Streams not starting anymore

[Simpleguy12]

Hey, I used this app for months now. 3 Days ago the app stopped working. I can load it and see all the Streams, when I click on one it will load for 1-2sec then the screen will remain black, later on the screen saver will go on. Can you please help?

TV: Lg 55Uc970v (2014 4k tv) Softwareversion: 5.00.25 WEBOS: 1.4.0.2309 Afro achley

Thanks. Would be awesome if you could fix the problem.

[Kerlyk]

Confirm same issue with approx same timings (3-5 days ago)

TV: LG 55UB850V (2014 4k tv) Softwareversion: 5.00.25 WEBOS: 1.4.0.2309 Afro achley

[Simpleguy12]

Thanks for the response, so I know that it's not a problem with my TV. Probably its because they switched from Flash to HTML. I hope he will fix the problem :(

[Tregan]

I wanted to start making a Twitch app for webOS as well, and came across this one. I'm totally not comfortable yet with the scripting language, but it shouldn't be too hard to get into. I did, however, manage to make the app work again after fooling around a little, so yeah... that's nice. It's a start atleast, I may get into this more and continue working on this.

The reason why current app doesn't work anymore, is that a website that's used in the code doesn't seem to be up anymore. Or well, I think this is the reason :p

[Simpleguy12]

Could you please upload the fixed version? That would be awesome!

Thanks in advance

[Tregan]

developer.zip Alright here, code is pretty much the same, with the exception that I changed the package name and name of the app, and ofcourse that the streams now start again. No guarantees, and use on your own risk as I'm very new to this stuff. Installed the same was as described here: https://github.com/andriy921/Simple-Twitch/wiki/Install

[majuss]

Hey thank you for the upload! So I can finally see your app in the list but when I click on it absolutely nothing happens, only the smart bar dissappear.. running webOS 1.4. Maybe it is because my localization is german?

[Tregan]

I've not been long enough at this to have any idea on what might be causing your issue, sorry :P I've just taken andriy921's code and made it so streams would load again

[Simpleguy12]

Perfect, for me the fix works perfect! Thanks alot Tregan.

@majuss try to log out and log in again in your appstore. I hat the issue once as well.

Log out Restart TV Log in Restart TV Try to start app, worked for me

[chrisban]

@Tregan Thanks bro. Was just about to say fuck it and write my own. Thanks for saving me some time!

[crazy888]

Thanks for fixing this!

[cmsimike]

@Tregan how'd you generate the files contained in developer.zip? i tried running the ipk-generation tools on this repo and it created an ipk. I extracted that and tried the copy the contents of the usr dir but that didn't work. upon further inspection, it seems like the index.html files contained in the downloads are binary (? still figuring this out) but the ones i extracted are just regular text/html.

[crazy888]

https://developers.smarttv-alliance.org/sdk-overview

[cmsimike]

@crazy888 thank you! i will check this out.

[crazy888]

kk.

Just create some awesome LG TV apps :)

[TwitchonLG]

It appears to have stopped working again for me, anyone else with the same issue?

[Tregan]

@TwitchonLG Same here :( If i were to take a guess, I think Twitch either changed a link or did something else that broke the app :< I'll see if I can find something, no promises :p

[TwitchonLG]

OK, thanks! I did have a look around and the only other thing I could find also appears to have been abandoned.

[Simpleguy12]

Same here, loads forever :(

[TwitchonLG]

Managed to get the official client on PS4 by making a US account but it's not nearly as convenient.

[chrisban]

Confirming it loads forever for me also. Wish I had the time to write one myself.

If no one has in a month or two I'll have time to do it lol

[COOPOD]

@chrisban You mean you want to write a program for Twitch? Why still no official program of Twitch, or at least in the LG Store third-party applications for the money? Does anyone no, someone would like to do and put back his program, and we would support him financially =)

[chrisban]

@COOPOD Just that I'd rather write my own then fix this one lol. Idk why Twitch doesn't have an official client, probably just not enough of a market for them to bother. Like I said once I get a chance, if noone has bothered I'll do it myself! (and for free, I don't think people should have to pay when Twitch itself is free.)

[crazy888]

Hopefully it will happen some day!

[Tregan]

So I looked into this a little, and it seems that Twitch has broen it somehow, Request responses aren't received anymore, which means no stream links -> infinite loading :(

Wanted to write my own app rather than just fixing this one, but the Twitch EULA states that you're only allowed to view their streams by using their (embedded) Player. It's not hard to get links to embedded streams using the Twitch API, but that player is still using Flash, which isn't available on WebOS.

So what can we do? Well... find a way to get the correct stream responses again, or wait for Twitch to port their embedded player to HTML5. That's what I can come up with anyway, someone else may have better ideas.

[crazy888]

There are a lot of twitch players out which are not using their internal player. Just look at all the Kodi plugins. I think there are just a handful people which will use simple twitch..... It won't bother an anyone

[COOPOD]

Streams are work again=) check

[Simpleguy12]

Confirmed, streams are loading again. Using the @Tregan fixed version.

[TwitchonLG]

Excellent! so much more convenient than using the built in browser.

I'm not sure if Twitch or the creator would approve but I've changed the icons and splash screens of the app to make it a little easier on the eye. Wish i knew how to improve upon the visuals once the app has opened but it's beyond my ability & I don't suppose it really matters anyway.

But if anyone is interested, here it is. developer.zip

[COOPOD]

@TwitchonLG god job :D

[cmsimike]

[OT] I finally have an opportunity to get back to work on my fork of this. I've implemented a following view (hard coded to my account for now) and am about to work on listing live followers (no idea why twitch's api doesn't indicate if a followed user is live or not...)

I tried looking into https://developers.smarttv-alliance.org/sdk-overview for information on how to compile my fork into whatever binary form the usb/developer directory requires but nothing was obvious. I'm sure I'm missing something. Anyone care to point me into the right direction?

[crazy888]

Maybe you should talk to bublikoff. He created Xplay (a plex client) for LG Webos 2.0. He is very activ and helpful and Xplay is a great app.

You can find him in the Plex forum: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/168315/xplay-webos

Otherwise i don´t know any better options............

[Tregan]

@cmsimike I think that with WebOS 3.0, they've changed how you can test on TV's. I can't really find it anymore either, lol :D I'll try to find out how it works now when I get back from work today

[cmsimike]

@Tregan I still have webos 2.0

@crazy888 Done - pinged on twitter. I would love to be able to get my files compiled or otherwise exported to be loaded via tv.

[chrisban]

Hey awesome, thanks @cmsimike / @Tregan!

[Simpleguy12]

Maybw it is just for a short time but it seems like its not working anymore again. Again its loading forever for me

[COOPOD]

@Simpleguy12 try ForkPlayer google it.

[lucipacurar]

@TwitchonLG can you please make a pull request with all your changes to the app? it would be great if we could get all the fixes in this repo.

[Simpleguy12]

Well now it starts but doesn't show me any Streams. Does anyone have another App for Twitch that is working? Still on 1.5.xx Web OS

[lucipacurar]

I installed Plex Media Server + Twitch plugin on my computer, and the Plex client on my TV from the LG store and it works great including Source Quality.

[Simpleguy12]

So my PC has to be on meanwhile? I would like to have a stand alone App :( Simple Twitch was perfect, just doesnt work a lot of times

[lucipacurar]

Unfortunately yes, it has to be on. But I'm ready to give this up for Source quality.

[Simpleguy12]

My PC is sadly very instable, so that is no solution for me :(