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cuteTube2 0.5.3 Update

Stuart Howarth — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 05:43:48 GMT

cuteTube2 for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.5.3. Below is the changelog for the update:

Fix download/playback of non-working YouTube videos.
Workaround to allow seeking in videos not reported as seekable in the cuteTube2 video player.

You can download the latest SIS package from here.

MusiKloud2 Update And Symbian Release

Stuart Howarth — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 03:02:52 GMT

MusiKloud2 for Maemo5 has now been updated to version 0.2.0, whilst the Internet Radio and Mixcloud plugins have both been updated due to a change in the MusiKloud2 plugin API, which now also supports Qt/C++ and JavaScript plugins.

Additional features in version 0.2.0 include:

Support for playing remote URLs.
Recursive searching for music tracks when playing local folders.
Option to save/restore playback queue.
Sleep timer.

The updated packages can be obtained from the Maemo5 extras-devel repository.

In addition to the Maemo5 update, MusiKloud2 is now available for the Symbian platform. Below are links to the SIS packages:

Some screenshots:

Tracks

Now playing

Playback queue

Playback settings

cuteTube2 0.5.2 Update

Stuart Howarth — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 00:00:34 GMT

cuteTube2 for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.5.2. This update fixes the retrieval of streams for Dailymotion videos. The SIS package is available from here. If you are using the Maemo5 version, the fix can be applied by updating the qdailymotion library to version 0.1.8 using the extras-devel repository.

cuteTube2 0.5.0 Update

Stuart Howarth — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:36:36 BST

cuteTube2 has now been updated to version 0.5.0 for both Symbian and Maemo5. This update provides logging features and support for handling embedded Dailymotion/Vimeo/YouTube videos in services accessed using the plugins.

Changelog

Add logging with user-definable verbosity (0 = No logging to 5 = Highest).
Add support for handling embedded Dailymotion/Vimeo/YouTube videos in plugins.
Remove deprecated 'watch later' and 'watch history' features from YouTube (see here).
Fix YouTube category delegate (Symbian version).

Logging

Symbian

In the Symbian version, logging is controlled via the user interface, by going to Settings -> Logging. You can set the verbosity from the list. You can also view and clear the log. The log file is located in the application config folder at .config/cuteTube2.

Maemo5

In the Maemo5 version, logging can be enabled by passing the -v option when lauching from the terminal. This option takes an integer value between 1 and 5. Output will be sent to STDOUT, unless redirected to a file.

Packages

Symbian

cuteTube2 0.5.0

Maemo5

The latest packages for the application and plugins are available in the extras-devel repository. You can view them here.

cuteTube2 0.4.0 Symbian Update

Stuart Howarth — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:51:34 BST

cuteTube2 for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.4.0. This update implements some changes to the plugin API and Dailymotion API, and provides some bug-fixes. In addition to the application update, all plugins have been updated due to the plugin API changes, and there is also a new plugin for Videoclip.bg. It is important that any installed plugins are updated along with the application.

Below are links to the SIS packages:

Some screenshots of the Videoclip.bg plugin:

Navigation

cuteTube2 0.3.2 Symbian Update And TV Plugin

Stuart Howarth — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 02:15:01 BST

cuteTube2 for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.3.2. This update provides some small UI tweaks for plugins. In addition to the application update, there is a new TV plugin providing access to live TV streams.

Below are links to the SIS packages:

Some screenshots of the TV plugin:

Navigation

Groups

Channels

cuteTube2 0.3.1 Symbian Update And New Plugins

Stuart Howarth — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:45:12 BST

cuteTube2 for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.3.1. This update fixes download/playback of Vimeo videos, and provides some improvements in handling the removal of accounts. In addition to the application update, there are new plugins for VBOX7 and Veoh, and a minor bug-fix for the Wenoo.net plugin.

Below are links to the SIS packages:

Some screenshots of the plugins:

VBOX7 - Navigation

VBOX7 - Videos

VBOX7 - Video details

Veoh - Navigation

Veoh - Videos

Veoh - Video details

Wenoo.net - Navigation

Wenoo.net - Videos

Wenoo.net - Video details

cuteTube2 0.3.0 Symbian Update

Stuart Howarth — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 23:48:23 BST

cuteTube2 for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.3.0. This update implements an new plugin API. In addition to the application update, there are several plugins now available. The latest SIS packages are available from here.

QDL 2.2.0 Symbian Update

Stuart Howarth — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 23:37:18 BST

QDL for Symbian has now been updated to version 2.2.0. This version allows plugins to make custom settings requests when checking URLs. This feature is required by the updated Filefactory plugin (version 2.0.0) for handling of password-protected links. The plugin update also provides folder support. The latest SIS packages are available from here.

cuteTube2 0.2.9 Symbian Update

Stuart Howarth — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:59:20 BST

cuteTube2 for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.2.9. This update fixes an error in retrieving user channel information that resulted in the incorrect avatar being displayed in user channel lists. You can update to 0.2.9 by getting the SIS package from here.

QDL 2.1.1 Symbian Update

Stuart Howarth — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:54:35 BST

QDL for Symbian has now been updated to version 2.1.1. This is a minor update that fixes a UI bug preventing selection of the default download path. In addition to the application update, several new plugins have been added. For the full list of plugins and download links, see the main page.

QDL 2.1.0 Update And Symbian Release

Stuart Howarth — Tue, 31 May 2016 23:06:20 BST

QDL has now been updated to version 2.1.0, with an initial release for the Symbian platform. This is a major update with an entirely new codebase and improved plugin APIs, including support for plugins written in JavaScript aswell as Qt/C++ (I will hopefully document these soon). New features include global and download-specific custom commands (executed when the download is completed), and support for dynamic settings requests (such as an option to choose a video format or provide login credentials) from plugins when making download requests.

For more information and download links, see the main page.

Here are some screenshots:

Desktop

Add URLs

Check URLs

Download queue

Plugins

Maemo5

Add URLs

Check URLs

Download queue

Plugins

Symbian

Add URLs

Check URLs

Download queue

Plugins

cuteTube2 Symbian Update

Stuart Howarth — Tue, 24 May 2016 04:32:40 BST

cuteTube2 for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.2.8. This update fixes playback and download of some videos that had previously stopped working. However, due to a lack of support for SSL in the Symbian multimedia backend, videos that require SSL will remain unplayable unless downloaded first.

In addition to the playback/download fix, the update includes a small UI change to use the status bar for page titles, resulting in some extra space for content.

You can update to 0.2.8 by getting the SIS package from here.

Here are some screenshots of the new UI:

Navigation

Favourites

Now playing

Settings

cuteRadio Symbian Update

Stuart Howarth — Tue, 24 May 2016 04:31:00 BST

cuteRadio for Symbian has now been updated to version 0.4.2. This is a minor update that includes a small UI change to use the status bar for page titles, resulting in some extra space for content.

You can update to 0.4.2 by choosing 'Update' within the application, or by getting the SIS package from here.

Here are some screenshots of the new UI:

Navigation

Favourites

Now playing

Settings

cuteRadio Updated

Stuart Howarth — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 23:55:23 GMT

All versions of cuteRadio have now been updated to use the new cuteRadio Data API. This should avoid any further downtime issues. The old service hosted at Heroku will be closed soon.

cuteRadio Service Issues

Stuart Howarth — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:08:24 BST

Due to increased demand, there have recently been problems with the hosting of the cuteRadio internet radio service on Heroku. As a result, I am now in the process of providing the service with a new home here at marxoft.co.uk. This process will take a short while, and will result in the loss of all existing data. On the plus side, it will also result in an up-to-date station database and some new features. I will post further news here as soon as possible.

cuteTube2 Released

Stuart Howarth — Sat, 30 May 2015 22:50:19 BST

cuteTube2 - the replacement for cuteTube, is now available for Maemo5, MeeGo-Harmattan and Symbian. In addition to supporting version 3 of the YouTube API, cuteTube2 adds new features including support for additional services via plugins and the option to define your own credentials and access scopes for YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo.

cuteTube2 is licensed under GPLv3. The project is hosted at GitHub.

cuteTube And YouTube API Changes

Stuart Howarth — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:43:21 BST

As you may be aware, Google are closing version 2 of the YouTube API. As a result, some YouTube features in cuteTube will no longer work. I am currently in the process of re-writing cuteTube to use the QYouTube, QDailymotion and QVimeo shared libraries that I wrote recently. I am hoping this work will be finished within the next couple of weeks. The new client application will have some feature changes, including the ability to extend the list of supported services via plugins.

Below are some early screenshots of the Maemo5 version:

Videos - list

Videos - grid

Video info - list

Video info - grid

User channel

QVimeo Library Announcement

Stuart Howarth — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:39:19 GMT

Following from QYouTube and QDailymotion, I've now finished work on the initial release of QVimeo, a Qt/C++ library and QML module for accessing the Vimeo Data API.

QVimeo provides a series of request classes and data models enabling read/write access to Vimeo Data API resources. The library also supports authentication and retrieval of video streams and subtitles. Each of the request classes and data models are available for use in QML via the QVimeo import.

Full documentation of QVimeo is available here, and the source code is hosted at GitHub.

QDailymotion Library Announcement

Stuart Howarth — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:00:38 GMT

Following from QYouTube, I've now finished work on the initial release of QDailymotion, a Qt/C++ library and QML module for accessing the Dailymotion Data API.

QDailymotion provides a series of request classes and data models enabling read/write access to Dailymotion Data API resources. The library also supports authentication and retrieval of video streams and subtitles. Each of the request classes and data models are available for use in QML via the QDailymotion import.

Full documentation of QDailymotion is available here, and the source code is hosted at GitHub.

QYouTube Library Announcement

Stuart Howarth — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:14:56 GMT

I've just recently finished work on the initial release of QYouTube, a Qt/C++ library and QML module for accessing the YouTube Data API.

QYouTube provides a series of request classes and data models enabling read/write access to YouTube Data API resources. The library also supports authentication and retrieval of video streams and subtitles. Each of the request classes and data models are available for use in QML via the QYouTube import.

Full documentation of QYouTube is available here, and the source code is hosted at GitHub.

cuteRadio Ported To Ubuntu Touch

Stuart Howarth — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:16:00 GMT

cuteRadio has now been ported to Ubuntu Touch using Qt5 and QML. The code has so far only been tested against i386 on desktop, and there are no packages available, but you can find the source code at GitHub.

Some screenshots:

Navigation

Stations

Station details

Now playing

New station

Settings

Play URL

About

BBC Streams Fixed in cuteRadio

Stuart Howarth — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:48:00 GMT

As you may be aware, the BBC recently discontinued the WMA and AAC streams for their radio stations (see here for details). As a result, these streams have now been replaced with alternative MP3 streams in the cuteRadio database. Happy listening :)

cuteTube Updated

Stuart Howarth — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:26:00 GMT

cuteTube has been updated to version 1.10.10 on Maemo5, MeeGo-Harmattan and Symbian. The update fixes playback/download of videos with encrypted signatures (VEVO et al).

Changelog:

Fix decryption of video signatures.

To update to the latest version:

Maemo5

Refresh the extras-devel repository and install cuteTube.

Meego-Harmattan/Symbian

Goto Settings -> Update in cuteTube and check for the update.

Alternatively, the latest packages can be downloaded from the links below:

cuteTube 1.10.10 (Maemo5)
cuteTube 1.10.10 (MeeGo-Harmattan)
cuteTube 1.10.10 (Symbian Anna/Belle)