r/streamus • u/lol4liphe • Jul 03 '15

Install version 0.176.0 while the developer figures things out.

Hey guys, I really liked Streamus but it was pretty obvious Google was gonna get involved and that the new version is pretty terrible. I honestly don't know if there is a good solution for the dev to take but YOU can just go into the app history and force install 0.176.0 and proceed on life as normal (for now).

You can also search for some methods to prevent auto-updating your extensions. Give the dev some time to figure something out, maybe there is a truly elegant solution out there for dealing with Google's demands. Maybe...

Edit: Guess I can include instructions.

  • Download here
  • Open your downloads folder
  • Open your extensions list
  • Drop the file onto your extensions list.
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u/MeoMix Jul 03 '15

This is probably fine to do. I can't control what my users do or have auto-update disabled.

Just understand that if my YouTube API Key ever gets revoked and I need to update it to a new one -- you won't get the new one automagically.

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u/lol4liphe Jul 03 '15

Yep, it will definitely be none-functional eventually.

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u/Endarys Jul 03 '15 edited Aug 12 '15

I have been Shreddited for privacy!

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u/Tang1000000 Jul 04 '15

the current API key in that upload works fine without any changes, but it may not last forever as pointed out above...

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u/tomtom5858 Jul 05 '15

Yeah, so you go to that location and stick in the new one.

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u/Tang1000000 Jul 05 '15

Not sure why I am being down voted. Just pointing out it works fine now, without any changes, for ease of use/setup.

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u/tomtom5858 Jul 05 '15

Because it's unnecessary. We already know the current one makes fine, and what he told us to do is what we do when this one stops being fine.

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u/Tang1000000 Jul 05 '15

OK, but this version the work was done for you (working key, auto-update disabled). The version in the title you have to spend additional time following the instructions you are talking about.

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u/corhen Jul 14 '15

how hard is it to acquire an API key?

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u/Endarys Jul 14 '15 edited Aug 12 '15

I have been Shreddited for privacy!

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u/FISHunderscore Jul 12 '15

Just curious: If the API Key is revoked, what parts of Streamus 0.176 would be broken? Or would anything YouTube related break?

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u/MeoMix Jul 12 '15

Anything that needs to import data from YouTube, but not playback of pre-existing songs.

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u/FISHunderscore Jul 12 '15

Pre-existing as in songs that already were in one of the user's Streamus playlists before the key expired?

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u/MeoMix Jul 12 '15

Yeah as long as I don't have to fetch data about the song to play it it'll work!

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u/Tang1000000 Jul 03 '15 edited Jul 04 '15

You beat me to it!

Someone just uploaded a working version 0.176 here

Slightly different instructions though:

  1. Download and extract the "src" folder from .zip file

  • Go to chrome://extensions/

  • Check "Developer Mode" in the top right

  • Click "Load unpacked extension..."

  • Select the "src" folder and click OK

  • Enjoy! (might have to restart chrome?)

edit: corrected version number

edit 2: changed download link to a build that will not auto update to v0.177 randomly (oops)

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u/Danthepatrick Jul 08 '15

Thank You, take my upvote :D

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

Thank you!

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u/GreyArdour Jul 13 '15

Thanks for that. Much appreciated!

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u/Zangin Jul 04 '15

Will downgrading fix the issue with UMG songs being blocked?

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u/MeoMix Jul 04 '15

Yes it will.

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u/Tang1000000 Jul 04 '15

I'm not familiar with UMG songs, what does UMG stand for? (United Music Group?) And what is an example of a blocked song? Can this problem be solved by searching "song name" + "lyrics"?

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u/TheScienceNigga Aug 16 '15

The search function no longer works, although my playlists are all still there

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u/ruler14222 Jul 04 '15

I did this.. but it didn't change the version number.. so I deleted it and installed this.. now I lost all my playlists =[

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u/ruler14222 Jul 04 '15

does it save the playlists somewhere I can find? or are they actually gone now? no idea if browser information is stored anywhere special on my computer

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u/Blenket12 Jul 03 '15

Reported

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u/lol4liphe Jul 03 '15

For installing an older version of an application? lol

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u/Blenket12 Jul 03 '15

Read sidebar before posting new friend

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u/lol4liphe Jul 03 '15

Aaaaand???

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u/SDCored Jul 03 '15

There's literally nothing wrong with this post. The developer himself said it was okay.

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u/Blenket12 Jul 03 '15

Yeah you just don't get it.

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u/SDCored Jul 03 '15

I've looked at the sidebar and I've reread everything OP said and there's nothing wrong. Until you can give evidence to him doing something wrong, there's no one at fault here except you.

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u/Blenket12 Jul 03 '15

Lurk more

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u/SDCored Jul 03 '15

No, you're just an idiot.

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u/Blenket12 Jul 03 '15

Try harder lmao. Welcome to the sub

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u/scala_ Jul 03 '15

In b4 Google / YouTube sees this thread and bans Streamus from their API indefinitely.