nessViewer 2.6.2 available (Browser menu)

In the past new collected media show entries were shown after closing the browser menu. Obviously this was confusing for some users.

Now the user can select "Open Media Show" in the browser menu.

Now "Spiegel Online" is also available in lower quality (beside ARD and ZDF mediathek) - especially for our users with lower internet connection speed.

In the nessViewer preferences (and there at MediaCenter) the checkbox "Prefer high movie resolution" must be unchecked to use this feature.

nessViewer App 1.3 available

Pictures can now be rotated via touches and pictures and PDF pages presented.

The iternet offer is extended by movie trailers (in various languages) and english/france podcasts.

The GUI is prepared for iPad - as soon as iOS 4.2 is available a new version will be posted.

nessViewer App 1.2.1 for iPhone/iPod touch

After longer diskussions with Apple the nessViewer App is now available in the App Store.

We would like to thank explicit the several Apple employees/teams at this point!

The main focus of nessViewer App are the various internet video offers and the media shows (playlists).

The internet video offer contains momentary videos from DailyMotion, German television (podcasts), movie trailers (en/de), cinema movies from Free Movies Cinema, music videos from LastFM and videos from YouTube.

These videos can not only be presented but also collected in media shows, which can be saved and presented again later.

Via "Open URL" a web browser can be opened for the supported internet providers which allows to browse safely, play the videos and collect them in media shows.

The supported media (media shows, Office documents like Word or Excel, PDF documents, pictures, videos) can be transfered to the iPhone/iPod touch via iTunes.

For registered users we offer further internet video providers.

nessViewer 2.6.1 available (Web Browser)

Inspired by the nessViewer App (for iPhone/iPod touch) we integrated now a web browser in nessViewer.

The web pages of supported providers (e.g. DailyMotion, YouTube) can be loaded by a pop up. Movies will not be presented by plugins but rather in fullscreen mode by pressing "Present". Links to these movies can be added to a (new) media show by pressing the "+" button.

Registered users have access to more supported providers.

Another advantage is that web content, which is not from the provider, will be filtered.

In the near future we will extend this browser e.g. for downloads of movies.

nessViewer 2.6 available (iPhone/iPod touch remote)

3 weeks ago we bought an iPod touch to offer nessViewer also for this plattform.

As a first result the app "NV Remote" is available which allows to remote control nessViewer like with the "Apple Remote Control" but via WiFi. It just makes a lot of fun to set the current music all around the flat. To make this working an info is shown in landscape orientation where e.g. the media center is positioned.

The live broadcasting offer can now be changed without publishing a new version. Nearly 2000 providers are now in our database - it will take some time to check this records. As a first result France and Spain television is now added.

And a "traffic light" shows if the provider is (currently) available - this changes sometimes nearly daily.

Next plan is to develop nessViewer for the iPhone/iPod touch. Copying media shows and movies to the iPod via iTunes and viewing on the iPod is already available. Fantastic to enjoy hours of music videos on the way!

nessViewer 2.5.1 available

Flash movies from the internet are loaded and played by the QuickTime extension "Perian" which sometimes do not work properly (wrong duration and thereby too short presentation, sound not synchron to video). By checking the media preference "Play flash movies via flash plugin" these movies are presented by the flash plugin.

For users who are not registered at our web page and did not install our extension this new feature will have no effect.

MyVideo changed their web content - the media center is now adapted to display/present MyVideo movies again.

nessViewer 2.5 available

Unbelievable - but someone comments at heise.de that nessViewer offers only "minimal functionality for as much as 40 Euro. Absurd!"

Was it one of our rivaly who let off steam?? Ouch!!

But may be the first trials are too difficult - no wonder if one take a look at the scope of functionality?

But even these kind of comments are taken seriously by us - and we react: a toolbar gives easy access to the most importent functions. May be this helps that some users will recognize that nessViewer is much more than "only" a media center!? And is offering a wide scope of functionality?

But regardless of this: which media center offers such a lot of German contents? ARD/RTL/VOX and ZDF mediathek? Arte, MSN Movies, MyVideo, SpiegelOnline? Live broadcasting/streaming of German television... and... Common, be serious: even if the first trials are not easy - just take a minimum of time and such "absurd" comments are unnecessary.

To take a look to the "horrible GUI": that is a matter of opinion, of cause. If a lot of users would complain we could make it a little more hip.

But on the other side nessViewer is the only (?) media center which prefers rather content than hip design - our cars do not have wider aluminium wheels... :-))

Last but not least to all folks outside of Germany: we would very much like to offer more content of other countries (beside BBC and Hulu) - but we really need beta testers for this! Go for it!!