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Masalito
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How to show Youtube video/channel etc.

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Hi

I'm new to UMS and have some questions, but first some info:

I have the latest UMS version on windows 7 and a relatively new Philips TV connected via router and wifi. When I start UMS it finds the TV (see attached "UMS status.png") and among other things the TV shows the folder I created (C:\Dokument\UMS) which contains a couple of video files, an .avi and a .mp4. I can play them and it works fine with video and audio.

Q1: In general, how do I play a youtube video, e.g. "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeTdfmXvIS0" or a youtube channel, e.g. "https://www.youtube.com/c/ClarkBryan/videos", both of them added to web contents (see attached "UMS shared contents.png")? They are not visible in the TV. Is it even possible?
I can see that the preloaded url:s points to XML-files. Is that necessary to view web contents?

Q2: Another source I added to shared contents is the url "https://urplay.se/" which contains TV programs you can select among. Can I use UMS to view these on the TV?

Q3: The pre-installed web sources works for a minute or two and then stops. Why? Maybe the solution is in the attached log "ums_dbg_2022-04-13-13-47.zip".

Best regards
/Masalito
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Masalito
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Re: How to show Youtube video/channel etc.

Post by Masalito »

Since no one have answered I´ll share what I have found out for myself.

If you want to add a Youtube channel to UMS, do this:

- Go to the channel in your browser.
- Add ''view-source:'' in front of the address/url.
- Search the page for (title="RSS") without parentheses.
- The link following that is the RSS feed link.
- Add the RSS feed link to the shared contents of UMS.

This works for me, at least with the exception that for some reason only 15 items of the channels contents are visible on my TV. I don´t know if there is some workaround for this limitation. Suggestions are welcome.
I also don´t know how to directly link to a specific video in a channel. Suggestions welcome here also as well as ideas on how to view other material on the web.
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Re: How to show Youtube video/channel etc.

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I think this a limitation on YouTube's side. I don't use this option in UMS though.

An easier way to set up a channel in UMS is to use the example web.conf as a guide and use

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https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=
and paste the channel ID at the end.

Getting the channel ID is a bit hit and miss for me, if the address is easy like

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQplaZZ2mv8fo8Zd-1hQPzg
then the channel ID is "UCQplaZZ2mv8fo8Zd-1hQPzg"


But it can also show as

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https://www.youtube.com/c/nightwish
or

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https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup
So it seems that searching the source for "rss" is the best solution at the moment.

The problem using UMS for watching YouTube is that they constantly change things that can easily break compatibility with UMS.
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SubJunk
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Re: How to show Youtube video/channel etc.

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What's the other web material you want to view? I'm interested in helping but will need links so I can test too
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