[mythtv-users] mythnetvision outside USA

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Jun 10 15:37:14 UTC 2010


On Thursday, June 10, 2010 09:25:05 am Doug Vaughan wrote:
> Roy,
>     The restrictions are actually accurate. The YouTube API returns this
> among other information:
> <yt:state name='restricted' reasonCode='limitedSyndication'>Syndication
> of this video was restricted by its owner.</yt:state>
> 
> Of course there is no country specific information returned to tell what
> countries the video URL will play in. This is not a MythBrowser issue as
> the Web page will play the video while of course the YouTube API video
> link will not play with the restricted message.
> 
> For this situation the grabber is between a rock and a hard place, as it
> cannot include the countries the video can be played in. I am in Canada
> and am also under the same restrictions that you are.
> 
> I will have to think about a way to deal with this but I will not likely
> have a solution soon.

This is the sort of silliness that happens when somebody takes a system designed for universal distribution and tries to 
pervert it into something it was never intended to be.

The forces of "Regionalism" surrender only very slowly.





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