KM-CODEX

I just added a new version of YaYa (Yet Another Youtube App) to the downloads section called “YaYa Video Poster”. This latest version is targeted to users with Facebook accounts and if you do not use Facebook the original version should be the one you use instead. Both versions are in my downloads section.

Built with Flex 4 (Flashbuilder) and exported as an Adobe Air desktop app, YaYa Video Poster will let you upload any video in  your local library to your Facebook wall and it also lets you add a description for the wall post. The post title is the name of the video itself. When the application opens the first time it will let you login to your Facebook account and ask you to grant it the permissions it needs and once it has those permissions (namely to upload videos to your Face book account) it runs normally every instance after. If for some reason you do not grant it permission the Facebook specific abilities are hidden and it will run like the normal YaYa. Have fun and drop me a line if you have any problems. YaYa will have another version coming out once Adobe Air 2 is released so stay tuned!

Adobe Air 2 is nearly out of beta and I was just as curious as the next person to see what has changed. As it turns out, quite a lot has changed and it is worlds better than AIR 1.5 and brings some very cool new tools to the table.

Click here to read about some of the new features

I’ve already begun playing around with it and have some AIR 2 applications ready for public use. The first mashes up a Koolmoves class by Wilbert Brants with Flex 3 and is called “Droppic”. Droppic shows off the new File Promises ability of AIR 2 and allows you to search Picasa and drag any picture in the app to your desktop to be instantly downloaded. The second also uses the new File Promises of AIR 2 and is called “KM-CODEX FileGrabber”. This application contains all my available downloads and again allows you to simply drag an item listed in it to your operating system and drop it to instantly download it. All download counts are updated at runtime.

KM-CODEX FileGrabber can be downloaded using the link below, once you have it installed you can download Droppic or any of my other downloads by using it. There is also a link to get the Adobe AIR Runtime Installer which is required to install FileGrabber. Nearly all code I create with Adobe AIR from here out will be AIR 2 based and when the Adobe Showcase allows AIR 2 submissions it will be housed there as well.

Click here to get the Adobe Air 2 Runtime

Click here to download the KM-CODEX FileGrabber Application

In the next few months I will be leaving Flex 3 behind for Flex 4. Time really flies when you are having fun!

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.

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.

YaYa v.9 is now available here and at the Adobe Showcase. This version is a must have if you like the app because it adds a lot of new things and fixes a few others.

Some of the features of the v.9 release:

1. Totally reworked multiple download routine. The list of returns is now repeater based instead of itemRenderer based so when you scroll while downloading, every active download is tracked as it should be and progresses as it should. Refactoring was causing major problems using a renderer and if you scrolled the list while downloading an item things went wonky. Not anymore.

2. Exit awareness during downloads. If you attempt to exit with downloads in progress the app finishes all downloads and library queries before exiting and notifies the end user of such.

3. Library playlist queuing. Now you queue items from the library to the video player. This is more natural. This way you can use the filters to narrow down what you are looking for…select from the narrowed down list and queue them up.

4. Added YouTube username search. You can now search by keyword or YouTube user.

5. Added a new “Hide Controls” mode. Click the box and the entire application window becomes the video space.

6. Display of Publish date (by user request).

7. Search progress indicator. Just a visual so you know the app is searching YouTube.

8. Version check from app. If your version is current you are notified. If not you can download new version.

8. Many background tweaks not worth mentioning.