SecondRun.tv - Internet TV Plug-In for Windows Media Center

I have just posted the first beta build download! Grab it while its hot!!!! Just click the big red button to your right! Let me know what you think! Also remember... there are alot of images and content that are not in this build yet! I will fix that over the next day or so!!! I just wanted to get this out for people to test!

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GOT IT!!! Not sure if I'm the first, but probably close since I just refreshed the page. Can't wait to try it.

Posted: 2/13/2009 1:53:00 PM | By: Jonathan | Rating:

woooo hooooo....you just made my weekend!!

Posted: 2/13/2009 1:53:34 PM | By: mike | Rating:

It's go time baby!!

Posted: 2/13/2009 1:58:55 PM | By: chrisasroz | Rating:

Is the plug in for Windows Vista Media Center, or will it work with the older Windows XP Media Center?

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:00:50 PM | By: John | Rating:

You absolutely suck! Now I have to wait an hour before I get off work, cancel my date tomorrow, and not get any sleep this weekend watching TV. Thanks you for your hard work, we all appreciate it.

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:02:39 PM | By: Gary | Rating:

Just tried to install, wont install on Windows 7. Will this work on Windows 7 MC?

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:04:22 PM | By: Mike M | Rating:

Thanks! I'm going to give this a run and get a review up ASAP. For an initial release, it's already looking very good. Huge step forward for Media Center users!

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:08:13 PM | By: Jon | Rating:

Seems to have installed fine on my Vista x64 system. I'm remoting into my PC from work so I can't really tell how the video is but it seemed to play an episode of 30 rock perfectly. I'm holding back extreme excitement at the moment until I get home in a couple hours to verify for sure.

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:08:15 PM | By: Jon | Rating:

Thanks a lot for all your efforts.

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:10:01 PM | By: Drynaps | Rating:

Hey Jason, Thanks so much for doing this. I can't wait to get home and give it a try. Good thing my girlfriend is away tonight, because I think she is getting sick of me dicking around with my VMC/W7MC all the time. Thanks again, man!

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:10:19 PM | By: ARGuck | Rating:

Hi, First let me just say what an awesome job thus far on this plugin. Im currently running it on Vista Home Premium connected to a 55" 1080i HDTV. I thus far have had no problem playing any HULA video and the one issue atm I have is the fonts seem abit to small on the screen where you pick episodes from a series. Other then that Im loving it atm and look forward to the remote working down the road to pause/ff/rew the video. Kudos ... Rick

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:12:40 PM | By: Rick | Rating:

There is a issue moving to the right with the mouse pointer. using arrow keys works fine tho.

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:23:44 PM | By: ChaosCode | Rating:

Well I installed it on my media center and tried it. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium on a dual core Athlon 4200+ with NVidia 8600GT card connected to a plasma screen via component video. I can browse the shows and I clicked on one of the CSI shows. When I did so I saw the Hulu website pop up with a small screen in the middle of it, and a message box which said: This web site might not be suitable for Media Center, with buttons 'Watch now', 'Watch Later' and 'Cancel'. I clicked 'watch now' and thereafter I had to use a mouse to navigate and the show played in a small window in the middle of the Hulu website. I'm assuming that there's a way to make it go to full screen, or that it should go straight to full screen. I'll wait for the next version, and see how it works for other people. But when this works it'll be great! Thanks for all the hard work. Martin.

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:26:31 PM | By: Martin Barker | Rating:

Also, Just as a request from one dev to another. anyway to make it pick HD option automatically?

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:27:32 PM | By: ChaosCode | Rating:

Interface and layout is really cool! I am having problems though. NCIS is the only series showing any content to watch. When I click on the episode, it tells me it's not viewable in mediacenter. :-(

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:30:33 PM | By: smokey | Rating:

FYI, there are 2 Ghost hunters in the list. one with a poster and one without. about my comment about the mouse. Im running 720p or 1360x768. might have something to do with that resolution.

Posted: 2/13/2009 2:45:10 PM | By: ChaosCode | Rating:

Okay, I love the idea, however i get nothing to play. I installed, started VMC went to secondrun, clicked on Fox, clicked on 24, i see Jack Bauer and nothing else....what am i missing. I have tried others as well with the same results. The only content i can find is in NCIS

Posted: 2/13/2009 3:04:38 PM | By: Larrp | Rating:

You Rock! The installation worked perfectly and I'm able to watch Hulu shows without a problem. I get an error when I try to watch CBS shows, but I'm figuring that you'll get that working soon. As for full screen, I also got the message "This web site might not be suitable for Media Center, with buttons 'Watch now', 'Watch Later' and 'Cancel'", I checked the "Do not show me this again" box and clicked on "Watch Now". It then tried to play the content; however, I had to exit out of Media Center and try the content again. This time it would launch automatically in full screen mode. Also, for those wanting hi-res to come up automatically, I would recommend that you play content using Secondrun.tv and press ESC on the keyboard to exit full screen. Log into your Hulu account and make sure that hi-res is selected as your option (explained on the Hulu site). The next time you launch video from Secondrun.tv it will appear in hi-res automatically. The only thing I'm waiting on is the play/pause/stop when playing video. Can't wait for more updates!

Posted: 2/13/2009 3:36:46 PM | By: HN | Rating:

Great, hard to believe it is the first beta! No problems at all!

Posted: 2/13/2009 3:56:19 PM | By: Tim | Rating:

Just wanted to let you know that I am getting the "This website might not be suitable for media center..." as well. After clicking Watch this anyways, media center minimizes and I am at the hulu webpage of what i was attempting to watch. Also, on some attempts, it would act as if it was going to play in media center but instead I would get a blank media center screen, however, I could hear the audio for the show...weird. Anyways, I know this is just a beta, just thought I would give you some user input. When this is all worked out its gonna be amazing though! Can't wait, and I really appreciate that someone is finally realizing what many of us have needed for media center just didnt have the know-how to make it a reality, so thanks for your programming skills and keeping the add-on free. Cheers!

Posted: 2/13/2009 4:30:38 PM | By: daniel | Rating:

This is just awesome. Have you considered setting up a feedback forum at http://uservoice.com Also, it would be great if you supported login to HULU and watching TV from a queue.

Posted: 2/13/2009 7:45:21 PM | By: Omar Shahine | Rating:

Great plugin! I assume you're working on getting login credentials in there so that Hulu will play 480p (when set as default). Also, are you planning on putting in some kind of "favorites" filter or something? I really don't need to wade down through "Bones" and all those "Nightmare kitchen" shows to get to BSG. Ping me if you want a beta tester - I've been using Hulu for a while now through the RSS Player (not too bad, but weird glitches), but this has a lot of potential to be way cooler. Thanks! -Dan

Posted: 2/13/2009 10:28:59 PM | By: Dan Richardson | Rating:

I wonder, is there gonna be a way to sign in to Hulu within this plug-in/app? It would be really convenient (probably less clicking around) if you could have your Hulu queue within secondrun.tv to more quickly access the specific content you want. I kinda wonder how many people even realize that you can have a queue within Hulu. That feature would make secondrun.tv that much more awesome.

Posted: 2/13/2009 11:05:08 PM | By: Tracy | Rating:

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