About: MyFilms - Use an ANT Movie Database (AMC) in MP

[zebons]

UPDATE:

Latest version:
for MediaPortal 0.2.3 stable release - v4.5 for 0.2.3 stable
for MediaPortal 0.2.3 SVN releases (including v1.0.0 release candidates] - v4.5 for 0.2.3 SVN releases

Installation and configuration instructions - MyFilms WIKI page



[EDIT]You can find the latest version v3.1 here

- Corrected some bugs (esentialy for playing purposes)
- compatible with latest SVNs. In that case, you have to delete the plugin\windows\MesFilms.dll and rename the MesFilms.dll_SVN into MesFilms.dll
- add an image (hard disk) on the detail screen if the movie file is found on HDD
- manage multifiles with 3 methods :
1) like the standard VIDEOS module, in case on monofile (only one file indicated in the ANT Storage File Info item) search for similar names files (differ only with extension cdx or discx)
2) possible to define many files separated by ';' in the ANT Storage File Info item. Functionality limited by the item's Length (200c)
3) Create a playlist (.m3u file) with a list of movie files (max 15 files) and give the name of the playlist file in the ANT Storage File Info item
- possible to store the movies's Thumbs in a specific place. In that case, the PICTURE item of you AMC database define the complete path to the image file.


Sources are integrated in the zip file.

The Wiki is updated here
If somebody wants to update it (screenshots, usefull informations....) It would be great ;-)))

(MesFilms v3.0)
Corrected bugs :
- when you select DateAdded as specific supplemantary View, Dates are now sorted correctly
- corrected Exception with empty fields like Year or Rating when updating MP Video database for OSD purpose
Enhancements :
- possible to manage the name of the plugin in setup (default MyFilms)
- Now after a specific selection previous menu return on the selection screen and not on the list display. So you can easely ask for an other choice in the selection list
- DVD included in image files (.iso, .nrg...) are now managed (as the tandard Videos function)
- possible to extend the file search to many paths. In the setup field 'Search Path for File Read' you can put several paths separated by ';'

Caution ; If you get an Exception on LoadDirectory function, download the latest SVN (after 22/12/06) ou unmark the 'Mark Watched' option in the standard setup for Movies.


Corrections made :
(MesFilms_v2.3)
- compatibility with latest MP version (0.2.1.0) and svn
- each time you launch a movie, the MP videodatabase is updated with AMC informations. So OSD is now available...

(MesFilms_v2.2.3)
- bug 'black screen' corrected when reading DVD on disks
- new design (better use of space for displaying informations)
- managing the little player windows overlay (picture is always visible)

(MesFilms_v2.2.2)
- possible to update some items of your AMC database directly with MP (rating and two others that you choice via setup with default values)
- add two specifics Views for your purpose
- add a specific sort
- navigate thru the movies selection on detailed view without return on the primary screen
- restarting where you had stop the preceding reading for a movie
- can manage movie on many supports. You can select when there are several CD from which you start the reading
- add a control and a message to help you searching invalid characters in your XML file. With the prior version, it was impossible to load the XLM file with those characters without any message. Now you get an error message with the number of the last good enreg. So you can search invalid characters in the next few enregs in your database with AMC
- correction of some bugs :lol: 8)

BE Carefull : To avoid having a label '79861' on the detailed screen Update Button you have to add a string in your string.xml file (Mediaportal\Language\English\string.xml) :
<string>
<id>79861</id>
<value>Update</value>
</string>

[END-EDIT]


Here a new Plugin MyFilms V2.1.0 (new version to manage the item of your ANT database used as Title -Master and Secondary) http://wiki.mp-fr.com/doku.php?id=upload:autre_fichier

Purpose : Use an ANT Movie Catalog Database directly in MP.
Others plugins already exists for managing an ANT database in MP but they oblige to use another software like MPMovieInfo to load the database...:?
With that plugin, the only action that you have to do is to save your ANT database in XML format ('save as' in ANT software and choose the XML format).

Contents : The dll file (MesFilms.dll) to be copied in plugin\Windows directory
2 screens (MesFilms.xml and MesFilmsDetail.xml) for differents skins (Blue Two, Razor and Project X). You have to copy in the corresponding directory (for ex skin\Blue Two)
1 image to be copied in the skin\Blue Two\Media directory (ex for Blue Two skin)

Setup : In the setup you can manage your pluggin.
Ant Movie Catalog File (XML) : complete path for your ANT database (format xml)
Ant Picture Path (IMG) : directory path for Videos Pictures of your database
Ant Item for Storage File Info : If you manage the video's filename in your ANT database, you can launch the video directly with the plugin. Here, you have to give the item used for filename info in your database.
Ant Identification Item : If the plugin cann't find the file to launch, a dialog windows with that information ask you to mount the correct media. Here you can specify the info that enables you to identify that media
Ant Master Title ans Secondary Title : here, you can define the item of your ANT database that must be used as Master Title (OriginalTitle, TranslatedTitle or FormattedTitle). Eventually, you can choose any item of your databse as secondary Title, In that case that item will be displayed in place of secondary Title
Ant Supplementary View : They are 4 standards views in that plugin (access with the Change View button) :
- view by Films (all films are listed)
- view by Year (films are grouped by Year)
- view by Category (films are grouped by....)
- view by Country
Here you can add 2 supplentaries Views for your specific use. For example you can view your collection by Media Support or by borrower...
For each view you have to select an item of your ANT database and a label associated to it (for displaying choice)
If you don't indicate a label,it's the item's name which will be used.
Ant Filtered Enreg. : Here you can filter enregs from your database. All enregs with that criteria will never be displayed.
Detailed Supplementary Information : here you can specify 3 supplementaries items to be displayed on the detailed screen.

Use : I hope it's easy to use 8) . You can sort your list by name, Year, Rating and Date (usefull to know last videos added in your database...). Each sort can be in ASC or Desc mode.
You can select with some criteria, films to be displayed (access with the Change View button). You can select all films or a particular Year, Category, Country and specific datas (cf setup change view)
You can also search by Actors or Title (Search by Actors and Title buttons). Type some characters of Titles or Actors and all films that contains thoses characters will be displayed.
If you clic on a specific film of the list, a detailed screen will be displayed.
Here, you can launch the video read or return on the previous screen

That's all 8)
Good luck
and sorry for my poor English :?[/u]

[odin318]

Can you update this post with the latest versions?

Thanks. Also the wiki link is no longer working.

[cybrmage]

Originally Posted by odin318

Can you update this post with the latest versions?

Thanks. Also the wiki link is no longer working.

Done...

[rickyman]

when i try to config the MyFilms, it crashes MediaPortal.

i follows the simple instruction on th wiki pages.

[zebons]

Originally Posted by rickyman

when i try to config the MyFilms, it crashes MediaPortal.

i follows the simple instruction on th wiki pages.

Which version (MyFilms, MP) , skin...... ?

[rickyman]

i use Myfilms 4.5 , MP 1.0 RC1 + latest svn. and i am suing PureVision.

[zebons]

Originally Posted by rickyman

i use Myfilms 4.5 , MP 1.0 RC1 + latest svn. and i am suing PureVision.

Y don't deliver skin PureVision for 4.5. Previous skin versoin aren't compatible with the 4.5.
Ask to the skin developper if there is a compatible 4.5 version.

[Paranoid Delusion]

Catavolt did a update for the MyFilms files yesterday in the Purevision skin thread.

Regards

[rickyman]

which skin is compatible with MyFilms?

[rickyman]

can anyone tell me what does this mean?

and how do i fix this?

all of my movies is inside the hard drive and not on the DVD?