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SearchTube(community developer)
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Search YouTube-Videos using Chumby's virtual Keyboard on Touchscreen. To make the videos much faster, download the file http://chumbytube.appspot.com/debugchumby, save it on a Flashdrive and boot up your chumby with the Flashdrive inserted. Or look here in the forum !
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Comments:
chunkys
March 12, 2010
This is a great app. Don't know why I didn't find it earlier.
tvkirby
March 10, 2010
Our favorite widget! My kids keep taking my Chumby One off my desk to watch youtube videos.
okuda
March 6, 2010
Ratzfatz-san, Thank you for the information! Now I can play continously. Me and my family are enjoying a lot on this widget. If possible, hope you could add the function to sort the video as "latest", so each time I access, I could see the new ones. But anyhow, its very happy to have this widget on chumby. Thank you for the work!!
bluesmeone
March 1, 2010
Good work +++++ Thanks Now we need somebody to change the ugly interface. It's like windows in the early days.
beowolf28
February 25, 2010
wow just put on the new update completely awesome thanks again man this widget is top rate!!!
Ratzfatz
February 24, 2010
I just read that the Google App Engine still has problems (http://code.google.com/status/appengine) and is in read-only mode. That means, SearchTube will temporarily not be able to store additional favorites. Sorry for that.
Leeep
February 24, 2010
Ratzfatz, that did it, thanks!
Ratzfatz
February 24, 2010
Leeep, sorry to hear that it doesn't work for you. You should save the file WITHOUT an extension: the filename must be "debugchumby", NOT "debugchumby.txt", NOT "debugchumby.mht" or anything like that. You may simply do a RIGHT-click on the link above and then chose "save link as.." to save the file without extension.If you have already saved the file WITH an extension, you may RENAME the file and delete the .txt. If the ".txt" is not shown, change the folder options in the windows (file-)explorer, so that file-extensions are shown for known-filetypes. Or you may use "firefox" instead of Internet Explorer, which saves the file correctly, no matter how you click on it.
Leeep
February 24, 2010
this debugchumby file doesn't seem to be working for me. What should I save the file as? It opens in IE, when I do "save as", the file extension is .mht. I also tried using notepad to save it as a .txt file.
Ratzfatz
February 24, 2010
O.k., seems like it's working again.
Ratzfatz
February 24, 2010
Your Favorites (and the volume setting) are hosted at a Google Appengine Service, which is currently "temporarily down" (see http://code.google.com/status/appengine). That means you currently cannot access your favorites. I hope it doesn't take too long... Sorry for that.
paganaye
February 24, 2010
This is by far my young daughter favorite widget. As she's only 2, she struggle a bit, and end up clicking the back button rather than the 3rd video in the list. Apart from that especially since the introduction of favorites it is just perfect.
Ratzfatz
February 23, 2010
Sorry, I meant here: http://forum.chumby.com/viewtopic.php?id=4795 (near the bottom of the page)
Ratzfatz
February 23, 2010
For the out-of-synch-problem, look here: http://forum.chumby.com/viewforum.php?id=13 (posts 23-..?)
brian6330
February 22, 2010
I love and am astonished with how you made the widget. I really like the things you added. Sadly, we started having a problem with the lip sync. It is about 2-3 seconds behind. (We see the picture before we hear the sound.)
Ratzfatz
February 22, 2010
To START CONTINUOUS-mode: Play the first video; tap the screen; Press the "Continuous" button. To STOP CONTINUOUS-mode, stop the current video (press the stop-button). To SKIP A VIDEO in continuous-mode: press the "Skip Video" button.
Ratzfatz
February 20, 2010
O.k., continuous playing is on the todo-list, right after the favorites. Hope that'll make you happier!
okuda
February 20, 2010
Very nice widget. I'd be more happy if it could play the next video continuously based on what I've searched. Also, happy if it could correspond to "Youtube disco"! so I could play the videos continuously without touching it.
Ratzfatz
February 19, 2010
You asked: "how do I know if it is really updated?"... I assume, you're referring to the "debugchumby"-download to make the videos faster ?? Well, If the update was successful, you a) DON't see the reminder anymore, that advises you to make the download, b) you WILL see that the videos play faster (smoother, i.e more frames per second) and c) you WON't see the "YouTube"-logo in the lower right corner anymore (when a video plays)
Vendeta
February 19, 2010
Would it be possible make it so if I perform a search, the search box always remember my last search? Even if a look at other widget, but when I come back, my previous search is still there? Also, I did the update, but, how do I know if it is really updated? Is there a way to check? or maybe it could be displayed on the widget??? Anyways, it is an awesome widget!
Foxy
February 19, 2010
Best widget I have seen yet!
anatmavada
February 11, 2010
Thanks, you are the men. :-) This is one of the best widget in the last 12 months. Maybe you can also create a nice a easy widget to handle my streams more user friendly.
justtesting
February 10, 2010
Bin begeistert, vielen Dank!
likearaptor
February 8, 2010
Awesome widget, especially the new features that were added last night!
Ratzfatz
February 6, 2010
Is the Volume-slider o.k. for you classics ? Feedback appreciated.
Ratzfatz
February 5, 2010
@karlkloss: never heard of that ;)
karlkloss
February 5, 2010
I wonder if we'll ever see a widget for Youporn ;-))))
Ratzfatz
February 4, 2010
@anatmavada: volume knob for classic and fast-forward fast-backward controls will be coming, but the buffering is out of my reach: the video is played by the Youtube chromeless player, which doesn't offer any buffering options as far as I know. Have fun!
anatmavada
February 3, 2010
Great Widget Ratzfats, but I'm really need 60 to 120 second buffer and a volume knob for my classic Chumby. Can you please implement this. You are the men!
mrpchastant
February 3, 2010
I just wanted to say that I LOVE this widget! To anyone that has lag, just let it sit and buffer for a minute or two, that's what I do and it becomes smooth.
karlkloss
February 1, 2010
I'm somewhat pissed. I've just organized a copy of Adobe Flash and some beginner's books, and was ready to start learning Flash, because I wanted to have such an app, and now you come up with this complete widget ;-))) Nice work.
Obnates
February 1, 2010
Ratzfatz -- I thought it might have something to do with my internet, but my Chumby gets 4 bars of wireless and the videos (once they actually start playing) usually run pretty smoothly, so I'm not sure what's going on. Overall, though, I'm not angry at all -- I've been waiting for a widget like this, so I'm pretty flexible if it's a little bumpy.
Ratzfatz
February 1, 2010
Slow Framerate: I'm planning to add (optional) support for an installed mplayer in upcoming versions. I.e. SearchTube will make use of mplayer if it was properly installed (and some security restrictions were disabled [which I strongly discourage you to do]). I read about mplayer in the chumby-forum some times, and according to these posts, this should boost the framerate.
Ratzfatz
February 1, 2010
@Obnates: I added this error message as reaction to your first comment. It seems like your Internet-connection is a bit unstable, at the moment I have no workaround for that problem, but I will work on that .... Hope it doesn't make you too angry.
Ratzfatz
February 1, 2010
@guizzy: I also thought that maybe the horrible slow framerate of the videos prevented people from doing this. And I still wonder why noone complains about that ? Well, if that doesn't disturb you too much, just have fun.
guizzy
January 31, 2010
I was beginning to think the only reason no one made a widget like this before was because of a technical limitation of the Chumby, but you made it happen. Great job!
Obnates
January 31, 2010
Ratzfatz -- I got the white screen again. This time it finally ends with an error that says the embedded video played won't work. This happened in both a video and the search results.
beowolf28
January 31, 2010
wow good job man thanks
Obnates
January 31, 2010
That seemed to fix the search result lists. Haven't seen the white screen yet again either. I appreciate the quick turnaround. Great work.
Vendeta
January 31, 2010
My favorite!
Android
January 31, 2010
This is just awesome!
brian6330
January 31, 2010
It's a nice widget, but we are missing a volume control for the Chumby classic (in the widget) and a bigger buffer (30 seconds or more), because we have a unreliable internet connection.
Malaoshi
January 31, 2010
Great - like it a lot. I guess that's what everybody was waiting for. How about a playlist function? So maybe all the search results play one after another?
Ratzfatz
January 31, 2010
Thanks for your comments! The weird search-order will be corrected in the next update (tomorrow?; actually done already, but not yet uploaded). I will also try to fix the white-screen and make the widget "cooperative", so that you don't have to make it "stay" in the control panel.
Obnates
January 30, 2010
Also, how are the search results generated? My wife was playing with this earlier, and searched for "Psych", the show on USA Networks. A search on YouTube itself pulls up a bunch of clips of the show/ads for the show, but the search results on this widget are very, very different (and quite shocking).
Obnates
January 30, 2010
Great widget; it's about time someone came out with something like this. That said, I noticed a problem several times. Sometimes, after watching a video and returning to the search results, the next video I select just takes me to a white screen. I thought it might just be loading it, but I left it sit there for awhile and nothing happened. This has occurred several times so far.
9072997
January 30, 2010
best widget i have come across yet
BeeCaper
January 30, 2010
I concur. Hip hip hooray! Thanks my fellow Chumbian. ≈BeeCaper
Lucca
January 30, 2010
I think I love you, good sir. Finally, a youtube player that works!