nessViewer goes FTP: share your media between computers and iDevices

The last weeks we did a lot of work:

1.) nessViewer App for iPad / iPhone / iPod touch has a FTP server and client now, so media can be transferred from the computer to the iDevice by an FTP client (like Cyberduck) and media can be shared between two iDevices.

2.) nessViewer for Mac has a media server now, which allows to share media like movies "on the way": just connect to your local computer by WiFi and download your media. If the media is not compatible with iOS, the media server will convert the media before transferring it.

If you are interested just contact us to get the beta versions.

nessViewer 2.8.4 and Hulu

Today a user gave us the info that Hulu (an offer of the MediaCenter, only available in USA) is not working at all.

We fixed the problem now but did not release a new version - so all users in USA should manually download version 2.8.4 from our download page and install this version (if they use Hulu and it is not working).

We are very sorry for this fact - but can not say often enough: as earlier we get hints as sooner we can react.

nessViewer is supporting more than 40 internet providers and it takes hours to check every offer.

So please send a note to <tvchannels@nessviewer.com> if you notice that something is now working properly.

nessViewer 2.8.4 available (GPS support)

On user request GPS is now supported for pictures: if a picture contains GPS data, then the geo location (country and city) will be shown - both at the picture info and the MediaCenter. At the MediaCenter further EXIF data like the description will be shown also.

Thru a computer magazine we got the hint that Flash plugins store several informations like visited pages at the user preference folder. To increase data security and anonymity, "Remove Flash plugin informations on quitting" was added to the nessViewer preferences (s. media preferences).

In the past the installation of the QuickTime extension "DivX" was recommended - meanwhile the free DivX extension does not allow to edit DivX movies. Because Perian also supports DivX movies including the editing, we suggest to uninstall the DivX extension.

For uninstallation the application "Uninstall DivX for Mac" is available which commenly can be found at the application folder. After the uninstallation the Mac should be restarted and then checked if no DivX files can be found at "/Library/QuickTime" anymore.

FreeMoviesCinema has changed its domain (freemoviescine.com instead of freemoviescinema.com) - the integrated browser and the MediaCenter was adapted therefor.

nessViewer App 1.5.3 available (entertainment/music collection)

nessViewer App for iPad / iPhone / iPod touch now also offers (beside the cinema movie collection) music and entertainment collections at the MediaCenter.

nessViewer 2.8.3 available (entertainment/music collection

Beside the movie collection, the MediaCenter of nessViewer is now also offering entertainment and music collections.

In the past we offered these link collections by media shows which were available at the download area; now we invested a lot of work to be able to offer these collections at the MediaCenter: nessViewer can now save media shows as XML file, a PHP script parses these XML files for the MediaCenter, and the MediaCenter is only loading the preview of the current entry. This way the entries are loaded quick enough to make even media shows available which e.g. are greater than 60 MB.

In the provider dropdown menu of the integrated browser, now the movie collection is also selectable. This makes it easier to search for certain movies - and each movie can be started by clicking on the preview of a movie.

At YouTube half of its cinema movies are now not available any more: one reason is the idea to earn money by loaning the movies, the other reason are copyright complaints.

The MyVideo offer were also adapted to its changes.

nessViewer 2.8.1 available (movie collection)

In the past the cinema movies of the MediaCenter were only offered separated by providers - which of course has some disadvantages: some of the movies are offered by several providers, some providers offer movies in German and English and some movies were classified rather "non optimal" in their categories.

We have spend a lot of time and work to offer a better overview with our own movie collection.

Currently it contains over 2000 motion pictures.

At the MediaCenter their are now two more entries: Movies (English) and Movies (German). Both entries offer movies in categories alphabetically.

Of course the movies are offered by the named providers and not by the MediaCenter of nessViewer.

nessViewer 2.8 available (media show export)

After getting an iPad, we like to watch movies and videos on it. But until now we had to convert each movie/video in a single step. Now the media show export was extended:

1.) Movies can be converted for AppleTV/iPad/iPhone/iPod touch.

2.) Beside the optional resizing, the format and compression for pictures can now also be set.

The YouTube web side developers seem to change the web side very often which is not a new news. But we wish a.) they would finish their work and then update the web side and b.) the web side would offer new movies.