http://www.SecondRun.tv Latest Updates en-us I finally posted the updated database of content to the site... There is no need to update anything... the content will just show up on your SecondRun automatically... the biggest new stuff is all the new Fall TV shows and ABC content!  The artwork is a work in progress... http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=183 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:13:20 EST <div>Long time no post... I have had 0 time to even mess with SecondRun in the last few months... Things have been very busy for me at work and my kids have started up Pop Warner football again... time is just in short supply.  SecondRun doesn't pay the bills and is a hobby for me that costs me money just to keep up and running.  I just want to let everyone know that I have no intention of just dropping SecondRun... I am trying to find a good way for it to exist right now... there are several issues:</div> <div> </div> <div>1.) With Hulu Desktop now available ALOT of what SecondRun does is redundent... Sure it is a native Media Center interface but Hulu Desktop has access to ALL of their content... without constant updates that just isn't possible for us to do here.</div> <div> </div> <div>2.) We still can't play flash video over extenders... that just isn't happening anytime soon and there are not good work arounds either... so SecondRun will not be playing Hulu content on extenders unless something changes here.</div> <div> </div> <div>I have a big update to the website done that will allow users to add networks and content that isn't available in the base content of SecondRun but that isn't fully tested yet... I can't release it without a good deal of testing so there are some big changes coming I just haven't had the time to make sure that they are working the way they need to be.</div> <div> </div> <div>ALSO... with all the new shows and seasons starting up this week and the next few weeks I will be loading a bunch of new content into SecondRun... that new content will be up and ready by the end of the weekend.  </div> <div> </div> <div>I hope to have an update of the app soon but all the new content will be coming by the end of the weekend time permitting.  Thanks to everyone who has supported this project and continues to support this project.  I will continue to look for ways to make SecondRun more unique and justify its existance outside of something like Hulu Desktop.  If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for features in SecondRun (other than extender support) feel free to drop them here.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div> </div> <div>Yaggs</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=182 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:41:57 EST <div>Help keep SecondRun.tv going!  Since SecondRun.tv is free and will always be free I am paying the bill for the hosting of the web services that run SecondRun.tv.  It costs about $100 / month to run SecondRun.tv so any amout anyone can donate helps! </div> <div> </div> <div>I can't say thank you enough to everyone who has already donated!</div> <div> </div> <div>If you feel like you can help and donate any amout of money the cause then use DONATE button on the right hand side of this page!</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=181 Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:45:24 EST <div>I just wanted to post a quick note to let everyone know that I am still here and working on SecondRun but I have been really busy lately... kids are finishing up the school year and things have been busy at work... I just haven't had a ton of time to devote to SecondRun.</div> <div> </div> <div>I will be posting a new build in a few days that hopefully will open up the app and allow users to add their own content to the system (private to their user)... I am still in the testing phases though.</div> <div> </div> <div>More to come in a few days...</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=180 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:02:14 EST <div> <img border="0" alt="" src="/images/huludesktopwmc.jpg" /><br /> </div> <div>I just wrote a quick plugin to allow you to launch the new Hulu Desktop application inside Media Center... Since Hulu Desktop works with a remote this will make it feel like it is just a Media Center application! </div> <div> </div> <div>Sorry... it doesn't work on Extenders... Hulu Desktop was written completely in Flash and that doesn't work correctly on Extenders. </div> <div> </div> <div>But hey... this will give everyone yet another way to watch Hulu stuff *inside* Media Center!</div> <div> </div> <div>Hit the HuluDesktopWMC link in the button bar on the site for install instructions and download!</div> <div> </div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NOTES: If you are getting "The Program Has Stopped Responding" make sure you have moved a copy of the Hulu Desktop application folder (the Hulu one... not my plugin) to the root of the C: drive... </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Also... if you run Hulu Desktop once and maximize it then it should open maximized from that point forward.</span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">And... You can exit the Hulu Desktop application with the remote... you just have to navigate all the way to the bottom of the menu on the far left... there is an "Exit" option.</span></strong></div> <div><strong></strong></div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=179 Thu, 28 May 2020 18:46:49 EST <div>Many of you may have heard that Hulu just released their own desktop player!  Hulu Desktop!!! Check it out... Not sure what that means for us here but we will see! <a href="http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop">http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop</a></div> <div> </div> <div>I update the content processors for Hulu today and pulled in 127 shows and several networks that were not yet available in SecondRun!  I will be working on processors for Sling and Fancast as well so we automatically get new content from those 2 providers as well.</div> <div> </div> <div>There were also a bunch of new movies added... there are about 350 movies available right now!</div> <div> </div> <div>I am also done with to coding side of the new update that will allow users to add their own content!  I just need to finish up the styling end of things now and we should be good to go with a new update.</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=178 Thu, 28 May 2020 13:37:54 EST <div>Just came accross this on WinSuperSite.com:</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-media-center/netflix.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-media-center/netflix.aspx</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Microsoft has built a real Netflix add on for Media Center!  It's supposed to be out already on Vista!!! Very cool...</div> <div> </div> <div>Makes you wonder... if Hulu was kicking on Boxee because something like this might be in the works for Media Center.</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=177 Wed, 20 May 2020 19:01:39 EST <div>Just wanted to drop everyone a quick update... I have a new build that I will be posting in a day or two... there wont be a ton of visible changes but this build will detect more types of directly playable content than the previous build.  It also preps the app for a new user feature that I am adding very soon... I am adding the ability for end users to add their own content!  This will mean you can add whatever podcasts, tv networks, etc you want to your setup!  It will be a web based system that allows you to login to our site and add your content there... you will get an "Access Code" to plug into your settings page that will tie your installation to your account on our site.  This will open up some pretty neat stuff in the future... we should have the ability to merge acceptable content from user accounts with the main listing of networks essentially allowing the entire community of SecondRun users to contribute to the collection of video that is available on the plugin!  I have an early implementation of this working already and should be having testers start using it pretty soon (like in a few days).</div> <div> </div> <div>I also wanted to let everyone know that I was able to get a sponsor for the project... if you run a business and are interested in being a sponsor for SecondRun please contact me directly at: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> we are open to all sorts of programs and budgets so we can work with you to create a sponsorhip plan that will really suit your needs.</div> <div> </div> <div>Also... we have a pretty heafty hosting plan running SecondRun.tv and it will probably need to get bigger once we start allowing users to add their own content... <strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">So... if you can please consider donating to help keep SecondRun alive.</span></strong></div> <div> </div> <div>And as usual... if you are on Twitter make sure you sign up to follow our updates! <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SecondRun">http://www.twitter.com/SecondRun</a> </div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=176 Thu, 14 May 2020 09:14:38 EST <div> <img border="0" alt="" src="/images/sr_movies.jpg" /><br /> </div> <div>OK... I just posted a new build tonight... or... this morning... Here is a quick run down of the newest changes:\</div> <ul> <li>Added a new direct play mode for networks/providers that support it... The only big one right now is Revision3... SecondRun will search the selected show for an actual video file and play that if it finds one. THIS ALSO WORKS ON EXTENDERS!  So for right now you can use SecondRun to enjoy all the shows on Revision3 over your extenders!  Sorry... still now hulu content, or any of the big networks over extenders just yet. NOTE: Networks that have direct playing options now have a little green arrow in the corner so you will know what ones will work on the extenders.</li> <li>Fixed problems with the movies section and cleaned it up with movie covers!</li> <li>Fixed some display sizing problems on extenders (SecondRun should now fill up the whole screen without the ugly border)</li> </ul> <div>Those are the big ones... I am still working on getting extender support on the other networks but I figured I would get this build out there just to give people a taste!</div> <div> </div> <div>ALSO... If you have Twitter and want to follow SecondRun without always checking back to the site for updates just signup for our Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SecondRun">http://www.twitter.com/SecondRun</a></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=175 Wed, 6 May 2020 23:28:19 EST <div> <img border="0" alt="" align="left" src="/images/twitter-bird.png" />I setup a Twitter account today so anyone who wants to can follow development updates without contantly coming back to the website.  This will be a great way for people to stay on top of the latest developments!  I would also like to get an idea of how many people out there are really interested in the project... so if you have a Twitter account please sign up to follow the SecondRun updates!</div> <div> </div> <div>There will be an update in the next few days... There will be PARTIAL extender support in this release... Now before everyone gets too excited... it is just extender support for providers that have mpg/wmv based content... There are only a couple of items out there right now... the best of which is Revision3's entire lineup.  No Hulu content or any of the other main networks on extenders just yet... This update also addresses the problem with the movies feature, it also deals with episode thumbs a little different so some of the sites that didn't show thumbs before now will... we have pretty much every thumb type accounted for now so it the site has thumbs in their feed you will see them.</div> <div> </div> <div>I am still working on full extender support but we just are not there yet... I have a couple of different solutions that I am working on but none that are far enough along for anyone to get too excited yet.  The limited support coming in the next release will be such a big tease!  It works GREAT for the networks that provide non flash versions of their content!</div> <div> </div> <div>But again... sign up for the Twitter account if you can and stay tuned to the website!</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=174 Sun, 3 May 2020 11:00:17 EST <div>I just wanted to check in and let everyone know what I am working on... I changed the "no image" posters and backgrounds to something that looked a little better... I am working on extender support along with better integration with remote controls, etc... I dont know when I will have the next build out but between now and then I will be posting some new content and working on some of the show art.  I just didn't want anyone to think that I wasn't working on this project anymore... I haven't had too much free time lately!</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=173 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 07:51:24 EST <div>Just posted the latest build to the site... here is a run down of whats new/changed in this one:</div> <ul> <li>Took out trailers and replace it with Search... Trailers will be handled as "networks" see the new hulu entry with trailers listed under it.</li> <li>Early implementation of the search feature... note... this only searches shows (I am not indexing episode data... that is being pulled in via RSS in real time)... there is also no onscreen keyboard yet... but you can search with the keyboard.</li> <li>Big changes to the provider profiles... this now enables the app to use a wider variety of provider profile definitions (with different justifications like AdultSwim)... I should have all the bases covered here going forward!</li> <li>Remote bugs fixed... the remote had been doing some funky stuff when you tried to watch multiple episodes of stuff back to back... that is all fixed now... still dont have the normal buttons programmed but the current buttons should be working nice and smoothly!</li> <li>Changed up the episdoe screen a little... moved the title to the top of the page and got rid of the description (it was on the poster listing anyway) and opened up more room for the episode list.</li> <li>Added some animations to the girds/scrollers... just testing out animations... should look a little smoother now</li> <li>Added a "token" setting... this will be big news in a few days... I have decided that the best way to let users customize the appearance of the app and hide networks, etc is to do so by creating an account on SecondRun.tv and setting up preferences on the web... kind of like Netflix... its ALOT easier to setup the networks you want to see on a website than in Media Center... down the road I will most likely support both but I can pretty quickly give some decent customization options using accounts... the token will allow you to access your account using a single entry in the settings section.  You can create that account yet (I am still testing that stuff, but you wont have to put in any thing more than an email address and password so you can login and modify your settings... the token will be generated automatically).</li> <li>The about Token feature MAY allow for some user specific content down the road... meaning users could put there one networks, shows in if they are not already in the main listing... it would be specific to their user only and this is still only an idea... I will see what I can come up with...</li> </ul> <div>Those are the main things... I am getting to a point where I like the layout and overall function of the app and I should be moving to some polishing (remote control, animations, etc) and then moving on to Extender support... I will try to keep the site a little more up to date in the next few weeks as my I progress... but anyway... go grab the new build!</div> <div> </div> <div> <img border="0" alt="" src="/images/sr_upd3.jpg" /></div> <div> </div> <div> <img border="0" alt="" src="/images/sr_upd2.jpg" /></div> <div> </div> <div> <img border="0" alt="" src="/images/sr_upd1.jpg" /></div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=172 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:45:43 EST <div><span style="COLOR: #ff0000"><strong>UPDATE: I found one more thing I need to change on the provider profiles before I put out this release... it should be done today though!  </strong></span></div> <div><span style="COLOR: #ff0000"> </span></div> <div>Should have the next build out tonight or tomorrow... as long as I get some time to work on a few things today!  </div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=171 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 07:36:05 EST The update should be along by Friday!  I have just been really busy lately!  I will make sure to post something to the site everyday until the release! http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=170 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:43:44 EST A new build is coming in the next day or two... I haven't posted much lately... have been pretty busy with work/family... but I have some good stuff coming down the pipe!  Stay tuned for an update in the next day or two! http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=169 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:38:37 EST <div>I just finished getting the forums up and running... they are pretty much empty but you can go register and start posting!</div> <div> </div> <div>I want to handle all support in the forums as well as content requests, etc...</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://forums.secondrun.tv">http://forums.secondrun.tv</a> </div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=168 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:30:13 EST <p>TNT content is now up as well... they popup a javascript message when you go into full screen mode to tell you how to get out of full screen mode so the full screen works but you have to hit ok after that... I *think* that you can just hit the OK button on your remote and that will take care of the popup box!</p> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=167 Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:18:04 EST <div>Added content from the following networks:</div> <ul> <li>G4 TV (Just clips... because thats all thats out there).</li> <li>Revision3... They have some pretty cool shows that I have never seen or heard of... thanks to whomever suggested it!</li> <li>Viddler... This site is kinda like YouTube... the only "show" I added was a feed of the Engadget videos up there... also... the full screen function doesn't always work on their player because the videos are not always the same size!</li> </ul> <div>Also... many of you have asked for adultswim... I am working on it!  The player is left justified (its the only one I have come across that is so far) and I need to make a few changes to the provider profiles to accomodate that... I have already made most of the changes but it will require an update to the application to be able to read the new changes... but again... I will get that up as soon as I can.</div> <div> </div> <div>ABC has recently changed their player in a such a way that I cannot get a direct link to an episode in a playable format... I am still looking for ways to handle this... I will let everyone know once I get it worked out.</div> <div> </div> <div>I still need to finish my importers for fancast and sling... Once I get those done there will be a BUNCH more shows/networks up there... I will also be working on a new update to the and most likely will be looking at putting in a search feature... now that there is so much content it would really help to have that out there... I will probably put some type of category filtering in as well in the next build.</div> <div> </div> <div>AGAIN... To anyone out there having issues... I am looking at all the posts, I just don't have time to do the work and reply to all the posts... If you have a problem and have posted a comment about it I have read it and will do what I can to address your problems... I still plan on getting a forum out there soon as well!  <span style="COLOR: #800000"><strong>THIS IS STILL A VERY EARLY BETA AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR GLITCH FREE EVERYDAY USE!</strong></span></div> <div> </div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=166 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:57:29 EST I fixed the CBS content... the feeds should all be working correctly now... there is one small issues still: hulu started putting the HD and NON-HD shows into the same feeds... if a show has both HD and NON-HD use the HD ones... the provider profiles (fullscreen locations, etc) are different for the 2 different formats but my profile assignment is by show, not episode... so if you pick a non-hd version and there is an hd version available the full screen buttons wont work... all shows with no HD should work fine. http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=165 Mon, 9 Mar 2020 16:27:57 EST <p align="center"> <img border="0" alt="" src="/images/remotemappings.jpg" /></p> <div> </div> <div>OK... Just uploaded the latest build... here is what I have added:</div> <ul> <li><strong>Remote Integration</strong> - You can now use your remote to put the videos in full screen mode, in hi-res mode, and to pause/play the videos.  Pause/Play isn't quite working correctly for ALL providers but I am working on that.  This also does away with the automatic full screen, hi-res... I did that because I had to make the app "sleep" for a specified period of time so that the video would be loaded and ready to go into those modes... it should just work better now that you can do it with the remote... I may put the auto back in later but have it be optional. </li> <li><strong>New Settings Screen</strong> - This is an early implementation... you will need your keyboard and mouse to make changes here (I will make it remote friendly down the road)... The CustomXOffset and CustomYOffset allow you to specify an offset to apply to the fullscreen and hi-res commands... that way if my calcuations don't quite but the clicks in the correct spot you can manually add some pixels to the x/y directions to make it work in your setup... that should help to account for overscan, etc... just enter your values in the boxes, test it, and then make adjustments until it works correctly.  The HideNetworkIDs is just an early addition that should eventually be a list of checkboxes that allow you to hide networks from the main network list... lets face it... there alot of stuff in there people might not watch... <a href="default.asp?action=drawpage&pageid=75">you need to get the network ids... I will post of list of them to the website tonight</a>... just enter a comma seperated list of the IDs you want to hide (no spaces)... but that will let you filter out some of the networks and speed up the whole app!  Again... this settings section is a very early implementation! </li> <li><strong>Added Some Error Trapping</strong> - Now the app wont crash when one of the show feeds returns no results. The main offender here is CBS... I will try to fix all of the feed urls for the CBS content tomorrow. </li> <li> <div><strong>Window 7 Install</strong> - The app should now install in all versions of Windows 7 without using Orca. </div></li> <li> <div><strong>Made Text Bigger on Episode Selection Screen</strong> - I made the episode titles a little bigger and made more room for them to wrap to about 3 lines...</div></li> </ul> <div>Thats the main stuff... I have tweaked a few things on the back end but the big reason for this release is the remote control stuff... it really makes it much easier to watch TV with SecondRun.tv.</div> <div> </div> <div>Oh and in case your wondering why I made the Play/Pause button a # key instead of the Play/Pause button on the remote... well... my main development PC doesn't have a remote... and I dont have any media keys on it either so I use the plain old keyboard... down the road I will map the regular remote buttons to the functions that make more sense and probably have some alternate mappings as well for keyboard users.</div> <div> </div> <div>Enough of my blabbing... go download the new build!</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=164 Sun, 8 Mar 2020 22:52:59 EST <div>I'm still working on the next build...  putting in the settings screen, etc... I should have something soon!  No sure exactly when but with tomorrow being Friday I should have some time to work on things a little more!  I am going to try to squeeze a bunch into this build!</div> <div> </div> <div>STAY TUNED!</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=163 Thu, 5 Mar 2020 22:31:55 EST <div>The next build should be along hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning... Here is some of what should be in the next build:</div> <ul> <li>Early version of remote control integration. </li> <li> <div>New Settings Screen... this will allow you to setup preferences for various things... mainly custom offsets for the full screen clicks, etc... </div></li> <li> <div><span style="COLOR: #800000">EDIT: Windows 7 install woes should be taken care of in this build as well.</span></div></li> </ul> <div>Thats the big stuff... The remote control integration will be the main new feature in this build!  Its already working... I am just working out the button codes for the specific buttons on a media center remote... but this will get rid of the need for the app to automatically go full screen and allow you to put it in full screen when you want to and turn on or off hi-res by yourself.... </div> <div> </div> <div>Stay tuned!</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=162 Wed, 4 Mar 2020 07:50:46 EST <div>Spent alot of time this weekend with my kids and as a result I added both the Cartoon Network, and 4kidsTV to SecondRun.tv!  There were probably about 40+ shows between the two networks!  One of my sons LOVES Ben 10 so he was pretty excited!  Now I just need to get that extender support working :) </div> <div> </div> <div>I will be working on processors to pull in ALL the content from Fancast and Sling this week... I already have a few shows plugged in from those so the provider mappings are alread done... just need to write the importer!</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=161 Mon, 2 Mar 2020 06:52:10 EST Hulu is undergoing site maintenance today and has a banner on the top of all the pages that says so... this was throwing off the auto full screen and auto hi-res functions in SecondRun... I have adjusted my provider settings to account for this and videos should now play fine... once they remove the banner I will have to take my adjustment out so there may be a slight period of time when the buttons don't work after they go out of their maintenacne period. http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=160 Sat, 28 Feb 2020 07:40:22 EST <p align="center"> <img border="0" alt="" src="/images/28_1.jpg" /></p> <div>OK... I finally got things to a point where I could post another build... as always:</div> <div> </div> <div><strong><span style="COLOR: #ff0000">REMEMBER THIS IS STILL A VERY EARLY BETA!!!</span></strong></div> <div> </div> <div>OK... There are still tons on little nagging things that I need to get worked out that are not in this build but I really was changing the way the app worked this time around... Here is a list of whats new in this build:</div> <ul> <li>New TV By Title View</li> <li>New Menu Scroller at the top to let you select between different views</li> <li>Add Movies and populated it with ALL the movies available on hulu!  There is no box art yet... just waiting on an API key for a db website...</li> <li>Added coding to allow for Joost feeds, Fancast Feeds, and several other like You Tube, NFL Network, etc... some of those networks were there before but you couldn't click on them with the previous build.</li> <li>Added an about popup showing the version number</li> <li>Add the rest of the hulu TV content!  All current hulu content should now be available!</li> </ul> <div>Those are the big things... now here is what DIDN'T make it into this build but I am working on for the next build:</div> <ul> <li>Need to finish keyboard/remote hooks so you can just press full screen/high-res buttons instead of having the app do it by itself.</li> <li>Need to add code to account for users DPI when calculating the position of the full screen / high res buttons.</li> <li>Trailers....</li> <li>Search Function...</li> <li>Settings Screen</li> <li>Windows 7 install issues... it should work... I removed the checks for Vista in the second build I put out but I know some of you still need to use Orca to get it to install... I will look into this...</li> </ul> <div>Those are just a few things I will be working on for the next build... but I hope everyone likes this build and finds it a little more useful and easy to get around in than the previous one!!! I'm going to be!!! Its 2:15 AM!  As always just leave comments with your issues/bugs... I am still working on a forum here... I want to run one on this site, not a 3rd party one so I will get that done... it just isn't at the top of the priority list right now... also... I know that I dont really reply to the posts on the site... believe me... I read them, I just don't have the time to write everyone back!</div> http://www.SecondRun.tv/blog.asp?action=viewarticle&articleid=159 Sat, 28 Feb 2020 00:07:50 EST