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daperl 2010-12-06 14:04

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Dear Mr. Awesome Software Developer,

We dig your work and really appreciate your time and effort, yet we can't help but share this feeling with you: Taking away happy options and sweet features makes us sad. :(

Yours truly,

Everyone

P.S. Feel the love.

marxian 2010-12-06 14:17

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jr1415us (Post 890292)
Finally, a great app! Having just acquired the N8, would this port to that device? Any plans to do so?

It should be fairly easy, because there is not much Maemo-specific code, but I'm not sure what the status of Python is on Symbian 3. I believe Google are porting their official YouTube client using Qt Quick.

Quote:

Originally Posted by extendedping (Post 890298)
Great app, a few requests...

1) option to have checkbox enabled on all videos to click for download. that way if there is a series you wish do download that has 10 10 minute segments, you can just check each one from the main search screen and then click download, as opposed to clicking each one individually and then hitting back, and finding the next one.

2) ability to play back downloaded videos directly from within the app (if that exists I missed it).

3) finally an option when not using wifi to have downloads and playback switch to 3g if available and then switch back to 2g if it was the default before playback, download.

Thanks again, youtube was really unusable before.

1) That feature has always been available:

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3...0614002.th.png http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3...0614002.th.png

2) This feature is also available. The application checks your download directory to see if you have previously downloaded the video (will not work if you change the filename ;) ).

3) I'm getting a headache just thinking about that one. Changing connections takes too long.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slender (Post 890504)
Enhancement requests:
- Why send messages user about "Now playing video xyz" it makes me feel like OH REALLY :) Just as weird as Nokias own "Charger disconnected" ---> OH Really :P

- When hitting play it takes 1-3 seconds and there is no instant feedback to user that something is happening.

Bug
-While video is playing and you accidentally rotate device (give it someone else e.g.) it tries to rotate video but end result is somewhat weird minimized window.
-->Lock screen orientation while playing

And oh please if it is possible leave external player option there :)

You complain about the 'Playing...' notification and then say there is no feedback. ;) I will probably add a progress bar or other notification when the player is starting up. This pause only occurs when you first load the window. The 'Playing...' notification is useful when you play a playlist, so you know which video is about to be played.

I am trying to solve the rotation problem. The window is set to landscape mode, but it seems that it inherits the auto-rotation from the parent window, so I need to find a way around it.

External player option is not coming back, because I want to make this application eejit-proof.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Helmuth (Post 890526)
Remove the resolutions that are unplayable at the Device in the settings is a good idea to avoid confusion. But a small extra Button at the Download Dialog to get the video with a better resolution only for storage would be great. :)

I might bring back the high resolution options for downloads, but I get sick of people asking why the 720p downloads will not play on the N900.

armis 2010-12-06 14:19

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Downloaded about 18 videos using cutetube. Neither of them worked it said "unable to play video,video format not supported", although a week or two ago, i downloaded a video and it still plays.

An update is available, but haven't updated it yet.

marxian 2010-12-06 14:43

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by daperl (Post 890597)
Dear Mr. Awesome Software Developer,

We dig your work and really appreciate your time and effort, yet we can't help but share this feeling with you: Taking away happy options and sweet features makes us sad. :(

Yours truly,

Everyone

P.S. Feel the love.

I understand and share the desire for more options, but while options are great for knowledgeable users, they only serve to confuse Mr Joe Average, who will then complain all over the interweb (we've all seen the threads on here :eek: :rolleyes: ).

I am listed as the maintainer of this application, which means that I am blamed for every problem that every user faces. I would like to provide options, but it's more important to me to have a stable application that works for Mr Joe Average.

Acidspunk 2010-12-06 14:59

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marxian (Post 890635)
I understand and share the desire for more options, but while options are great for knowledgeable users, they only serve to confuse Mr Joe Average, who will then complain all over the interweb (we've all seen the threads on here :eek: :rolleyes: ).

I am listed as the maintainer of this application, which means that I am blamed for every problem that every user faces. I would like to provide options, but it's more important to me to have a stable application that works for Mr Joe Average.

I understand where you're coming from, marxian and in case of trouble i'm sure you'll get a lot of crap from a lot of people. However, couldn't you make it a hard to activate option, like not actually having the option for different players in the menu but making it accessible through a hardware keyboard key combination, for example? That way only the more knowledgeable users would use it.

Well, anyway, good job with this app regardless, dude. It rocks.

maddude 2010-12-06 15:28

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
the internal player is awesome, but it still needs some work .
keep it up mate.

db_tobago 2010-12-06 15:40

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Great app Marxian. only bug I've found is it's possible to double click the play video button starting two instances of the internal player.

daperl 2010-12-06 15:45

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marxian (Post 890635)
I understand and share the desire for more options, but while options are great for knowledgeable users, they only serve to confuse Mr Joe Average, who will then complain all over the interweb (we've all seen the threads on here :eek: :rolleyes: ).

I am listed as the maintainer of this application, which means that I am blamed for every problem that every user faces. I would like to provide options, but it's more important to me to have a stable application that works for Mr Joe Average.

I feel you, my brutha. But I want you to turn that frown upside down. Most people are here to help; not to hinder. Ignore the rest. You're kicking a*s. Good software is good software. Someone will always be complaining, but the better the software, the more meaningless the screams. Keep on truckin'!

It's easy to satisfy Mr. Joe Average. It's Dr. Power User that's the insatiable one.

And that's all I've got; my pom-pons are shredded.

marxian 2010-12-06 18:49

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
OK. I have re-introduced the option to download higher quality (360p, 480p and 720p). If you download a video using one of these settings, cuteTube will not attempt to play the local file, but will play the stream using the playback quality setting.

Examples:
  • Download using 'Mobile' or '480x270': cuteTube will play using the local file.
  • Download using '360p', '480p', '720p': cuteTube will ignore the local file and play using the stream as per the playback quality setting.

rajil.s 2010-12-06 19:36

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
IIRC somebody wanted this. Here is hack to see 'Most Viewed' of some other region than default,

Code:

In /opt/cutetube/cutetubewindows.py

Replace line 473

self.videoFeed = "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/standardfeeds/most_viewed?time=today

with

self.videoFeed = "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/standardfeeds/JP/most_viewed?time=today

The above feed is for Japan, hence JP. Find the region you are interested in from here.

d-iivil 2010-12-06 20:19

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Great app! I have one feature request which should be pretty easy to implement (hopefully):
- could you add possibility to open stream by typing (pasting) in an youtube url? Or just the video id if url isn't possible?

I often browse forums which has links to youtube videos and it would be awesome if I could just copy the link to clipboard and paste it into cuteTube which would then play the video.

marxian 2010-12-06 21:10

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by d-iivil (Post 890910)
Great app! I have one feature request which should be pretty easy to implement (hopefully):
- could you add possibility to open stream by typing (pasting) in an youtube url? Or just the video id if url isn't possible?

I often browse forums which has links to youtube videos and it would be awesome if I could just copy the link to clipboard and paste it into cuteTube which would then play the video.

I'll be uploading a new build later tonight, so I'll implement this feature for the new build. It will be a part of the 'search' feature. If you enter a valid YouTube video url in the search box, cuteTube will take you directly to the video info window, so you can play the video or view/post comments etc.

d-iivil 2010-12-06 21:33

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marxian (Post 890960)
I'll be uploading a new build later tonight, so I'll implement this feature for the new build. It will be a part of the 'search' feature. If you enter a valid YouTube video url in the search box, cuteTube will take you directly to the video info window, so you can play the video or view/post comments etc.

Thanks! After that I really don't have to open MicroB anymore to view random videos linked somewhere :)

daperl 2010-12-06 22:18

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by d-iivil (Post 890910)
Great app! I have one feature request which should be pretty easy to implement (hopefully):
- could you add possibility to open stream by typing (pasting) in an youtube url? Or just the video id if url isn't possible?

I often browse forums which has links to youtube videos and it would be awesome if I could just copy the link to clipboard and paste it into cuteTube which would then play the video.

FYI, you can already search on the video id (?v=<video id>).

rajil.s 2010-12-07 00:04

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
@marxian

Presently, cutetube doesnt play audio if the profile is set to silent. Please could you fix that.

extendedping 2010-12-07 00:53

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marxian (Post 890609)
It should be fairly easy, because there is not much Maemo-specific code, but I'm not sure what the status of Python is on Symbian 3. I believe Google are porting their official YouTube client using Qt Quick.



1) That feature has always been available:

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3...0614002.th.png http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3...0614002.th.png

2) This feature is also available. The application checks your download directory to see if you have previously downloaded the video (will not work if you change the filename ;) ).

3) I'm getting a headache just thinking about that one. Changing connections takes too long.



You complain about the 'Playing...' notification and then say there is no feedback. ;) I will probably add a progress bar or other notification when the player is starting up. This pause only occurs when you first load the window. The 'Playing...' notification is useful when you play a playlist, so you know which video is about to be played.

I am trying to solve the rotation problem. The window is set to landscape mode, but it seems that it inherits the auto-rotation from the parent window, so I need to find a way around it.

External player option is not coming back, because I want to make this application eejit-proof.



I might bring back the high resolution options for downloads, but I get sick of people asking why the 720p downloads will not play on the N900.

Hi I am sure this is just something I am not seeing. I am trying to do multi select to then dowload...

1) I do a search
2) I I then select multi select from the top of the screen.
3) select some videos.

now I see if I click and hold on a video I can add it to the queue. but that does not add all to the queue (right?). but sometimes when I click on the top (search results) it gives me numerous options that look like what you posted. but usually it just gives me new search and multi select. so how do I get the screen you posted that allows adding all selected to download? hmmm...

what am I missing?

slender 2010-12-07 01:02

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
@extendedping
You just have to re tap top menu and add download should be there.

extendedping 2010-12-07 01:08

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
call me dumb but I can't get it working :(

I select a few items. I then click on the top and I see
"new search" and "multi-select". reclicking either takes me to a new search or just disables what I have just selected via the checkbox. Is this some type of a timed double click that I am not doing correctly? because like once all those options did in fact appear...

slender 2010-12-07 01:11

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
what version you have?(top menu from main screen and about)

marxian 2010-12-07 01:17

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
The behaviour of multi-select has remained unchanged from the very first release. To add multiple items to the download queue:
  • Click menu bar.
  • Click 'Multi-select'.
  • Tick desired items in the video list.
  • Click menu bar.
  • Click 'Add to downloads'.

slender 2010-12-07 01:24

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by marxian (Post 890609)
You complain about the 'Playing...' notification and then say there is no feedback. ;) I will probably add a progress bar or other notification when the player is starting up. This pause only occurs when you first load the window. The 'Playing...' notification is useful when you play a playlist, so you know which video is about to be played.

Ok playlist thing is good but that system info message banner is shown just before it starts playing and I meant that when I press button and I don't get any feedback instantly I tend to click away or think that something is wrong :) Maybe I'm used to see some kind of loading indication.

btw same feedback is shown when search result are shown.IMO also bit unnecessary.
Quote:

External player option is not coming back, because I want to make this application eejit-proof.
Shame.Any possibility to do ini/cfg from where power users could enable support for those. Bit like advanced option in many apps settings.

Quote:

I might bring back the high resolution options for downloads, but I get sick of people asking why the 720p downloads will not play on the N900.
You could add info/hint to options that those are unplayable on n900. For example "720p/n900 not supported"or non playable on n900.

extendedping 2010-12-07 01:24

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by slender (Post 891102)
what version you have?(top menu from main screen and about)

0.9.6-4 is the version and no it is just not working...I
1) do a search
2) click on the top (search results) and click on "multi select". at this screen I only have 2 options, new search and multi select..
3) put my checkmarks on a few items
4) top top again. here I am only presented with the same two options "new search" and multi search".

I am not that savvy but I am pretty sure I am dong this right...

Issam Khan 2010-12-07 01:28

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
cant download cutetube from maemo devel.

extendedping 2010-12-07 03:35

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Ok I can confirm the following. one time I open cutetube and it works perfectly. then I try it again and again and it does not work (just gives the search and select options). So perhaps this issue is with my specific n900? I had a bunch of issues getting the candle from advanced power to show up. grrrrr.....

dazalfolks 2010-12-07 07:10

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
I'm currently using the latest release of cutetube, and still cannot view my entire favorites list. There is no plus symbol at the bottom of my favorites list (first page). I do see the plus symbol at the bottom of the results list after doing a video search though.

natedog400 2010-12-07 13:48

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Just updated to 0.9.6-4 and its awsome! Pasting the video URL is a must if someone texts it to you, would be awsome if when you click the link via text message you get the option to open with cutetube and have it play automatically! Also a way of getting the video URL off cutetube to send someone else! At the moment i have to go into forward text, open virtual keyboard and copy the link that way which is ok but a bit long winded to paste the URL into the search bar. Best app so far by the way and look forward to next update!! :)

slender 2010-12-07 14:05

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by natedog400 (Post 891452)
Just updated to 0.9.6-4 and its awsome! Pasting the video URL is a must if someone texts it to you, would be awsome if when you click the link via text message you get the option to open with cutetube and have it play automatically! Also a way of getting the video URL off cutetube to send someone else! At the moment i have to go into forward text, open virtual keyboard and copy the link that way which is ok but a bit long winded to paste the URL into the search bar. Best app so far by the way and look forward to next update!! :)

But you can mark&copy text in sms reader as in web browser (swipe finger from left side off screen to screen) and in e-mail reader with shift+finger.

yfbc 2010-12-07 14:07

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Hey,
First off great program, issue im having is that i cant use it over 3g/HSDPA, its only working over wifi atm while other programs work at decent speed.
thanks,
yfbc

natedog400 2010-12-08 00:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by slender (Post 891463)
But you can mark&copy text in sms reader as in web browser (swipe finger from left side off screen to screen) and in e-mail reader with shift+finger.

Oh my god! lol I've had my phone for donkys n i never knew that! :D
Thanks mate!

romanianusa 2010-12-08 03:19

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Best Youtube app for N900 obviously. The other Youtube App sucks bad!! But this one is the real deal. One thing i notice missing is that why is the subscription videos only show a limited amount while other accounts allow you to see more...like for example, in my account, i can see all the videos by pressing the + sign. No option for that under subscription videos. Same with the comments section....only show a limited comments. Also, can you have an option to view videos according to uploaded dates, most views...ect..

Also, it'll be nice to organize the videos in a grid like UI. Maybe, you columns w/ small fonts to make it fit.

mastac 2010-12-08 14:09

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
i found a bug in the new version.

there is no sound when the phone is on silent mode, even when headphones are used and the volume is maxed.

phone needs to be in silent mode for work etc. but should still play audio on command like built in media player does.

hope you can find a solution for this soon

afaq 2010-12-08 14:21

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
I believe the creator is aware of this limitation and is working to resolve it.

marxian 2010-12-08 15:28

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mastac (Post 892302)
i found a bug in the new version.

there is no sound when the phone is on silent mode, even when headphones are used and the volume is maxed.

phone needs to be in silent mode for work etc. but should still play audio on command like built in media player does.

hope you can find a solution for this soon

It isn't a bug that is specific to this application.

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6694

I will look at this further when I get the time.

extendedping 2010-12-08 16:09

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
I still have the issue with all the missing options when selecting (checking) multiple videos...I have uninstalled and reinstalled ;(

The Arsonist 2010-12-08 18:13

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Thanks so much for making this app, it's literally the best Youtube I've used on Maemo. The only one complaint I have is it's a little bit of a resource hog... If you try to minimize the window and go multi-tasking, you see some little pixel kind of sitting around on Grid View of your open windows. The second you start doing something else, the audio gets completely choppy. And as has been said once before, it eats up about 30 percent your RAM almost consistently. I can imagine this being a bit of a headache when I get a text message or phone call. Is there anything that can be done about it? Otherwise, keep it going! This looks great!

marxian 2010-12-08 19:24

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by The Arsonist (Post 892464)
Thanks so much for making this app, it's literally the best Youtube I've used on Maemo. The only one complaint I have is it's a little bit of a resource hog... If you try to minimize the window and go multi-tasking, you see some little pixel kind of sitting around on Grid View of your open windows. The second you start doing something else, the audio gets completely choppy. And as has been said once before, it eats up about 30 percent your RAM almost consistently. I can imagine this being a bit of a headache when I get a text message or phone call. Is there anything that can be done about it? Otherwise, keep it going! This looks great!

In my experience, it uses about the same resources as the other media players when streaming YouTube videos. I think you're being unrealistic if you expect to multi-task smoothly whilst watching video streamed over the internet.

Issam Khan 2010-12-08 19:49

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
can any one tell me why i cant download cutetube. The download never starts

marxian 2010-12-08 19:50

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
UPDATE (08/12/10 @ 7.47pm): cuteTube 0.9.7-1 now in extras-devel.
  • Copy video URL to clipboard from within 'Video Info' window.
  • Share video via Twitter from within 'Video Info' window. Twitter authorisation takes place entirely within the application and uses oauth.

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6...0819351.th.png http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6...0819354.th.png http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8...0819364.th.png
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3...0819370.th.png http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1...0819381.th.png http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5...0819382.th.png

I will be adding sharing via Facebook and cleaning up the UI for the next release. The menu is getting a bit cluttered.

PLEASE REPORT BUGS/REQUEST FEATURES HERE

leojab 2010-12-08 19:55

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
Marxian, can you please add a menu for Downloads as well. I do not want to get online just to see this option.
Can we change the color/theme of cutetube

Issam Khan 2010-12-08 20:06

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client
 
marks cant even download the latest version i dont know wts up i as so eager to download this application


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