Plugin Creation

juvinious · 2004-12-28, 02:37

I want to start development on a plugin to download Shoutcast .pls files automatically according to criteria provided.
However my question is that, has the method of creating plugins changed since 0.1.0.0? I followed the example for creating a plugin in the pdf located in the documentation section of the site but to no avail been able to get my plugin to interact with media portal. Maybe I'm doing something wrong can anyone guide me in what I might be doing wrong? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

waeberd · 2004-12-28, 07:09

Hi Juvinious,

and welcome to MediaPortal

Quote:

Originally Posted by juvinious

I followed the example for creating a plugin in the pdf located in the documentation section of the site but to no avail been able to get my plugin to interact with media portal.

We need more details to help you:

Does the plugin appear in MP Configuration?
Does anything appear in MP itself?

If you post some details, I'm sure somebody can help you!

Regards,

Daniel

Mr.Mitchell · 2004-12-28, 13:25

The pdf is probably a bit outdated. The code structure of MP changed around the 0.1.0.0 release. But the ISetupform interface is still used as it was before, so it should not be that hard to get it working.

Make sure you check the log file for errors and if you are still having problem try posting some more details about the exact problems you are having.

juvinious · 2004-12-29, 02:30

Thanks for the replies here was the problems I was encountering.
Following the PDF, unless I was doing something wrong, it says to add reference to guilib. Well when I go to add that it doesn't come up. Maybe I was doing something wrong so I went back and redid the steps over several times. Regardless of that, I looked at other plugins and used the common references that they utilized and added them to my plugin. I eventually got my plugin to compile with no errors. I added my .dll to the plugin directory and started media portal but it didn't show up in the configuration. I am assuming since 0.1.0.0 the directory structure changed to the individual folders now in /plugins and so I attempted to move it from folder to folder seeing if it would show up in configuration. Still nothing, I'm completely at a stand still as to what to do.
If I can't get this to work I'll just have to write the program as a standalone app and have it run as a service on my HTPC.
Thanks again for your help.

samuel337 · 2004-12-29, 05:00

yes the plugin tutorial is old in that frodo has combined a lot of the previous seperate dlls into one dll. GuiLib has been combined into core.dll.

If your plugin is not showing up in the configuration, have you put it in the plugins/process or plugins/windows folder? It should show up, if not, have you implemented the ISetupForm interface and is your plugin a class library (dll file)?

If you don't mind, its easier to solve this problem if you post the code of your plugin so far.

Sam

samuel337 · 2004-12-29, 07:25

samuel337 · 2004-12-29, 07:25

I just had a look at MP 0.1.0.3 - you're right, none of the custom plugins appear on the plugins list in configuration. Only the MP ones do... I'm going to have a look at this when I get time.

However, the plugin does get loaded in MP.

Sam

juvinious · 2004-12-31, 07:50

Thanks for the help sam, I'm still working with it I'll figure how to get it to come up along the way hopefully.
I also came across this: http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dncenter/...ideosearch.htm, a meedio yahoo launch video importer. The code is available in VB and I've been thumbing through it. Very straight forwardII might as well create a plugin for this alsol as this would be very usefull including the shoutcast pls importer I'm working on.

samuel337 · 2004-12-31, 07:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by juvinious

Thanks for the help sam, I'm still working with it I'll figure how to get it to come up along the way hopefully.
I also came across this: http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dncenter/...ideosearch.htm, a meedio yahoo launch video importer. The code is available in VB and I've been thumbing through it. Very straight forwardII might as well create a plugin for this alsol as this would be very usefull including the shoutcast pls importer I'm working on.

That would be great! Its the one feature from myHTPC/Meedio that I miss in MP. I can try to help with VB.NET problems if you need help.

Sam

tomtom21000 · 2004-12-31, 08:30

juvinious:

I am sure you know the open source project stramripper.

It downloads the stations plus a lot more like recording and title display.

Have a look here: http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.so...t=streamripper

Integration into mp would be great..

tomtom21000

2004-12-28, 02:37	#1 (permalink)
juvinious Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 43 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Plugin Creation I want to start development on a plugin to download Shoutcast .pls files automatically according to criteria provided. However my question is that, has the method of creating plugins changed since 0.1.0.0? I followed the example for creating a plugin in the pdf located in the documentation section of the site but to no avail been able to get my plugin to interact with media portal. Maybe I'm doing something wrong can anyone guide me in what I might be doing wrong? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

2004-12-31, 08:30	#10 (permalink)
tomtom21000 Retired Team Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 1,019 Thanks: 7 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts My System	juvinious: I am sure you know the open source project stramripper. It downloads the stations plus a lot more like recording and title display. Have a look here: http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.so...t=streamripper Integration into mp would be great.. tomtom21000 __________________

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2004-12-28, 13:25	#3 (permalink)
Mr.Mitchell Retired Team Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 227 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The pdf is probably a bit outdated. The code structure of MP changed around the 0.1.0.0 release. But the ISetupform interface is still used as it was before, so it should not be that hard to get it working. Make sure you check the log file for errors and if you are still having problem try posting some more details about the exact problems you are having.

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juvinious Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 43 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the replies here was the problems I was encountering. Following the PDF, unless I was doing something wrong, it says to add reference to guilib. Well when I go to add that it doesn't come up. Maybe I was doing something wrong so I went back and redid the steps over several times. Regardless of that, I looked at other plugins and used the common references that they utilized and added them to my plugin. I eventually got my plugin to compile with no errors. I added my .dll to the plugin directory and started media portal but it didn't show up in the configuration. I am assuming since 0.1.0.0 the directory structure changed to the individual folders now in /plugins and so I attempted to move it from folder to folder seeing if it would show up in configuration. Still nothing, I'm completely at a stand still as to what to do. If I can't get this to work I'll just have to write the program as a standalone app and have it run as a service on my HTPC. Thanks again for your help.

2004-12-29, 05:00	#5 (permalink)
samuel337 Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 773 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yes the plugin tutorial is old in that frodo has combined a lot of the previous seperate dlls into one dll. GuiLib has been combined into core.dll. If your plugin is not showing up in the configuration, have you put it in the plugins/process or plugins/windows folder? It should show up, if not, have you implemented the ISetupForm interface and is your plugin a class library (dll file)? If you don't mind, its easier to solve this problem if you post the code of your plugin so far. Sam

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samuel337 Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 773 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	<accidental double post>

2004-12-29, 07:25	#7 (permalink)
samuel337 Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 773 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I just had a look at MP 0.1.0.3 - you're right, none of the custom plugins appear on the plugins list in configuration. Only the MP ones do... I'm going to have a look at this when I get time. However, the plugin does get loaded in MP. Sam

2004-12-31, 07:50	#8 (permalink)
juvinious Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 43 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the help sam, I'm still working with it I'll figure how to get it to come up along the way hopefully. I also came across this: http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dncenter/...ideosearch.htm, a meedio yahoo launch video importer. The code is available in VB and I've been thumbing through it. Very straight forwardII might as well create a plugin for this alsol as this would be very usefull including the shoutcast pls importer I'm working on.