[Info] Why won't my repository load in Boxee?!

**DPK** · January 18th, 2010, 06:11 AM

So you've followed all the directions at the developer site for setting up a repository but still nothing? The source of your frustrations is an undocumented issue with the xml files Boxee looks at when loading a repository.

In both your index and repository xml files, the very last line should be an empty returned line. What this basically means is you need to open both of these up in an editor, go to the last line, hit enter on your keyboard, save, and commit them back to your repository server. Boxee should then be able to load your repository with out a problem.

**yawlhoo** · March 31st, 2011, 04:06 PM

I followed all the steps in various threads, but an app on a USB stick wouldn't show up until I signed up and got a dev-certificate.xml, and put it in the BoxeeApps directory along with the app's files like this:

BoxeeApps
<app directory>
dev-certificate.xml

Immediately the app showed up.

[I tried to post this from the Firefox browser, but nothing happens. So I had to switch to the Google Chrome browser to get this forum to work!]

**yawlhoo** · March 31st, 2011, 10:26 PM

Per the above, I got the app working from a USB stick. As you use it, you notice that the App "Favorites" lists the app multiple times.

I can't figure out exactly why this happens. My only remedy is to reboot the Boxee Box, but playing with the app causes multiple instances to appear in Favorites again.

(And again, to post this I have to use Google Chrome as the browser, in Firefox the form submit trundles forever...)

**darcilicious** · March 31st, 2011, 10:53 PM

I have used Firefox to post to this forum 6,565 times (well, 6,566 now) and have never had an issue. Perhaps you need to check you add-ons, etc.

you notice that the App "Favorites" lists the app multiple times.

It's known bug, I can't find it at the moment but you could search http://jira.boxee.tv if you're interested enough.

**minimeh** · April 1st, 2011, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by yawlhoo

Per the above, I got the app working from a USB stick. As you use it, you notice that the App "Favorites" lists the app multiple times.

I can't figure out exactly why this happens. My only remedy is to reboot the Boxee Box, but playing with the app causes multiple instances to appear in Favorites again.

I asked about that here and was told that is just the way it is for test apps. There has been a Jira bug ticket created on it: Launching a Test App from BoxeeApps results in two entries of the app shown in the list if you'd like to cast a vote.

(And again, to post this I have to use Google Chrome as the browser, in Firefox the form submit trundles forever...)

I'm also using Firefox 4 now and 3 before without issue. You may have some issue with an addon.

**yawlhoo** · April 1st, 2011, 04:27 PM

My Firefox post won't go, IF too much time has elapsed in the editing of the posting. For example, I am betting that writing this rather short message will allow the post to succeed. Hard to believe in a time-dependent add-on.

**darcilicious** · April 1st, 2011, 05:23 PM

Are you getting logged out? Again, no issues with Firefox 3.x and now 4.x here...

**iansampaio** · May 19th, 2011, 04:44 AM

Okay... I tryied everything I could to make my repo works: app signature, folder hierarchy, version, empty line, etc.
I'm just learning boxee apps development and have done some tutorials and playing around with other apps structure to understand.

my repository is:
http://dir.fiasco.fm

what I have there:
1-Racecar's portfolio pulled from vimeo (the company I work fulltime)
2-Couchmode: a teak/mod over Rockboxee's Vimeo app for people like me which has no BoxeeBox (and its HTML5 support). I more like learning opportunity and wondering the possibilities with interface on Boxee.

My repo is added but doesn't load the content... and it changes name from Fiasco to mydomain (WHY?)

**iansampaio** · May 23rd, 2011, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by iansampaio

My repo is added but doesn't load the content... and it changes name from Fiasco to mydomain (WHY?)

After I renamed the repository and moved it into a new folder (other sub-domain) I managed to make it work. As I found here, user drewpt says boxee server is likely to cache our xml.

Solved!

**krazyjakee** · July 12th, 2012, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by DPK

So you've followed all the directions at the developer site for setting up a repository but still nothing? The source of your frustrations is an undocumented issue with the xml files Boxee looks at when loading a repository.

In both your index and repository xml files, the very last line should be an empty returned line. What this basically means is you need to open both of these up in an editor, go to the last line, hit enter on your keyboard, save, and commit them back to your repository server. Boxee should then be able to load your repository with out a problem.

Is it on the cards to fix this as it's only a simple trim command that would resolve it.
Very frustrating to spend hours looking for answers in documentation only to find it here.