iptv stalker and pvr stalker

[Alternet]

sorry if this is a little long. i'll try and point form it.

had windows 10. installed kodi and installed iptv stalker and pvr stalker as well.

some how i managed to get both working pretty much right off the hop and could get tv through the video addon as well as the tv addon with full guide.

had to uninstall and reinstall kodi because something became corrupt after a hard reboot because windows 10 is buggy as crap on my system.

on reinstall I can get iptv stalker working but the stalker client will not work. i have set the time out to 60 seconds but with in 1 or 2 seconds of it trying to download channels it just errors out saying can't load channels.

screw windows 10! back to fresh install of window 7 i go.

after all the updates and basic set up of windows 7 first thing i did was install kodi and try again.

had previous result. I can get iptv stalker working but the stalker client will not work. i have set the time out to 60 seconds but with in one or 2 seconds of it trying to download channels it just errors out saying can't load channels.

for reference i followed the steps in this thread http://iptvtalk.net/showthread.php?4483-How-to-set-up-pvr-stalker-with-NFPS-and-have-a-Full-EPG&highlight=stalker



anyone have any ideas as to what might be wrong?

[dara]

For PVR Stalker (Stalker Client), go to the Kodi settings page for TV, and Clear Data, Disable/Enable if you see that error in the first few seconds. If you still get that error after a re-install of Kodi 15, find a FRESH START add-on (from tvaddons.ag) to completely reset Kodi and then reconfigure PVR Stalker.

[Alternet]

For PVR Stalker (Stalker Client), go to the Kodi settings page for TV, and Clear Data, Disable/Enable if you see that error in the first few seconds. If you still get that error after a re-install of Kodi 15, find a FRESH START add-on (from tvaddons.ag) to completely reset Kodi and then reconfigure PVR Stalker.

did the clear data and the disable/enable. Same result.

will find fresh start add-on when i get home tonight and give it a shot. but would it have any real effect? it was a complete fresh install of kodi on a fresh install of windows 7.


also have another question which i cant seem to find the answer to regarding this problem

when getting the error can't load channels. is this because i can't reach http://11.iptvrocket.tv or http://is.gd/NFPSF
I have tried to ping both with a 60 second time out and i don't get a response from either. (no firewall)

[dara]

did the clear data and the disable/enable. Same result.

will find fresh start add-on when i get home tonight and give it a shot. but would it have any real effect? it was a complete fresh install of kodi on a fresh install of windows 7.


also have another question which i cant seem to find the answer to regarding this problem

when getting the error can't load channels. is this because i can't reach http://11.iptvrocket.tv or http://is.gd/NFPSF
I have tried to ping both with a 60 second time out and i don't get a response from either. (no firewall)


If that's the case, you might try a public DNS like google (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4).

[Alternet]

If that's the case, you might try a public DNS like google (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4).

the domain names seem to be resolving when i ping

11.ipvtrocket.tv --> 31.220.2.36
is.gd --> 104.28.29.76

i did a little more looking into this.

i cant ping or traceroute either of the sites (ip or using domain name) on my computer BUT... if i use some online servers that let you ping and traceroute. some of them can hit the sites and some can't.

i would start to wonder if they are blocked from my isp or something expect that i had it working the first time.

[dara]

I think you said this already, but check your firewall settings and any other security/AV program. I have a program on my PC called PeerBlock, and it stopped Kodi cold in accessing the server.

[Alternet]

I think you said this already, but check your firewall settings and any other security/AV program. I have a program on my PC called PeerBlock, and it stopped Kodi cold in accessing the server.

fresh install with no security software installed and kodi given full permissions in windows firewall. when i get home i'll try to completely disable windows firewall and see if that makes a difference.

*****Edit************

well i ssh'ed into my computer and pinged both again (there was some connectivity problems at my place this morning i guess when i did the original pings.)

11.ipvtrocket.tv --> 31.220.2.36
is.gd --> 104.28.29.76

now i can hit them... but the problem still remains. cant download channels

[Alternet]

For PVR Stalker (Stalker Client), go to the Kodi settings page for TV, and Clear Data, Disable/Enable if you see that error in the first few seconds. If you still get that error after a re-install of Kodi 15, find a FRESH START add-on (from tvaddons.ag) to completely reset Kodi and then reconfigure PVR Stalker.

so i tried fresh start last night and it did not solve the problem.

since it was barely waitting more then 2 seconds before giving me the can't load channels error i figured i would log my systems internet traffic and see if kodi is even attempting to connect.

so i noticed a few things..

kodi tries contacts 11.iptvrocket.tv and gets a replies back.

Kodi.exe 11.iptvrocket.tv FAKENAME-PC TCP TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP(80), DstPort=49182, PayloadLen=0, Seq=3881192979, Ack=1343262260, Win=123 (scale factor 0x7) = 15744 {TCP:40, IPv4:39}
Kodi.exe 11.iptvrocket.tv FAKENAME-PC HTTP HTTP:Response, HTTP/1.1, Status: Moved permanently, URL: / {HTTP:44, TCP:40, IPv4:39}
Kodi.exe 11.iptvrocket.tv FAKENAME-PC TCP TCP:Flags=...A...F, SrcPort=HTTP(80), DstPort=49182, PayloadLen=0, Seq=3881193513, Ack=1343262260, Win=123 (scale factor 0x7) = 15744 {TCP:40, IPv4:39}
Kodi.exe FAKENAME-PC 11.iptvrocket.tv TCP TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=49182, DstPort=HTTP(80), PayloadLen=0, Seq=1343262260, Ack=3881193514, Win=16291 (scale factor 0x2) = 65164 {TCP:40, IPv4:39}
Kodi.exe FAKENAME-PC 11.iptvrocket.tv TCP TCP:Flags=...A...F, SrcPort=49182, DstPort=HTTP(80), PayloadLen=0, Seq=1343262260, Ack=3881193514, Win=16291 (scale factor 0x2) = 65164 {TCP:40, IPv4:39}
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but then suddenly my computer starts contacting portal.iptvrocket.tv after (which is not entered in kodi at all after the fresh start add-on was run)

i can see the Query

FAKENAME-PC 192.168.0.1 DNS DNS:QueryId = 0xD671, QUERY (Standard query), Query for portal.iptvrocket.tv of type Host Addr on class Internet {DNS:46, UDP:45, IPv4:14}

after that it only communicates with portal.iptvrocket.tv
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Kodi.exe FAKENAME-PC portal.iptvrocket.tv TCP TCP:Flags=......S., SrcPort=49185, DstPort=HTTP(80), PayloadLen=0, Seq=2264582614, Ack=0, Win=8192 ( Negotiating scale factor 0x2 ) = 8192 {TCP:48, IPv4:47



after that i start seeing kodi talk to 192.168.0.112 which i'm assuming is an address kodi makes for some reason...

Kodi.exe FAKENAME-PC 192.168.0.112 TCP TCP:Flags=......S., SrcPort=49188, DstPort=7676, PayloadLen=0, Seq=3521048498, Ack=0, Win=8192 ( Negotiating scale factor 0x2 ) = 8192 {TCP:49, IPv4:12}

I see kodi communicate to and from that address a Bunch (not sure why)

it goes back and forth between portal.iptvrocket.tv and 192.168.0.112 bunch more times then i get the error cant load channels.





at no time do i see it even try to send any packets to http://is.gd/NFPSF

packet log available upon request if you would like to see the traffic.

So.... Since i don't know exactly what this program should be connecting to and the order it should be doing it. anyone have a better idea as to what might be going wrong and where it might be being tripped up?




P.S. i put my computer into the DMZ of my router and tried it as well but it made no difference

[dara]

Just for reference, the is.gd link is for our member generated EPG, and is loaded separately from the initial channel load. For those who are still having issues, concentrate on getting your channels loaded... the EPG is only secondary as it is in flux at the moment anyway.

[Alternet]

Just for reference, the is.gd link is for our member generated EPG, and is loaded separately from the initial channel load. For those who are still having issues, concentrate on getting your channels loaded... the EPG is only secondary as it is in flux at the moment anyway.

thanks. i was wondering about that. since i never saw it try to connect to it. i wasn't sure if the 11.iptvrocket.tv was just for auth and then it pulled down a channel list from is.gd or if it pulled lists down from both

any other ideas what might be happening? or how i might fix things?

[dara]

No worries, stick with this. The goal is to help you and other members get connected with their paid donation, however its done. In your case it looks like there could be a network issue, because you weren't getting a connection to the server through a ping. If you know how to do that, I'm pretty sure that configuration of the programs isn't the issue, but I've made that assumption, and then find out that it was 'user error'.

Try this... in your browser, enter the assigned url ... 11.iptvrocket.tv . If you get the stalker_portal with a page that says "Your STB is blocked." then it's not an network issue, as your DNS resolved, and was able to connect with the server.

Let me know what happens.

[Alternet]

No worries, stick with this. The goal is to help you and other members get connected with their paid donation, however its done. In your case it looks like there could be a network issue, because you weren't getting a connection to the server through a ping. If you know how to do that, I'm pretty sure that configuration of the programs isn't the issue, but I've made that assumption, and then find out that it was 'user error'.

Try this... in your browser, enter the assigned url ... 11.iptvrocket.tv . If you get the stalker_portal with a page that says "Your STB is blocked." then it's not an network issue, as your DNS resolved, and was able to connect with the server.

Let me know what happens.


i didn't get a ping reply yesterday morning because i had network issue that i didn't know about. my g/f called me and asked me why the internet wasn't working while i was at work (but i didn't check the actually connectivity before i ran the ping's and it was the only thing i did on the computer before i went to work). once my internet connection was working again i could ping with no problems and was able to do so all night and this morning.


tried going to 11.iptvrocket.tv like you said and i got "Your STB is blocked."

[dara]

So, based on your original post, IPTV Stalker works, but PVR Stalker doesn't, or both don't work?

[Alternet]

So, based on your original post, IPTV Stalker works, but PVR Stalker doesn't, or both don't work?

just pvr stalker.

i can watch channels with IPTV stalker just fine

[dara]

OK, so the problem is with the PVR Stalker or the core PVR within Kodi. You are on Kodi 15.0 stable and are using the modified 0.8.3 Stalker Client, with no other PVRs enabled, correct?

[Alternet]

OK, so the problem is with the PVR Stalker or the core PVR within Kodi. You are on Kodi 15.0 stable and are using the modified 0.8.3 Stalker Client, with no other PVRs enabled, correct?

correct. 15.0 stable and only pvr stalker is enabled.

i even went as far as to completely unstinall kodi then reinstall and install with out any pvr addons and only install modified 0.8.3 stalker client at one point, with no success.

[dara]

Un-install could still leave some remnants as database files. Try this... Shut down Kodi and delete the userdata folder found in :

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi

I believe that Kodi will generate its needed settings from default, but should keep your added and modified add-ons in place. If it chokes on restart, you can reinstall Kodi over that, and the setup program will regenerate the userdata folder. My assumption is that before you loaded the modified 0.8.3 that you uninstalled the stock version. If you didn't, uninstall the modified version, and see if the old version still exists, uninstall that, then re-install the modified version, Reconfigure the Stalker client, make sure you set the timeout to 60, and see if you can connect.

[Alternet]

Un-install could still leave some remnants as database files. Try this... Shut down Kodi and delete the userdata folder found in :

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi

I believe that Kodi will generate its needed settings from default, but should keep your added and modified add-ons in place. If it chokes on restart, you can reinstall Kodi over that, and the setup program will regenerate the userdata folder. My assumption is that before you loaded the modified 0.8.3 that you uninstalled the stock version. If you didn't, uninstall the modified version, and see if the old version still exists, uninstall that, then re-install the modified version, Reconfigure the Stalker client, make sure you set the timeout to 60, and see if you can connect.

would this be the equivalent.

uninstall kodi.

delete everything in C:\Users\<my username>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi

reinstall with but uncheck pvr addon option. then just install modified 0.8.3 from zip?

[dara]

would this be the equivalent.

uninstall kodi.

delete everything in C:\Users\<my username>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi

reinstall with but uncheck pvr addon option. then just install modified 0.8.3 from zip?

Yeah! LOL.

[Alternet]

Yeah! LOL.

just wanted to make. i figured it would be... but i also assumed kodi didn't leave anything behind after the uninstall (tho i don't know why i assumed that)

i'll log in to my computer when i get a few mins to do so and give it a shot. (i'm at work)

[dara]

Uninstall may actually delete the Kodi folder in AppData/Roaming, but if didn't, at lease you can say that you actually are at nothing. I'm hoping that it isn't something between your upgrade to Windows 10 and downgrade... that would be a pain to fix.

[Alternet]

Uninstall may actually delete the Kodi folder in AppData/Roaming, but if didn't, at lease you can say that you actually are at nothing. I'm hoping that it isn't something between your upgrade to Windows 10 and downgrade... that would be a pain to fix.

it was a complete wipe and fresh install of windows 7.

[Alternet]

Uninstall may actually delete the Kodi folder in AppData/Roaming, but if didn't, at lease you can say that you actually are at nothing. I'm hoping that it isn't something between your upgrade to Windows 10 and downgrade... that would be a pain to fix.

ok so the uninstall with the box checked to give it permision to delete data folders does in fact delete kodi from AppData/Roaming.

i did a reinstall and unchecked pvr addons.

redownloaded kodi and reinstalled. then redownloaded the modified 0.8.3 and installed that.

At this point it was the only pvr add on listed. (as a side note it already said it was enabled but here http://iptvtalk.net/showthread.php?4483-How-to-set-up-pvr-stalker-with-NFPS-and-have-a-Full-EPG it says you would have to enable it. not sure if that makes a diff. i would assume not)

so put the MAC and addresses in (and made sure timeout was 60 seconds) and then went to settings > TV and enabled the PVR

got can't load channels error.

restarted kodi and got the same can't load channels error.

[dara]

You might want to bump up the timeout to a higher value and see what happens.

In the Kodi folder in Appdata, go to userdata/addon_data/pvr.stalker/ and modifiy the settings.xml file

Find the connection_timeout, and change the 60 to something higher. One member that lives in Thailand had reported using a number as high as 300 as necessary for him to connect. Don't verify the timeout settings on the actual settings page, because it will reset that value to 0.

If it doesn't work at that point, send me the text of the settings.xml to me via pm, and I'll see if there something wrong with that configuration.

[Alternet]

You might want to bump up the timeout to a higher value and see what happens.

In the Kodi folder in Appdata, go to userdata/addon_data/pvr.stalker/ and modifiy the settings.xml file

Find the connection_timeout, and change the 60 to something higher. One member that lives in Thailand had reported using a number as high as 300 as necessary for him to connect. Don't verify the timeout settings on the actual settings page, because it will reset that value to 0.

If it doesn't work at that point, send me the text of the settings.xml to me via pm, and I'll see if there something wrong with that configuration.

ok i'll give that a shot later when i get a chance.... but it doesn't even seem to wait more then 1 or 2 seconds when trying even tho its set to 60.

[big dady]

What URL are you using
http://11.iptvrocket.tv

[dara]

No probs. I may have to test your mac to see if I get the same issue.

[Alternet]

What URL are you using
http://11.iptvrocket.tv

that is the url i am using

[Alternet]

No probs. I may have to test your mac to see if I get the same issue.

i pm'ed you the mac i'm currently using

[dara]

Thanks, check your PM as well, it appears to be a MAC/provisioning issue.

[Alternet]

Problem fixed.

Just wanted to say thanks publicly as well to dara.

Thanks for all your help!

[smokinjoe]

I am having this same problem. How did you managed to get it resolved?

[dara]

I am having this same problem. How did you managed to get it resolved?

Alternet had a number of issues. It may be best to start your own thread, explaining what exactly your issue is. Here is what anyone that has issues with getting IPTV Stalker and PVR Stalker working should check:

1 - Do you have the latest official version of the add-ons installed? For the PVR, its pre-installed in Kodi 15 (0.8.3), for the video add-on, look at the IPTV Stalker forum for the file (1.0.18). If you are connecting with the server but channels aren't loading, you can try a modifed PVR, that you can find in its own forum as well.
2 - Do you have your MAC that starts with 00:1A:78 linked to your Donation?
3 - Did you follow the tutorials to properly configure the add-ons? The only configuration you have to do is to make sure the MAC and portal URL is entered properly and the EPG settings for the PVR... and nothing else is enabled (no password, no serial number, etc.). If you follow the tutorials correctly, you won't corrupt your MAC at the server that will make it reject your connection for other apps.
4 - If things still don't work, did you try to use a new MAC and start with default settings on the add-ons?