[APP] Vodcasts for Homey

bvdbos · November 2017

Vodcasts for Homey

Add vodcasts to Homey and play episodes through Chromecast (for now).
Status: 0.3.0 in the appstore

Image: https://forum.athom.com/uploads/editor/0e/oxvpbxcbp3ab.jpg

Examples Dutch TV

NOS journaals : http://feeds.nos.nl/journaal?format=xml
Nieuws in 60 seconden : http://feeds.nos.nl/nos-nieuwsin60seconden?format=xml
NOS sportjournaal : http://feeds.nos.nl/nossportjournaal?format=xml
NOS studio sport : http://feeds.nos.nl/nosstudiosportvod?format=xml
NOS studio sport eredivisie : http://feeds.nos.nl/nosstudiosporteredivisie
NOS Jeugdjournaal : http://feeds.nos.nl/jeugdjournaal
Nieuwsuur : http://feeds.nos.nl/uitzendingen

Examples Nerd-stuff

Good Game : http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/video/vodcast/goodgame_mp4.xml
Dilbert : http://dilbert.wm.wizzard.tv/rss

Examples Youtube (More info)

Prophets Of Rage : https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCTJnHNDKnHto7RpIA-1jJfg
Greenpeace : https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCTDTSx8kbxGECZJxOa9mIKA
all videos from a user : https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=athomnl

Supported Languages:

English
Dutch

Acknowledgements:

Everyone on slack for helping out

Feedback:

Any requests please post them in the Podcast app topic on the Athom Forum or contact me on Slack

If possible, please report issues and feature requests at the issues section on Github or otherwise in this topic.

Changelog:

v0.3.0 (10-12-2017) : allow https, support youtube-channel-feeds, rewrite feed-title
v0.2.1 (26-11-2017) : fixed typo for settings-page
v0.2.0 (12-11-2017) : first version

Future work:

1) https doesn't work 
2) why the &^%%$ doesn't saving work?
3) texts for settings
4) verify urls
5) lots of error-chekings
6) rewrite item-title with date
7) use self-given item-name
8) triggers
9) action cards
10) voice commands
11) allow https
12) global tags for latest podcast-item
13) if playing time is known, add it to media-manager
14) support Youtube channel-feeds
15 random-play youtube channel-feed

bvdbos · November 2017

Still looking for more rss-feeds to add to the app so if you have working feeds, please add them here or to the readme of Github

bvdbos · December 2017

v0.3.0 in the appstore with support for https-feeds and for youtube playlists (rss-format). Enjoy

Gerco90 · March 2018

Hey @bvdbos, I've just installed the app because I think it is intereseting. With one button, play the last NOS journaal on the chromecast

. I think I need to use the tags of the vodcast app to play it on a Chromecast, is that right?
When the Chromecast fail error is solved I will test your app.

bvdbos · March 2018

Yep it is... Which stream is failing for you?
the bug stated already:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/dilbert/d157.m4v?dest-id=9951 works
https://download.omroep.nl/nos/content/mp4/web02/2017/12/31/30178/mp4_web02.mp4 works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbSfXnLI6dM doesn't work
https://download.omroep.nl/nos/content-ip/mp4/web02/2018/02/04/30963/mp4_web02.mp4 works
http://10.0.4.254:50002/m/NDLNA/133672.mp3 works
http://icecast.omroep.nl/3fm-alternative-mp3 works

Gerco90 · March 2018

Ah ok. I didn't try any of the above streams, so I will test that first. I thought Chromecast streaming wasn't working at all.

In my flow manager, the tags of the 'Vodcasts' app are empty. Is that normal? I've added the 'NOS journaals' and 'NOS studio sport eredivisie' streams at the settings page.
The tags of the 'NOS VideoStreams' app are filled, exept for the 'Nieuws in 60 seconden'.

I also installed your 'Radio' app and I've added 4 streams (like 538 verrückte halbe stunde). But only for 1 stream, a tag is available in the tag list.

Edit:
Above streams tested and working.
Now the 'Tags' issues are left.