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<blockquote data-quote="SpudR" data-source="post: 775488" data-attributes="member: 54104">Geo blocked sitesAs this is a community driven project, I don't have personal control over this, but site creators are encouraged to put the info about geoblocking into the site description (I did it for e.g. BBC iPlayer)More developersI will NOT go out and actively search developers. This IS an open source project and everyone is welcome to contribute! If any dev wants to create sites or features he is welcome (some have done so in the past already). But I cannot affort to spend my time looking for devs - which is not very usefull anyways - the willingness to contribute must be self-driven on spare time projects.Site requestsIn my opinion this thread is giving a wrong impression to people out there that the devs will jump on their &quot;requests&quot;. This is NOT gonna happen. User can collaborate on websites they would like to see supported, but it does not mean that we WILL add those sites. Same principle as before applies: as we aren't getting paid here but use our spare time, we will mostly add sites that we like as well (some exceptions ofc). Adding a site ALSO means to keep track of the websites changes over time, so the more sites the more work. Therefore my principle is NOT to add every possible site, but rather a few GOOD ones with lot's of content. This is why I will NOT keep track of a &quot;wishlist&quot; - everyone is welcome to either create and maintain a site or find a dev to do it for him.Site ParserAs you have noticed, adding new sites is NOT without work, and if it were THAT easy we would already have found a way I guess and many more tools like OnlineVideos would exist. The real world web is in no way uniform - so we cannot provide a simple way that every person on the planet can use. You are looking for the magic bullet here&nbsp; I'm sure with enough time and money one could develop something usefull.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpudR, post: 775488, member: 54104"] [B]Geo blocked sites[/B] As this is a community driven project, I don't have personal control over this, but site creators are encouraged to put the info about geoblocking into the site description (I did it for e.g. BBC iPlayer) [B]More developers[/B] I will NOT go out and actively search developers. This IS an open source project and everyone is welcome to contribute! If any dev wants to create sites or features he is welcome (some have done so in the past already). But I cannot affort to spend my time looking for devs - which is not very usefull anyways - the willingness to contribute must be self-driven on spare time projects. [B]Site requests[/B] In my opinion this thread is giving a wrong impression to people out there that the devs will jump on their "requests". This is NOT gonna happen. User can collaborate on websites they would like to see supported, but it does not mean that we WILL add those sites. Same principle as before applies: as we aren't getting paid here but use our spare time, we will mostly add sites that we like as well (some exceptions ofc). Adding a site ALSO means to keep track of the websites changes over time, so the more sites the more work. Therefore my principle is NOT to add every possible site, but rather a few GOOD ones with lot's of content. This is why I will NOT keep track of a "wishlist" - everyone is welcome to either create and maintain a site or find a dev to do it for him. [B]Site Parser[/B] As you have noticed, adding new sites is NOT without work, and if it were THAT easy we would already have found a way I guess and many more tools like OnlineVideos would exist. The real world web is in no way uniform - so we cannot provide a simple way that every person on the planet can use. You are looking for the magic bullet here I'm sure with enough time and money one could develop something usefull. [/QUOTE]

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