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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3-29-2007 @ 6:44PM
Ryan said...
if anyones got a joost account and wants to invite me, e-mail me at ryan@echostats.com - thanks!
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3-29-2007 @ 6:51PM
Mr Stimulation said...
me 3 ?
misterstimulation [ at ] yahoo :)
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3-29-2007 @ 6:56PM
zachary borovay said...
me 4!
borovay (at) gmail.com
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3-29-2007 @ 7:00PM
Mr.Clicky said...
"My kids are now sitting in front of the TV this morning and watching old cartoons on Joost"
Ain't technology grand.
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3-29-2007 @ 7:09PM
John Hardin said...
I'd love an invite if anyone can toss me one.
TheStick at Mac.com
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3-29-2007 @ 7:30PM
Phillip Howell said...
This sounds like a perfect use for synergy2 (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) instead of VNC.
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3-29-2007 @ 7:31PM
sandofsky said...
I'll jump on the begging bandwagon.
sandofsky at gmail.com
Thanks.
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3-29-2007 @ 7:56PM
Dan said...
memnoch1 [at] gmail {dot} com
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3-29-2007 @ 7:56PM
Jon said...
I would also love an invite jon_cairo@hotmail.com
Wish i knew more of you techies.
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3-29-2007 @ 8:21PM
Rod said...
Sorry to burst your bubble folks, but there are no more invites for the time being. Joost have closed off beta applications and there are no invites to give out :-(
BTW, Joost on a normal Mac does not work with the remote either.
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3-29-2007 @ 8:53PM
bmaltais said...
What version of Joost did you tried? 0.8.1? The next release 0.9 has support for the frontrow remote and should work like VLC.
Did you test it on an actual Apple TV or an iMac? If you tested it on Apple TV... where there fonts issues?
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3-29-2007 @ 9:10PM
Tommy said...
i think joost is going to open up a new invite system very soon folks with an old gmail like invite system so stay tuned.
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3-29-2007 @ 10:24PM
Billabong said...
Can someone send me an invite, I signed up like a month ago to join the list and still haven't got one...
email: ryan_surveys@shaw.ca
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3-29-2007 @ 11:44PM
Mel Johnson said...
Great Info!!!
I've almost completed my mac-mini/ network system that I'm tying into the home theatre,
I was hoping that if more invites become available for the next beta, you would consider sending one my way...???
Thanks in advance!!!
mel (macjohnsons@mac.com)
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3-29-2007 @ 11:52PM
Kristjan said...
okay, this is a little awkward, but could someone please invite me to the Joost beta?
kristjan@kahvel.ee
okay, cheers :)
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3-30-2007 @ 3:02AM
meckimac said...
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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3-30-2007 @ 9:34AM
Josh said...
Hey - i would love an invite as well if anyone has any left over!
sexmeimjosh [at] gmail [dot] com
:} thanks!
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3-30-2007 @ 9:55AM
Hank263 said...
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.
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3-30-2007 @ 1:49PM
Alex Ferreira said...
I need a joost invitation, please: alferreira@hotmail.com
Thanks
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3-30-2007 @ 1:51PM
Alex Ferreira said...
**revised**
please send me a Joost invitation to alferreira73@hotmail.com
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