Kinoma Notes

CNET’s been a favorite destination for tech news and reviews for as long as I can remember. And since it was born, Kinoma Play has been a great way to find and play CNET podcasts.

Today we’ve got a great update for CNET fans — Kinoma Guide now includes CNET’s latest show lineup, including video whenever possible!

Nice! What do we have?

In additional to the individual show categories, there’s also a couple convenience categories with the latest audio and video podcasts in reverse chronological order.

Tip: Depending on the speed and quality of your phone’s data connection, your playback experience may be better if you (1) use Wi-Fi or (2) using the Media > Download feature to downloading video podcasts before you play them.

Here’s the full list of categories:

• All Audio Podcasts [Audio] — A feed of all CNET audio podcasts.
• All Video Podcasts [Video] — A feed of all CNET video podcasts.
• The 404 [Audio, Video] — The 404 is where…well…you won’t find much of anything to help you stay connected to the latest news. You will, however, find hosts obsessed with talking about music, movies, games, and anything else in pop culture that uses technology.
• Android Atlas Weekly [Audio, Video] — From phones to tablets to set top boxes, if it runs Android, Android Atlas Weekly will cover it. AAW also reviews the hot app of the week and covers a special tip that should help you get even more use out of your Android device.
• The Apple Byte [Video] — The Apple Byte covers the fact, the fiction, and everything inside the world of Apple including the latest Apple announcements, the rumors, and the good and bad of Apple with an edgy style.
• Best of Buzz Out Loud [Audio, Video] — The Best of Buzz Out Loud brings you BOL’s unique take on the top news of the week in a weekly digest format.
• Buzz Out Loud [Audio, Video] — Buzz Out Loud features CNET’s top tech experts reviewing the day’s tech news. Each episode, five times a week, the crew analyzes, interprets, and argues about what all this technology means and what it’s doing to us.
• Buzz Report [Video] — A fresh and funny perspective on the latest in consumer electronic products to hit the market, as well as ruthless analysis and commentary on the most buzz-worthy technology news.
• Car Tech Live [Audio, Video] — Every Friday, the latest news in the ever-evolving integration between cars and technology. The hosts also drive the newest car in the CNET barn, going over its cabin tech with a fine-toothed comb, checking out off-the-line acceleration and trying not to crash.
• Car Tech [Video] — A car nut and tech afficianado takes you for an inside look at a new car and it’s cabin tech, as well as the technology that lies underneath the hood.
• CNET Conversations [Video] — You ask the questions, CNET gets the answers. CNET Conversations is a series of video interviews with tech luminaries, with CNET users submitting the questions.
• CNET News [Video] — From industry news to techy trends to newsmaker interviews, no technology angle is too small or obscure to explore. Our reporters take you there in this video series that aims to bring you even closer to the tech news you find daily on CNET News.
• CNET Tech Review [Video] — CNET Tech Review rounds up the hottest new videos from CNET TV each week. From First Looks of big products, to Prizefights, to How-To videos, we bring you the good, the bad and the bottom line as well as what’s happening in the tech world.
• CNET to the Rescue [Audio, Video] — You deserve to get the most out of the technology you use. The CNET to the Rescue podcast gives you the tips and tricks to master the products you own and get the best deals on new technology. Every Wednesday, your hosts take on new topics and answer your emailed and live phone questions.
• CNET’s Top 5 [Video] — Check out the best and worst of technology as counted down by your host, from the hottest gadgets to the worst downloads and much more. Watch each week to find out what’s No. 1.
• Crave [Video] — The name says it all: Crave covers the coolest, hottest and sexiest digital gadgetry that you *must* have. Whether its the thinnest phone, the latest iPod or the first billion-pixel camera, your hosts will talk about it on Crave.
• Dialed In [Audio, Video] — Whether it’s for just making calls or for cramming your entire life into one device, the ubiquitous cell phone continues to evolve. Each Wednesday your hosts meet to discuss the latest cell phone news and answer your questions about what’s in, what’s out, and what’s coming next.
• Digital City [Audio, Video] — Live from New York, your hosts explore the impact of new technology on city life and urban environments, from municipal Wi-Fi, to high-tech crime, to tricks for cutting the line at the Apple Store.
• The Digital Home [Audio] — A no-nonsense discussion on what really is going on with all the tech topics related to your Digital Home.
• First Look [Video] — Get the first look at the hottest products from our expert CNET editors. They’ll dive in deep and cover all of the hot features, as well as the flaws, of the latest tech gadgets across every product category.
• For The Record [Audio] — Talks with tech insiders about products and issues ranging from an inside look at the newest tech products to a critical analysis of tech policy issues. Drawing on company reps, analysts, CNET beat reporters and other experts, your hosts gets the answers you need to hear.
• The Green Show [Video] — The latest in green technology, covering news, consumer electronics, and tips focused on energy efficiency. Your host gives you insight into being environmentally responsible and gathers the latest results of CNET’s lab testing.
• Hacks [Video] — If technology doesn’t do what you want, then hack it. CNET hacks gets under the hood of your favorite gadgets and tech to show you how to do things you might not have thought possible.
• How To [Video] — See all the steps for solving tech problems or just getting more out of What you’re using. Whether it’s a computer tip, tweaks and tricks for your DVR, or ways to get more out of your smartphone, you’ll find it in CNET How To. Each video is helpfully rated easy, medium, difficult or supergeek.
• Indecent Exposure [Audio] — Kick back and listen to this weekly chat about what’s new, interesting, useful — and occasionally irritating — in the world of digital photography and imaging.
• Inside CNET Labs [Audio] — Take a look inside CNET’s editorial process from a performance testing perspective, offering a glimpse of the good, the bad, and the ugly. You’ll also go inside the heads of CNET Labs as they offer opinionated discussion on subjects ranging from personal insecurities to whether the existence of time can be proven.
• Loaded [Video] — Start your day with CNET’s daily technology news video show. Your host discusses the day’s news hot off the Interwebs and takes technology to the streets of New York City to see it at work.
• preGAME [Video] — The week’s gaming news and highlights you care about. Your hosts bring you live in-house demos of the hottest games a week before they’re released and give you a sneak peek at what’s to come with live commentary, reactions, and interviews with the people behind the games.
• Prizefight [Video] — It’s the ultimate face-off between tech’s top dogs in this five-round, winner-takes-all bout. Watch every blow-by-blow, where you’ll find the hottest cell phones, digital audio players, cameras, and more, battling it out for Prizefight supremacy.
• Reporters’ Roundtable [Audio, Video] — Each week, CNET News and Reviews editors discuss in detail the biggest tech issues of the week, and predict the outcomes of ongoing technology market battles.
• Tap That App [Video] — Tap That App focuses on all the hottest mobile applications for all platforms. But the most important question is, “Will you tap that?”

Great, how do I find them?

You can find them in Kinoma Guide at Providers > CNET.com, or just search the guide for the specific show you’re interested in.

Enjoy!

Are we missing other cool internet content? Please take a few seconds to let us know! Just send links and short descriptions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for everyone to enjoy.

Kinoma Play puts an amazing amount of great content at your fingertips. Even if you stick to Kinoma Guide, you can enjoy something new every day and never play the same thing twice.

But what if you want to play something that isn’t in Kinoma Guide or Kinoma Play’s other apps? Open URL to the rescue!

To use Open URL, just open the menu from the Home screen and choose Home > Open URL.

Supported formats

The powerful-but-unassuming Open URL feature allows you to open links in any format supported by Kinoma Play. And there’s a lot of them…

• Video — Kinoma Play supports MPEG-4 Video SP, AVC/H.264 BP (Baseline Profile) and MP (Main profile) video, 3GPP (same as MPEG-4), Flash Video (Sorenson Spark codec), QuickTime Movie (same as MPEG-4) and Windows Media 9 (WMV9 codec) video formats. For streaming, Kinoma Play supports HTTP, RTSP, and MMS streaming.

• Audio — Kinoma Play supports MP3, AAC (iTunes), aacPlus, Flash Video (MP3 in an FLV), Windows Media Audio 9, and Audible audio, plus FLAC lossless audio and uncompressed WAV. For streaming, Kinoma Play supports HTTP, RTSP, MMS and Audible streaming. It also supports all popular playlist formats, including ASX (Windows Media), M3U, PLS, PVX and XSPF.

• Pictures & Images — Kinoma Play supports JPEG, PNG and BMP image formats, plus QuickTime VR panoramas, either standalone or in RSS photostreams.

• Playlists — Kinoma Play supports all popular playlist formats, including M3U playlists (.m3u), Playlists (.pls), Windows Media playlists (.asx), RSS and OPML.

As you can see, that covers almost every popular format used on the web today.

Tips and tricks

• Use a URL shortener like goo.gl or bit.ly to make a short URL that’s easy to enter on your phone.

• Or avoid typing altogether. Copy a link from your email client or browser, then use Open URL — its “clipboard auto-paste” feature will enter it for you.

• Create playlists in the cloud to make personal lists of links, then use Open URL to add them to your Favorites (and from there to your Home screen, etc). Both Box.net (upgraded accounts only) and Dropbox let you get direct links to files that can be used with Open URL, and are perfect places to store your custom playlists.

We hope this enhances your enjoyment of Kinoma Play! And if you have any questions or comments, please let us know in our forum.

Helloooo sports fans! Today we’ve got a major ESPN update for you.

Now you can find all ESPN PodCenter podcasts, plus ESPN Radio streams from across the country, in Kinoma Play’s always-handy Kinoma Guide.

Wow, what’s available?

You can listen in to 34 live ESPN Radio streams, including national streams and regional streams from L.A. to New York.

ESPN PodCenter collects all ESPN podcasts into one convenient category. There’s content from ESPN TV and ESPN Radio, plus original content that you can’t get on TV or radio.

• 1st and 10 — ESPN First Take’s Jay Crawford and Dana Jacobson referee the always-heated discussion as Skip Bayless and guests debate the day’s top ten stories.
• Around the Horn – Host Tony Reali and four reporters from across the country debate the hottest issues of the day with points awarded for good arguments.
• The B.S. Report – ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine’s Bill Simmons talks about his favorite things in sports: the Celtics, the Red Sox, his fantasy team and more.
• Baseball Today – What everyone is talking about in baseball: Watercooler talk from ESPN.com contributors.
• Behind the Bets – ESPN Insider Chad Millman explores the culture of sports gambling.
• The Ben & Skin Show – Ben and Skin bring their brand of sports talk and humor to 103.3 ESPN Radio. Ben and Skin were born and raised in the DFW area and have credible opinions and compelling analysis for Dallas/Ft. Worth sports fans.
• Best of Mike and Mike – A daily offering of the best of ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning.
• Carmen, Jurko and Harry – Join Carmen, Jurko & Harry weekdays from 2p-6p on ESPN 1000 — Chicagoland’s Leader in Sports.
• ESPN Boston Radio – ESPN Boston Radio with Adam Jones brings you a comprehensive look at the Boston sports scene: the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins and more.
• ESPN Radio Daily – The best news, opinions and commentary heard on ESPN Radio each day.
• ESPN Radio: Gridiron Recap – ESPN Radio covers all of Sunday’s football action and hears from the week’s top performers.
• ESPNsoccernet – Join Dan Mason and the ESPN team for news and debate on English football. Tune in for analysis on all the goals, incidents and talking points on the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League and beyond.
• ESPNU College Basketball – Doug Gottlieb and Andy Katz give you an all-access pass inside the world of college basketball.
• ESPNU College Football – ESPNU College Football gives you an all-access pass inside the world of college football, utilizing ESPN’s stable of reporters and analysts.
• ESPNU College Lacrosse – The ESPNU Lacrosse podcast gives you an all-access pass inside the world of college lacrosse. ESPN Lacrosse analyst Quint Kessenich interviews the top coaches, players and analysts.
• Fantasy Focus Baseball – ESPN Fantasy experts Matthew Berry and Nate Ravitz provide fantasy baseball player previews, game overviews, injury reports and strategy.
• Fantasy Focus Basketball – Mike Yam and Keith Lipscomb provide weekly fantasy basketball player updates, injury news, strategy and more.
• Fantasy Focus Football – ESPN Fantasy experts Matthew Berry and Nate Ravitz provide daily fantasy football player previews, game overviews, injury reports and strategy.
• First Draft – Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay share their weekly take on the upcoming NFL draft.
• Football Today – NFL updates, analysis and opinion from ESPN’s team of experts.
• Galloway & Company – A writer and columnist for the Dallas Morning News from 1966 through July 1998, and now a columnist with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Randy Galloway also uses his sports expertise to dominate the radio waves.
• Gridiron Recap – ESPN Radio covers all of Sunday’s football action and hears from the week’s top performers.
• Gross Point Blank MMA – Josh Gross brings fight fans inside mixed martial arts.
• Heavy Hitting Boxing – Kieran Mulvaney covers boxing for ESPN.com and Reuters. Several times a week, Mulvaney will discuss upcoming matchups, comment on past bouts and look at the stories behind the fighters.
• Hockey Today – ESPN’s weekly take on the NHL featuring experts Barry Melrose, E.J. Hradek and more.
• Jayski – Mark Garrow provides NASCAR news, rumors, stats and info.
• Jim Rome is Burning (JRIB) — A sports conversation and opinion show hosted by Jim Rome.
• LA Sports Live – Download the daily dose of LA Sports Live that you missed right here with the highlights of each day’s show.
• Mason & Ireland – Steve and John talk to the sports news makers and the sports news breakers daily from the 710 ESPN Carmax Studios at L.A. Live.
• Michael Kay – The Voice of the Yankees and host of YES Network’s “Center Stage” brings his expertise and insight on New York sports to 1050 Listeners during their afternoon drive. The Bronx native’s program gets you prepped for the evening’s games while entertaining you with good-natured humor throughout.
• The Michelle Beadle Podcast – Michelle Beadle joins the podcast universe for a weekly show featuring a mix of sports and pop culture.
• NBA Today – ESPN Radio’s Ryen Russillo covers all the latest news, rumors and opinion in the NBA alongside ESPN’s team of experts.
• On The Tee – ESPN.com golf editor Jason Sobel takes a look at the world of golf.
• Open Mike – Mike Tirico takes an in-depth look at the top stories from the world of sports, focusing on the issues surrounding the biggest events.
• Page 2 – From ESPN.com’s Page 2, Mike Philbrick and DJ Gallo break down sports with humor and satire in their own unique way.
• Pardon The Interruption – Washington Post columnists Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon face off on the day’s hot topics.
• The Poker Edge – Poker Pro Phil Gordon brings you the latest news in the poker world and provides “Expert Insight” on the game itself. Special guests have included: Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson.
• Scott Van Pelt Show – A daily best of The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio.
• Tony Kornheiser – A daily dose of the best of The Tony Kornheiser Show.
• SportsBeat – Mike Tirico’s two-minute take on the sports news of the day.
• Thundering Herd – A daily dose of the best of The Herd with Colin Cowherd.
• Waddle & Silvy – Former Chicago Bear Tom Waddle and Marc Silverman talk Bears, White Sox, Cubs, Bulls, Blackhawks and more from ESPN 1000 — Chicagoland’s Leader in Sports.

Sportstastic! Where do I find it?

You’ll find ESPN PodCenter and ESPN Radio in Kinoma Guide > Sports & Recreation.

Enjoy!

As usual, this new Kinoma Guide content is free for all Kinoma Play customers.

Are we missing cool internet content? Please take a few seconds to let us know! Just send links and short descriptions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for everyone to enjoy.

LibriVox is an online digital library of free, public domain audiobooks read by volunteers. Their mission is to make all books in the public domain available as audiobooks, and we’re proud to offer access to the LibriVox library in Kinoma Play.

Today we’re happy to announce a massive refresh of the LibriVox audiobooks available in Kinoma Guide — 1,966 audiobooks, with a total of 43,311 chapters! That’s almost double the number of audiobooks that was available yesterday.

When you can, take a few minutes scan through the “All Audiobooks by Title” and “All Audiobooks by Author” categories in Books & Literature > LibriVox. You’ll find a treasure-trove of the world’s best books and their authors, all available on-demand with your phone.

As usual, this new content is free to Kinoma customers.

Enjoy!

If there’s anything else that you’d like to see in Kinoma Guide, please take a few seconds to let us know! send links and short descriptions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them for everyone to enjoy.

Earwolf! What does it mean to you?

If you said, “The first name in comedy podcast networks”, pat yourself on the back and wait for a special surprise from the Easter Bunny. (For the record, the answers “That thing my doctor said I’ll get if I don’t get more vitamin A” and “That show about the helicopter with Jan-Michael Vincent” are incorrect.)

Today, we’re happy to say Earwolf shows are now available in Kinoma Play.

Really?

Yes. I would never lie to you, other than to avoid hurting your feelings.

How do I look in this?

Amaaazing.

So, what shows?

Well, there’s…

• Comedy Death-Ray Radio — Scott Aukerman (“Mr. Show,” Producer of “Between Two Ferns”) and his famous funny friends talk and stuff.
• Eardrop – Some of our favorite comedians call in and leave messages on our answering machine.
• Glitter in the Garbage — Drew Droege (The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, and Comedy Central Stage) and friends play obscure celebrities who celebrate, fight, feast upon, and polish the filth.
• How Did This Get Made? — Have you ever watched a movie so terrible, so unwatchable, that it actually is amazing? Then this show is for you! Paul Scheer leads a roundtable discussion.
• Mike Detective — The continuing adventures of Mike Detective, unlicensed and uninsured private eye! A hard-boiled noir serial, starring Rob Huebel (Human Giant, Childrens Hospital).
• Sklarbro Country — Randy and Jason Sklar give their weekly comedic takes on the worlds of sports and pop culture.
• Who Charted? — Howard Kremer and Kulap Vilaysack take aim at the top 5 chart makers in music, movies and television.
• The Wolf Den — Go behind the scenes of Earwolf. Jeff Ullrich talks about starting and growing a new media business and interviews others who are influencing the new business of comedy.

That’s a lot of awesome. If I can find the guts to listen, where do I find them?

You’ll find Earwolf  in Kinoma Guide > Entertainment & Comedy. Or, just use Kinoma Guide’s Search feature to find a specific show.

Enjoy!

If you know have other favorite content that we should include in Kinoma Guide, send links and short descriptions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them for everyone to enjoy.