[Request] new gen of AQTbrowser

[pike]

not sure everyone knows, but i got it from a trustworthy source that there's a way to make aqt more bulletproof. the solution is quite genious.

here's the story: itunes has apple trailer support. it does this by an .xml file somewhere on their site. if we could sniff that xml out and parse it, we would be there. :saint:

i'm not a skilled python coder, in fact, i never done anything in python before. nevertheless, i'm gonna see if i can figure it out, but no promises whatsoever.

any takers? (skilled coders?)

[Striker]

from guybrush:

http://www.apple.com/moviesxml/h/index.xml
or
http://www.apple.com/moviesxml/h/view1_all.xml
(set your user agent to "itunes/4.5")

sneaky eh?, xml is perfect for these kind of things

itunes uses these urls for trailers, so the format wont change or they will break their own application.

firefox plugin to change user agents:
https://update.mozilla.org/extension...?id=59&vid=617

[Asteron]

great stuff... now is there a way to specify user agents in python?

if so this change would be relatively simple. im still a python newb myself.

[Striker]

yes there is, pretty ez actually

http://diveintopython.org/http_web_s...ser_agent.html

[nheinemans]

:bump:

anyone interested in looking into this?

[solexalex]

yes
have a look in python script launchbrowser for example (from flash)
it uses http-header

[pHo]

sorry to be ot, but is there a way of increasing the amount of cache used by aqt ? currently i get about 10 secs of good fluid motion with large trailers before they jam up. medium quality is crap in comparison, so i'm sure a "x secs content" cache would work so much better... is this even a part of aqt tho, or does xbmc take over this bit and i can adjust this in the settings menu ?

[sgtstadanko]

i dont think its the cache...mine is hard locking the xbox. i increased the cache to 16mb and it played for lunger but still locked up.

[YLSF]

Originally Posted by (pho @ feb. 07 2005,14:24)

sorry to be ot, but is there a way of increasing the amount of cache used by aqt ? currently i get about 10 secs of good fluid motion with large trailers before they jam up. medium quality is crap in comparison, so i'm sure a "x secs content" cache would work so much better... is this even a part of aqt tho, or does xbmc take over this bit and i can adjust this in the settings menu ?

hmm.. i think mine downloads the entire trailer before playing.. it take a while but the quality is awesome...

[Asteron]

yeah i think flash modded it to have a download-and-play option available by editting the file.

as long as the current version is working we should keep aqt as is but if it breaks again than switching to this xml can be done then.