Need some help getting my first app to work

[zablalbaz]

Hey All,

Sorry if this is the wrong forum... I'm trying to set up my first app for a local news station in my area, and I could really use a little help.

I'm not able to get the videos to play. At first glance everything seems to start up ok. For instance when I select a category like "Top Stories" I see a list of the top stories, and each one has a generated thumbnail. When I click on the story, I can even get a summary with the "read more" information link. But when I try to play the video, I either get an ad that plays over and over or nothing at all.

Can someone look at my xml and tell me if I am doing something wrong? Here's a sample snip:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>WRAL</title>
<description>WRAL</description>

<image>
<url>http://localhost/thumbs/wral.jpg</url>
</image>

<item>
<title>Top Stories</title>
<description>Top Stories</description>
<link>rss://www.wral.com/news/rss/48/</link>
<boxee:image>>http://localhost/thumbs/wral.jpg</boxee:image>
</item>
<item>
<title>Local News</title>
<description>Local News</description>
<link>rss://www.wral.com/news/rss/142/</link>
<boxee:image>http://localhost/thumbs/wral.jpg</boxee:image>
</item>
</channel></rss>

I got the rss feeds from WRAL's site here...so I'm hoping they are good

http://www.wral.com/news/page/1042187/

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[zablalbaz]

Been looking at this a little more today. Maybe these rss feeds aren't designed to do what I think? When I add a couple of these feeds to my iphone, they also do not begin playing the video right away. What happens is I get directed to page with the written story, and that has a link to the video. Once I touch the video link on my iphone, the video starts playing.

[Fuzzgtp]

You are correct, these feeds will not work with boxee out of the box, as they don't contain links directly to the videos.

[zablalbaz]

Thanks Fuzzgtp. Think I know what needs to be done at this point. I have to use wireshark or a urlsniffer to find the appropriate links. And probably make a python app? If you have any alternate suggestions, I'm open to them.

Appreciate the answer to my post!