Dev. FAQ

This list provides helps and where possible solutions for problems that a developer may encounter.

Problems:

• Streams language names displayed in the wrong way in Kodi OSD settings

Errors:

• HTTP error 403

Streams language names displayed in the wrong way in Kodi OSD settings

Most video services usually provide streams with language code in ISO 639-1 format, well accepted in Kodi (example es Spanish). But nowadays a new standard is being adopted the IETF BCP 47, which provides the country code (example es-ES Spanish-Spain).

This format is not supported in Kodi, and will results in the wrong display of language names, for example:

• es-ES will be displayed in Kodi OSD settings as Spanish-Spanish
• pt-BR will be displayed in Kodi OSD settings as Portuguese-Breton
• and so on...

Currently the only workaround is use a proxy to change the language code on each stream of the manifest, to something that does not exist, as follow:

• es-ES to be changed to es-Spain will be displayed as Spanish-Spain
• pt-BR to be changed to pt-Brazil will be displayed as Portuguese-Brazil
• and so on...

Whether or not you choose to apply this change, you will have problems with Kodi automatic language selection.

HTTP error 403

We know two common reasons that can lead to an HTTP error 403:

Server protected by Cloudflare

You can recognise this type of protection by analysing HTTP requests/responses which should contain the word Cloudflare. This anti-bot protection does not allow us to download files, there is currently no known solution.

Verified Media Path (VMP) CDM protection

There is currently no known solution. For more info see Verified Media Path (VMP) page.