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TeamLiquid Desktop Player v 0.4 released

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ndesktop
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Romania109 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 20:55:39
September 30 2011 13:56 GMT
#1
0.8.10 was the last version. TL player stops development due to multiple reasons - mainly because to lack of time, but also because people seems to prefer browser behemoths instead of light clients. I see no reason to swim against the current and invest more time and effort on this one.
Thanks for everyone downloading and supporting it, and for the appreciations !

Cristian Amarie

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Current version: 0.8.10
Latest changes
- 0.8.10: Added crash handler.
- 0.8.9: Fixed bug when clicked Open (did not open browser with stream but still performed Play).
- 0.8.8: Added Contact and Update features.
Search and play are now in place (same window, without spawning additional instances of executable).
Temporarily removed self-signed certificate.
- 0.8.6: Added self-signed certificate to binaries.
- 0.8.5: Fix search internal bug.
- 0.8.4: Reverted to IE hosting.
- 0.8.3 (Chrome based): Improved channel retrieval for antiviruses rewriting gzip into xml
- 0.8.2 (Chrome based)
- IE rendering engine completely replaced with Chrome
- eliminate the need for IE 7 or later (gzip code now uses zlib instead of wininet)
- setup checks for Adobe Flash and asks user to install if not detected
- some bugfixes.
- the standalone client is now removed since it can't function as a standalone executable (as IE version did).
- 0.8.1: added event names for ON AIR streams; added viewers count.
- 0.8.0: added "always on top" caption option.
- 0.7: added intermediate search pages, error reporting (if any).
- 0.6: added xfire.com streams support.

Hello everyone,
I am a longtime fan of TL and watching streams for some years now I come up with a small desktop player (Windows for now) which can perform a number of features regarding streams - namely, play a stream, search for streams, display/notify events and more.

Not all features are implemented at this time and not all stream providers - please remember that this is a work in progress, although I am using the player daily for some time now without any problems than occasional bugs that prevents me to see a good fight

Where to get it
That been said, here are the download links:
TeamLiquid Player - Installer
(Note. The installer proposes by default user profile directory, not Program Files directory).

What if it does not start
Most likely a required component is not installed. All runtime dependencies have been eliminated, but is still a work in progress and bugs can happen. Try to drop me a mail with details on how to reproduce, what environment do you have (operating system, browsers versions, VS runtime - nerd stuff but I know you guys know what I'm talking about).

Requirements
The installer checks for Internet Explorer 7 or later. Windows XP SP3 or later (not checked by setup) is recommended, although it should run also on older platforms, but IE7+.
It will not work with default Flash Player 6 supplied by XP. Install the latest Flash Player version (the next version of setup will take care also of this).

How it works
At startup, the program displays a very simple window, offering 7 buttons
- Reload - reloads the current page
- 3 Streams: ON AIR, Live and User streams - clicking on each will search for the respective TL streams
- Contact - Opens default mail client for contact and feedback
- Update - Checks for update and offers options for download and install.
- Spawn - opens a new instance.

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The upper right edit allows you to type a string which is searched among TL streams, and channels matching title, description etc. are displayed.

The search results will be displayed in the results list, which offers two buttons: Play and Open.
When Play is missing, usually this means the channel does not support embedding.
Play will launch a separate instance and load the stream inside the player, while Open simply opens the default browser to the channel URL.

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Feedback
Any suggestions, bug reports, feedback of any kind - please hit Contact button and let me know what improvement and fixes you would like to have in day to day running.

****
Mine more minerals.
DisaFear
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia4074 Posts
September 30 2011 13:59 GMT
#2
5/5, downloading now, sounds useful
How devious | http://anartisticanswer.blogspot.com.au/
ndesktop
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Romania109 Posts
September 30 2011 14:11 GMT
#3
For the precaute user:
- the executables are not *yet* signed with a certificate
- for checking for viruses, here are the virustotal results (don't take for granted) of installer
VirusTotal analysis - tlplayer-setup.exe
Mine more minerals.
DumJumJmyWum
Profile Joined March 2011
United States75 Posts
September 30 2011 14:14 GMT
#4
Thanks, will try it out some time! :D
Madera
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden2672 Posts
September 30 2011 14:20 GMT
#5
This looks pretty awesome. Will download it when I get home.
Raikia
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Guernsey59 Posts
September 30 2011 14:26 GMT
#6
Nice! think the title of the thread might need correcting though
teobazat
Profile Joined February 2008
Romania11 Posts
September 30 2011 14:30 GMT
#7
I think TL really needed a lightweight application in support of its streams!
Thnx.
Ho ho ... gosus! Bisu is my little brother..
ndesktop
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Romania109 Posts
September 30 2011 14:36 GMT
#8
@Raikia Yep, I just noticed... but I didn't figured out how to change the title...
Mine more minerals.
josemb40
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Peru611 Posts
September 30 2011 14:52 GMT
#9
Awesome, but the tittle says "TeqmLiquid" instead of "TeamLiquid", might wanna correct that
wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
chobopeon
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States7342 Posts
September 30 2011 15:01 GMT
#10
On September 30 2011 23:36 ndesktop wrote:
@Raikia Yep, I just noticed... but I didn't figured out how to change the title...


PM a mod and ask them to correct it, they'll help you out.
:O
Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
September 30 2011 15:09 GMT
#11
Feature this, mods!
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
DisaFear
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia4074 Posts
September 30 2011 15:10 GMT
#12
Suggestion: Maybe put a TL logo as part of the grey background. Unless that is not allowed due to copyright
How devious | http://anartisticanswer.blogspot.com.au/
TheMafia
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada7 Posts
September 30 2011 15:14 GMT
#13
holy bleep, nice work man!!!

++
www.MrLazyInc.com
CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
September 30 2011 15:15 GMT
#14
i can't feature it (i'm sure someone else will), but i edit the topic title. great work on the app
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
ndesktop
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Romania109 Posts
September 30 2011 15:30 GMT
#15
Some questions for TL guys here:
1. I understand that the player does not display the advertisement as the website does, and this may be an unwanted side effect of the desktop client. I would like to implement this feature (to display in the upper bar the advertisement as appears on the website, or perhaps at startup screen, on a periodic timer etc.). How can I know the technical details so I can add this feature, so TL gets supported by the banner also from the client?
2. If TL likes the application (I hope so ), perhaps they want to be advertised as such by some distinctive UI elements (logo, setup, texts etc.) ?

Not sure where to send these questions, but I hope someone from TL sees this and can help with these questions (I admit that I'm a total noob of blogs/forums here...)
Mine more minerals.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
September 30 2011 16:22 GMT
#16
Looks sexy
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
atmuh
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States246 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-30 16:25:16
September 30 2011 16:24 GMT
#17
Wouldn't the TL staff prefer people to watch featured streams in browser because of the ads?

o you just posted that nevermind
ndesktop
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Romania109 Posts
September 30 2011 16:25 GMT
#18
@atmuh That's why I asked in the previous post about implementing ads in application.
Mine more minerals.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50756 Posts
September 30 2011 16:34 GMT
#19
Wow this is excellent,it would be even better if it was also a music player but that's just me thinking out loud.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
September 30 2011 16:53 GMT
#20
On October 01 2011 00:30 ndesktop wrote:
Some questions for TL guys here:
1. I understand that the player does not display the advertisement as the website does, and this may be an unwanted side effect of the desktop client. I would like to implement this feature (to display in the upper bar the advertisement as appears on the website, or perhaps at startup screen, on a periodic timer etc.). How can I know the technical details so I can add this feature, so TL gets supported by the banner also from the client?
2. If TL likes the application (I hope so ), perhaps they want to be advertised as such by some distinctive UI elements (logo, setup, texts etc.) ?

Not sure where to send these questions, but I hope someone from TL sees this and can help with these questions (I admit that I'm a total noob of blogs/forums here...)

PM R1CH
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
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