- self._request_webpage("http://www.miomio.tv/mioplayer/mioplayerconfigfiles/xml.php?id={}&r=cc{}".format(id, 945), video_id)
- xml_url = 'http://www.miomio.tv/mioplayer/mioplayerconfigfiles/sina.php?{}'.format(xml_config)
+
+ # skipping the following page causes lags and eventually connection drop-outs
+ # id is normally a rotating three digit value but a fixed value always appears to work
+ self._request_webpage("http://www.miomio.tv/mioplayer/mioplayerconfigfiles/xml.php?id={0}&r=cc{1}".format(id, 945), video_id)
+
+ # the following xml contains the actual configuration information on the video file(s)
+ xml_url = 'http://www.miomio.tv/mioplayer/mioplayerconfigfiles/sina.php?{0}'.format(xml_config)