Whenever you are watching videos, whether in window mode or full screen mode, clicking the left or right arrow keys on your keyboard will flip forward and back through your active playlist.
As of the 1.1 release, YaYa is now based on Flex 4 instead of Flex 3. As expected the entire app had to be reworked due to the massive differences in the flex frameworks between versions and while many of the changes are behind the scenes and code related, some of more important front end changes users will notice are:
1. The YaYa Video Player is now a Spark Video Player Component – Video controls are much more responsive now and the video player can be switched into a true full screen mode. To exit full screen you simply hit the ESC key.
2. Download ability separated from search results – in the old version you downloaded and tracked the download status from the list of YouTube returns. This did not allow you to perform another search until all downloads were complete. The new version handles downloads differently and you can download items while performing a new search. You can add items to the download cue as many times as you like no matter what else is going on in the app.
3. Cue to master playlist – in the old version the library was it’s own playlist and the YouTube search results were their own playlist. In the new version you cue items from the library or YouTube search results to your “Active Playlist”. Dropped videos and direct loaded videos are also added to the active playlist now so in theory your active playlist can contain items from four possible cue directions. Items can be removed from the active playlist individually or the entire active playlist can be cleared.
4. Papervision now integrated – the panels are now animated with Papervision effects. The Accordion from the old version is gone and now the control bar is on the right of the app and all buttons are active or disabled depending on what is going on around them.
5. Online User Guide added – inside there is a link to view/download the YaYa User Guide.
Screenshots follow:
YaYa’s focus is Flash video, Adobe AIR and local databases. NOT YouTube. NOT Adware.
YaYa isn’t meant to bring your YouTube user account to the desktop. It’s meant to let you enjoy Flash video without overlays or clutter. It isnt meant to draw you in with a hidden agenda of selling ad space, there isn’t a drop of advertising in it (nor will there ever be) other than a link to my site which you can see is NOT heavy on sales. YaYa is meant to freely let you cue up 100′s of your favorite videos from your Library…send them to the player (and maybe even pump it to a big screen like my friend does in his bar)…hide the controls and let it do it’s thing. Nothing more, nothing less.
Most YouTube apps ALWAYS require the internet. YaYa doesn’t. Once you have some favorite videos downloaded (and you can download up to 50 at a time btw) you can unhook the modem and get your groove on.
Like I said in another article. When it comes to FLV, I want what I want when I want it. With the YaYa library being local I can pretty well guarantee that my favorite videos will be ready when I want them to be whether I’m tethered to the internet or not or whether or not YouTube’s service is available.
Nirmal T V from Life Rocks 2.0 was kind enough to write about YaYa at his website recently and it’s apparent he actually tried the app from his screenshots as opposed to simply cutting and pasting some text for the sake of it. Coming from a guy as talented as he is, it put a smile on my face to read it and for that I thank him sincerely 
YaYa v.4 is available now. This version adds some UI alterations and a bevy of behind the scenes additions. Users of previous versions will have their library databases altered inline to add a new “genre” field. Users can now filter their libraries to target exactly what they are looking for by selecting multiple criteria to hone in on what they want. Filtering now supports title, bookmarks and genre’s. You can view the entire library without filtering with a click of a button and there are 83 genre’s to choose from for assignment to any video you please.
Also added this version is a “Hide Controls” checkbox which will do just as it suggests and hide the Accordion controls and make the video player full window. In combination with the stretch on/off control you should get any video to layout like you want.
Initial Load Screen
The New Library Tool Box Expanded – Assigning A Genre To A Video
Search Panel Additions
Preparing To Download To Library
Library Download In Progress
Video Player Stretched – About To Take Snapshot
Snapshot Viewer – Preparing To Remove One Picture
The New “Hide Controls” Mode – The Entire Application Window Becomes The Video Space
