I have just joined as a beta-tester of Voddler, the “Spotify for movies”. It is currently beta-tested in Sweden (only). Unfortunately I don’t have any good news to report yet as I can not get the client up and running at all. It seems to be very sensitive to router settings, firewalls etc. Even disabling every millimeter of protection, and enabling UPNP in the router as per the user guide, I can’t get it to pass the initial test. I’m not alone having these problems it seems.

I do like the idea that the client is built on open source but of course I’m missing a Linux client. The client is still a bit clunky. You can’t use the mouse for instance. That is not a big deal for an HTPC that you control with a remote. It is a bit inconvenient on the desktop though.

I’m sure they (or I) will figure it out eventually. The concept is totally right. I’m a happy subscriber to Spotify Premium and wouldn’t hesitate to shell out a similar amount to get access to a stable stream of good movies.

Unfortunately my small switch broke so there is no easy way currently for me to connect to the Internet directly, without a router. And I will still want to use the program through a router in the end as I want all my computers on the same network. But before that I guess I need a new switch for some unprotected troubleshooting. I did sign up as a beta-tester after all.

Links

[1] www.voddler.com