YT GameBar Overlay

An extension developed on top of Windows' Xbox Game Bar SDK, aimed to be used as a pinned window while playing, making it possible to enjoy the video while gaming.

Releases

• Get on Microsoft Store
• Github Release

Setting up

• 1: Clone this repository.
• 2: Clone the VideoUI repository, it is the core of videos playback on this project.
• 3: Build the VideoUI (Instructions on its readme), copy the content of YTGameBarVideoUI/dist/YTGameBarVideoUI inside YTGameBarOverlay/VideoUI.
• 4: Rename the .env_sample to .env and update the necessary environment variables, which currently are:
  • YTGBFS_ADDRESS (The address of a running YTGBFS instance.)
  • YTGBFS_PORT (The port of the previous YTGBFS instance.)
  • YTGBSS_ADDRESS= (The address of a running YTGBSS instance.)
  • YTGBSS_PORT= (The port of the previous YTGBFS instance.)
  • YTGBWS_PORT= (The port of the Webserver contained in YTGBO)
• 5: Open the YTeGameBarOverlay.sln on Visual Studio.
• 6: Add the VideoUI files to the project
  • On VS' Solution explorer, right click VideoUI Folder, then Add... > Existing Item...
  • Select all files inside VideoUI/
• 7: Update/install the NuGet Packages.
• 8: You're ready to contribute!

Development tips

Debugging with Game Bar

Once that this overlay is intended to be used on Xbox Game Bar, and you're probably going to need debugging it inside Game Bar, the application should not be launched as a normal UWP App:

• 1: With the solution opened, right-click the project YTGameBarOverlay (Universal Windows) and go to Properties and then Debug.
• 2: Check the Do not launch, but debug my code when it starts option.
• 3: Save the Project Properties.
• 4: Use the Visual Studio's Build Menu Bar option, then select Deploy Solution.
• 5: Once the process of deploy is succeed, press F5 to start debugging on Visual Studio (notice that it will not start the Overlay automatically).
• 6: Now go ahead to Xbox Game Bar (Windows + G), using the Widget Menu option select YT GameBar Overlay.
• 7: Pin the window and go back to Visual Studio.
• 8: Since step 7 Visual Studio should have already attached to the YTGBO's process and you are now able to debug it properly.

Everytime you change the code you'll need to redeploy to debug (Steps 4-7).

Special Thanks

Arthur Bryan - For adding Spanish resource files.