Fixing iVue Guide to work with IPTV Stalker ("failed authorization")

[Drivium]

Didn't read through entire thread, so stop me if someone has done this... I'm creating a vbscript to automate the process of assigning a users MAC to the addons.ini file in iVue. It will have a popup box for the user to enter the raw encoded mac address string from their addons.ini file (following the original tutorial method for copying it from this thread) and a pop up to enter YOUR mac address. It will do the rest: convert the raw string, tack on the 6 digits from your mac address, re-encode, and replace all instances with it in your addons.ini file. About half way done..., but I have a question...

Should this tack on the first 6 or last 6 from a users MAC?
So if my raw decoded string looks like this: mac": "00:1A:79:BB:BB:BB", "
and cleaned up string looks like this: 00:1A:79:BB:BB:BB
...and MY mac address looks like this: AB:CD:EF:00:01:02
Should the final MAC look like this? 00:1A:79:00:01:02
or this? 00:1A:79:AB:CD:EF

Also, I've read about some users using 00:1A:78 (not always 79). Not clear if this is determined in original iVue addons.ini file or not. If it's something the user needs to specify, I could just make another pop box for the user to enter 78 or 79. I welcome any other ideas...

Also, would be a windows only tool...

thx

[dara]

Didn't read through entire thread, so stop me if someone has done this... I'm creating a vbscript to automate the process of assigning a users MAC to the addons.ini file in iVue. It will have a popup box for the user to enter the raw encoded mac address string from their addons.ini file (following the original tutorial method for copying it from this thread) and a pop up to enter YOUR mac address. It will do the rest: convert the raw string, tack on the 6 digits from your mac address, re-encode, and replace all instances with it in your addons.ini file. About half way done..., but I have a question...

Should this tack on the first 6 or last 6 from a users MAC?
So if my raw decoded string looks like this: mac": "00:1A:79:BB:BB:BB", "
and cleaned up string looks like this: 00:1A:79:BB:BB:BB
...and MY mac address looks like this: AB:CD:EF:00:01:02
Should the final MAC look like this? 00:1A:79:00:01:02
or this? 00:1A:79:AB:CD:EF

Also, I've read about some users using 00:1A:78 (not always 79). Not clear if this is determined in original iVue addons.ini file or not. If it's something the user needs to specify, I could just make another pop box for the user to enter 78 or 79. I welcome any other ideas...

Also, would be a windows only tool...

thx

The on-going requirement for non-stb users will be to use the "00:1A:78" prefix. However, some are still reporting that the 79 is still working for them. If I were coding this thing, I'd just have the user enter the entire MAC that they have linked to their donation. If you'd like, you probably could warn the user that the mac entered is not valid with the server. I'd also have the ability to just enter the 12 numbers, without having to worry about the colons.

[Drivium]

Yea, my plan was to have them enter their whole mac and have the script cut half of it to add it to the prefix, but which half of the users MAC is needed? 1st half or 2nd half?

[dara]

Yea, my plan was to have them enter their whole mac and have the script cut half of it to add it to the prefix, but which half of the users MAC is needed? 1st half or 2nd half?

I think that's where you may confuse people. The first six digits designate the maker of the device/nic, the last six are supposed to be unique to that maker. For the purposes of the iptv server and the Stalker middleware, the last six doesn't really matter to it as long as it matches to a linked MAC to a valid donation. That linked MAC has to be able to work with the server with IPTV Stalker. If they can't make IPTV Stalker work as a standalone add-on, they either don't have a valid linked mac, or they aren't actually connecting with the server, probably due to a wrong url. So if you are coding this, just let the user enter his MAC that has already been lined to a donation. You don't have to pick digits, but if you want, just pick the last six that the user entered and make sure the first six are "00:1A:78".

[Drivium]

You don't have to pick digits, but if you want, just pick the last six that the user entered and make sure the first six are "00:1A:78".

The first 6 (00:1A:78) are what I was referring to as the prefix. I get that this piece is mandatory and unchanging. So, I'll have it grab the last 6 of the users MAC. So, if the users MAC is 11:22:33:44:55:66, the result will be 00:1A:78:44:55:66.

Also - so far, in iVue on both my FireTV & PC, the default MAC in the addons.ini file is 00:1A:79:BB:BB:BB. Is this the case for everyone? If so, the encrypted string would be the same within the .ini file also. I could save the user the step of having to copy that string into the popup if it's always the same.

[dara]

The first 6 (00:1A:78) are what I was referring to as the prefix. I get that this piece is mandatory and unchanging. So, I'll have it grab the last 6 of the users MAC. So, if the users MAC is 11:22:33:44:55:66, the result will be 00:1A:78:44:55:66. Thanks.

That's fine, but for the purpose of the service, their linked MAC should always start with 00:1A:78, even if their real actual MAC starts with 11:22:33 ... the server doesn't care. If you allow someone to enter 11:22:33:44:55:66 into your script, they will link that same number into their donation or at least attempt it, and then complain that iVue doesn't work after they entered their MAC. Yes, users will do that...

[Drivium]

I think we're miscommunicating. I understand that the 00:1A:78 should ALWAYS go at the beginning of the MAC. I've already coded for that. No matter which MAC the user enters, the front half will be stripped away and replaced with 00:1A:78. I'll have a msgbox popup that allows the user to view the MAC they're about to write to the ini so they can confirm it's correct. They can proceed or abort.

[Shaninho]

Hi all I'm new to all of this, I have installed Ivie guides etc and I have IPTV stalker add on but when I click to open the list of all channels I get authorisation failed, I'm on kodi 14.2 on an android box? Can you help me please? Thanks, Shane.

[Drivium]

Ok, need someone to test!

Here's a pastebin of my code: http://pastebin.com/xqdAPT8g

Link to app: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UqN53jp_4camkwOUZvWUFBMkE/view?usp=sharing

How to use:

Make sure a COPY of your addons.ini file and iVue_MAC_Swap.vbs are in the same folder:
Example.png

Execute the VBS file.

Follow the prompts:
POPUP1.png
POPUP2.png
POPUP3.png
POPUPFINAL.jpg

Won't be able to test until I get home, but it writes to the ini successfully. My only concern is that basic text editing may somehow corrupt the file as opposed to modifying it within Notepad++. Guess we'll see... But, that's why we use COPIES right? lol

[Drivium]

Tested. Works. Woot.