Create a playlist

You need to be registered then you can share your playlists in read mode or write mode with your friends. The friends you are sharing your playlists with don't need to be registered. The write mode is normally in real time and permits concurrent update of the playlist.

At first, you need to be connected to create a playlist by clicking on the "Account" menu then you can register with facebook, twitter or google or you can use the "Register" form.

Once registered, you just have to go to the "TubeList" menu.

Inside the "Playlists of" your name, you will see the "Add" button. Type the name of the playlist and the description (you can modify it later by using the "Update" button)

You'll see it appears below with various buttons / actions that you can do :

• "Add content" button to go to the playlist and add / modify videos. If you want to share the playlist in write mode, copy the link associated to this button and share it with your friends.
• "Read link" is almost the same that "Add content" except that it is just a read mode, no modification will be saved. If you want to share the playlist in read only mode, copy the link associated to this button and share it with your friends.
• "Update" to modify the name and description of the playlist.

Copy a generic playlist

Inside the "Generic playlists" component, you will see some buttons on the right. Use the "Copy to mine" button to copy a generic playlist to your personal list of playlists, you'll then be able to modify it.

Add videos or listen to playlist

When you click on the "Read link" or "Add content" link, you can listen or modify the playlist. When you're listening to a playlist, it's by design in repeat mode, when the last video is finished, it will restart from the beginning

When you open a playlist, it will start to play automatically. On the left, you'll have the video displayed with basic controls (previous video Previous , repeat this video only , and next video Next ).

On the right, you can manage the playlist by moving videos, remove one, play anyone, shuffle everything or delete all.

If in "Write mode" (Add content), you can add videos by searching from youtube with the "Search" component and click on "Add" from the list that appears.

You can also add videos from other providers (dailymotion, soundcloud, etc) by using the "URL" component and click on "Add video". Just below this component, you can control the list of videos with the "Shuffle" button (that will reorder randomly the list) and "Delete all" button that will completely empty the list, use it with caution.

Get your playlists on other devices (TV, tablet, etc)

The playlist manager has been developed to be responsive thanks to bootstrap. So if you have a web browser, you can listen to your playlist directly on it. The video player is in HTML5 so you should not have any problems. But if you want it on your TV, you should know that a plugin exist for Kodi (formerly XBMC) and this is compatible with a lot of devices (Android, tablets, computers, home media center, etc.), just install kodi on it.

Use the Kodi (formerly XBMC) repository to see the playlists on your TV !

1. Launch Kodi and go to "System" - "Settings".
2. Go to the "Add-ons" part.
3. Select the zip file you've downloaded.
4. Once installed, click on "Get Add-ons" and select "PMietlicki Addons".
5. Go to Program Add-ons and select the english plugin called "aPiTV Portal" then "Install"
6. Once installed the plugin wll be available inside "Programs" menu

When you launch it, you will then see a list of playlists with all the playlists of TubeList ordered by users or generic playlists inside "Models". This plugin offers other features like downloading videos, favorites, Web TV and more to come. To know : a plex media server bundle (or plugin) will be available soon.

The idea behind : raspberry pi for the masses with Kodi connected to your TV

The idea behind all this was to fight against the digital divide. Let me explain, with new micro computers like raspberry pi, I was looking for a simple system that you can control with your TV easily in order to broadcast various types of contents. I needed a Web application to create playlists and add contents easily.

My typical scenario was a professor that wanted to share educational playlists with his students. Because I'm living in New Caldonia, I realised that most of the families here have a TV (actually more than 90%) but not a computer. So I wanted a system that you can have in "media center" mode or use it as a computer (to learn IT too without Internet connection) just by changing the SD card. In media center mode, the students could access the playlists of their professor to learn more about physics, math or whatever field they are learning. But the system would still remain useful for all the family thanks to other types of contents (children, entertainment, etc).

Buy a raspberry pi

• Farnell
• RS Online

Install Kodi distributions

• OSMC (formerly Raspbmc)

A distribution based on raspbian for the raspberry pi, made by a talented student (Sam Nazarko), there is a great responsiveness from the community with a very active forum. The installation is very easy with a specific installer, You'll just have to insert a SD card and use it.

A distribution created especially for kodi (formerly xbmc ) and highly optimized. It is not based on any existing distribution and is developed from start to be the most optimal operating system for your device. To install it, you can download the latest images for raspberry pi here and instructions can be found here.

Connect it to your TV

• Use the HDMI cable
• Control the box with your TV remote control
• Create your playlists with TubeList
• Install the aPiTV Portal plugin to access it