2013-02-17, 20:35
(2013-02-14, 17:49)nitramneb Wrote:(2013-02-14, 17:10)zackpliskin Wrote: Been having problems with the odd YouTube link within XBMC as controlled directly (by keyboard or IR remote) and getting that annoying "Playback failed - couldn't locate video URL" error when forwarding YouTube links via an Android phone.
I'll try the PY file swap in a minute but in the meantime: the odd thing is, not that long along ago the official XBMC Android remote icon would come up when selecting a YouTube link from Plume as an option - I could open it via phone's browser, phone's YouTube app or the third option on the list, "Send to XBMC" with the official XBMC remote app icon next to it. Now that option is gone and I had to install Yatse to get it back. Is there some or other setting within the official XBMC remote app that needs to be changed to allow forwarding links to XBMC? The XBMC version is v12 Frodo stable on a Windows 7 based Revo R3610 HTPC, the phone is running CM7.2 (aka rooted Gingerbread).
How hard can it be I wonder...
Yeah I had the same issue with the official remote, I have been using it for ages (over a year) and recently have been having a number of issues with it (including not being able to push video from my phones browser. I noticed a lot of comments in the same vein. I have been trying out Yatse which I love, it's free and has a lot of functionality, you can even re skin it if you want to pay £1.99. It has all the functions of the official XBMC remote but looks a bit nicer and works a bit better. Might be the first app I actually purchase, mainly cause I want them to keep updating .
It will play video on XBMC from a YouTube link on your phone and even has a keyboard which is something needed in the official remote.
Too late
The only thing I don't like about Yatse is that the on-screen remote control (non-keyboard) seems to keep popping up by default. If I could stop that behaviour I'd be happy with it because it's faster and I'm not getting a "NullPointerException" every few seconds.
While I'm here is anyone else having constant buffering issues with YouTube via XBMC? Any video of 480p and upwards takes ages to buffer and doesn't refill the buffer quickly enough so it'll pause every 10-30 seconds on HD videos. I know it's not my broadband because I can stream 1080p stuff across it (30Mbps cable via Virgin Media UK) of similar size/quality elsewhere without issues.