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I posted this app this morning
I have some new icons and screenshots coming for it and I'm putting together a service pack (why not) that has some tips for troubleshooting. I'm glad most people are successful so far. One person had problems (on my reviews) but I have no way to contact them 
and they didn't email me.
I just wanted to say: thank you for your support guys. It means a lot, because this money is going to go back into developing both this app and more free apps. I promise you, if you have *any* problems I will do anything I can to help out. And yes, if you purchase and it absolutely won't work I will refund.
Testing:
It has been working very well for me - and I tested the heck out of it on OS 1.6, 1.7 and 2.0. It should be backwards compatible all the way to 1.0. I even tested it over the internet from my home to work a few times to make sure everything is cop-esthetic. I did various tricks to slow down my router and stuff at home, and it seems to recover itself nicely.
History
Anyway, all my other apps are free - they helped to create this one. If someone is short on funds, I certainly recommend using the browser instead. The one major difference with this, is I was able to squeeze out a bit better of a framerate than the stock browser and put some more effort into the stability of it with a mass-load of error trapping.
So my reference numbers are suggesting you really should have a better experience with this app even while running it.
But again, please do let me know if yo have any hiccups. I love TVersity and I appreciate everyone's support with this purchase.. Also, I do take feature requests. And if I can't add a feature, I will say why.
~Ed10-27-11 07:23 PM - Theres no such thing as a web enabled DLNA client lol. Just like ORB, SubSonic, RemotePotato etc. all it's doing is transcoding videos to a format that Flash can support (or in RemotePotatos case Silverlight). By that logic it means Youtube is a DLNA server
Point proven by a previous poster saying we now have DLNA support. I have nothing against your app, I think you should just be clear that it's nothing to do with DLNA, it's a web launcher essentially (hey I did the same thing for ORB so nothing against it )
And yes true DLNA isn't going to be possible as AIR on the PB doesn't support UDP connections, I thought you might have been using AIR native extensions and the NDK to do the heavy lifting.
Nothing against your app at all, but have a look at SonicAir for the PlayBook, he did a great job of implementing it. You could probably do something similar with the TVersity API and create a full featured app that way. And if you really want to get adventurous make a Plex app I'd pay good money for that. Also have a look at 'VLC-Shares' I hacked together an app for myself using JWplayer and some custom ffmpeg settings for it, but it would be another great streaming solution people might be interested in.
If you need any help with any of it let me know, I've spent countless hours working on streaming on the PlayBook.10-27-11 07:59 PM - No worries - I don't take any offense at all. Your right, a lot of the info I copied from the feature list of the server.Theres no such thing as a web enabled DLNA client lol. Just like ORB, SubSonic, RemotePotato etc. all it's doing is transcoding videos to a format that Flash can support (or in RemotePotatos case Silverlight). By that logic it means Youtube is a DLNA server
Point proven by a previous poster saying we now have DLNA support. I have nothing against your app, I think you should just be clear that it's nothing to do with DLNA, it's a web launcher essentially (hey I did the same thing for ORB so nothing against it )
And yes true DLNA isn't going to be possible as AIR on the PB doesn't support UDP connections, I thought you might have been using AIR native extensions and the NDK to do the heavy lifting.
Nothing against your app at all, but have a look at SonicAir for the PlayBook, he did a great job of implementing it. You could probably do something similar with the TVersity API and create a full featured app that way. And if you really want to get adventurous make a Plex app I'd pay good money for that. Also have a look at 'VLC-Shares' I hacked together an app for myself using JWplayer and some custom ffmpeg settings for it, but it would be another great streaming solution people might be interested in.
If you need any help with any of it let me know, I've spent countless hours working on streaming on the PlayBook.
When I submit my next Service Pack I'll clean-up the text to make clarifications. But yeah, if I was to put together a full native DLNA application I would need to build it from square one in the NDK - which isn't OS2 compatible. I would need to charge a lot more than 1.99 for it to offset the development costs, because that would be a month long project.
I'll be honest - it didn't occur to me that it would be taken out of the context of it being used for TVersity or other web streaming. It is still possible to create a DLNA-like device through this by building a DLNA connector that feeds to TVersity, which in turn would feed to the device. Edit: I could hobble something together to make a nice alternative to true DLNA? But I think it would be a bit confusing.
Anyway, feedback taken - good points. And I will take your advice on it I honestly don't want someone to buy this for the wrong reasons.10-27-11 08:16 PM - Actually, that is a fantastic idea. Have a PC software that will connect to any DLNA server and do the conversions, then stream to the PB. Actually, hmmm, VLC supports uPnP, that might actually work.... Ive used VLC streaming with JWPlayer on PB and it works. Lots of different options, but I think you should definitely look at this a little further10-27-11 08:23 PM
- Well, I'm going to put in a request right now to change the terminology. I worry your right and people are latching onto this thinking its truely DLNA ready. When I get something decent running for a DLNA 'connector' (Java maybe? Something multi-platform?) it will at least give people an option.Actually, that is a fantastic idea. Have a PC software that will connect to any DLNA server and do the conversions, then stream to the PB. Actually, hmmm, VLC supports uPnP, that might actually work.... Ive used VLC streaming with JWPlayer on PB and it works. Lots of different options, but I think you should definitely look at this a little further
Anyway, I submit the change request now. I submitted some new information earlier too to clarify some things so its better to do it soon.
Edit: Request submitted. I changed the DLNA web-server, looking at DLNA better your right the terminology is wrong. I also clarified under features that the Server supports DLNA for devices other than the PlayBook making it a convenient one-stop solution for some people. I also clarified the web-browser alternative in the description. Both my earlier changes and current changes are pending.
~Ed.Last edited by KermEd; 10-27-11 at 08:34 PM.
10-27-11 08:28 PM - I bought the app, it connects fine. That's great! However, playback of mp4 files I tested was kind of jerky. Maybe this was due to load of other background programs running on the serving PC? Is there a way to increase the frame rate to smmoth out the video performance? And, how does one enable simultaneous playing of .srt files? I am hearing impaired and need them. Thanks for your efforts on this!02-13-12 04:13 PM
- John,
For PlayOn, you don't need a TVersity server, you JUST need the PlayOn PC software, plus you must leave that PC on. TVersity works well for PlayOn, BUT you can also use PlayOn's mobile webite to view your PlayOn content at http://m.playon.com. And another good option is the TabletTV app by Scrid2000. A benefit of TabletTV is you get access to many OTHER webstreams.03-19-12 09:56 AM
