TWS Linux BBTV streaming not working

Hello Team,

I have tried different versions of TWS, from stable to latest online and offline. Currently I am using offline Build 980.4k, however the result is pretty much the same with all. BB TV streaming simply doesn't work and won't give out any error message.

I am using Gentoo Linux and I have libva fully configured. I am not sure whether I am missing any codecs or anything else in particular. I did also try running TWS using latest Oracle JRE 1.8.0.261 as opposed to the JRE bundled with TWS itself, however it made no difference whatsoever.
Note, I can also experience the same issue under Ubuntu.

Some system specific info here:

Code:

admin@gentoo ~ $ uname -a
Linux gentoo 5.4.66-gentoo-x86_64 #4 SMP Thu Oct 1 13:35:24 BST 2020 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
admin@gentoo ~ $

admin@gentoo ~ $ vainfo 
libva info: VA-API version 1.8.0
libva info: User environment variable requested driver 'iHD'
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/va/drivers/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_8
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.8 (libva 2.7.1)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 20.2.0 (a2fd1708344)
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileNone                   :    VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileNone                   :    VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :    VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :    VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               :    VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               :    VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264Main               :    VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High               :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               :    VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               :    VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264High               :    VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVC1Simple              :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :    VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:    VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:    VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:    VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :    VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :    VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :    VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :    VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            :    VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile2            :    VAEntrypointVLD
admin@gentoo ~ $ 

admin@gentoo ~ $ echo $_JAVA_OPTIONS
-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -Dsun.java2d.opengl=true -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=true
admin@gentoo ~ $ 

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

Bloomberg TV on TWS is five minutes behind an amazon fire TV box/stick.

 

JRE 1.8 is actually pretty old. You can try a later version and see if that helps. You'll probably have to switch to OpenJDK.

 

The only OpenJDK I tried is the one shipped with IBKR itself. Made no difference and is kinda sluggish.

Either way, I am trying to execute IBKR in debug mode to see if I can get anything useful out of it but I can't seem to get it logging anything

Code:

admin@gentoo ~ $ echo $JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=n -XX:ErrorFile=./javadump.txt
admin@gentoo ~ $

Am I doing something wrong? Thanks

Btw, 1.8.0_261-b12 isn't really that old as far as I can see (July 14, 2020), and runs way faster and with far less glitches than the JAVA shipped with IBKR.

Code:

admin@gentoo ~ $ java -version
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=n -XX:ErrorFile=./javadump.txt
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -Dsun.java2d.opengl=true -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=true
Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 8000
java version "1.8.0_261"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_261-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.261-b12, mixed mode)
admin@gentoo ~ $

 

So, apparently tws-latest-standalone-linux-x64.sh is bundled with a sightly older JRE version than the one I am using on my Gentoo laptop.

Code:

pietro@ubuntu-vm:~$ grep 'java version' Jts/launcher.log
2020-10-06 02:00:14.969 [CB] INFO  [AWT-EventQueue-0] - java version = 1.8.0_152
pietro@ubuntu-vm:~$

I tried to run TWS with Oracle JDK 15 under Ubuntu 20.04.1 but it trows a "Incorrect twsInfo" error shortly after login. I went through the launcher.log logs and there doesn't seem to be anything useful at first glance.

I will try OpenJDK 14 tomorrow, though I don't really have high hopes to get BBTV streaming working at this point. At least not without the help of the Engineering team.