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#1  Edited By soup_menu

@ruthloose: Wow, thanks for posting. Could you describe the issue you're running into in a little more detail? Like, is the AirPlay option not appearing in GBVB, or are you getting an error message, or anything like that?

One thing you might try is uninstalling and reinstalling the app. It's far from a guarantee, but I've seen issues clear up after a clean install before.

If anyone else is having issues with AirPlay after installing iOS 7, please let me know.

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#2  Edited By soup_menu

Version 1.0.5 Available

Added a button to manually mark videos as watched.

Version 1.0.6 Available

Bug fixes

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#3  Edited By soup_menu

Version 2.0.4 Available

Added a button to manually mark videos as watched.

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#5  Edited By soup_menu

@ftomato: @jjweatherman: Could you guys let me know what device you're using and the version of Android you're running? I have a rough idea of why you might be seeing that behavior, but if there's a common device or OS version that may help me pin it down.

A Watch Later list is an interesting idea. It would be a decent bit of work, so it's probably not something I'll undertake in the near future, but I can definitely put it on my list of features to investigate down the line. Thanks for the suggestion!

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@drwaffles: Chromecast is something I'm interested in looking into, but probably not something I'll have a chance to check out in the short term. For now I think the best workaround I can offer is to use GBVB to browse for videos, select YouTube from the drop-down, and then use that app's ability to send via Chromecast. I know it's not a complete solution, but hopefully it'll work reasonably well.

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Version 1.0.4 Available

  • Added an experimental setting to save downloads to the SD Card on devices with both an internal storage volume and a removable SD Card.
  • Long-pressing on the play button will now play the video in a third-party app.
  • Improved the wording on a potentially misleading error message.

@louiedog: Adding a Share button wasn't looking to be entirely straightforward. Normally you'd expect it to point off to a resource anyone could view, but in order for it to work with Yatse it would need to point to the file directly and sometimes that file would be on the local device. Happily, Yatse registers itself as a video player, so turning off the "Play in GBVB" setting would let you use its UPnP/AirPlay/XBMC functionality. Flipping that setting on and off for individual videos seemed like it would be a pain, so I added the long-press-the-play-button feature as a compromise. Give it a shot and let me know if it gets the job done.

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#8  Edited By soup_menu

@superkcross: Yikes. That's a bit more dire than I was initially imagining. I still don't know that it's something I'll have a chance to look at soon, but at least now I have a better appreciation for the issue. Thank you for the additional information.

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@zero_: First off, thanks for testing that out. With three of you reporting a success I think I'll probably push an update to the Play Store this weekend.

Regarding the Application Manager not counting the videos on your SD Card, that's actually expected. It has to do with the three difference places that apps can save files:

  • The first is the "internal" storage. This is where the app is installed and it's not accessible to the user unless the device has been rooted. Anything stored there (I use it to store small files like the app's settings) is managed by the OS and gets deleted if the app is uninstalled.
  • The second place is the "external" storage. This is the android/data/<app>/ stuff you see on the internal flash or, if the phone doesn't have built-in storage, on an SD card. This is accessible to the user and it's where GBVB defaults to storing downloaded videos. As with the internal storage, this is managed by the OS and will get deleted if the app is uninstalled.
  • The developer can also opt to not use these special locations and instead write to the "external" storage device outside the android/data/<app>/ directory or on another device (in your case, the SD Card). The OS doesn't recognize these folders as part of the app's install, so it can't count them in the Application Manger's total. This also means that these folder will not be deleted when the app is uninstalled.

Thanks for expanding on the "not enough space" message again because now I actually understand what's going on! If a running download stops unexpectedly I throw up the "not enough space" error, but it actually could be that the connection crapped out too. Differentiating between the two may be more trouble than it's worth, but at the very least I'll update the message to say it could either be that you're out of space OR that your connection died.

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#10  Edited By soup_menu

@louiedog: @chrtrptnt: Awesome! I'll probably hold off on pushing it out through Google Play until at least next week just in case one of you guys comes across some huge bug, but that shouldn't be terribly likely. Thanks again for testing it out.