Justin.tv App

[ikeg]

Justin.tv is now available on Boxee!

http://www.imgilbert.com/repository/justin-image-1.07.png



FEATURES:
View full screen, high quality live broadcasts from Justin.tv
(In resolutions up to 720p, depending on the channel being viewed.)


Browse channels using beautiful live thumbnail images that will update every 5 minutes while browsing. The channel inspector shows a larger preview of the video, current channel status, and the number of current viewers.


Filter channels by ANY Category and Subcategory offered on the Justin.tv website.
Want to see only Movies? or Hockey? No problem!
All categories are sorted from highest to lowest popularity.


Filter channels by broadcast language, too. No sneaking into a channel only to figure out it's in Spanish (or Japanese).


Justin.tv App remembers the category you were browsing the last time it was launched.
This reduces the time to reach your favorite channels.


Justin.tv App can display your favorite channels. Simply "Log In" with your Justin.tv username and the new Favorites Category will appear. This Category will show all of your favorite channels from the Justin.tv website. You must create a profile and add your favorite channels on the Justin.tv site to use this feature. At the moment I haven't devised a good way to favorite channels in Boxee, because the player controls cannot be customized at the moment.

Uses the Justin.tv API that was recently released.
This means the app will withstand HTML layout changes, etc.


App loads "screens" of thumbnails at a time to reduce load times.
The channel list will automatically expand as you navigate to the end of the list.


Navigate by scrolling through the channel list, or use the page up/page down buttons to move one screen at a time.
Mouse users can also navigate using the scrollbar control.


App has been tested and verified working on the AppleTV, Mac, Ubuntu, and Windows versions of Boxee.



CAVEAT LIST:
Sometimes an ad will pop up at and obsure the bottom of the screen. If you wait a few minutes, it will disappear. These ads are encoded into the stream and cannot be removed to my knowledge.


Some of the 720p channels really chug on the AppleTV.



Update: The Justin.tv App is now available in the official Boxee repository. Thanks for everybody's hard work testing the initial release of my first app!

Please report back any problems you find with the app.
This is my big thank you to the boxee community for keeping me cable free for the past year!



Version 1.08 of the Justin.tv app has been released.

Improved the way the app handles embedded unicode characters in the channel status field.

The app can now display pound signs in the channel status field.

Removed the crcmod library which is no longer used as of version 1.07.




This is now "official" Boxee app for Justin.tv!

Big thanks go out to the guys at Boxee and Justin.tv,
and to everybody here for the great feedback and ideas.

See these posts on the Boxee blog and the Justin.tv blog:
http://blog.boxee.tv/2009/10/07/boxee-welcomes-justin-tv/
http://blog.justin.tv/2009/10/boxee-gets-little-more-justintv-and-we.html

[jendabom]

Awesome! I am gonna try it out right now. Thanks so much!

Edit: I am testing it in windows. For some reason I am having issues with the drop down menus staying down so i can navigate. Other than that the streams are working fine.

[pzboyz]

This is great on an ATV.

Is there anyway to get to full screen mode, some of the streams seem to be 160x80 pixels! ;)

[smuthers]

Live sports!!!!!! This looks great, thanks!

[homerj742]

I look forward to trying this! awesome

[ikeg]

Awesome! I am gonna try it out right now. Thanks so much!

Edit: I am testing it in windows. For some reason I am having issues with the drop down menus staying down so i can navigate. Other than that the streams are working fine.

Sorry about that-- I forgot that some people may be using a mouse instead of the stupid apple remote!

I have released version 1.01 of my app to the repository that corrects mouse control for the menus; it also refines the menus a bit for remote users too.

You may need to delete the current version of the Justin.tv app from the app box and reinstall to get the new version. I've updated the version information in the repository xml and all the descriptors so it should update automatically.

[potrick]

Having just moved across the country, I was wondering how we'd manage to get our Red Wings games. You just solved that problem; thank you!

[jendabom]

Sorry about that-- I forgot that some people may be using a mouse instead of the stupid apple remote!

I have released version 1.01 of my app to the repository that corrects mouse control for the menus; it also refines the menus a bit for remote users too.

You may need to delete the current version of the Justin.tv app from the app box and reinstall to get the new version. I've updated the version information in the repository xml and all the descriptors so it should update automatically.

Thanks I know I am silly for using a mouse :) Thanks for the fix. I will try it out.

Edit: Works like a charm now. Thank you!

[pzboyz]

Had to reboot my ATV, I selected a channel and just got the standard boxee spinning grey bars around a grey dot. :( Will try 1.01.

[ikeg]

Had to reboot my ATV, I selected a channel and just got the standard boxee spinning grey bars around a grey dot. :( Will try 1.01.

I've been using it on my AppleTV all night, watching the Lord of the Rings in almost-HD. As I mentioned in the original post, some of the streams on Justin.tv seem to have compatibility issues with Boxee. By the time the flash stream is loading, my code isn't doing any of the work at all, so this is just a general Boxee compatibility issue. My app merely provides the Boxee software with the url of the flash stream...

Ike

[ikeg]

Update: Version 1.02 of the Justin.tv App has been released.
This build corrects a bug in the thumbnail hashing process that was causing any thumbnails starting with "0" to fail the updating process. This was affecting roughly 6% of the thumbnails.


Also new to this version are "More" and "Back" buttons which improve App usability when using the mouse. These buttons are of limited use when browsing with a Remote control (and are essentially disabled), but can serve as an indication that you have loaded all the available channels in the current category. (See the updated image above.)


Clicking the "right" button while viewing categories now loads the selected category, and selects the subcategory menu. This will ease navigation. Reselecting the active category selection will no longer reload the channels listing.


The "Viewers" listing near the large preview image was too small for me to read from my TV. I have increased the size of the field and darkened the background to improve contrast.

[ikeg]

Update: Version 1.03 of the Justin.tv App has been released.
The main channel interface now sports a scrollbar control, and the appearing/disappearing buttons have been jettisoned for permanent ones. The scrollbar control can only be used with the mouse because the scrollbar control is extremely limited when navigating with the remote. Mouse navigation should no longer seem like an add-on hack from now on.


Clicking the up and down buttons next to the scrollbar will advance the channel list by an entire screen, instead of a single row. If you are at the bottom of the channel list, additional channels can be loaded by paging down. The page up/page down buttons are available using either remote or mouse interface. Pressing 'up' or 'down' on these buttons will also scroll the channel list and seemed to be a natural fit with the remote.


Cleaned up the focus/unfocus animations to make the user interface much cleaner and more fluid. You'll find the interface won't "blink" as much now, particularly when you are using the mouse.


The channel list is now disabled when using the drop down menus. You'll no longer see different channels coming into/out of focus while mousing over the drop down menu.


Fixed one bug which could occur when using the mouse with the drop down menus, where a mismatch between the menu item displayed and the one actually selected could occur.


Performed a general clean up of the user interface, improving the visual appeal of the background and several of the controls.

[judgeschambers]

I loaded the app url to Windows and it shows it as version 1.02 not 1.03. When I try to add the app to my profile I get the error: "could not add application."

I'll try it on my ATV later tonight.

[afrancoeur]

Tried it out last night and it works nicely.
Thanks for the great work!

[ikeg]

I loaded the app url to Windows and it shows it as version 1.02 not 1.03. When I try to add the app to my profile I get the error: "could not add application."

I'll try it on my ATV later tonight.

That is very strange, considering I have just verified that all version strings in the xml/repository settings have been changed to 1.03. It almost sounds like old versions of the xml files are being cached by Boxee or by your internet provider-- and are pointing to the 1.02 version of the App, which is no longer available my server. (I only keep the most recent version up for download.)

I have re-updated both my AppleTV and my Mac with 1.03 from the repository to ensure the repository working correctly. All I can do at this point is ask you to retry it later, and maybe try deleting the repository/app before re-adding them to the app box.

Ike

[Fuzzgtp]

app is excellent. ty

[judgeschambers]

That is very strange, considering I have just verified that all version strings in the xml/repository settings have been changed to 1.03. It almost sounds like old versions of the xml files are being cached by Boxee or by your internet provider-- and are pointing to the 1.02 version of the App, which is no longer available my server. (I only keep the most recent version up for download.)

I have re-updated both my AppleTV and my Mac with 1.03 from the repository to ensure the repository working correctly. All I can do at this point is ask you to retry it later, and maybe try deleting the repository/app before re-adding them to the app box.

Ike


Ike,
IC what you mean. I'll try to clear it out and re-download now and see.

UPDATE:
Started Boxee on my Windows machine. Went to New Applications and now it shows Justin.TV as 1.03! Very odd. Clicked it and it installed as it should. Hmmm.

Seems to work well! Thanks for the hard work!

[ikeg]

Update: Version 1.04 of the Justin.tv App has been released.
The language menu has been updated to remove the rendering errors when trying to print languages with unicode characters. As the list controls in Boxee (and XBMC) can not support unicode label strings, the languages have been encoded using the Latin-1 encoding. Hindi, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Taiwan) unicode strings have been replaced with their English equivalents.


The channel detail section on the right side of the screen has been updated to match the recent user interface changes. The "Now Playing" field has been enlarged so that the entire channel status string can be viewed.

[marcel]

great ..now i can watch live sports..

[ntarantino]

How exciting. Little League World Series was playing through ATV. How nice. Well done.

[tdhz77]

Hmm, not getting sound on my macbook pro. Anybody else?

[lostmyshape]

just wanted to chime in with a thank you. i freaking love having justin.tv on Boxee. absolutely fantastic.

also a quick possible bug: after you play a channel it shows up in your recently played videos on the home page. however, you cannot play them by selecting them from recently played. you only get a "read more" button and no "play" button. not a big deal at all, but thought it might help to mention it.

thanks again!!!!

[smuthers]

Is there any way to get the volume controls to work?
I find this app in particular far louder than other boxee apps.

[jgw1977]

Fantastic App - good job!

[ikeg]

Is there any way to get the volume controls to work?
I find this app in particular far louder than other boxee apps.

Unfortunately, there is a limitation of boxee at the moment that prevents the volume controls from working on Flash content. See here. (http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=4025)

Ike

[ikeg]

just wanted to chime in with a thank you. i freaking love having justin.tv on Boxee. absolutely fantastic.

also a quick possible bug: after you play a channel it shows up in your recently played videos on the home page. however, you cannot play them by selecting them from recently played. you only get a "read more" button and no "play" button. not a big deal at all, but thought it might help to mention it.

thanks again!!!!

I've looked into this behavior, and it stems from the way that Justin.tv obscures the location of their flash player on their website. All the addresses for the full screen flash player look like "http://www.justin.tv/#channelname#/popout" where Justin.tv's server hides the actual filename of the flash player. Because of the weird naming convention, Boxee's history reader won't accept it as a valid address, and then prevents the user from playing the file. I will attempt to talk with the Boxee folks to see if the offending function FileItem::IsVideo() can be modified in a future Boxee release to make an exception for Justin.tv URLs.

Ike

[ikeg]

Update: Version 1.05 of the Justin.tv App has been released.
Apparently Apple's archive utility automatically generates an unwanted "__MACOSX" directory which has been installing into the /UserData/apps directory without my knowledge. This does no harm to Boxee, but is annoying. My app is now being packaged without this directory.


The "Media Action" dialog that pops up when you tell a channel to play has been enhanced. It now shows an image of the channel thumbnail and the channel description, which is a heck of a lot more interesting than "TV."

[lostmyshape]

I've looked into this behavior, and it stems from the way that Justin.tv obscures the location of their flash player ...

Ike

absolutely no problem at all... just wanted to make sure you were aware of it. i love, love, love this...

any plans for adding a search? there are "channels" that i can find in a browser that don't come up in the category i'd expect them to. also, any way to just type in the name of a channel we know exists? can we view passworded channels?

thanks!!!!

[lostmyshape]

Update: Version 1.05 of the Justin.tv App has been released.
...

hmm... just tried to load the new version on Ubuntu. i removed the app and then tried to reload it. the App Box tells me "Could not load application." any ideas why?

[ikeg]

hmm... just tried to load the new version on Ubuntu. i removed the app and then tried to reload it. the App Box tells me "Could not load application." any ideas why?

Have previous versions of the app been working on Ubuntu? I didn't know anybody had even tried it...

As of this afternoon, my app has been placed in Boxee's official repository-- it's possible that Boxee is getting confused by the same app being listed in two separate locations. I'll try removing it from my repository so you can see if that solves the problem. I'll still keep my repository around for an upcoming app that will make a lot of people very happy...

Ike

Edit: You haven't had Boxee running for a while have you? AFAIK, Boxee only updates the data in the App Box after it is restarted, so it may have been pointing to the outdated version which is no longer on my server...

[ikeg]

Update: The Justin.tv App is now available in Boxee's official repository. The app has been removed from my repository, and any future updates (for version 1) will be stored in that location. It might be a good idea to hold on to my repository address, there may be another app available in the near future (hint!).

[jendabom]

Update: The Justin.tv App is now available in Boxee's official repository. The app has been removed from my repository, and any future updates (for version 1) will be stored in that location. It might be a good idea to hold on to my repository address, there may be another app available in the near future (hint!).


Which you could send to boxee and I am sure they would add it as well. :) But I am looking forward to the surprise.

[lostmyshape]

Have previous versions of the app been working on Ubuntu? I didn't know anybody had even tried it...

As of this afternoon, my app has been placed in Boxee's official repository...

Edit: You haven't had Boxee running for a while have you? AFAIK, Boxee only updates the data in the App Box after it is restarted, so it may have been pointing to the outdated version which is no longer on my server...

previous version worked great in ubuntu... i've been running boxee for about a year now. app box doesn't show updates in ubuntu at all. you have to manually remove and re-add apps to update them. i'll try again tonight to load the app. might just be repository weirdness. i'll let you know. anyone else having problems updating/downloading app?

thanks!!!

[ikeg]

previous version worked great in ubuntu... i've been running boxee for about a year now. app box doesn't show updates in ubuntu at all. you have to manually remove and re-add apps to update them. i'll try again tonight to load the app. might just be repository weirdness. i'll let you know. anyone else having problems updating/downloading app?

thanks!!!

Oh no, that didn't come out quite like I meant it to. I meant, that if you had the Boxee app open and running for a long time (like say 24 hours), the App Box only has the repository data from the last time you started Boxee, 24 hours ago. I think the App Box only updates its data when Boxee launches. (In order to see my repository changes, I usually have to quit Boxee and relaunch it.) It might be a good idea to quit Boxee and relaunch it to make sure you have the latest repository data.

By the way, from what I've seen, we don't get updates in the App Box on the Mac/AppleTV side either. I also have to delete and reload every new version.

[lostmyshape]

...the App Box only has the repository data from the last time you started Boxee, 24 hours ago. I think the App Box only updates its data when Boxee launches. (In order to see my repository changes, I usually have to quit Boxee and relaunch it.) It might be a good idea to quit Boxee and relaunch it to make sure you have the latest repository data...

yep... tried relaunching a few times last night... it's all irrelevant, though. was able to reload Justin.tv tonight with no problem. must have been repository weirdness last night. i'm getting 2 entries for it on the app box, but that must be because the app is listed in 2 repositories now.

just watched an episode of Seinfeld, so it's working great. thanks again!!!

[Fuzzgtp]

yeah i'll get this straightened out soon. My repo only updates once a day right now. Need to get it fixed (i was a noob with xml when i started my site so its been a long trip :)

have to wait for my next day off :)

[bmoura]

Update: The Justin.tv App is now available in Boxee's official repository. The app has been removed from my repository, and any future updates (for version 1) will be stored in that location. It might be a good idea to hold on to my repository address, there may be another app available in the near future (hint!).


OK. What is your repository address? (I don't see it mentioned here.)

[ikeg]

OK. What is your repository address? (I don't see it mentioned here.)

Brian, I just released my new app, [adult swim].
You can check it out in my announcement thread.

BTW, you don't need my repository address. You filed a bug on my app a couple of weeks ago in jiira, so I'm assuming you already have it in your App Box.

Ike

[Fuzzgtp]

i think he wanted your repo so he could watch for updates, but maybe he has my AIO repo?

[tevren]

great app, thanks :D

[mindisracing]

One of the BEST apps on Boxee at the moment! Hands down! We just need to get the volume issue nailed down and it will be PERFECT.

:D

[homerj742]

It's not launching for me today. Should I remove it and reinstall it?

[ikeg]

It's not launching for me today. Should I remove it and reinstall it?

I just launched the app on my AppleTV and it loaded fine-- so there doesn't seem to be a problem with Justin's website that is causing it. I suppose you might try doing that-- I haven't made any changes yet to the app since moving it to the official repository, so it should be identical to the version you have installed.

One thing I've seen during the beta testing of my Adult Swim app is that Boxee itself can throw up "Unable to Load" errors if you are drilling down through the app menu too fast-- such as Apps > All > App Name. Whenever I make a change to the Python source I have to quit and restart Boxee for it to "see" the changes so I have been stopping and restarting my apps a lot. :)

Ike

[homerj742]

It started to work after I reinstalled it. But now I"m getting this "error 0". Perhaps I will try rebooting the entire boxee machine. I will let you know of my findings. Thank you very much for your help!

[afrancoeur]

i was also getting that same error over the weekend. i haven't reloaded or retried since but i will give it a go tonight and see what happens.
basically when you run the app none of the video thumbs render and i get that same error as posted above.

strange.....it has been working flawless.


~UPDATE~ Tried it last night and it worked fine. must have just been a glitch on that day or something. i didn't reload it or anything just fired it up and it works fine again.

[ikeg]

absolutely no problem at all... just wanted to make sure you were aware of it. i love, love, love this...

any plans for adding a search? there are "channels" that i can find in a browser that don't come up in the category i'd expect them to. also, any way to just type in the name of a channel we know exists? can we view passworded channels?

thanks!!!!

Now that I've gotten my Adult Swim app out for beta testing, I've returned to add more features to this app, and streamline the code-- Is there any chance you could somehow get me access to one or more of these private passworded channels? Without having access to one, I cannot build in this functionality.

Ike

[lostmyshape]

Now that I've gotten my Adult Swim app out for beta testing, I've returned to add more features to this app, and streamline the code-- Is there any chance you could somehow get me access to one or more of these private passworded channels? Without having access to one, I cannot build in this functionality.

hmm... the only one i watch regularly that has a password is http://www.justin.tv/pittsburghsportsonline (steeler's games) and they're not as-of-this-moment password protected (it's a feature the mods can turn on and off). if you "friend" and "favorite" the channel with your justin.tv login, you'll start getting bulletins from them. the passwords to the broadcasts are in the bulletins. the guy who runs that channel is pretty cool and super dedicated. if you'd like i can pm him and see if he'll work with you to get passwording working on your app.

now that i think of it, the password option might not be worth adding as a feature right away. IMHO, i think that a search function and the ability to type in a channel's name (like "pittsburghsportsonline" for the channel above) would be more useful to more people.

then later you might want to add the social networking stuff like logins, bulletins and passwords.

pm me if you think i can help further.

[ikeg]

IMHO, i think that a search function and the ability to type in a channel's name (like "pittsburghsportsonline" for the channel above) would be more useful to more people.

And this is where our ideas of app design diverge. From my perspective, I don't want users to have to type in ANYTHING on a regular basis on Boxee. Have you tried typing in things using a remote control? (Not the iPod remote.) It is seriously aggravating and nearly painful to do. If I had to do it on a regular basis I would chuck Boxee. I have an implementation that I'll be releasing tonight which offloads most of the typing work to a web browser, which is most humane way I could think of implementing it.

[ikeg]

Version 1.06 of the Justin.tv app has been released.

Added a new feature: Favorites. Simply "Log In" with your Justin.tv username and the new Favorites Category will appear. This Category will show all of your favorite channels from the Justin.tv website. You must create a username and add your favorite channels using a web browser to use this feature. At the moment I haven't devised a good way to favorite channels in Boxee, because the player controls cannot be customized at the moment.


You no longer have to "double click" to start a stream, as in click the stream, and then click the "Play" button. The stream will start to load on the first click. Also, as soon as you escape or back out of a stream, it will automatically stop streaming. I hate having to shuffle through the menus just to stop the player when I'm through watching.


Added the capability to play a stream from the "Recently Used" menu on the login screen. This turned out to be possible by modifying the content type variable which had been previously ignored.


Added Sports subcategories for "Action Sports", "Climbing", "College Sports", and "American Football".


Reworked several of the graphics to improve the consistency of the visual appearance, and improved the visibility of the scrollbar when viewed from a television screen.


Internally, the app no longer needs a separate library for generating thumbnail tbn CRCs.

[jendabom]

Awesome this app just gets better and better!

[Kal890yu]

I'm still seeing version 1.5 and it hangs now when loading. Any way to to force the update?
Thanks

[ikeg]

I'm still seeing version 1.5 and it hangs now when loading. Any way to to force the update?
Thanks

I've submitted the app update to the official Boxee repository. Presumably it will be available once the Boxee folks place it online. At the moment, we are all waiting...

This is my first update since moving to the official repository, so this will probably go smoother in the future...

[Kal890yu]

I've submitted the app update to the official Boxee repository. Presumably it will be available once the Boxee folks place it online. At the moment, we are all waiting...

This is my first update since moving to the official repository, so this will probably go smoother in the future...

Thank you, wasn't sure if it was on my end or not.
I will now patiently wait......
Thanks for the update and cheers for a great app :D

[dcvail]

Great app, much better than the RSS feed option I was using in the past. but......I have a few requests

I was showing my wife, mother, and sisters how great Boxxe was and the justinTV app you made last week and they all thought it was "really cool", until they realized they couldn't start the movies or shows from the beginning. :(

So I thought about it and realized if you hit the watch later button(not using boxee but using a browser), copied and pasted the url in the address bar and changed the time stamp back to a previous time you could catch the beginning or any part you missed of that broadcast. Since you made this great app and I know nothing about programing is there a way you could make the navigation buttons (play, rewind, etc.) change the timestamps of the channel and then rewind 1min, 10min, and fast forward 1min, 10min as well as pause/play the broadcast?

Again I don't know anything about programing so it is probably a lot more difficult to do than it sounds. but that would be pretty cool to have.

Also I noticed that some of the channels don't load. I think it has to do with the 'are you 18 or older' button on the way to the channel. Any way to by-pass or acknowledge?

Thanks again for a great app

[lostmyshape]

...From my perspective, I don't want users to have to type in ANYTHING on a regular basis on Boxee. Have you tried typing in things using a remote control? (Not the iPod remote.) ...

agreed! using the on-screen keyboard is less than ideal (actually, i mostly use a wireless keyboard for that type of stuff). your solution with favorites is very clever... i was simply frustrated that i knew a channel existed by searching for it in a browser, but couldn't find it via the app. the favorites feature fixes that!

this might be my favorite app on boxee. i definitely watch it the most. thanks so much!

[ikeg]

Since you made this great app and I know nothing about programing is there a way you could make the navigation buttons (play, rewind, etc.) change the timestamps of the channel and then rewind 1min, 10min, and fast forward 1min, 10min as well as pause/play the broadcast?

The ability to time shift video on Justin.tv was added within the last couple of weeks, and I've been too busy with my two apps to know this sort of thing was even possible. In any case, implementing it will require a lot of work. I'm not sure if this sort of thing is even supported in the API yet. In any case, don't expect to see this sort of feature for quite a while. It is a very good idea, I just need to see how technically feasible it is.

Again I don't know anything about programing so it is probably a lot more difficult to do than it sounds. but that would be pretty cool to have.


Also I noticed that some of the channels don't load. I think it has to do with the 'are you 18 or older' button on the way to the channel.

That's actually a really good call-- I think you might be right about this. There are some channels that won't play on the Apple TV due to the really high quality of the video source (just kills the 1 GHz Celeron) and I had assumed that all of the channels which didn't load were caused by the lack of processing power. However, looking into it more closely, I do see a correlation between videos that do not load and the ones with the mature warning.

There is no way to bypass this directly through Boxee, but I think I have figured out a way around it. Assuming you are logged in to the Justin.tv server with an adult user account (they ask your birthdate), this message will not appear in your web browser.

In order to allow true logging in, I need to give my App the ability to authenticate with the Justin.tv servers. In v1.06, even through you supply a username, you don't need to supply a password because you don't actually have to log in to get a user's favorites. I am meaning to add it in the next big release of my app, but this feature might be important enough to get done ASAP.

Ike

[ikeg]

agreed! using the on-screen keyboard is less than ideal (actually, i mostly use a wireless keyboard for that type of stuff). your solution with favorites is very clever... i was simply frustrated that i knew a channel existed by searching for it in a browser, but couldn't find it via the app. the favorites feature fixes that!

this might be my favorite app on boxee. i definitely watch it the most. thanks so much!

And thank you for the great ideas on new features to implement. I didn't want you to get the wrong idea, all this constructive criticism is really helpful in creating a superior product.

[ikeg]

The 1.06 update has been delayed for various reasons, so it might be a while until it shows up. (It will probably show up as 1.07, or 1.10 when it does.)
This will make more sense in a week or two.

For now, I will work on getting authentication up and running-- I have to wait on a few changes that are being made to the Justin.tv API.

You might check out my Adult Swim app while you are waiting for the next release. I haven't gotten a lot of feedback on it, but it is already one of my favorite apps.

[rgoolsby]

Will the higher quality streams (many in the Entertainment Category...) work with the newest update or is this known bug and to be addressed at a later time?

[samcraig]

personaly i think the streams that dont work are the ones that want you to click that you are 18 or older. i have not had any problems with any other streams. but any that want you to click to get a popout never load on boxee for me

[ikeg]

Also I noticed that some of the channels don't load. I think it has to do with the 'are you 18 or older' button on the way to the channel. Any way to by-pass or acknowledge?


Will the higher quality streams (many in the Entertainment Category...) work with the newest update or is this known bug and to be addressed at a later time?


personaly i think the streams that dont work are the ones that want you to click that you are 18 or older. i have not had any problems with any other streams. but any that want you to click to get a popout never load on boxee for me

Here's some news on the newest developments with the Justin.tv app-- this should make quite a few people happy:

• I've added full authentication with the Justin.tv server. Most of the work here was in reworking the flash player code to allow cookie data to be passed along with the http:// request. Eventually this will allow me to add more features besides displaying a user's favorite channels.

• The flash player work has had another added benefit-- it allows me to send a cookie telling Justin.tv that it is safe to view mature content. This cookie is now sent regardless of whether you are logged in or not, so those people who don't need accounts don't have to go get them to view all the channels.

• Refined a few of the graphics and animations to make the interface much smoother.

I'm still waiting for some important changes on the Justin.tv server side that need to be included in the next version. So the wait continues...

Ike

[vcosta]

A huge thank you to ikeg!!! Many cool apps for boxee on atv but this one really totally awesomely blew up with the score mark!
If it was not for the low resolution some "channels" show, this would be way better than cable!
Let's hope Justin tv itself doesn't follow the capitalism path of other streamers and avoid the advertising every 5 minutes or so.

Again thanks, now I must say that atv serves it righteous purpose!

>>> Unfortunately 1.06 still not showing on the repository :( but hey! real happy to be able to watch PORTUGUESE channels as well as football (soccer for some of you) on almost real time. Thanks again

[ikeg]

Version 1.07 of the Justin.tv app has been released.

Per the request of the Justin.tv folks, I've added a new Category -- "Featured".
This is the default category that is shown when you run the app for the first time.
On subsequent runs, the app will display the last category viewed (as it does currently).


Added a new feature: Favorites. Simply "Log In" with your Justin.tv username and the new Favorites Category will appear. This Category will show all of your favorite channels from the Justin.tv website. You must create a profile and add your favorite channels on the Justin.tv site to use this feature. At the moment I haven't devised a good way to favorite channels in Boxee, because the player controls cannot be customized at the moment.


You no longer have to "double click" to start a stream, as in click the stream, and then click the "Play" button. The stream will start to load on the first click. Also, as soon as you escape or back out of a stream, it will automatically stop streaming. I hate having to shuffle through the menus just to stop the player when I'm through watching.


Added the capability to play a stream from the "Recently Used" menu on the login screen. This turned out to be possible by modifying the content type variable which had been previously ignored.


Added all missing subcategory designations, including "American Football".


Reworked several of the graphics to improve the consistency of the visual appearance, and improved the visibility of the scrollbar when viewed from a television screen. Improved many of the fading animations to improve the visual appearance of the app.


The flash player in my app has been reworked to allow the sending of cookies when it requests a channel stream.
This allows the app to send a cookie telling Justin.tv that it is safe to view mature content, allowing users to view mature channels.
The cookie is sent regardless of whether you are logged in or not, so people don't need to have accounts to view all the channels.


Internally, the app no longer needs a separate library for generating thumbnail tbn CRCs.

[vcosta]

Hi IKE! do you know whether version 1.07 will control the 30 second viewing limit some of the channels are imposing?


V

[ikeg]

Hi IKE! do you know whether version 1.07 will control the 30 second viewing limit some of the channels are imposing?


V

I've never heard of such a thing before. It might be helpful if you could give me the url of one of these channels-- I wouldn't even know where to start looking...

[chuby]

This is my first post here.

I just made the account so I can ask IKE if this application should be working on boxee for windows, I have boxee and it has been working good on windows 7 for sometime now.

I have used different versions of your justin.tv app, however everytime I load it I get the same a blank "frame" of what seems to be justin.tv.

All other apps seem to work, even the justin.tv feeds work also. it's just the app.

I can see justin.tv from the navigator just fine. :)

this is a screenshot of what I get.


Boxee latest version for windows.
Windows 7 V7100
Nvidia Graphics card latest drivers
Soundblaster Live latest drivers.
justin TV 1.07 ( but it has happend on all past versions as well )

Attached screenshot of what I get.

any help would be appreciated, thank you.

[samcraig]

ive been using the app on windows since the first release and it has always worked fine for me. do you have the newest vrsion of boxee?

[ikeg]

This is my first post here.

I just made the account so I can ask IKE if this application should be working on boxee for windows, I have boxee and it has been working good on windows 7 for sometime now.

I have used different versions of your justin.tv app, however everytime I load it I get the same a blank "frame" of what seems to be justin.tv.

All other apps seem to work, even the justin.tv feeds work also. it's just the app.

I can see justin.tv from the navigator just fine. :)

this is a screenshot of what I get.


Boxee latest version for windows.
Windows 7 V7100
Nvidia Graphics card latest drivers
Soundblaster Live latest drivers.
justin TV 1.07 ( but it has happend on all past versions as well )

Attached screenshot of what I get.

any help would be appreciated, thank you.

That is one crazy screen shot. As samcraig said, my app has been working fine for most Windows users, there are probably hundreds of people using it at this point. This screen shot is a symptom of the behavior, but probably not the cause.

Could you capture a debug log for me and post it somewhere that I can look at it? I might have a better idea of what's going on if I can see what's going on in your system. I don't know if this is Windows 7 related, or something specific with your system.

Here's some instructions on how to capture a debug log:
http://forum.boxee.tv/showpost.php?p=1662&postcount=1

Thanks,
Ike

[chuby]

Thank you.

here it is the debug log

I did this:

1-Open Boxee
2-Go To apps
3-Launched Justin.tv
4-Closed boxee

http://pastebin.com/f49012f51

[chuby]

mmm

I did an small analysis of the file, maybe the way I installed boxee, that I think I did it without admin perms, and I run it without admin perms affected it.

I think the problem is on this line:

1151:
22:34:45 T:4328 M:1539252224 DEBUG: unable to load C:\Users\chuby\AppData\Roaming\BOXEE\userdata\apps \justin-tv\language\english\strings.xml: Failed to open file at line 0


I think that if it fails to open the strings.xml then It can't fill the text, ( I think )

I will re-install with full administrative priviledges to see if the behavior changes.

then I'll repost.

[chuby]

ok yes it was a permissions issue, I re-installed it with Administrative perms and the justin.tv app works for the first time

Maybe this is documented elsewhere, but I failed to see it, I apologize, but maybe others are on the same boat as me :)

thank you

[vcosta]

I've never heard of such a thing before. It might be helpful if you could give me the url of one of these channels-- I wouldn't even know where to start looking...

Apparently i've hit some channels which have some sort of time limit. Please see this pic http://www.watchlivesoccerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/How-to-bypass-time-limit-justin-tv-300x164.jpg

It's just like that the "error" I get but as I cannot see any text in it I get just two horizontal bars.

I think there's nothing can be done about that.

Thanks again for such an amazing app. And thanks Boxee!

[lalonader]

Live sports!!!!!! This looks great, thanks!

I just get a black screen whenever I press play...

Menu key gets me back to main manu, wich looks fine.

All other channels do the same, and Comedy Central flashes a "get flash" icon for a few secs, leaves the watermark of Comedy central and everything is black, no sound... not even the Apple Trailers...

Can Somebody help! What am I doing wrong??

Apple TV 2.4, boxee 0.9.14.6992, 1280x720 1280 x 720 @ 60 Hz

[ikeg]

I just get a black screen whenever I press play...

Menu key gets me back to main manu, wich looks fine.

All other channels do the same, and Comedy Central flashes a "get flash" icon for a few secs, leaves the watermark of Comedy central and everything is black, no sound... not even the Apple Trailers...

Can Somebody help! What am I doing wrong??

Apple TV 2.4, boxee 0.9.14.6992, 1280x720 1280 x 720 @ 60 Hz

Sounds like your Boxee install might be broken-- since a bunch of apps are no longer working-- this doesn't appear to be specific to my app. You should get in touch with one of the Boxee folks in one of the help threads.

If I were you though, I'd try reinstalling Boxee, or in the worst case, restoring the AppleTV and then re-installing fresh from a patchstick.

[lalonader]

Sounds like your Boxee install might be broken-- since a bunch of apps are no longer working-- this doesn't appear to be specific to my app. You should get in touch with one of the Boxee folks in one of the help threads.

If I were you though, I'd try reinstalling Boxee, or in the worst case, restoring the AppleTV and then re-installing fresh from a patchstick.

I will try so, and let know...

I did installed many other stuff like nitotv, etc, but i think i wil go baby steps this time.

My main interest is to view streamed TV, from real feeds, (currentrly a Pro member of justin.tv), but mainly to create my own network for broadcasting some training stuff... Do you tink I am in the rigth direction? The idea is to broadcast some material, and then "dumb" boxes (appleTVs) may be able to select a channel over the internet and watch...

Are You aware of other alternatives??

EN

[lalonader]

I will try so, and let know...

I did installed many other stuff like nitotv, etc, but i think i wil go baby steps this time.
...

EN


Ok:
1) Tried to reinstall from UBS, same result.

2) Factory reset, automatic update to 2.4, install fro USB Patchstick - Did worked!


Your app rocks!. I even was able to broadcast from my Macbook´s isigth and watch on the Apple TV..... Poorly due 213K upload limit :(

[ikeg]

This is now "official" Boxee app for Justin.tv!

Big thanks go out to the guys at Boxee and Justin.tv,
and to everybody here for the great feedback and ideas.

See these posts on the Boxee blog and the Justin.tv blog:
http://blog.boxee.tv/2009/10/07/boxee-welcomes-justin-tv/
http://blog.justin.tv/2009/10/boxee-gets-little-more-justintv-and-we.html

[pzboyz]

Thats excellent news and is recognition of a job well done ... keep it up. :)

[rgoolsby]

Fantastic news! This app is really stellar... well done!

Boxee updates my twitter status...and everytime I watch a new stream on justin.tv it updates as well...and needless to say I change the stream a lot.

It might be wise to offer the option to disable Justin.tv updating twitter.

[ikeg]

Fantastic news! This app is really stellar... well done!

Boxee updates my twitter status...and everytime I watch a new stream on justin.tv it updates as well...and needless to say I change the stream a lot.

It might be wise to offer the option to disable Justin.tv updating twitter.

Thanks for the idea-- I am looking into it, and I will let you know what I find out. The twitter stuff is done on the server side, so I've sent a few e-mails to get a little more info on how this can be best accomplished.

Ike

[ikeg]

I will try so, and let know...

I did installed many other stuff like nitotv, etc, but i think i wil go baby steps this time.

My main interest is to view streamed TV, from real feeds, (currentrly a Pro member of justin.tv), but mainly to create my own network for broadcasting some training stuff... Do you tink I am in the rigth direction? The idea is to broadcast some material, and then "dumb" boxes (appleTVs) may be able to select a channel over the internet and watch...

Are You aware of other alternatives??

EN

No alternatives that I am aware of, although you never can tell when you're talking about the Internet. There are even a lot of features that Justin.tv has that I don't even know about...

[ikeg]

Fantastic news! This app is really stellar... well done!

Boxee updates my twitter status...and everytime I watch a new stream on justin.tv it updates as well...and needless to say I change the stream a lot.

It might be wise to offer the option to disable Justin.tv updating twitter.

The people at Boxee tell me that you can set your preferences to display only the items you recommend on your twitter feed. It might be useful to use this option until the Justin.tv app can be updated with this capability.

Ike

[ikeg]

Version 1.08 of the Justin.tv app has been released.

Improved the way the app handles embedded unicode characters in the channel status field.

The app can now display pound signs in the channel status field.

Removed the crcmod library which is no longer used as of version 1.07.



This release fixes some problems users have been having when displaying channels in the Entertainment/Movies categories. Nothing too exciting.

[binaryloop]

Thank you for making this program. It is my favorite app on Boxee.

I have version 1.08 installed on my ATV and there are times when I get this annoying Flash ad for "Silk" soy milk. Sometimes when I go into a channel the ad appears for 30-45 seconds and then disappears. I assume this is how it is supposed to work? But, other times the ad appears and never goes away. It just says on the screen for the whole time I'm watching. I see a small "x" in the upper right corner of the ad but, I'm using the Apple remote so I can't navigate to click it. I have been successful in getting the ad to go away by exiting the channel, then coming back to it again (sometime 3 or 4 times). But, eventually, with enough channel starts and stops, the ad goes away. I wanted to report this in case anyone else is having the same problem.

Other than this minor glitch, I really love the app! :)

I also have a suggestion but, I don't know if it is possible:

It would be nice if the program could remember the channel that was previously highlighted when returning to the main channel listing. Sometimes, while channel surfing, I enter a channel watch for a few minutes then exit. It takes me a few seconds to figure out where I left off because the order of the main list changes.

[Fuzzgtp]

It would be nice if the program could remember the channel that was previously highlighted when returning to the main channel listing. Sometimes, while channel surfing, I enter a channel watch for a few minutes then exit. It takes me a few seconds to figure out where I left off because the order of the main list changes.

I feel the same way, wish there was a refresh button as apposed to reloading everytime you come out.

[ikeg]

It would be nice if the program could remember the channel that was previously highlighted when returning to the main channel listing. Sometimes, while channel surfing, I enter a channel watch for a few minutes then exit. It takes me a few seconds to figure out where I left off because the order of the main list changes.

That actually isn't a bad idea. Wouldn't be a lot of work to implement either.


I feel the same way, wish there was a refresh button as apposed to reloading everytime you come out.

The thumbnails on the Justin.tv webpage are only updated about every 3 minutes-- at least that is what I found out when I was originally writing the app. It was tucked away in some javascript code somewhere. At the time, I wasn't actually "legal," so I decided that 5 minute intervals were probably fine to use, especially since the thumbnails I was using were substantially larger than the website thumbnails. Those thumbnails should still be updating every 5 minutes or so.

If you want to force a refresh, you can actually go up to the subcategory menu, press enter to open the list, and press enter again to reselect the same category. This forces a refresh of the channel listings, although the thumbnails are still on the "5 minute rule."

I've been debating about how to add in the new animated gif feature that was added a couple of weeks ago. I will probably use the animation in the selected panel item, but what about the large inspector window? Would you prefer the animation over the clarity of the higher resolution thumbnails?

I'll probably start work on some of these things next week. Right now I am kludging together my own fix for the CBS app, which broke over the weekend. Besides Comedy Central, it's the been the only Boxee-supplied app that I've actually been using. (RIP Hulu.)

[binaryloop]

That actually isn't a bad idea. Wouldn't be a lot of work to implement either.
Awesome! :) I look forward to using it. I already love the Justin.tv app. This would make it a lot simpler to browse a bunch of channels.


I've been debating about how to add in the new animated gif feature that was added a couple of weeks ago. I will probably use the animation in the selected panel item, but what about the large inspector window? Would you prefer the animation over the clarity of the higher resolution thumbnails?
I would prefer the animation over clarity of high-rez thumbs. Sometimes it's hard to tell what's on by looking at a single still image. But, with more frames it might give us a clue what's playing.

Thanks for all your effort on this app. I appreciate all the work you've done.

[binaryloop]

Today, while using the Justin.tv app on my ATV, I ran into another ad that wouldn't go away. It was different from the Silk ad I mentioned before. I tried my trick of exiting the channel and coming back (like 10 times) and it didn't help.

It seems that there are some ads which go away after 30 seconds. Others have an "X" in the corner that you need to click to get them to close. I don't know how it could be made to work with the Apple remote. Using the directional keys just brings up messages about "seek" and "volume". The play button brings up the Boxee controls. I can't think of a way (other than connecting a mouse to my ATV) to click the "X" to close the ads. :(

Has anyone else run into this problem?

[alexcutter]

Today, while using the Justin.tv app on my ATV, I ran into another ad that wouldn't go away. It was different from the Silk ad I mentioned before. I tried my trick of exiting the channel and coming back (like 10 times) and it didn't help.

It seems that there are some ads which go away after 30 seconds. Others have an "X" in the corner that you need to click to get them to close. I don't know how it could be made to work with the Apple remote. Using the directional keys just brings up messages about "seek" and "volume". The play button brings up the Boxee controls. I can't think of a way (other than connecting a mouse to my ATV) to click the "X" to close the ads. :(

Has anyone else run into this problem?

I'm having the same issue. Using the Sofa Remote app (Mac) to control Boxee, I'm able to use a virtual mouse to navigate over to the "X", but when I do, the Boxee control panel pops up. Sometimes it covers the "X", making it inaccessible, but even when the "X" remains visible (on larger ads), it doesn't respond to clicking it.

Any ideas?

[newcolour]

I have the same problem. Sometimes the ads do not go away, and they may cover almost half of the screen. Usually going back to the list and reloading the channel solves the problem for me, but not all the times (I also have tried up to 10 times!)

AFAIK, you cannot interact with the Boxee's browser, so you are not able to click on the X at all. I have no idea if this will change. I have a related issue with Fancast, where at times I am not able to remove browser messages (e.g., when fancast complains my computer is too slow).

Cheers!
S.

[kcc1982]

Any way it can do private streams? The password box comes up but I cannot input anything into it.

[panamamike]

I'ved used Justin.tv a few times for MNF. It's a bit of a pain to find a good feed, but when one does show up it's decent.

My issue has to do with staying connected with the feed. More often than not, it stops working after a few minutes. At the same time Justin rearranges the feeds on the page and I end up losing track of which feed was the good one.

I've heard there's a web page based app that's used to refresh maintain the connection, but don't know that it would work with boxee.

Mike

[TheOrangeSplat]

I have the newest Boxee beta build, Windows 7 and Flash 10.1

Justin.tv doesn't work for me in Boxee. Is it because of the Flash 10.1 beta i'm using? I need it for my Revo 1600.

If that is the case, that really does suck and hopefully Justin.tv is working on updating their players to be Flash 10.1 compatible.

[MonkeyRoach]

How do you show the chat room.Iam sorry without a chat room option this app is pointless.Half the fun of justintv is the chat room.

[revant]

That actually isn't a bad idea. Wouldn't be a lot of work to implement either.



The thumbnails on the Justin.tv webpage are only updated about every 3 minutes-- at least that is what I found out when I was originally writing the app. It was tucked away in some javascript code somewhere. At the time, I wasn't actually "legal," so I decided that 5 minute intervals were probably fine to use, especially since the thumbnails I was using were substantially larger than the website thumbnails. Those thumbnails should still be updating every 5 minutes or so.

If you want to force a refresh, you can actually go up to the subcategory menu, press enter to open the list, and press enter again to reselect the same category. This forces a refresh of the channel listings, although the thumbnails are still on the "5 minute rule."

I've been debating about how to add in the new animated gif feature that was added a couple of weeks ago. I will probably use the animation in the selected panel item, but what about the large inspector window? Would you prefer the animation over the clarity of the higher resolution thumbnails?

I'll probably start work on some of these things next week. Right now I am kludging together my own fix for the CBS app, which broke over the weekend. Besides Comedy Central, it's the been the only Boxee-supplied app that I've actually been using. (RIP Hulu.)

Can you do a quick update of your app re the thumbnail animation.
I looked into your code and saw that your pulling the thumbs from "screen_cap_url_large" of the stream list.
I know the animated gifs aren't in the stream list but can't you do some string ops in your python code to get the url for the animated gifs.
What I noticed is "screen_cap_url_large" generally contains "hxxp://static-cdn.justin.tv/previews/live_user_[channel_url]-{SIZE}.jpg".
The animated gif is located at "hxxp://static-cdn.justin.tv/previews/live_user_[channel_url]_animated.gif".

It would be nice to see a short preview of the selected channel.
TIA

[ikeg]

Can you do a quick update of your app re the thumbnail animation.
I looked into your code and saw that your pulling the thumbs from "screen_cap_url_large" of the stream list.
I know the animated gifs aren't in the stream list but can't you do some string ops in your python code to get the url for the animated gifs.
What I noticed is "screen_cap_url_large" generally contains "hxxp://static-cdn.justin.tv/previews/live_user_[channel_url]-{SIZE}.jpg".
The animated gif is located at "hxxp://static-cdn.justin.tv/previews/live_user_[channel_url]_animated.gif".

It would be nice to see a short preview of the selected channel.
TIA

It's not that easy - Boxee's support of animated GIFs is extremely poor at best.

Boxee's thumbnail generator will not accept GIF files-- simply replacing the current thumbnail URL with the animated GIF URL will result in blank thumbnails. There is a convoluted way around this, by programmatically downloading and refreshing the thumbnails outside of Boxee.

Before trying that, I wanted to see if Justin.tv's animated GIFs would even display in Boxee. Boxee's documentation states that many animated GIFs don't work in Boxee, so it was important to make sure first.

I downloaded a sample animated GIF from Justin.tv and stored it locally inside my application (simple method to bypass the first problem). I then tried to display it in an image control, like I would any other image. Every time I tried to load my application with the GIF image displayed, Boxee would crash.

So no animated GIFs in the Justin.tv app until Boxee improves its animated GIF support. (Alternatively, if the animated GIFs were improved or Justin.tv provided multiple preview frames it might be possible.)

Thanks,
Ike

[ikeg]

How do you show the chat room.Iam sorry without a chat room option this app is pointless.Half the fun of justintv is the chat room.

This is an app for displaying Justin.tv on your television using a simple remote control. You can't even view the video in full screen while displaying the chat on the actual website. If you want to chat, hook your web browser up to your TV, or keep your web browser open while you're watching video on your TV. But don't expect the app to ever support this.

[ikeg]

I have the newest Boxee beta build, Windows 7 and Flash 10.1

Justin.tv doesn't work for me in Boxee. Is it because of the Flash 10.1 beta i'm using? I need it for my Revo 1600.

If that is the case, that really does suck and hopefully Justin.tv is working on updating their players to be Flash 10.1 compatible.

Yep, Justin.tv doesn't support Flash 10.1. On some systems, it displays an error screen telling you it isn't supported. On the Mac, you get audio but no video at all.

My guess is they'll support Flash 10.1 after it actually ships, although I don't have any information either way.

[canchi]

Hi, so Justin Tv is not supported on Beta right? the only way to watch
Justin Tv is to revert back to Alpha right? can someone please confirm.:confused:

[ikeg]

Hi, so Justin Tv is not supported on Beta right? the only way to watch
Justin Tv is to revert back to Alpha right? can someone please confirm.:confused:

No, it works fine in the beta. The only restriction is that it doesn't support Flash 10.1 beta 2, which is installed separately from Boxee. I was streaming video for several hours last weekend with no issues.

There were some mentions of issues running the Ubuntu version of the Beta, but as far as I know these have not been reproduced by the Boxee devs. I don't have a Ubuntu box to verify this.

So as long as you're not running Flash 10.1 (or the Ubuntu version?) you should have no problems.

[canchi]

Hi iKeg, thanks for the quick reply, so far the channels I usually watch
all need Flash is there away around this Flash 10.1 issue?

[ikeg]

Hi iKeg, thanks for the quick reply, so far the channels I usually watch
all need Flash is there away around this Flash 10.1 issue?

Yes. Uninstall Flash 10.1 beta 2 and install Flash 10.0 instead.

Flash uninstaller:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

Flash 10.0
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

[vcosta]

Hi iKeg,

I think you're operating from a windows machine? since i updated to the latest Boxee version, I keep getting error: [Erno Socket error] (61, 'Connection refused') when connecting to JustinTV, does this sound familiar to you in any way?

btw> I am running it on ATV . . . thanks in advance

[ikeg]

Hi iKeg,

I think you're operating from a windows machine? since i updated to the latest Boxee version, I keep getting error: [Erno Socket error] (61, 'Connection refused') when connecting to JustinTV, does this sound familiar to you in any way?

btw> I am running it on ATV . . . thanks in advance

vcosta,

I'm actually a Mac guy! I've got a MacBook and an AppleTV that I use to run Boxee, and so far I haven't seen this error despite streaming for hours and hours on Justin.tv. When is this error occurring, it is at the very beginning of the stream or sometime in the middle? Some information about where you are located geographically and the channels you are seeing problems with might be useful here.

Thanks.

[jasonisaacs]

When I watch justin.tv on my macbook pro I get HQ widescreen video of ESPN but when I watch on my 50' HD Philips TV I only 4:3

I can watch Hulu and other programs widescreen, so far it's only a justin.tv problem.

Any ideas?

[ikeg]

When I watch justin.tv on my macbook pro I get HQ widescreen video of ESPN but when I watch on my 50' HD Philips TV I only 4:3

I can watch Hulu and other programs widescreen, so far it's only a justin.tv problem.

Any ideas?

How are you viewing it on your TV? Do you have a different computer or an AppleTV?

[vcosta]

vcosta,

I'm actually a Mac guy! I've got a MacBook and an AppleTV that I use to run Boxee, and so far I haven't seen this error despite streaming for hours and hours on Justin.tv. When is this error occurring, it is at the very beginning of the stream or sometime in the middle? Some information about where you are located geographically and the channels you are seeing problems with might be useful here.

Thanks.

Hi again iKeg,
Apologies for the misunderstanding, I am also on Mac OS as well Apple TV, and I used to watch Justin TV Loads, since the day you came up with the app (thank you again for such magic) however a few days from now, when I open the application (via Boxee ATV only, because no problem on mac safari, ATV firefox or any of the PC's here at home)I get that error STRAIGHT AWAY, won't load anything, just shows that error message cannot connect and the OK button. I am in Macau, China, I don't get any other problem with other channels (apps I mean). I don't believe Justin TV is geoblocked anyway. What do you think this may be?

I am running the latest Boxee version and Justin TV app version 1.09

Thanks in advance.

[vcosta]

Thank you very much for all the suggestions posted concerning my JustinTV issue. I restored from factory my ATV and applied the latest Patchstick, re-installing everything from scratch. Finally managed to get the fantastic Boxee to run 100% and all flash loads correctly.
Most likely some code I copied went wrong and some files or permissions got corrupted.
The process took me less than an hour and went flawless. I have my entertainment system fully operative again.
Thank you again to all moderators and members of this very active forum who tolerated my humble ignorance and learning curve :)
Peace!

[chad.socolovitch]

is it possible that we can have an option for this to work with only "LIVE" favorites instead of just favorites?

the problem is so many channels get deleted or a list of offline videos takes a long time to see the videos actually online

so if we could see "ONLINE" or "LIVE" favorites as well

~ Chad Socolovitch

[ikeg]

is it possible that we can have an option for this to work with only "LIVE" favorites instead of just favorites?

the problem is so many channels get deleted or a list of offline videos takes a long time to see the videos actually online

so if we could see "ONLINE" or "LIVE" favorites as well

~ Chad Socolovitch

Actually, that's a great idea, and one that isn't hard to implement using their API. I'm actually going to make that the default choice, so you'll only see the favorites that are currently live. It doesn't make much sense to do it otherwise. I'm currently working on an update to the app to fix some new glitches that have cropped up from the beta, expect to see it in the next release.

Thanks,
Ike

[chad.socolovitch]

great that would be much better for sure!

any estimated time this would be working?

~ Chad Socolovitch

[sdiddy407]

I would like to request a feature change so that the playback does not stop when you exit Justin.TV that way we can browse around boxee without it stopping the stream?

-- Thanks for your hard work in making this app rock, now if i could only peel myself away to actually go to work that would be great.

[chad.socolovitch]

How hard would it be to add the only "live channels" ?

would we have to remove the Justin Tv app we have now?

any chance on livestream or Ustream app?

~ Chad Socolovitch

[jackdebian]

I love the Justin.tv app, but I am having one small problem. When viewing any video, the bottom 40 or so pixels is cut off. It's usually not a problem, but sometimes it cuts off subtitles and info. No other boxee videos have this problem, and the Justin.tv apps UI takes up the whole screen, but when I start a justin stream, the bottom 40 or so rows are gone. It even cuts off the advertising at the bottom. I haven't seen anyone else with this problem, so I wanted to let you know it was happening.

I am running boxee 0.9.21.11487 and whatever version justin.tv app comes with that. Windows XP SP3 connected to a 720P HDTV via HDMI (It occurs through VGA hookup as well.)

[Oso Polar]

Hi everybody!

Justin.tv app is IMHO one of the most valueble Boxee apps - tons of interesting live content and some is in very good quality! I enjoy the app a lot, it is _very_ usefull, actually it is probably the primary reason why I'm using Boxee.

Unfortunately, I see a couple of non-critical but annoying issues with the app.

1) Channel thumbnails scrolling isn't smooth, it is page-based (probably to speed up the thumbnail loading process), once the end of the page is reached and "Down" button on control is pressed next page starts loading. This is not a problem in itself, problem is that after next page is loaded the selection (focus, cursor - how should I call it?) jumps back to the first page. Now I need to scroll back to the second page - this time it'll be smooth because it is already loaded. After going to the third page selection will once again go back to the first page and now I'll need to scroll two pages of thumbnails in order to get to the point where I left etc. This happens each time each subsequent page is first loaded and it is _EXTREMELY_ annoying, especially if the list is long. I strongly believe that after switching to the next page selection should be positioned in the first row of this next page, exactly below its position in a row on the previous page.

2) Thumbnails refreshes are very infrequent (hours?), usually they don't correspond at all to the current channel content. It _looks_ like they are refreshing each time page is loaded (it freezes for a couple of seconds, shows the loading screen) but thumbnails are not changing. May be Boxee caches them somehow, something changed in the last versions? I'm using the latest beta.

Also a couple of feature requests: search (it is a pain to type with a remote, still it is a very usefull feature sometimes) and managing of favorite channels.

[Rulo]

I noticed today that the app has been refreshed, however I still have some of the nagging issues, bottom of the screen cut out, scrolling from one page to another needs to refresh and it sends you to the first page all the time. Please fix these little issues, this application is great! I can watch a lot of games in Boxee though this app!
Thanks!
:)

[MrBond007]

I noticed today that the app has been refreshed, however I still have some of the nagging issues, bottom of the screen cut out, scrolling from one page to another needs to refresh and it sends you to the first page all the time. Please fix these little issues, this application is great! I can watch a lot of games in Boxee though this app!
Thanks!
:)

I agree with Rulo that is is a good app. It will become a great app once scrolling is fixed and the black bar at the bottom is removed. I do appreciate the fact that the app is free.
Thanks.

[zobocopy]

Any idea when this will be available for the dlink boxee box?

[Rulo]

Any idea when this will be available for the dlink boxee box?

Is it not yet available in the Boxee Box? Hmmm, this is bad...

[Notorious J.E.W]

I couldn't find an app but it does work through the browser...my guess is it will be coming soon as an app.

[Rulo]

I couldn't find an app but it does work through the browser...my guess is it will be coming soon as an app.

That is strange. I still have the app in Boxee in my PC...

[Notorious J.E.W]

right but on the box we are running a newer software - not sure if that has anything to do with it? I hope it comes back as an app, I loved it!

[myonkin]

The 0.9 version of the Boxee Box software has the Justin.TV app. Just downgrade, and disable updates by blocking the update site at your router.

http://app.boxee.tv/chkupd/dlink.dsm380

That's the one...you can look up how to downgrade on google. Holding the power button or some such.

[judgeschambers]

The 0.9 version of the Boxee Box software has the Justin.TV app. Just downgrade, and disable updates by blocking the update site at your router.

http://app.boxee.tv/chkupd/dlink.dsm380

That's the one...you can look up how to downgrade on google. Holding the power button or some such.

So, downgrade the entire box and remove other functionality bug fixes to gain access to one app? :confused:

I've been told that it and others that are being redesigned will be back shortly...

[Rulo]

Last night my JustinTV app was broken. It kept giving me an error message and then couldn’t find any content at all. Any ideas?? Is it working for everyone else?? :confused:
This is on the latest beta as you can see in my signature.

[Rulo]

The error message from the Justin TV app says:
"malformed start tag, at line 1, column 1335"
After hitting ok the app wouldn’t find any content.
Is this because they tweaked the app for the Boxee Box??:confused:

[stenar]

The error message from the Justin TV app says:
"malformed start tag, at line 1, column 1335"
After hitting ok the app wouldn’t find any content.
Is this because they tweaked the app for the Boxee Box??:confused:

I received that same error msg last night. :P

[Rulo]

The error message from the Justin TV app says:
"malformed start tag, at line 1, column 1335"
After hitting ok the app wouldn’t find any content.
Is this because they tweaked the app for the Boxee Box??:confused:

Is Ikeg working on this app anymore??? Please Boxee fix this app!!!:mad:

[jimsz]

There has been nothing from boxe or justin on this problem. It was the only reason for me to use Boxee as everything else I can control other ways.

Boxee = someone give us an update please

[Rulo]

Ikeg???? :(

[lie07]

cant wait to get this on my boxee box

[BUDSclass201]

cant wait to get this on my boxee box

So is it confirmed that it's coming to boxee box?? :confused: One of the main reasons I boght the box was for this app and I was disappointed when it wasn't there.

[Rulo]

The app is not working at the moment anyways...
Anyone working on this??:confused:

[bmoura]

Last night my JustinTV app was broken. It kept giving me an error message and then couldn’t find any content at all. Any ideas?? Is it working for everyone else?? :confused:
This is on the latest beta as you can see in my signature.

Here it's broken on the PC version of Boxee as well. Same error message.
I've filed a JIRA bug on it for the developers at http://jira.boxee.tv/browse/APP-397

[ikeg]

Didn't know about this until Brian filed a bug report with JIRA.
The Justin.tv guys embedded some HTML inside their JSON listings that was
freaking out a library I use for parsing/handling HTML characters inside the
channel names and descriptions. I've re-jiggered the algorithm so that won't
happen again.

I've been out of the loop with Boxee for months now, I've been directing my
attentions towards other projects (a large project at work, and my new house).

I don't really use Boxee much anymore, since it got too bloated to run on my AppleTV. That and I had to waste weeks of time convincing Boxee that there were issues with their Ubuntu releases that were breaking my apps.

I suppose it'll be out in a couple of days, or whenever Boxee decides to post it. This app won't become abandonware on my account, at least.

Thanks,
Ike

P.S. Don't ask me about what's going on with the Boxee Box, whether the app will be there, or whatever. I haven't heard anything from anybody at Justin.tv or Boxee about the app since it went official, and you're probably more in the loop about this stuff than I am.

[anoop]

Woot! Many thanks!

[bmoura]

Woot! Many thanks!

Problem is now fixed running the new Justin.TV app on Boxee with Windows 7 64 bit on the PC.

[Rulo]

Didn't know about this until Brian filed a bug report with JIRA.
The Justin.tv guys embedded some HTML inside their JSON listings that was
freaking out a library I use for parsing/handling HTML characters inside the
channel names and descriptions. I've re-jiggered the algorithm so that won't
happen again.

I've been out of the loop with Boxee for months now, I've been directing my
attentions towards other projects (a large project at work, and my new house).

I don't really use Boxee much anymore, since it got too bloated to run on my AppleTV. That and I had to waste weeks of time convincing Boxee that there were issues with their Ubuntu releases that were breaking my apps.

I suppose it'll be out in a couple of days, or whenever Boxee decides to post it. This app won't become abandonware on my account, at least.

Thanks,
Ike

P.S. Don't ask me about what's going on with the Boxee Box, whether the app will be there, or whatever. I haven't heard anything from anybody at Justin.tv or Boxee about the app since it went official, and you're probably more in the loop about this stuff than I am.


Thanks Ikeg for fixing the app!!! This is vital for me to watch soccer games. Great work!! Once you have a chance could you see if there is a way to remove the black bar that appears on the video feeds at the bottom and blocks some of the picture? The other issue with this app is the way it refreshes the thumbnails every time sending you to the top when you really want to go down.
Thanks again!!

[anoop]

I saw that an update was provided last night. Thanks for that! However, i'm still seeing an issue on my mac mini under 15885. Is there any more information i can provide you to help?

[icu]

Wow, I'm super excited! Once Hulu and the rest started really blocking Boxee (when the Box was shipped) Justin.tv was one of main apps I counted on and when it stopped I got very sad. It's one of the apps that makes Boxee work for me. I really appreciate you keeping this up and running ikeg.

[jimsz]

Wow, I'm super excited! Once Hulu and the rest started really blocking Boxee (when the Box was shipped) Justin.tv was one of main apps I counted on and when it stopped I got very sad. It's one of the apps that makes Boxee work for me. I really appreciate you keeping this up and running ikeg.


The Junstin.tv app is still not working right (Mine has been updated).

The sound plays fine but the video only refreshes every couple seconds. My bandwidth is fine and this issue is only present in justin on via bixee.

Is there anything more I post that would assist you?

[ikeg]

The Junstin.tv app is still not working right (Mine has been updated).

The sound plays fine but the video only refreshes every couple seconds. My bandwidth is fine and this issue is only present in justin on via bixee.

Is there anything more I post that would assist you?

Sorry, but my app basically parses out channel information and builds the urls where the flash video popouts are located (like clicking the popout link on any justin.tv channel page). It sends the url to Boxee's flash player, which handles all the video/audio decoding, and upscaling the video to the screen. So any kind of performance issue with the video is because of Boxee's flash player-- something I can't fix.

[Rulo]

Sorry, but my app basically parses out channel information and builds the urls where the flash video popouts are located (like clicking the popout link on any justin.tv channel page). It sends the url to Boxee's flash player, which handles all the video/audio decoding, and upscaling the video to the screen. So any kind of performance issue with the video is because of Boxee's flash player-- something I can't fix.

Would this be related to the black bar visible at the bottom of the screen? Should we file a bug report to Boxee about that? Thanks again Ikeg!

[anoop]

Hi. sorry to be a pest. Didn't see an update tonight for the app. Just hoping that my little reply about it not working on the mac mini got through.

many thanks.

on a side note, how does one contribute to an app? i'm not super proficient but i'd definitely like to dig into the app if possible. is the source just included with the boxee source?

i suppose i can look and find out. :)

thanks again.

[anoop]

I take that back.

I restarted boxee and all was good again in the world.

Many Thanks Ikeg!

[Rulo]

Opened a ticket in Boxee Jira to try to get someone to fix the black bar at the bottom of the screen when watching the Justin TV app.
Please vote for this here.
Justin TV black bar at the bottom of screen
http://jira.boxee.tv/browse/APP-400
Thanks!

[sftv]

builds the urls where the flash video popouts are located (like clicking the popout link on any justin.tv channel page).


ikeg,

One sweet app and I HAD to port it over to the Boxee Box for testing.

Appears to work except for the popout flash URL. Right now, you must mouse over to the full screen button. Hmmm.

Currently looking at the code where you build the popout URL. I understand JustinTV tried disabling direct popout linking some time ago, but somehow you got around it with the Boxee PC software version. Any quick coding suggestions? :)

[Rulo]

ikeg,

One sweet app and I HAD to port it over to the Boxee Box for testing.

Appears to work except for the popout flash URL. Right now, you must mouse over to the full screen button. Hmmm.

Currently looking at the code where you build the popout URL. I understand JustinTV tried disabling direct popout linking some time ago, but somehow you got around it with the Boxee PC software version. Any quick coding suggestions? :)

Did you look here? :)
http://www.justin.tv/p/api

[sftv]

Did you look here? :)
http://www.justin.tv/p/api

I am now. Thanks

[ikeg]

ikeg,

One sweet app and I HAD to port it over to the Boxee Box for testing.

Appears to work except for the popout flash URL. Right now, you must mouse over to the full screen button. Hmmm.

Currently looking at the code where you build the popout URL. I understand JustinTV tried disabling direct popout linking some time ago, but somehow you got around it with the Boxee PC software version. Any quick coding suggestions? :)

Well, when I designed the app, that was before they disabled the popout linking-- there was no problem using those urls in a web browser.

For whatever reason, it seems that the built in Gecko browser passes/ignores the following redirect code embedded in the popout page:



<script type="text/javascript">
if (top != self) top.location.href = "/channelname";
</script>


While the new Webkit based browser used in the Boxee Box fails the test and forces the redirect.

At one point, I had toyed with the idea of using the embed code to generate an HTML file that I could pass to the browser, but seeing as how there were no real gains over just directing the flash player to the popup pages, I didn't bother looking into it.

[Bixiee]

Having just joined, do I understand it correctly that it doesn't work on the Boxee Box, but someone is looking at it? :)

[Rulo]

Having just joined, do I understand it correctly that it doesn't work on the Boxee Box, but someone is looking at it? :)

I think is not available on the Box because the new browser.

[mikeyr0x]

For some reason I cant find the app, ive tried shutting down and restarting a few times. Had it before the update but not now. Thanks in advance.

[sftv]

Justin.tv is not available on the boxee box by default.

One can port it over from computer boxee directory to a custom repository. Delete the <maxversion>0.9.29</maxversion> from the descriptor since boxee box version is over 1.0. Now accessible to the boxee box.

Works fine except it no longer opens the stream full window. Just manually mouse over to fullscreen box (not the popout). Attempting to code a full window script as ikeg suggested in an earlier post.

---
edited: Feel free to access justin.tv that was ported over to a custom repo - dir.streamfree.tv . Disregard the other apps as they are newbie projects.

(seriously if anyone feels there may be copyright issues with the port/hack .. note it here and I will delete it)
---

[jimsz]

This app still does not work correctly within Boxee computer app.

Justin says it is Boxee problem, boxee says it is not their app and the app creator says it is Justin.

Clean reinstalls, software updates, multiple computers with plenty of bandwidth and this app took a dump several weeks ago.

[xavier32178]

This app still does not work correctly within Boxee computer app.

Justin says it is Boxee problem, boxee says it is not their app and the app creator says it is Justin.

Clean reinstalls, software updates, multiple computers with plenty of bandwidth and this app took a dump several weeks ago.

Thats a shame was looking forward to this App on my Boxee Box:(

[sftv]

:confused: Other than the pop out page - what is not working? Watching a hockey game right now with the app on Boxee Box.

[xavier32178]

:confused: Other than the pop out page - what is not working? Watching a hockey game right now with the app on Boxee Box.

How did you get the App to show up on the Boxee Box? The App is not on it to add to your favorite Apps....Would love to know how you got it to show up:cool:


***Just saw your repo link for it! Thanks for doing that for us!!!!***

[jimsz]

:confused: Other than the pop out page - what is not working? Watching a hockey game right now with the app on Boxee Box.

I am running boxee on a computer not the box.

On the computer several weeks ago the app stopped working. A week or so ago the app was updated but now the sound works but the image only refreshes every several seconds. There is plenty of bandwidth and this is only in the Justin app.

I was trying trying the boxee app as a way to see if I would go with the Apple TV or Boxee TV.

The way everyone passes the buck Apple TV is looking like the path to go. It may be limited compared to Boxee but if it is on it, it works.

[xavier32178]

I am running boxee on a computer not the box.

On the computer several weeks ago the app stopped working. A week or so ago the app was updated but now the sound works but the image only refreshes every several seconds. There is plenty of bandwidth and this is only in the Justin app.

I was trying trying the boxee app as a way to see if I would go with the Apple TV or Boxee TV.

The way everyone passes the buck Apple TV is looking like the path to go. It may be limited compared to Boxee but if it is on it, it works.

I think he was posting that towards me....I would look at getting the Boxee Box before AppleTV...I have played with it at my friends and it is pretty much a cool Netflix player and good for your iTunes music...that's pretty much it....The Boxee Box will have Netflix, Hulu+ and do the same as AppleTV but so much more! Have you used the Navi-X App yet? If no, then check it out! It is one of my favorite Apps!:cool:

[bmoura]

Justin.tv is not available on the boxee box by default.

One can port it over from computer boxee directory to a custom repository. Delete the <maxversion>0.9.29</maxversion> from the descriptor since boxee box version is over 1.0. Now accessible to the boxee box.

Works fine except it no longer opens the stream full window, but you just mouse over to fullscreen box (not the popout) and do it manually. Trying to code a full window script as ikeg suggested in an earlier post.

That's after I get my hottestgirlsoncampus.com app working. Priorities :)


---
edited: Feel free to access justin.tv that was ported over to a custom repo - dir.streamfree.tv . The other apps are my newbie projects.

(seriously if anyone feels there may be copyright issues with the port/hack .. note it here and I will delete it)
---

Nice work! Your custom edition of Justin.TV does indeed work on the Boxee Box.

I filed a JIRA bug report (APP 403) for the Justin.TV developer so that the Max Version Number tweak can be added to the official app.

[judgeschambers]

I am running boxee on a computer not the box.

On the computer several weeks ago the app stopped working. A week or so ago the app was updated but now the sound works but the image only refreshes every several seconds. There is plenty of bandwidth and this is only in the Justin app.

I was trying trying the boxee app as a way to see if I would go with the Apple TV or Boxee TV.

The way everyone passes the buck Apple TV is looking like the path to go. It may be limited compared to Boxee but if it is on it, it works.

The thing to remember is that most apps, Jusitn TV included, use Flash to render video.

So, if you have laggy video performance with Flash it comes down to three things: 1-OS used, 2-Hardware (CPU and GPU) and 3- Installed Flash 10.1 Add-in for FireFox.

Any one of those three not properly addressed and you will experience this effect, "but the image only refreshes every several seconds."

Lastly, not all flash players and videos are the same. Some can play better or worse than others on any machine....add in less than optimal hardware and it's magnified further.

Can't always blame the app or boxee. It's more complicated than that. :cool:

I just used the Justin TV app on my crappy XP box (which has oooold 1 core CPU, no GPU acceleration of flash and is nearly the worst system to use Boxee under) and it played and functioned fine. The video lagged a little, but that's normal for low power CPU, XP and no gpu acceleration. Though, the app worked flawlessly on my Win-7 64 Acer Revo 3610 machine, which has the proper OS and meets the minimum hardware spec for boxee.

See my First STop link in my sig. I've got all the hardware and flash info needed to sort out playback.

[jlewis24]

Has there been any progress on being able to log into password protected streams?

Right now, when trying to access a password protected stream, the "player" interface starts up around an html rendering of the login page and it won't let you select the password text box or type at all.

If you still need a stream to test this out on, I won't be using mine for a while but I've set up a password for you to do whatever you need to.
Stream: www.justin.tv/kinglewi
Password: test

I know that I don't always have to log on so maybe there's a cookie that will bypass it. Thanks for your hard work on this app.

[thebudman420]

any reason why justin.tv looks really awfull in boxee? It seems instead of using the fullscreen controls it try's to stretch the windowed version and it just looks really bad on my 21.5 inch 1080p 16x9 monitor, It also makes the video go off center. is there a way we can make it just go fullscreen the normal way? It don't look bad if i browse justin.tv in firefox or any other browser, I think a lot of apps are like that, For instance the pbs app. It makes justin.tv basically unusable in boxee so I'm forced to use my web browser and get up every time i want to watch another channel, Is there any fix for this?

[omygodde]

My justin.tv app on boxee is only showing 60% of the screen after I upgraded my pc from winXp to win7 x64. Everything else (mkv, rmvb, youtube.. etc) works after a few tweaks but I can't seem to get justin.tv to work properly. It now streams much smoother than it was on winXP but does not show the full screen.
I think it might be a flash player (10.1.102.64) related issue? but I don't really know where to start as everything else flash related seems to work fine.

Has anyone else experienced similar issue?

ps. Justin.tv works in Chrome.

OS: Win 7 Home Premium 64bit
cpu: Intel C2D E6750
ram: 4Gb 800mhz
GPU: onboard Intel G43 X4500HD

bug>>
http://jira.boxee.tv/browse/BOXEE-4439

[hopoker]

Today when i login to Justin.tv I get an error that states:

'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position...

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[bioscript]

Today when i login to Justin.tv I get an error that states:

'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position...

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Justin.tv streams can be found in the LiveTV app now in the category "Justin.tv". Also Xavier has been kind enough to share his delicious links with us and they too are available in our app under the delicious - new category. If you would like to share you delicious feed with us please stop over at our forum and let us know and we'll get it set up!

Regards,
bioscript

[dantasnet]

Today when i login to Justin.tv I get an error that states:

'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position...

Any ideas?

Thanks!

It's happening to me too...any help???

[bmoura]

Justin.tv streams can be found in the LiveTV app now in the category "Justin.tv". Also Xavier has been kind enough to share his delicious links with us and they too are available in our app under the delicious - new category. If you would like to share you delicious feed with us please stop over at our forum and let us know and we'll get it set up!

Regards,
bioscript

Good tip!

The LiveTV App is a good work around if you're having problems with the Justin TV App.

[hopoker]

The LiveTV App is a good work around if you're having problems with the Justin TV App.

Thank you for the quick reply's. I found the LiveTV App after I posted last night and not only is it a good work around, but a much better experience in my opinion. Justin.tv is great, but their app makes it a bit cumbersome to browse.

Well done!

[dantasnet]

Good tip!

The LiveTV App is a good work around if you're having problems with the Justin TV App.

Yes LiveTV app is very gd,but with JustinTV App I've got the option to choose with language I want,wich means all TVs programs in the world..

[bioscript]

Yes LiveTV app is very gd,but with JustinTV App I've got the option to choose with language I want,wich means all TVs programs in the world..

dantasnet,

Stop over at our forums and start a thread about language support for the justin.tv streams. We may be able to figure something out for you. I'm sure there are others who would like that option as well.

Regards,
bioscript

[Callmaster]

Hi, somebody!!! my problem if a run boxee on mi pc, me off in 3 seconds of the program, and remove the program and reinstalled, but continue with the same problem ? please thank for your support. ;)
Technical information
xp windows,core duo 3.6, Hard drive(used movies 150 gb,music 200 gb) 1.5 tera,ram 2 gb.

[zubero]

Justin TV woorks soooooo well with the Live TV app.
It automatically Full screens it. Fullscreen is like so DUH !

I hope someone's paying attention ;)

~Z~

[Jesseblue]

just a question for the peeps in the bbox with the jtv on liveTV...does it automatically mute after about 50minutes worth of streaming? pure JTV app was doing this before...

[bioscript]

just a question for the peeps in the bbox with the jtv on liveTV...does it automatically mute after about 50minutes worth of streaming? pure JTV app was doing this before...

Jesseblue,

I haven't had any issues with muting after so many minutes. If you do run into this problem please let us know. You can stop by our forums and our developers will see it and look into it.

Regards,
bioscript

[PRONET2000]

Default I have a fix for justin.tv
i have rebuild the code of justin.tv and now working again.
tell me how send you the plugin for put it in the official repository.

I have two version official an unffocial streamfree.tv version working fine again without error codec.

[mwhybark]

I posted a thread about an issue I am having with Justin.tv app on a mac in the Mac forum:

http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=34761

[topcat139]

I have been using the Play later link from my browser, it adds the Justin video to the boxee que. It works faster and streams more smoothly, I'm running outdated hardware on this particular unit. Justin stream really well from within the web site itself, but through the boxee app I get alot of Jitter. By using the play later link, the video shows up in my boxee playlist, home page, and I play from there. Interestingly i don't get the ad playing either.
Only issue is the links that get dmca'd, then you need to find their new link, but hey, that's always an issue.

Later,
ben.
{topcat139}:cool:

[mwhybark]

that's interesting, topcat.

So your suggestion is await email notification from broadcaster, use boxee browser, click 'play later', and the channel spools into the queue. I will try. quite the workaround, but hacks are why we are here.

[twinvipers]

I have been using Boxee software on a HTPC for a while now and have been loving the software. Really like the apps and Justin.tv is probable the best and because of that i decided to get a Boxee Box by D-Link for another room but cant seem to find the Justin.tv app?

Is the Justin.tv app available for the Boxee Box or is it an app that only works on PC's?

Thanks for the help.

[darcilicious]

It can be found in this repo: dir.streamfree.tv

[twinvipers]

I tried this repo and found a Justin.tv app. But is this the same app as on the PC side of things. The app icon looks looks different and who's "Pronet2000". Also after running it I get an error "unterminated string starting at line 1 column 16085 (char 16085)"

[darcilicious]

Probably not. The PC version of the app hasn't ever been available on the Box version if I recall correctly.

[twinvipers]

Any idea on the error?

[Sneckster]

A good justin tv app would be nice, maybe have a list of the people we follow and their videos.

Also for some reason trying to watch justin.tv vids in the browser is just not working, after about 10-15 mins it always stops the video as if it has reached the end.

[smirch1]

Justin Tv was working quite well in Navi-X this morning.

[nickolai]

For me Justin TV in Navi-x doesn't work in the mornings but starts to work in the late afternoon.

[twinvipers]

The Justin.tv app I have on my PC setup works great that's why I got the Boxee Box.

This Justin.tv app I was recommend above is that great. Shouldn't it show video in full screen? (like my PC Justin.tv app)

Also it seems to be more choppy like it was on a slow Internet connection?( tested same channel on PC app and streams perfectly)

[althea94]

Hi, I am also having problems with justin on ATV. I have ATV 1, running 0.9.22.13692 and launcher 3.2.5. I open the app, pick a channel and the advert plays through and then as the show is about to play it just sticks on it's opening scene and that's it. Any ideas please.. thanks in advance guys

[gmd024]

I've been jumping around on different live news channels in JTV today on the BBox with no problems -- and I just now tried a couple in the Boxee for Windows app with no issue - there has been reports of some problems with flash commercials preceding the shows/channels

What channel(s) are you having the problems with

[nuggyblake]

Hi, I am also having problems with justin on ATV. I have ATV 1, running 0.9.22.13692 and launcher 3.2.5. I open the app, pick a channel and the advert plays through and then as the show is about to play it just sticks on it's opening scene and that's it. Any ideas please.. thanks in advance guys

I noticed it doing this recently also (I have 2 atv 1st gen's). What flash ver are you running ?

N

[zone]

I've been jumping around on different live news channels in JTV today on the BBox with no problems -- and I just now tried a couple in the Boxee for Windows app with no issue - there has been reports of some problems with flash commercials preceding the shows/channels

What channel(s) are you having the problems with


It's not just the Justin.TV app. I get this problem a lot with youtube as well. Ustream, etc. It's a browser issue.

[nuggyblake]

It's not just the Justin.TV app. I get this problem a lot with youtube as well. Ustream, etc. It's a browser issue.

Actually it's a flash issue (althea94). He is using the ATV 1st Gen. The browser does not play video in thge DIY version. He is using the justin app. The bb is a combo off issues inc browser and flash compatability. Justin has had its share of issues.

Again what flash ver do have? You can run the URL in my sig. I have 10.3 running well. You will have to sftp in and update that way.

Nigel

[amunoz_tico]

Hi everyone!
I'm a new Boxee Box user :p, I want to install Justin.TV but I didn't see the App.

I'm from outside US, could be this the problem? :mad:

Thanks in advance!

[steve30000]

Hi everyone!
I'm a new Boxee Box user :p, I want to install Justin.TV but I didn't see the App.

I'm from outside US, could be this the problem? :mad:

Thanks in advance!

I'm pretty sure it is only available through the streamfree repository: http://boxeeappreviews.com/3rd-party-app-reviews/listed-by-rating/item/278-justintv-pronet2000.html

[darcilicious]

Prety sure the streamfree repo is no longer available for the Boxee :( (Box or desktop versions). They seemed to have completely drop support for Boxee.

You could try searching for Justin.TV in the Navi-X app...

[gmd024]

Fuzz's 3rd party repo has a "JTV Proneet2000" app in it that works fine for me

I'm pretty sure this is the correct URL... dir.fuzzthed.com/ - - check his site if not - it's been quite a while since I added his reop... http://fuzzthed.com/

There are 'many' other apps in Fuzz's repo, but be advised, 'Many' of them don't work (haven't been sign in by the creators/Devs)

[defenderbob]

Fuzz's 3rd party repo has a "JTV Proneet2000" app in it that works fine for me

I'm pretty sure this is the correct URL... dir.fuzzthed.com/ - - check his site if not - it's been quite a while since I added his reop... http://fuzzthed.com/

There are 'many' other apps in Fuzz's repo, but be advised, 'Many' of them don't work (haven't been sign in by the creators/Devs)

Pretty sure thats the one I've been using.

[amunoz_tico]

Thanks ! I will try your advices tonight !

[AminB]

check " dir.fuzzthed.com " for Justin.tv app!
also Navi-X > Scraper > J.tv

[steve30000]

Prety sure the streamfree repo is no longer available for the Boxee :( (Box or desktop versions). They seemed to have completely drop support for Boxee.

You could try searching for Justin.TV in the Navi-X app...

The JustinTV ProNet app is the only thing in the streamfree repo anymore but it still works.

[nuggyblake]

Have you tried simply going to justin.tv within the boxee browser ?

[amunoz_tico]

The JustinTV ProNet app is the only thing in the streamfree repo anymore but it still works.

Thanks! I got Justin.TV !

[amunoz_tico]

Have you tried simply going to justin.tv within the boxee browser ?

Yes, it ' s true, your tip also work! Thanks!

[idahoprime]

The JustinTV ProNet app is the only thing in the streamfree repo anymore but it still works.

this app definitely works but is pretty buggy for me. the worst part is i cant see my favorites or figure out anyway to search for anything. I keep getting this error when i try to load my favorites. Anybody got ideas?

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d196/idahoprime/IMG_2012021157972.jpg

[AminB]

Navi-X > Scraper > Justin TV

[idahoprime]

Navi-X > Scraper > Justin TV

ok this works pretty well but there's still no place to login and see your favorites, or even do any kind of search, right?