BE - Focus TV is no longer working // now requires login

[maanwater]

Describe the bug

The Belgian live channel Focus TV no longer works. Compared to the current production code, there are some changes in the Focus website:

• The URL of the stream has changed into: https://hls-origin01-focus-wtv.cdn01.rambla.be/main/adliveorigin-focus-wtv/_definst_/WqY7Y3.smil/playlist.m3u8
• Focus now requires logon in order to start streaming

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. Navigate to Live TV > Belgium
2. Select Focus & WTV (West-Vlaanderen)

Expected behaviour

The livestream of Focus starts playing

Actual behaviour

Nothing happens when opening Focus TV.

Screenshots

Your environment

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• Operating system version/name: macOS 14.0

• Kodi version: Kodi 20.2

• Catch-up TV & More version: 0.2.38+matrix.1

• Installation method: Official Kodi repo

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[joaopa00]

Can you give the link of the webpage where one can watch live in a web browser? I am unable to find it. In this website, I feel like a French guy in Brugge :D

Here, direct stream link is useless (empty data). One surely needs to do some before requesting the stream.

[maanwater]

Haha, metaphor of the day :)

The livestream can be found on this page: https://focus-wtv.be/focus

[joaopa00]

For me the link works without any sign-in. Can you confirm? vlc 'https://hls-origin01-focus-wtv.cdn01.rambla.be/main/adliveorigin-focus-wtv/_definst_/WqY7Y3.smil/playlist.m3u8' Le mercredi 18 octobre 2023 à 08:49:57 UTC−10, maanwater ***@***.***> a écrit : Haha, metaphor of the day :) The livestream can be found on this page: https://focus-wtv.be/focus — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[joaopa00]

I implemented the link. I hope it can play in Kodi too with no registration. At least, that works for me.
If you can try that git works for you, it would be nice.

[maanwater]

Thanks! I would be more than happy to test, but can you point me to the git / instructions on how to? I would expect a zip with a new version - or am I wrong?

[joaopa00]

You are right. Here is a ZIP to test:
zip to test

[maanwater]

I'm getting a 403 error on this link. Could you make the URL public?

[joaopa00]

Je suppose que le site doit garder en mémoire l'IP des inscrits puisque je n'arrive pas à produire l'erreur.
C'est embêtant pour reproduire...

[joaopa00]

This time it should be really fixed
Can you download and install the test version

[maanwater]

Ca marche, super! Merci beaucoup!!!

[joaopa00]

Bonne nouvelle. Je ferme alors