Watch YouTube on your home media center.
Good day, dear Habra community.
To watch movies, TV, DVD and other pleasures of the modern media world at home, I use a separate stationary computer connected to the TV.
The operating system is Windows 7. The main entertainment program is MediaCenter.
And everything was fine until the question arose - “Is it possible to watch YouTube videos without taking your hands off your favorite Microsoft Remote Control?”
In search of a suitable plug-in, I went around a lot of sites and communities dedicated to MediaCenter.
The only option turned out to be Yougle Vista .
Problems arose at the installation stage, because, as the name implies, it is intended for Windows Vista.
A little googling, it was still possible to install it. However, I never saw a single video from YouTube.
MediaCenter constantly cursed the inability to play video. In addition, I disappointed the search - you can only enter the Latin one using the remote control.
')
It was evening, there was nothing.
Armed with VisualStudio and with the SDK at the ready I went to the attack on the YouTube API.
The result of my weekly research I want to share with you today.
Meet mceTube - Windows MediaCenter plugin for watching YouTube videos.
Download the current version by the link . Msi format. Size 386 KB.
Currently (v1.0.0.2) implemented:
For standard tapes it is possible to limit the results to the current day, week, month.
The content of the feeds and search is dynamically loaded as you go through the elements.
For correct playback of clips, you must have FLV and MPEG4 codecs in the system.
I am using a build of Windows 7 Codecs .
Set the default video quality depending on the width of your channel.
I have a channel of 4 Mbit / s - HD plays without problems.
If the selected video is not present as default, the available version with lower quality is played.
Some screenshots:
About screenshots in order:
1. On the screen that we see after the launch of the plugin. Select standard feeds, go to the search page and settings.
2. Sample search. To edit the string, use the standard MediaCenter keyboard, which allows you to enter text in any language available in the system.
3. Search results.
4. Standard “Top rated” tape with Today filter.
5. Play video from search results.
If you are interested in this topic, I will gladly accept all suggestions, suggestions and constructive criticism.
ZY Do not judge strictly - this is the first stable working version of the developing plugin :)
UPD: The project page is available at - mcetube.strukov.net
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To watch movies, TV, DVD and other pleasures of the modern media world at home, I use a separate stationary computer connected to the TV.
The operating system is Windows 7. The main entertainment program is MediaCenter.
And everything was fine until the question arose - “Is it possible to watch YouTube videos without taking your hands off your favorite Microsoft Remote Control?”
In search of a suitable plug-in, I went around a lot of sites and communities dedicated to MediaCenter.
The only option turned out to be Yougle Vista .
Problems arose at the installation stage, because, as the name implies, it is intended for Windows Vista.
A little googling, it was still possible to install it. However, I never saw a single video from YouTube.
MediaCenter constantly cursed the inability to play video. In addition, I disappointed the search - you can only enter the Latin one using the remote control.
')
It was evening, there was nothing.
Armed with VisualStudio and with the SDK at the ready I went to the attack on the YouTube API.
The result of my weekly research I want to share with you today.
Meet mceTube - Windows MediaCenter plugin for watching YouTube videos.
Download the current version by the link . Msi format. Size 386 KB.
Currently (v1.0.0.2) implemented:
- View standard YouTube feeds, as follows:
- Top rated
- Most viewed
- Most Recent
- Most discussed
- Recently featured (Spotlight)
- Search
- Setting the default video quality
For standard tapes it is possible to limit the results to the current day, week, month.
The content of the feeds and search is dynamically loaded as you go through the elements.
For correct playback of clips, you must have FLV and MPEG4 codecs in the system.
I am using a build of Windows 7 Codecs .
Set the default video quality depending on the width of your channel.
I have a channel of 4 Mbit / s - HD plays without problems.
If the selected video is not present as default, the available version with lower quality is played.
Some screenshots:
About screenshots in order:
1. On the screen that we see after the launch of the plugin. Select standard feeds, go to the search page and settings.
2. Sample search. To edit the string, use the standard MediaCenter keyboard, which allows you to enter text in any language available in the system.
3. Search results.
4. Standard “Top rated” tape with Today filter.
5. Play video from search results.
If you are interested in this topic, I will gladly accept all suggestions, suggestions and constructive criticism.
ZY Do not judge strictly - this is the first stable working version of the developing plugin :)
UPD: The project page is available at - mcetube.strukov.net
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/69037/
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