Domain protected videos can't be played (RuntimeError)

[HrBeck]

unfortunately I get a runtime error when trying to cast video from browser on windows-PC to kodi ("cast kodi"-addon for Firefox). The video is a vimeo one. you find examples under https://pur-life.de/artikel/seminare Thanks for any help.

`2021-01-17 16:25:59.055 T:1022358400 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--

• NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS! Error Type: <type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'> Error Contents: Api JSON seems to be invalid Traceback (most recent call last): File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vimeo/addon.py", line 3, in plugin.run() File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vimeo/resources/plugin.py", line 84, in run collection = listItems.from_collection(api.resolve_id(video_id)) File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vimeo/resources/lib/vimeo/api.py", line 139, in resolve_id return self._map_json_to_collection(res) File "/storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vimeo/resources/lib/vimeo/api.py", line 230, in _map_json_to_collection raise RuntimeError("Api JSON seems to be invalid") RuntimeError: Api JSON seems to be invalid -->End of Python script error report<-- 2021-01-17 16:25:59.211 T:1937448976 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.vimeo/play/?video_id=443194048]

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[jaylinski]

@HrBeck This seems to be a protected video (can't be accessed via Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/443194048). I guess the owner has a pro account and only allows his own domain for embedding:

That's why the Vimeo API returns an error. Even the Vimeo-App can't play the video, so I'm afraid there is no easy way to fix this.

[jaylinski]

A possible solution would be to use the "player"-API and provide a setting where you can add custom "protected" domains:

[HrBeck]

Hello Jay,

thanks for having a look inside.

Hmm… can I do anything on my side to follow your hint? Honestly I do not get your intention :)

Or is there anything I can request from the provider of the website to consider on changing their properties of their embedded videos?

Thank you! Matthias

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A possible solution would be to use the "player"-API and a setting where you can add custom "protected" domains:

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[jaylinski]

@HrBeck Nothing you can do (watching domain-protected videos just doesn't work right now). I know the cause of the problem and a possible workaround, but it's tricky to implement... so it could take a while until I find some time.