Joost/Apple TV Follow-up
Yesterday, I posted that the TutorialNinjas site had gotten Joost up and running on their Apple TV. So last night I downloaded the latest Joost beta and gave it a spin. At first, the program seemed to go into a never ending "downloading your channel listings" cycle so I eventually just killed the process and opened the application again--and then it worked.
You do need to run it via VNC so you can type in your account name and so you can switch channels when needed, but while its going you can switch off VNC and let it run on the TV and watch it there. Unlike VLC, it does not respond to the Apple remote.
My kids are now sitting in front of the TV this morning and watching old cartoons on Joost. It works great, although you can't fast forward through the advertisements and my 802.11g network is a little underpowered for Joosting.
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Yesterday, I posted that the TutorialNinjas site had gotten Joost up and running on their Apple TV. So last night I downloaded the latest...
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I've got Firefox, VLC etc working on my Apple TV but there is an issue with Joost.
When Joost is started it go's into a never ending "Download Channels" phase. (I don't think it is doing anything but that is what is visible on the screen)
If Joost is started with the following command:
/Applications/Joost.app/Contents/Resources/Joost.app/Contents/MacOS/xulrunner
It reveals the following error :
2007-06-19 16:20:26.269 Joost[374] *** NSThread: ignoring exception 'launch path not accessible' that raised during delayed perform of target 0x35e0e0 and selector '_didCloseFile:'
Does anyone has an idea about this ?
Thanks.
By the way; I'm using Synergy instead of VNC to have mouse and keyboard control on the aTV. (synergy2.sourceforge.net)
i need an invitation to joost
runeheg@gmail.com
I've been trying hard to get Joost up and running on my AppleTV - no luck so far - it just hangs up on the channel download screen - even though the progress bar completes - grr... CenterStage works .. The Ninja site isn't that descriptive about the process! (I've got very familiar with the terminal app though...)
May 27 2007 at 4:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI have a project that I would like to incorporate Joost into.
Could anyone be kind enough to help and send an invite to
j_mowry@hotmail.com
I would love a joost invite as well. Email centro@mac.com
April 10 2007 at 4:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHi there,
Anybody with an invitation for joost account??? I would be very exited if so. Thanks in advance and greeting from Switzerland.
**revised**
please send me a Joost invitation to alferreira73@hotmail.com
I need a joost invitation, please: alferreira@hotmail.com
Thanks
Funny hacking but Joost sucks. It's a video GUI slapped on top of Kazaa. It offers no true streaming, no random access to titles, no live tv streams: just P2P downloads - low res so the titles can at least start in time. P2P is a network hog. No quality of service whatsoever. And the most disappointing part: it isn't open! You can't just launch your own Joost channel. Why not!!??
Apple TV does offer open channels: put your titles on a webserver, build a RSS feed. Voila: your TV channel for Apple TV is ready. Saw it demonstrated at www.streamzilla.eu, they have a sample RSS.
I'd like to see 2 additions to Apple TV, instead of apps like Joost:
- RTSP streaming: so you can stream VOD and live channels directly to Apple TV! Come on Apple, you've got this great QuickTime Streaming Server... Apple TV has QuickTime in it, which can play RTSP streams. Use it!
- RSS directories: so you can subscribe directly to RSS feeds from Apple TV and put these in categories. This way, any can build their personal TV channel guide.
I can confirm that the latest 0.9 RC3 release works fine with the Apple Remote. You can browse the channels, play/pause and control the volume with it.
I managed to integrate Joost into my Mythtv Menu on a Mac. More here: http://www.meckimac.com/drupal/node/39
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