How do I get boxee to recognize my repository?

**xmcnuggetx** · April 28th, 2009, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by marcel

We will create a document in the next few days or so...looking forward to trying out your apps...

Any update on this?

**xmcnuggetx** · May 5th, 2009, 09:16 AM

anything yet?

**DPK** · May 6th, 2009, 01:55 AM

You don't need to install anything to your server. Just make sure the files are in the right places, named correctly along with appropriate directories.

You don't need to have a dir.domain.com, boxee will pull your repo if you have a domain.com/whatever sub-directory location. The dir.domain.com location just makes it easier for users to enter into boxee.

**marcel** · May 6th, 2009, 05:52 AM

@xmcnuggetx not yet have you tried this http://developer.boxee.tv/

**ameno** · May 8th, 2009, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by DPK

You don't need to install anything to your server. Just make sure the files are in the right places, named correctly along with appropriate directories.

I don't think this is altogether true. I am having some issues that I can't explain. I have checked and rechecked my file names. Maybe someone can help me out. It pulls my repository into Boxee and shows it, but the thumbnail for my app doesn't show up in the app box. I have tried other independent repositories, including ones on this post (that's what I modeled from), and they work.

This is for a "skin" app, not RSS. I haven't tried this with RSS, but I have a feeling it would work. Here is where all my files are.

Repository file - http://www.boxxxee.com/repository

Repository file (index.xml) - http://www.boxxxee.com/repository/index.xml

Repository file (repository.xml) - http://www.boxxxee.com/repository/repository.xml

Repository download folder - http://www.boxxxee.com/repository/download

The files are all there and you can download my zip file using the corrent naming convention (file-version.zip).

Can someone who has done a skin app repository successfully check these out and let me know if they see any issues.

**xmcnuggetx** · May 8th, 2009, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by marcel

@xmcnuggetx not yet have you tried this http://developer.boxee.tv/

Yes.. there is documentation on building applications, but nothing on creating your own repository.

**svuille** · May 10th, 2009, 02:46 AM

Ameno, can you please describe exactly what happens when you try to add your repository to Boxee. Is the repository added to your list of repositories together with its thumbnail and description? Do you see the applications from your repository in the list of new apps? Do you get an error/success message upon installing one of these apps. Does the app then appear in the relevant internet section of boxee?

One common problem which a few of us ran into is that you should NOT use the os X built-in ZIP program to compress your app, but rather use betterzip.

**ameno** · May 10th, 2009, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by svuille

Ameno, can you please describe exactly what happens when you try to add your repository to Boxee. Is the repository added to your list of repositories together with its thumbnail and description? Do you see the applications from your repository in the list of new apps? Do you get an error/success message upon installing one of these apps. Does the app then appear in the relevant internet section of boxee?

The repository is added to my list together with its thumbnail. I see no thumbnail for the application in my "new apps" , so, of course, I can't install it.

Originally Posted by svuille

One common problem which a few of us ran into is that you should NOT use the os X built-in ZIP program to compress your app, but rather use betterzip.

I'm using WinRar (I've been doing this devel all on Windows with the latest version of Boxee compiled for it). I'm using normal compression. This should be a straight ahead zip compression (very standard).

svuille, your repository works for me. Can you try adding mine to your repositories and see if the app shows for you?

**DPK** · May 10th, 2009, 11:44 PM

Would you mind posting your app's descriptor.xml file in here? Might be able to tell you what's going on.

**ameno** · May 11th, 2009, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by DPK

Would you mind posting your app's descriptor.xml file in here? Might be able to tell you what's going on.

I'm pretty sure Boxee is not even getting to my descriptor file. The thumbnail is not showing up and that is in the index.xml on the site, not in my descriptor.xml that is zipped up.

Anyway, it looks exactly like it does in http://www.boxxxee.com/repository/index.xml