[YouTube-API] Re: videoweb set-top box youtube app

Hi Jeff,

I'd like to do something similar to this and direct an MP4 video stream to a Roku player.  I absolutely understand why you wouldn't want developers to bypass the official player since it would also bypass the ads that pay for that streaming.  I was wondering if there might be a compromise where you could provide developers with an api that would provide a URL to an MP4 stream, but precede the video with a commercial.  That way the users can see the video, and Google would still generate revenue from advertising.

What do you think?

-Gregg Reno


On Friday, February 24, 2012 4:21:09 PM UTC-5, Jeffrey Posnick wrote:

Hello,

 The only approved way of playing back YouTube content is to use one
of our official players. We don't expose the raw URLs for video
streams via any supported API (except for some low-quality RTSP URLs).

 If you're developing an app for a set top box and your hardware can
run an instance of WebKit or another embedded browser that supports
HTML5 <video> and either the WebM or H.264 codecs, then you could use
the <iframe> embedded player to play back (at least some) YouTube
content.

Cheers,
-Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
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On Feb 23, 6:40 am, Foxxum Kiel <fox...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried the videoweb set-top box on my TV.
>
> http://videoweb.de/
>
> There is a Youtube App, that you can use to view Videos.
>
> I tried it and it seems that the App gets a MP4 file that the player
> software uses.
> It uses a link that looks like this one:
>
> http://o-o.preferred.ecix-dus2.v5.lscache2.c.youtube.com/videoplaybac...
>
> I'm a TV-App developer and my Question is:
> Can I build a similar CEHTML app and use the MPEG4 video links to
> watch videos on the TV?

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