home screen with video feeds

newbra · 2012-02-02 23:59

I am attempting to customize the homescreen with online video feeds, similar to how boxee had feeds and featured items on their homescreen.

For example I have a feed with youtube videos via yahoo-pipes. I managed to list them with thumbnails on the homescreen and make the items selectable, but I have not found a way to play them (because the feed items have links like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=___

I first attempted to extract and replace the feeds' links with direct youtube FLV links using yahoo-pipes, but this does not seem possible.

Now I'm wondering if it is possbile to parse the selected feed items from the homescreen to XBMC's youtube plugin and let the plugin to the work of extracting and playing the FLV. I looked a the onclick activate-window method, but I am unable to get that to work.

What I am looking for is a way to "onclick" parse the selected feed item to say addons/plugin.video.youtube/youtubeplayer.py ?

Is there any solution to this?

fmronan · 2012-02-03 00:33

http://passion-xbmc.org/addons/?Page=Vie...standalone or http://passion-xbmc.org/addons/?Page=Vie...nes_client

what pipes do you use?

newbra · 2012-02-03 00:54

Thanks, will have a look at the scripts.

I'm currently testing with this feed:

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_...cc79b4f55f

...and trying to to make a "wife-friendly" environment where news clips etc are just listed on the homescreen rather then having to navigate plugins.

newbra · 2012-02-03 01:18

Looked at the RSS script. It also lists my feed with thumbnails as I have on my homescreen, but i'm left with the same problem that the links/videos won't play.

From what I can tell I'm left with the same problem of either needing to extract the FLV link or somehow parse it to xmbc's youtube plugin.

fmronan · 2012-02-03 10:47

You can just play youtube video

newbra · 2012-02-03 23:17

fmronan Wrote:You can just play youtube video

How?

What I want is to access (or link to) the Addon/Youtube player functionality from other screens within the skin (like from the homescreen).

fmronan · 2012-02-03 23:56

don't use pipes yahoo but add in your userdata/rssfededs.xml

Code:

<set id="2">

    <feed updateinterval="">http://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/******.rss</feed>

  </set>

change ****** with other words, movie+trailer
sorry for my poor english

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and you play the youtube video

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newbra · 2012-02-04 07:34

Works indeed. Thanks. I will take a look at the code to see if I can learn something Smile

Psyphin-X · 2012-05-23 01:29

Is there anyway to get those movie trailer feeds to automatically play instead of clicking on then to play? I just want trailers to always play on my home screen.

fmronan Fan Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 2010 Reputation: 4	2012-02-03 00:33 Post: #2 http://passion-xbmc.org/addons/?Page=Vie...standalone or http://passion-xbmc.org/addons/?Page=Vie...nes_client what pipes do you use? Glass Team passion
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newbra Junior Member Posts: 48 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 1	2012-02-03 00:54 Post: #3 Thanks, will have a look at the scripts. I'm currently testing with this feed: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_...cc79b4f55f ...and trying to to make a "wife-friendly" environment where news clips etc are just listed on the homescreen rather then having to navigate plugins.
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newbra Junior Member Posts: 48 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 1	2012-02-03 01:18 Post: #4 Looked at the RSS script. It also lists my feed with thumbnails as I have on my homescreen, but i'm left with the same problem that the links/videos won't play. From what I can tell I'm left with the same problem of either needing to extract the FLV link or somehow parse it to xmbc's youtube plugin.
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fmronan Fan Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 2010 Reputation: 4	2012-02-03 10:47 Post: #5 You can just play youtube video Glass Team passion
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newbra Junior Member Posts: 48 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 1	2012-02-03 23:17 Post: #6 fmronan Wrote:You can just play youtube video How? What I want is to access (or link to) the Addon/Youtube player functionality from other screens within the skin (like from the homescreen).
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fmronan Fan Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 2010 Reputation: 4	2012-02-03 23:56 Post: #7 don't use pipes yahoo but add in your userdata/rssfededs.xml Code: `<set id="2"> <feed updateinterval="">http://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/****.rss</feed> </set>` change **** with other words, movie+trailer sorry for my poor english and you play the youtube video Glass Team passion (This post was last modified: 2012-02-03 23:59 by fmronan.)
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newbra Junior Member Posts: 48 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 1	2012-02-04 07:34 Post: #8 Works indeed. Thanks. I will take a look at the code to see if I can learn something
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Psyphin-X Junior Member Posts: 46 Joined: Nov 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-05-23 01:29 Post: #9 Is there anyway to get those movie trailer feeds to automatically play instead of clicking on then to play? I just want trailers to always play on my home screen.
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