[MSL] Error parsing chunked response, video does not play

I’m submitting a …

• bug report, maybe?
• feature request
• support request

Prerequisites

• Are you running the latest version?

Installation

• I installed the plugin via zip from the Releases page
• I´m using the Netflix Repo
• I´m using a different source (Please tell which)

Operating System

• Linux (x86/x64)
• OSX (x86/x64)
• Windows (x86/x64)
• Linux (ARM)
• Android

Not sure if this is on my end, since it seems the system refuse to resolve msftncsi.com Disabled my firewall, tested with a “working” VPN. Same error. Netflix works on Chrome though.

11:03:08.258 T:18244  NOTICE: Running the application...
11:03:08.259 T:17792  NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on port 9777
11:03:08.259 T:17792  NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777 (ipv6 : false)
11:03:09.052 T:1824   ERROR: CCurlFile::Exists - Failed: Couldn't resolve host name(6) for http://www.msftncsi.com/ncsi.txt
11:03:11.436 T:10396   ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting
11:03:25.183 T:19640   ERROR: Previous line repeats 6 times.
11:03:25.183 T:19640 WARNING: Invalid media type ""
11:03:26.904 T:15532 WARNING: Previous line repeats 5 times.
11:03:26.904 T:15532   ERROR: CCurlFile::Exists - Failed: Couldn't resolve host name(6) for http://www.msftncsi.com/ncsi.txt
11:03:30.266 T:16092 WARNING: Invalid media type ""
11:03:38.978 T:18244  NOTICE: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: http://localhost:16919/manifest?id=70221567
11:03:38.978 T:14772  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
11:03:41.430 T:3880   ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
11:03:41.430 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\SocketServer.py", line 290, in _handle_request_noblock
11:03:41.430 T:3880   ERROR:     self.process_request(request, client_address)
11:03:41.430 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\SocketServer.py", line 318, in process_request
11:03:41.430 T:3880   ERROR:     self.finish_request(request, client_address)
11:03:41.430 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\SocketServer.py", line 331, in finish_request
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\SocketServer.py", line 652, in __init__
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     self.handle()
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\BaseHTTPServer.py", line 340, in handle
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     self.handle_one_request()
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\BaseHTTPServer.py", line 328, in handle_one_request
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     method()
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Users\XXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.netflix\resources\lib\MSLHttpRequestHandler.py", line 59, in do_GET
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     data = MSL.load_manifest(int(params['id'][0]))
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Users\XXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.netflix\resources\lib\MSL.py", line 234, in load_manifest
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     data = self.__decrypt_payload_chunk(resp['payloads'][0])
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Users\XXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.netflix\resources\lib\MSL.py", line 312, in __decrypt_payload_chunk
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     data = json.JSONDecoder().decode(data)[1]['payload']['data']
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\json\decoder.py", line 364, in decode
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\json\decoder.py", line 380, in raw_decode
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR:     obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
11:03:41.431 T:3880   ERROR: ValueError: Unterminated string starting at: line 1 column 78 (char 77)
11:03:41.432 T:14772   ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: Server returned nothing (no headers, no data)(52)
11:03:41.432 T:14772   ERROR: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 0 for http://localhost:16919/manifest?id=70221567|acceptencoding=gzip&seekable=0&user-agent=Mozilla%2f5.0%20(Windows%20NT%206.1%3b%20WOW64)%20AppleWebKit%2f537.36%20(KHTML%2c%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome%2f59.0.3071.115%20Safari%2f537.36
11:03:41.432 T:14772   ERROR: AddOnLog: InputStream Adaptive: Could not open / parse mpdURL (http://localhost:16919/manifest?id=70221567)
11:03:41.432 T:14772   ERROR: CVideoPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [http://localhost:16919/manifest?id=70221567]
11:03:41.432 T:14772  NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
11:03:44.987 T:18244 WARNING: CGUIWindowManager - CGUIWindowManager::HandleAction - ignoring action 107, because topmost modal dialog closing animation is running

[dreamhd2015]

@asciidisco If so, ask if it is believed that it could be repaired Thanks for answering

[asciidisco]

Released as 0.12.2. Thank you again for delivering this fix 👍