Now playing, on all your screens

iPhone, iPod, Xbox 360, and PS3

With Vuze, you’ve come to expect full screen HD entertainment on your Mac and PC. What if you could take these HD videos and easily watch them on the TV in your living room, or the iPhone in your pocket? Ask no more.

With today’s release, we’re unlocking your content and giving it wings to get from your Mac and PC to the other screens in your life:  mobile and TV. Welcome to an open world where you own your content, and you can watch it on any screen you want – large or small.

Multiple Devices:
As part of our thinking, we asked you two weeks ago how you wanted to get your HD video from your PC to your mobile and TV.

The results (based on over 25,000 votes tallied in a single weekend) made it clear you care.  Among those responding, more than 80% of you took an interest in at least one device option.

Which devices would you like us to prioritize?

Which devices would you like us to prioritize?

As of today, you’ll be able to watch your videos on iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Vuze has always supported open platforms and technologies, and we’ve designed our device support to embrace as many of the devices you asked for, as possible. Expect more to follow soon.

Smart About Formats In An Open World:
One of the key pain-points in digital video today is the lack of a consistent video format standard. We look forward to a day when the format landscape is no longer fragmented across a dizzying array of file formats: H.264, MPEG-4, divx, wmv, avi… In the meantime, Vuze will serve as your translator so you don’t have to know which type of file is required for playback on a specific device.

Your Content, Playable On Any Screen:
Another key pain-point has traditionally been cumbersome transport between devices.  Beyond the format maze, its been difficult to get videos easily exported to devices - especially game consoles.  The Vuze team spent considerable time thinking through how to simplify this experience.  Simply drag-and-drop files to the device of your choice within Vuze, and then click play on your Xbox 360, Playstation 3, or Apple devices.

As a result, you’re not locked into a single platform, and you can enjoy the best content across multiple platforms and screens.

How does it work?
The first thing you’ll notice when you download the latest version of Vuze is a new Sidebar item called Devices. Turn it on, and take it for a spin.

Turn On Devices Beta in Sidebar

iTunes, PS3, and Xbox 360 will be auto-detected and show up under Devices in your Sidebar (if they’re present on your computer or network).

Drag-and-drop videos from your Vuze Library (or desktop) to the device of your choice.  Vuze will detect whether or not the video format will playback on the device you select, convert the file, if necessary, and make it available for playback on the device.  All you have to do is sit-back and play your HD content on whatever screen you want.

Drag & Drop From Your Library To A Device

Drag & Drop From Your Library To A Device

For iTunes, Vuze will push the video into your iTunes Library for transfer to your Apple devices.

For PS3 and Xbox 360, simply turn on your console and click the video you want to play.  Vuze will stream the videos from your PC or Mac directly to your game console.

You’re now free to enjoy full screen HD on all your screens.  If you’re anything like us, the first time you transfer a video from Vuze to your iPhone, a smile will cross your face…

Give it a try and let us know what you think.  You can learn more here.  We’re launching the feature in beta so you can help us quickly evolve and improve it.  Awaiting your thoughts…

Gilles

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Uncategorized

104 Comments to Now playing, on all your screens

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  2. Metabaron on March 23rd, 2009

    And if we want to submit code for hardware you can found in France (Freebox) and working on receiving data from VLC?

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  12. Carmex on March 23rd, 2009

    Didn’t see the poll before (just voted on it now) but how about the Android mobile OS? I would love to see this on my G1!

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  14. SleepingPanda on March 23rd, 2009

    What about PSP support? When will that come? Please don’t forget about us!

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  19. dhuehn on March 23rd, 2009

    Sounds fantastic! Incredible. Well done. Can’t wait to get home and try it.

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  30. Ethan on March 23rd, 2009

    can you PLEASE add the Nintendo Wii? Is there some reason why you skipped the Wii and added support for the Apple TV even though it got less votes

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  33. Devon Colt on March 23rd, 2009

    Just wish there was automation to start the transcode as soon as the download was complete. With files automatically downloading over night thanks to RSS, it would be great if they were also already in iTunes in the morning so I could just sync my iPhone and walk out the door.

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  40. Vuze Adds Support for iTunes, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 | eHomeUpgrade on March 24th, 2009

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  41. Ron on March 25th, 2009

    Completely agree with Devon Colt. Wish there was automation of transcoding

  42. Chris on March 25th, 2009

    Anyway to turn off devices?

  43. ¡Hola, mundo! « on March 25th, 2009

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  44. ItsMe on March 25th, 2009

    TVersity Media Server is still better becuase it transcodes the videos, and it works with almost every codec

  45. xx on March 25th, 2009

    this is freacking amazing, i love you people, i love vuze

  46. aaron on March 26th, 2009

    why drag and drop? there should be an option to automate this. Its a great feature, just needs to be easier to use.

  47. Sarah on March 26th, 2009

    Does this “encode” the file for the appropriate device (taking up HardDrive space) or Transcode it on the fly?

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  49. Paul on March 28th, 2009

    I just installed Vuze 4.2 and do not have “Devices”. I can find no mention of “Devices”, Xbox 360 or anything similar anywhere in the options. What am I doing wrong?

  50. Ian on March 28th, 2009

    Except that for my machine, neither the ps3 or the xbox 360 shows up, only Itunes integration poor show vuze.

    Why can’t my mac be used to convert? I’ve already got connect 360 which allows me to view the files in the right format, wanted to use vuze to convert the rest, especially your own style mkv files.

  51. Michael on March 28th, 2009

    How about streaming to DirecTV’s HRXX HD-DVRs? All we need is a mpeg2 transcoder. I use streamclip to transcode to .ts and change it to .mpeg

  52. Charles Galan on March 28th, 2009

    Is there a way i can speed up my dowloads?

  53. kore on March 29th, 2009

    Why Linux havent this features?

  54. Il Padrone on March 29th, 2009

    I love your product and this new update I had been wishing for i THOUGHT was the ultimate upgrade as opposed to using Null Media Uplink, thus saving me memory (when both programs are running)… but am I correct in understanding in FAQ that you don’t support OSX on a PPC (with 2.gb of ram)to PS3 streaming??? Please tell me it ain’t so and that its in the works?!!!!! Come on Guys Please Please PLEASE tell me it’s a patch coming soon! I have not checked the forums yet but I am about to!!

  55. Gyrocommander on March 29th, 2009

    how about being able to add stored folders to transcode list please, im dying to try some stuff stowed on external drive. how about transcode and replace original w/ error checking so it doesnt stuff my main disk full

  56. juan on March 30th, 2009

    no consigo bajar las peliculas .sale la pantalla de nero gracias

  57. Razz on March 30th, 2009

    ok heres the thing vuze does not work for my ps3 or my itunes and i really need help solving this problem please.

  58. Rorowena on March 30th, 2009

    Why is Boston Legal season 3 taking forever to download

  59. gspat on March 30th, 2009

    When I try to connect using the 360, nothing shows up? All I see is previous MCE connections? Am I missing something?

  60. silvermind on March 31st, 2009

    Sigh… Streaming to the PS3 has always worked :S Only the decoding of certain videos won’t.

    I’m assuming this new upgrade solves that problem by putting using the correct filters.

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  62. kisrokus on April 2nd, 2009

    I am a Linux user too. And I would love to have this feature too. I am running iTunes on a Virtual PC. Where can I get support for this? To set up Vuze to recognize iTunes on the “network”.

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  64. Elvis on April 4th, 2009

    any plans for the Zune?

  65. Mohammad on April 8th, 2009

    my vuze is block by filtering. what can i do for unblocking

  66. Rodrigo Piccelli on April 14th, 2009

    Hey! What about the Symbian S60 SmartPhones like N95, N96 or the 5800 / N97?

    Symbian is the biggest SmartPhone’s plataform… Don’t forget us…

  67. Fali on April 15th, 2009

    No se para que sirve!!!

  68. Sid Linow on April 17th, 2009

    Need better information from Vuze on how to seed a torrent.

  69. wes smith on April 17th, 2009

    when will PS3 HOME make it so we can buy a tv online for the avatar, then i can upload it and it will be like watching dvd’s at home then i can invite people over who “dont watch movies” ya know the type im talking about, they come over online on there ps3 and watch a movie in my home space.
    For the really stupid people that dont know what im talking about…
    From the time like 1:07-1:19 she says vr screens & VR Stereos uploaded from your hard drive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyquAXKeEI0

  70. poikkeus on April 17th, 2009

    I have the latest version of Vuze (4.2x) installed in two Macs.

    My Intel iMac delivers the “Devices” toolbar without problem. My non-Intel iMac does not. Is the latest Vuze only usable on Intel Macs?

    Thanks!

  71. Ahmal on April 18th, 2009

    Please don’t neglect those of us who still want to burn them onto disks as DVDs VCDs and DivX disks. As it stands now it’s problematic to reconcile disparate formats and resolutions into a single playable disk.

  72. Cathy Miller on April 19th, 2009

    I like Vuze because it’s very easy to use. Ilearned about it from my brother.

  73. MrObvious on April 19th, 2009

    It would be cool if a lite version of Vuze could be ported to the iPhone. It wouldn’t need to be able to download all formats, just download what it could play. It would have to monitor available space and ensure that enough remained free for the phone to function properly. There is a Joost player app that runs on iPhone; so, the possibility exists, that it could be done.

  74. SnowCrash7 on April 19th, 2009

    A few things Vuze needs to fix or clean up…..once a file is removed from the download directory one get endless error messages about a ‘file not found’. Need to make it much easier to turn those messages off.

  75. tudou on April 19th, 2009

    1. Add a button to the Options window next to and
    2. Add the option “Restore All Settings to Default”
    3. Add the option “Track User Setting Changes” [a time stamped change record]
    4. Add function “Send User Settings to Clipboard” and “Print User Settings”

    There are so many Vuze options that it’s easy to forget what one has done, making it very difficult to isolate which change made a difference. This is particularly true with NAT issues.

  76. tudou on April 19th, 2009

    my comment got truncated. #1 should read
    “Add a CANCEL button to the Options window next to APPLY and CLOSE

    Another suggestion: add a preview step to the process of posting comments

  77. Ricardo on April 20th, 2009

    Hi,

    Azureus Vuze can’t recognize my Ps3, only the iTunes.
    What can be the problem? Can you help me?

    Thk’s

  78. John on April 23rd, 2009

    I’d like to see it support BlackBerry Storm

  79. Devon on April 26th, 2009

    I installed the newest version of Vuze on my Mac and I don’t have a “devices” button and can’t find one anywhere. This seems to be a reoccurring problem. is there something that I can do to fix this?

  80. Lars on April 27th, 2009

    Why leave Windows Mobile and Symbian out? They are much bigger on the market still, and in WMs case easily as capable.

  81. deperugini on April 29th, 2009

    neither the ps3 or the xbox 360 shows up, only Itunes, then I read that it doesn’t work witha 64 bit. Any ides when it will?

  82. Introducing Vuze To Go on May 6th, 2009

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  83. Alan on May 26th, 2009

    Excellent - easy and just works - well done.

  84. user_23 on June 9th, 2009

    how do you connect vuze to itunes

  85. andrew on September 29th, 2009

    when i drag a movie file onto my ps3 device it says transcode failed no video stream found. what does this mean?

  86. Horse_Man on November 21st, 2009

    What I can find to download it is extremely sow downloading. You still have nothing to chose from in your music videos. Can you PLEASE get MUSIC VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The choices you do have are not MUSIC VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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