NHL Streams

# This file must be in the same place as the JAR file:
#     http://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1q58xv/how_to_get_vlc_links/cf8zxx8?sort=confidence
#
# Edit this next line to match your VLC binary: ( \ = escape char, so double it for literal \ )
vlcbin = "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe"
# Add this line to your hosts file (minus the comment #)
# 127.0.0.1 nlsk.neulion.com

import json, urllib2, os, time

r = urllib2.urlopen("http://live.nhl.com/GameData/SeasonSchedule-20132014.json")
h = r.read()
d = json.loads(h)

#date = raw_input("Enter date of game [YYYYMMDD]: ")
date = time.strftime("%Y%m%d")

games = []
for entry in d:
	if entry['est'][:8] == date:
		games.append({"id":str(entry['id'])[-4:],"home":entry['h'],"away":entry['a']})

if not games:
	print "I couldn't find any games for that date. Sorry."
	os._exit(0)

for (i,game) in enumerate(games):
	print "{}: {} at {}".format(i+1,game['away'],game['home'])

c = raw_input("Which game would you like to start (#)? ")

gameid = games[int(c)-1]['id']

url = "http://smb.cdnak.neulion.com/fs/nhl/mobile/feed_new/data/streams/2013/ipad/02_{}.json".format(gameid)
try:
	r = urllib2.urlopen(url)
	h = r.read()
	d = json.loads(h)

	home = d['gameStreams']['ipad']['home']['live']['bitrate0']
	away = d['gameStreams']['ipad']['away']['live']['bitrate0']
except:
	print "It appears that game hasn't started yet. Sorry."
	os._exit(0)

if not home or not away:
	print "I couldn't find any streams for this game. Sorry."
	os._exit(0)

if "mp4" in home or "mp4" in away:
	print "It appears that game has ended already. Sorry."
	os._exit(0)

print "Here are the URLs I found for this game:"
bitrates = [1600,3000,4500]
urls = [home,away]
urllist = []
i = 0
for url in urls:
	url = url[:-9]
	for bitrate in bitrates:
		i += 1
		string = "{}{}.m3u8".format(url,bitrate)
		urllist.append(string)
		print "{}: {}".format(i,string)

#~ print urllist

urlnum = raw_input("Choose a game (#): ")
url = str(urllist[int(urlnum)-1])

import subprocess, threading

def run_java(url):
	process = "java -jar FuckNeulionV1.jar " + url
	subprocess.call(process,shell=True)
	return

def run_vlc(url):
	process = '"' + vlcbin + '" ' + url + ' :http-user-agent=iTunesAppleTV/4.1'
	subprocess.call(process,shell=True)
	return

t1 = threading.Thread(target=run_java,args=(url,))
t1.start()
t2 = threading.Thread(target=run_vlc,args=(url,))
t2.start()

t2.join()
print "Hit CTRL-C to stop the java process."
t1.join()