hear everything works as expected.

Jason

Yes, not long after making this post I discovered that it was just an unreliable connection to the server. The 'Other' was just a part loading of the channel list.

Apart from that, this works like a charm.

Many Thanks

[NoVista]

Running fine on 8.10.

I'd be interested to know what channels users find the most popular.

[flyguy97]

I now have permission from sopcast.com to redistribute sp-sc from my project page. You can download if from here. The only dependency is libstdc++5, which your package manager should be able to resolve for you automatically. For those of you who manually installed sp-sc I suggest you remove it and install the the deb package. Future releases of SopCast Player will require this package, but for the time being sp-sc is an unchecked requirement.

On a related note, I am in contact with the Free Software Foundation to see if I can distribute sp-sc as part of the sopcast-player package (not a separate package). If anyone has a definitive source stating whether or not a proprietary program may be distributed with a GPL'd program, I would really appreciate it, I would like to make the installation process as painless as possible.

Jason

[flyguy97]

Has this issue been resolved?

Jason

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/sopcast-player.py", line 39, in <module>
    import vlc
ImportError: libvlc.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have VLC 0.9.4 Grishenko according to VLC's about or, 0.9.4-1ubuntu3 according to synaptic.
I am running Intrepid