New and improved UbuStream web tv/radio "tuner" - now released as a plugin

[ubu]

UbuStream lets you play web TV and radio streams from within GBPVR. The streams can be played either by selecting them from a list accessible from the GBPVR main menu (list mode) or by selecting them in the same way as a regular GBPVR channel (channel mode).

Web TV/radio streams are defined to UbuStream as “stations”, each configured with an URL and the media player required to play it. At run-time the URL is invoked using the associated media player application.

This is a much enhanced version of the UbuStreamCmd utility released in February. It installs as a "real" plugin, has easier to use config panels, offers two different modes for playing streaming video/audio from GBPVR, has an EPG generator for creating TV Guide program slots for Internet Channels and provides the ability to view a station's program schedule web page (in the default browser) from the menu.

If you already have UbuStreamCmd installed, UbuStream is backwardly compatible (it will automatically convert your existing UbuStreamCmd xml file to the new format). You should find UbuStream simpler and easier to use. Thanks to all of you who made helpful suggestions for improvements and enhancements. UbuStream is still evolving so comments/ideas (and bug reports) are all welcome.

You can read more and download the UbuStream Plugin on the wiki.

[dinki]

Looks really nice. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks!

[cosmocat]

Very cool plugin, thanks guys.

Has anybody tried this with 96.08, and will it work through the MVP extender ?.

Regards

[wshiggins]

Looks like fun and I'm anxious to try it, however the zip file appears to be missing the skin.xml file that's required. I might have missed something along the way, so a little guidance would be appreciated.

[nitrogen_widget]

This looks very cool.
Can't wait to try it out this weekend.

[ydekmekji]

echo wshiggins--need skin

[ubu]

Whoops! Sorry about the skin file. It's fixed now. A last minute, late night build was the culprit.

[stefalex]

I unzipped everything in the right place, but the plugin does not show in the plugin panel ... any idea ?

[ubu]

If you are sure that UbuStreamPlugin.dll is in the gbpvr\Plugins directory, it should show up on the GBPVR config Plugins tab as "Web TV/Radio". Have you had success in installing other plugins? Does anything unusual show up in the Config.exe.log file?

[nemulate]

Not sure you mentioned this but it needs gbpvruielements to run? At least it did for me!