Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:35:04 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:35:04 GMT Rev9 38 -38 -1 Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app As many of you know, I've a Windows Phone 7 application for Channel 9 availible in the marketplace. I need to bite the bullet and start with a Windows 8 and a Windows Phone 8 version.

My idea is to make the new versions more community like. With a personalized news feed depending on the "likes" you give shows and certain episodes.

This is a huge undertaking and I'm quite frankly not up to the task solo. So I will be starting a new codeplex project for a WP7, WP8 and WIN8 version. The backend will still be Azure. I'm thinking of moving away from WCF DataServices to MVC 4 WebAPI.

My question to the community is;

Who wants to join?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/3f6db3bcc7304a6abfb1a11600f3ae31#3f6db3bcc7304a6abfb1a11600f3ae31 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:47:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/3f6db3bcc7304a6abfb1a11600f3ae31#3f6db3bcc7304a6abfb1a11600f3ae31 Blue Ink 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Blue Ink/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @Blue Ink: Nice!

nope, only requirement is a Windows 8 machine with Visual Studio

I'll set up a codeplex project and start inviting people.

Then I'll make a project plan, technical design and start feeding codeplex the workitems.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/ee79654bd0fd4ee08ccea11600f5a6df#ee79654bd0fd4ee08ccea11600f5a6df Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:54:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/ee79654bd0fd4ee08ccea11600f5a6df#ee79654bd0fd4ee08ccea11600f5a6df Maddus Mattus 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Maddus Mattus/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app I'm up for some help with the W8 version.

Edit: provided it's in XAML/C#. I'm not touching HTML or javascript.

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Hopefully some Apple and Android devs here will be interested aswel.

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, Bas wrote

Edit: provided it's in XAML/C#. I'm not touching HTML or javascript.

ofcourse Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/3687c051b99b49df8d00a1160108de9d#3687c051b99b49df8d00a1160108de9d Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:04:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/3687c051b99b49df8d00a1160108de9d#3687c051b99b49df8d00a1160108de9d Maddus Mattus 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Maddus Mattus/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app I've got three applications so far.

Jamie, you interested in some design work?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/fc00d9b552354710a8a8a116010e2c17#fc00d9b552354710a8a8a116010e2c17 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:23:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/fc00d9b552354710a8a8a116010e2c17#fc00d9b552354710a8a8a116010e2c17 Maddus Mattus 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Maddus Mattus/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app Will certainly take a look see.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/d7d066a91b38441cab3aa1160111aad6#d7d066a91b38441cab3aa1160111aad6 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:36:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/d7d066a91b38441cab3aa1160111aad6#d7d066a91b38441cab3aa1160111aad6 Ian Walker 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ian2/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app I'd like to but I am really tight on time lately.  Hopefully after Dec. 15thish ... release coming ... then we're shut down over the holidays, so if I can find time then, I'd be happy to work on it.

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, Bas wrote

I'm up for some help with the W8 version.

Edit: provided it's in XAML/C#. I'm not touching HTML or javascript.

MVC 4 WebAPI.   <= that's not XAML... MVC 4 is ASP.NET of course... with javascript...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/3610236a278c4fe8be24a1160131a4af#3610236a278c4fe8be24a1160131a4af Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:32:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/3610236a278c4fe8be24a1160131a4af#3610236a278c4fe8be24a1160131a4af JohnAskew 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/JohnAskew/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @JohnAskew: I would assume he meant to use that for the server side of things.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5acf3826773f4e249e13a116013ce9e6#5acf3826773f4e249e13a116013ce9e6 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:13:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5acf3826773f4e249e13a116013ce9e6#5acf3826773f4e249e13a116013ce9e6 Bas 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Bas/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @Bas: indeed

I don't want a feedreader, I want a lean mean notification machine!

Odata (wcf ds) is heavily dependent on SQL server (out of the box) and I want to use table storage, so web API seems the way to go.

I'll start filling a wiki or discussion with features and lets see what's what.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/622b2a504cdc49e49bb2a116014a2603#622b2a504cdc49e49bb2a116014a2603 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:02:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/622b2a504cdc49e49bb2a116014a2603#622b2a504cdc49e49bb2a116014a2603 PaoloM 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PaoloM/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app I'd like to gain some experience with MVC4 Web API. Can I just hang around the Codeplex and do tiny things?

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@ZippyV: it's easy, I'll put you down as a backend developer

@MasterPie: awesome! I'll post the link to the codeplex project and make some openings there

@Bas: what is your going rate of thank you notes per hour? I'll double it!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5e55309961d042239376a1170073b410#5e55309961d042239376a1170073b410 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:01:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5e55309961d042239376a1170073b410#5e55309961d042239376a1170073b410 Maddus Mattus 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Maddus Mattus/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @Maddus Mattus: I've searched codeplex for "Channel 9 Apps" and get no returns.  Am I being too literal?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5f2a4c9696ad4a398761a11700f8473a#5f2a4c9696ad4a398761a11700f8473a Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:03:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5f2a4c9696ad4a398761a11700f8473a#5f2a4c9696ad4a398761a11700f8473a Dave Williamson 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/davewill/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app Not published, yet!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/e621c3cd7f9b4aa7adffa11701018990#e621c3cd7f9b4aa7adffa11701018990 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:37:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/e621c3cd7f9b4aa7adffa11701018990#e621c3cd7f9b4aa7adffa11701018990 Maddus Mattus 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Maddus Mattus/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app I will be working over Christmas in an attempt to negate a guesstimate deadline for the new year, so unfortunately I cannot contribute till then.

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I've started wrting down my brainwaves, I'll feed them into the codeplex project, publish it and see how we can best divide the teams and go from there.

edit;

Also, contributing in the discussion on how to solve problems and voting for features is also contributing to the project. You don't need to be in a developer role just to contribute!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/6079e51c6cb140b4ba6ba11c00b3abfe#6079e51c6cb140b4ba6ba11c00b3abfe Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:54:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/6079e51c6cb140b4ba6ba11c00b3abfe#6079e51c6cb140b4ba6ba11c00b3abfe Maddus Mattus 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Maddus Mattus/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app Hey folks... just FYI, as much as I'm 100% behind this project, I have two comments:

  • We *are* building one for Windows 8, in fact we are going to show it to you on this week's "This Week on Channel 9" (this shouldn't stop you, but wanted you to know)
  • We have APIs that we are using for that app, that might be helpful for you to use... possibly instead of writing your own server, although your own server may give you a lot more functionality.
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/e1dc99079c76421b9b98a11d0162f922#e1dc99079c76421b9b98a11d0162f922 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:32:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/e1dc99079c76421b9b98a11d0162f922#e1dc99079c76421b9b98a11d0162f922 Duncan Mackenzie 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Duncanma/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app We could probably just build a completely different app suite, then. I'm assuming the official one will be heavily geared for the media segments in C9. Ours could just end up being optimized for the community aspect.

Ooh, and then we can have it be a charms share target for the official app. Smiley

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What kinda API's?

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http://media.ch9.ms/content/Channel9App_0.0.0.19.zip

 

Edit... you would have to know how to side load an app, and have a developer license (which it will prompt you to get, and it doesn't cost anything)...

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/ccd8489c8cd948018960a12e001c862a#ccd8489c8cd948018960a12e001c862a Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:43:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/ccd8489c8cd948018960a12e001c862a#ccd8489c8cd948018960a12e001c862a PaoloM 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PaoloM/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @PaoloM:true, but the app doesn't allow you to sign in at the moment, so forum interaction would be read-only Smiley

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/eb52579190464b319ca6a12e005388dc#eb52579190464b319ca6a12e005388dc Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:04:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/eb52579190464b319ca6a12e005388dc#eb52579190464b319ca6a12e005388dc PaoloM 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PaoloM/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @Duncanma: I have used it to watch a couple of videos and I like it!

My only (subjective) suggestion is that the progress 'swirly' layout is a little off to my eyes -- the text and the swirly need more space in between.

Being able to sign in and comment on the videos would add an extra dimension to the loveliness Smiley

 

Herbie

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Signing in is definitely on our radar for the next phase of development.

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(crash reports are logged and submitted, so any error you hit is helping us out in the long run Smiley )

 

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Good Work.

Herbie

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/df661925ac8b426ea771a140005b2c86#df661925ac8b426ea771a140005b2c86 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:31:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/df661925ac8b426ea771a140005b2c86#df661925ac8b426ea771a140005b2c86 Herbie Smith 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app I just tried it. The app looks nice, definitely a nice way to view videos. Some feedback points:

  1. Forum interaction is a must (including the ability to view and make comments on videos).
  2. The video viewer is very small.
  3. the streaming video quality is rather low if viewed full screen. The app kind of defeats its own purpose if the only way to get good quality video is to download it.
  4. A live tile showing the featured shows would be great, especially for someone like me who doesn't visit the C9 home page often (usually I go straight to the Coffeehouse).
  5. Some context would be nice (for a show or series, show a list of the other videos).
  6. The app is somewhat plain looking with the white background.
  7. Regarding the bar that comes up from the top: it was really, really unclear that those two videos on the bar are the previous and next post. I didn't get that was what they were until I hovered and got the tooltip, which I don't think you could do on a touch device.

Regarding point 2, 5 and 6, this is what the app looks like on my 1920x1080 screen (27" LCD):

The video player is only 290px high! That's smaller than even YouTube's smallest player size (360px). It's postage stamp size, completely unsuited for watching. Yet as point 3 points out, if I go full screen it becomes a blurry mess because the quality isn't good enough.

The video is the most important thing on this screen. It should be front and center, yet in this design it feels crowded out by the description. And the vast majority of the screen is empty.

Regarding point 5: context is offered through the Going Deep button, but this is a very different type of action than the download and options buttons, yet it looks the same. It would be better if that were a link in the header or something, or at least visually distinct from the other two buttons.

Even better would be to use some of the white space to show other episodes in this series, so I don't have to go to a separate page to view other episodes.

Compare for example the "Uitzending Gemist" app, which is an app from the Dutch public TV networks that lets you watch missed TV broadcasts (it's a front-end for http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl)

The video is big: it's clearly the most important part of the page, and other available episodes of this program are listed on the right for easy access. The app is also less plain looking because of the background.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5d0afa5e157e412eab1da140005d7f8b#5d0afa5e157e412eab1da140005d7f8b Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:40:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5d0afa5e157e412eab1da140005d7f8b#5d0afa5e157e412eab1da140005d7f8b Sven Groot 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Sven Groot/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @Sven Groot: excellent feedback! I see your point about the video player... Turns out that is the default player for Channel 9 as well (512x288). Perhaps we need to consider enlarging it across the board. As for the video quality, have you tried switching to the smooth streaming option? Curious if the video would look better at full screen in that case, and if we should consider having that as the default?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/9cfb2b65c026470ca227a14000758a1f#9cfb2b65c026470ca227a14000758a1f Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:07:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/9cfb2b65c026470ca227a14000758a1f#9cfb2b65c026470ca227a14000758a1f Duncan Mackenzie 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Duncanma/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @Dr Herbie: great to hear, thanks!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/eb7d0cfa331a4892961ca1400075b3e5#eb7d0cfa331a4892961ca1400075b3e5 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:08:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/eb7d0cfa331a4892961ca1400075b3e5#eb7d0cfa331a4892961ca1400075b3e5 Duncan Mackenzie 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Duncanma/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app @Duncanma: I've been using the progressing option for full screen -- on our 2.5mb link, the smooth streaming gives poor quality (to the point where I can barely read on-screen code) while the progressive option works like a charm for the most part (only occasionally hitting a buffer).

Herbie

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5747f6342347448baf1ea1400077d874#5747f6342347448baf1ea1400077d874 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:16:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/5747f6342347448baf1ea1400077d874#5747f6342347448baf1ea1400077d874 Herbie Smith 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Channel 9 app Actually, it turns out mine was set to smooth streaming by default. Progressive definitely gives better quality.

It's possible that the smooth streaming version would get better if I watch for several minutes (I seem to remember that from back when you guys were experimenting with smooth streaming). I think it has something to do with the high ping between me and the streaming server (because I'm in Japan) causing it to start at low bandwidth. My connection speed shouldn't be the issue, as I've got 160Mbps.

Larger video players across the board would definitely be welcome. With content like this I don't always need to have it full screen (but just in a window off to the side while I'm also doing other things), but the current video player on the site is a bit too small (so I usually end up downloading the video and watching it in a WMP window).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/ef04f183052445a18e6fa14000982b84#ef04f183052445a18e6fa14000982b84 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:14:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone-8-Channel-9-app/ef04f183052445a18e6fa14000982b84#ef04f183052445a18e6fa14000982b84 Sven Groot 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Sven Groot/Discussions/RSS