Fix to Plex Companion response not conform to HTTP standards

content length is wrong, causing thread to lock for several seconds

resources/lib/downloadutils.py

@@ -185,11 +185,12 @@ class DownloadUtils():
             header = plx.getXArgsDeviceInfo(options=options)
         return header
 
-    def downloadUrl(self, url, postBody=None, type="GET", parameters=None, authenticate=True, headerOptions={}):
+    def downloadUrl(self, url, postBody=None, type="GET", parameters=None, authenticate=True, headerOptions={}, timeout=None):
         
         # self.logMsg("=== ENTER downloadUrl ===", 2)
 
-        timeout = self.timeout
+        if timeout is None:
+            timeout = self.timeout
         default_link = ""
 
         try:
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ class DownloadUtils():
 
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout as e:
             self.logMsg("Server timeout at: %s" % url, 0)
-            self.logMsg(e, 1)
+            # self.logMsg(e, 1)
 
         except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
 

resources/lib/plexbmchelper/subscribers.py

@@ -243,10 +243,14 @@ class Subscriber:
         url = self.protocol + '://' + self.host + ':' + self.port \
             + "/:/timeline"
 
+        # Choose an extremely low timeout due to Plex players response not
+        # being conform to HTTP standards (content length is wrong). Otherwise,
+        # This thread gets blocked for a couple of seconds
         response = self.download.downloadUrl(
             url,
             postBody=msg,
-            type="POSTXML")
+            type="POSTXML",
+            timeout=0.001)
         # if not requests.post(self.host, self.port, "/:/timeline", msg, getPlexHeaders(), self.protocol):
         # subMgr.removeSubscriber(self.uuid)
         if response in [False, None, 401]: