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Error: Access to path ’000whatsnew.png’ is denied. tubeCore will not start.

Curtis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:41 +0000

This is a known problem that is caused by a bug in tubeCore that writes files to the disk.

This bug will be fixed in the next release.

A workaround to immediately address the problem is to delete the following directory:

C:\ProgramData\tubeCentric.tv\tubeCore

NOTE: You are deleting the folder under the “ProgramData” directory NOT the “Program Files” directory. If you accidentally delete the “Program Files” directory tubeCore will stop working or disappear entirely.

Thank You

Curtis — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:07:29 +0000

All of you who fought to bring tubeCore and PlayOn together in order to save the best Internet DVR experience:

THANK YOU

Strong encouragement from the community caused The MediaMall and tubeCentric to come together and fix a rift between the two companies. That rift had resulted in tubeCore and PlayOn ceasing to work together anymore. Frustrated customers made their voices heard and now tubeCore and PlayOn work together again.

It’s all because of you. Except for your emails, tweets, forum posts, and blog comments this might not have happened. You guys are super awesome! Even a couple of my buddies (who are thinking of going into business for themselves) are encouraged by your fiery support.

Anyone who wants to follow the entire saga can visit the following links:

http://experts.windows.com/frms/windows_entertainment_and_connected_home/f/25/p/101958/545053.aspx
http://playontv.com/forum/feedback/praisecomplaints/are-playon-bullies
http://tubecentric.tv/2011/09/playon-declares-war-on-windows-media-center/#comments

tubeCore 2.7 Released

Curtis — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:31:10 +0000

tubeCore 2.7 has been released. It includes changes that enable an upcoming release of PlayOn to work with tubeCore.

Download tubeCore direct: http://tubecentric.tv/download-links

Click here to Buy tubeCore Now

tubeCore 2.5, Vista Support and Price Change

Curtis — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:49:37 +0000

tubeCore Upcoming Price Change Friday, October 7th

Unfortunately, there are economic realities that I must respond to. Cost increases and constantly adjusting to the competitive landscape have forced my hand. So, beginning midnight EST, Friday, October 7th, the price of tubeCore will change.

The new price is $9.99; up from $7.99. tubeCore will remain at the current price of $7.99 until then.

All existing tubeCore 2.x License Keys will work with tubeCore 2.5.

tubeCore 2.5 is Released

At long last we’ve uncovered an elusive bug in tubeCore that caused it to crash on Windows Vista.
When PlayOn is detected the Watch Later feature is disabled in tubeCore.
Various bug fixes.

PlayOn Declares War on Windows Media Center

Curtis — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:37:08 +0000

This is a copy of a post I left on Windows Experts Community for Windows Media Center. It is posted here because of the email response I’ve gotten over the weekend. Thank you everyone for your gracious support. It really means a lot.
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I have resisted posting or saying anything in public for a long time now in the hope that MediaMall, makers of PlayOn, would reconsider their ill directed war on tubeCore and WMC. They haven’t reconsidered, but have doubled down on their mischief, even going so far as to blame tubeCore for the problems that users are seeing.

Full disclosure: I am biased and a bit pissed because, frankly, I hate bullies.

A few months ago I received an email from the owner of MediaMall with a demand: remove Watch Later (video caching) from tubeCore because that feature will compete with a future release of PlayOn. I tried to agree on a compromise: the user could disable Watch Later, or we could even detect PlayOn and remove it automatically.

That wasn’t good enough. The owner of MediaMall wanted the feature gone or else.

The “or else” was the kicker. I refuse to hold the users of tubeCore, or my company, hostage to the whims of another company.

After that exchange MediaMall began to block Windows Media Center add-ins from PlayOn, and first blaming Windows Media Center, and then tubeCore, calling it “somewhat unstable”, as if after months of running on thousands of Windows Media Center PC’s and extenders, tubeCore would suddenly stop working.

So you know, there is nothing wrong with tubeCore. It works with other DLNA Media Servers such as Twonky, Tversity, J River, and PS3 Media Server. The whole reason PlayOn doesn’t work with tubeCore is that the owner of PlayOn wants to dictate features to Media Players. And if you ask me, he’s just picking on little guys.

tubeCore 2.4 on Vista

Curtis — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:56:54 +0000

We have received reports of a startup issue with tubeCore on Windows Vista. We are able to duplicate the problem so we can search for the source. An update will be released as soon as we have located the source of the problem and can fix it.

Thanks for your patience.

License Key Update Status

yanni — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:18:49 +0000

We are working hard to get your updated License Keys to you, however, we have had some unexpected technical issues. We are very close, we should have them to you within the next few days, if not sooner. Thank you for your patience, the wonderful positive feedback, and thank you for your support.

Power Outage

yanni — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:05:30 +0000

Over 120,000 homes have been hit with a power outage. Our office was one of those hit. We will answer emails as soon as we can.

Cloud services have not been affected, and all products will continue working as designed.

License Key Upgrades

yanni — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:21:22 +0000

The newest version of tubeCore requires a License Key upgrade. If you purchased tubeCore after March 1st, 2010 we will send you a free Licence Key within the next 30 days. All the new features in tubeCore will work for this 30-day period.

If you have purchased tubeCore before March 1st, 2010, the upgrade fee is full price.

tubeCore Express

yanni — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:03:34 +0000

tubeCore brought basic Internet media browsing to Windows Media Center. Now we’re making it free!

Introducing tubeCore Express, the power of tubeCore at no cost to you.

tubeCore Express has great features including:

Smooth Playback of PlayOn, Tversity and other Internet Media Browsers
Fast and Beautiful UI
100% Media Center Extender Compatibility
Never Expires!

To get tubeCore Express simply download tubeCore and enjoy the full tubeCore experience for the 14 day Trial period. After the Trial period tubeCore will continue to play your PlayOn video, but without some of the awesome features like Resume, Bookmarks, and Watch Later.