Best way to get HTML (Netflix, Hula) streaming media to play

[sty151]

Hello,

I added my Netflix "watch it now" webpage to GameEx as an HTML application. Two problems arose: 1- the home and exit buttons flickered the entire time a movie was playing and 2- the screensaver kicked in and took over after we were watching for awhile. Is there a way to watch streaming media in GameEx without disabling the navigation buttons and screensaver for everything in GameEx? I would like to set up several streaming media sites Hula, TV.com, Youtube, etc. and never have to leave GameEx.

Thanks,

Sty151

[bkenobi]

I think I remember there being a media player for Hula, but I could be wrong (I don't use streaming media on my cabinets).

EDIT: It's Hulu, not Hula. Here's one Windows app that might work for you:

http://www.paulyanez.com/labs/mymediaplayer/

[gonzo90017]

The problem is that hulu doesn't want any 3rd party applications. They have made it so mymediaplayer no longer works.

You could try zinc (zviewer). I've been testing it for a few weeks and it's great. It's still considered beta but it works fine.

http://www.zeevee.com/ You could use it as a standalone application or as an add-on for firefox.

[Tom Speirs]

This should be addressed in 10.02 (just released), as you can hide the GameEx interface.

[sty151]

This should be addressed in 10.02 (just released), as you can hide the GameEx interface.

Thank you for adding that to the HTML function. But I'm still having trouble with the screensaver coming on and playing over the streaming video. I went through the configuration and could see the option to hide the GameEx toolbar. After putting "yes" in there and trying it again the tool bar was gone but it went to the screensaver as usual. I didn't see any other option. Am I missing something?

Thanks to everyone who helped with suggestions. I think it will be awesome to be able to stream Air Wolf episodes to my arcade cabinet without leaving GameEx.

[Tom Speirs]

Thank you for adding that to the HTML function. But I'm still having trouble with the screensaver coming on and playing over the streaming video. I went through the configuration and could see the option to hide the GameEx toolbar. After putting "yes" in there and trying it again the tool bar was gone but it went to the screensaver as usual. I didn't see any other option. Am I missing something?

Thanks to everyone who helped with suggestions. I think it will be awesome to be able to stream Air Wolf episodes to my arcade cabinet without leaving GameEx.

This should be resolved in the lastest release. If you tell it to hide the interface it will also disasble the screensasver.

[sty151]

Wow, thanks Tom. This really makes GameEx a one stop multimedia program. I don't know if you've talked this up much in the features section but streaming is supposed to be the next big thing. I also wanted to mention that when adding streaming sites to the HTML section in the configuration I was limited to a small number of sites. It's not a problem now but as the number of sites rise it may become one.