Tuesday, June 26, 2007

UKTUBE 0.3 out

0.3 version of uktube out. I think this is what Ari Jaaksi meant by Release early, release often. Ok, perhaps not this early and not this often, but I thought you guys might enjoy the latest additions even though it means you have to download new versions this often.

So, 0.3 brings possibility to open file in 16:9 mode, which crops the video to use the entire N800 screen width. This is especially suitable for those videos with black borders. So, if you want to view the video in 4:3 mode, click on the 4:3 button and if you want it to be seen in 16:9 mode, click the 16:9 button. Simple!

Also, you can opt to not to save the file. It will make a temporary file though and next time you save something, it will be overwritten. Also, as a nice new feature, the application stall less. Maybe that's more of a bugfix and less of a feature.

I had a test and it seems that playing partially buffered video is completely doable, so that might be interesting to do next.

Link

Download from here:
garage.maemo.org/frs/download.php/1667/UKMP-1.3-uktube0.3.deb
and remember that you need to have python and mplayer installed. If you don't have them, install them first from here:
Python
mplayer

8 comments:

  1. Great and useful app.. maybe support for Google Video? :)

    ps. where I find this white theme for N800?

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  2. Theme can be installed here. It's called Nuvo Pearl.
    https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=36&release_id=682

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  3. Anonymous14:11

    Thank you very much for this great app!

    It is very nice to be able to see youtube.com videos on my Nokia 770.

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  4. Anonymous00:32

    how 'bout a button for "don't play now; just download to memory card" ?

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  5. Good idea. I'll add that to the next release.

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  6. I love this player, but how do you format the album art to be viewed?

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  7. You just need to have net connection open when you open ukmp. It will then download the covers from the net.

    If this didn't answer your question, please be more specific.

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  8. Very good, got it working!!! Thanks!!!

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