Watch Joost on your TV with a remote control
While Joost really does make watching online videos a bit more like watching TV and a bit less like surfing the web, you still pretty much need to use a keyboard to navigate. And that means even if you run a line from the video-out port on your computer or graphics card to your TV, it's no easy feat to watch Joost on the big screen.
Luckily, you can map the keyboard shortcuts to most PC remote controls. And you can even add an icon to your Windows Media Center Program Library that will start and stop Joost. Here are a few tips:
First, let's go ahead and add a Joost icon to your Windows Media Center program library. Lucky for us, someone's written up a nifty little program and added it to the Joost forums. It adds an icon to your program library to start Joost, and another to stop it, which is a little funny, since one side effect of this program is that it will stop Windows Media Center when you load Joost. Most likely, when you exit Joost, you'll have to reopen Windows Media Center again.
Next, you'll want to program your remote control to control Joost. If you already know how to map the buttons on your remote, you might just want to take a look at Joost's list of keyboard shortcuts by scrolling to the bottom of the release notes. Note, you'll only be able to access this page if you already have a Joost account and login.If you happen to have a Hauppauge remote control (the kind that come with Hauppauge TV tuner cards), you can find a key for mapping your 34 button remote here.
Or if you have a Snapstream Firefly remote (from the makers of BeyondTV), you can find instructions for creating a Firefly XML file with Joost settings here. Configuring your remote might be a little tricky. For example, with the Firefly remote, there doesn't seem to be a way to map a button to the "<" key, which the button you would need to bring up a channel list -- in other words, it's kind of hard to flip channels without this key.
The Firefly remote does have a "mouse mode," which lets you control an on-screen cursor and that'll do in a pinch.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
J Conway said 4:59PM on 6-06-2007
Does anyone have an invite for Joost? I would really like one. email me at jvconway@gmail.com Thanks.
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Noah said 12:14AM on 6-15-2007
The Mac OS X version of Joost already supports the Apple Remote (i.e. Front Row-enabled Macs), FYI.
You still need to launch it with a keyboard, however, but tools like Remote Buddy will seriously extend the sucker.
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Freddie Peyerl said 7:53AM on 6-07-2007
I too would love to get a Joost invite. The screen shots are nice, but I want to see it in action!
Thank you!
peyerl@gmail.com
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ARGuck said 10:55AM on 6-07-2007
Hey Guys I'd absolutely love an invite as well! If someone could send one my way it would be MUCH appreciated.
Aaron
ARGuck@gmail.com
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Rich said 9:30PM on 6-07-2007
Okay, I want on the bandwagon too. May I have an invite, please?
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Rich said 6:50PM on 6-12-2007
Okay, I want on the bandwagon too. May I have an invite, please?
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Dennis said 9:02AM on 6-08-2007
Me too for the Joost invite bandwagon please.
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Uberpiglet.com said 11:30AM on 6-08-2007
Joost is starting to get better....but I still don't see it as online TV because none of the content is live. It is more of a delievery model for sharing legal video!
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Robert Crabb said 1:18PM on 6-11-2007
I would like to get the JOOST invite
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Robert Crabb said 2:23PM on 6-11-2007
I would like to get from the PC to the Tv the best way. I would like to get the best wireles way and find the best remote
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louie said 8:38AM on 6-15-2007
Hi There from little old New Zealand. Please send me an invite should yuo have one... thanks in advance
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