Filed under: Video, Hacks, Apple TV
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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Ryan said 6:44PM on 3-29-2007
if anyones got a joost account and wants to invite me, e-mail me at ryan@echostats.com - thanks!
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Mr Stimulation said 6:51PM on 3-29-2007
me 3 ?
misterstimulation [ at ] yahoo :)
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zachary borovay said 6:56PM on 3-29-2007
me 4!
borovay (at) gmail.com
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Mr.Clicky said 7:00PM on 3-29-2007
"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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John Hardin said 7:09PM on 3-29-2007
I'd love an invite if anyone can toss me one.
TheStick at Mac.com
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Phillip Howell said 7:30PM on 3-29-2007
This sounds like a perfect use for synergy2 (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) instead of VNC.
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sandofsky said 7:31PM on 3-29-2007
I'll jump on the begging bandwagon.
sandofsky at gmail.com
Thanks.
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Dan said 7:56PM on 3-29-2007
memnoch1 [at] gmail {dot} com
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Jon said 7:56PM on 3-29-2007
I would also love an invite jon_cairo@hotmail.com
Wish i knew more of you techies.
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Josh said 9:34AM on 3-30-2007
Hey - i would love an invite as well if anyone has any left over!
sexmeimjosh [at] gmail [dot] com
:} thanks!
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Rod said 8:21PM on 3-29-2007
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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bmaltais said 8:53PM on 3-29-2007
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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Tommy said 9:10PM on 3-29-2007
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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Billabong said 10:24PM on 3-29-2007
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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Mel Johnson said 11:44PM on 3-29-2007
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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Kristjan said 11:52PM on 3-29-2007
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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meckimac said 3:02AM on 3-30-2007
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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Hank263 said 9:55AM on 3-30-2007
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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Alex Ferreira said 1:49PM on 3-30-2007
I need a joost invitation, please: alferreira@hotmail.com
Thanks
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Alex Ferreira said 1:51PM on 3-30-2007
**revised**
please send me a Joost invitation to alferreira73@hotmail.com
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