- January 11, 2007
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Hi there.
I've just completed an early version of my very first MediaPortal-plugin (and very first program in C# ever). It's an online content viewer for Danish content (that currently supports content from "Danmarks Radio").
Please feel free to try this plugin and let me know what you think. I want to make it very clear that this is an alpha-version with known bugs. Anyway, please try it out and give me feedback.
"Online Arkiv - version 0.1"
Installation instructions:
- Download attached file and unzip it to a temporary folder.
- Move the files manually like this:
- "MyOnlineArchive.dll" goes to your plugin-folder (normally "C:\Programs\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Plugins\Windows").
- "MyOnlineArchive.xml" goes to your skin-folder (this skin is for BlueTwo-wide - so that is "C:\Programs\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\BlueTwo wide")
- "dr.gif" goes to your skin/media-folder (that is: "C:\Programs\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\BlueTwo wide").
- Run Configure (MediaPortal Setup) and go to MyPlugins and enable the plugin.
- Run MediaPortal and enjoy!
- Post feedback ;-)
PLEASE NOTE: This plugin is not another IPTV-plugin. It is not meant to be for streaming live content, but rather for browsing specific on-demand content from sites very well integrated into the plugin - i.e. not a generic plugin.
ALSO NOTE: This plugin will currently ONLY work for you, if you are connected to the Internet from a Danish ISP, as "Danmarks Radio" has blocked foreign IPs from streaming their content due to copyright reasons.
AND: You need at least a 2 Mbit/s connection to enjoy the full quality of ODP-content from the DR archive.
Known Bugs:
- A previously cached stream (i.e. cached in Media Player) will not play correctly. Audio will start, but the system hangs. MediaPortal needs a restart to recover from this. The temporary workaround is to clean your cache in WMP and delete temporary internet files in IE, when this problem occurs.
- After content has ended, the screen is black and needs the press of a button to go back to the main-screen.
Planned Improvements:
- Caching of information, so responsetime will be greatly improved.
- Better error handling (right now, there is none!).
- Finding more info sources to deliver information about shows (currently only few shows have a description).
- Support of more skins
- Support of more languages and string prefixes (i.e. My Online Archive).
Planned New Features:
- New archives:
- DR Radio
- TV2 (free content)
- Sputnik (if you pay)
- SBS (N, Kanal4, Kanal5)
- etc.
- Possibillity of storing content locally (download) and view it later from local computer.
The current version has been compiled and tested against the very latest SVN-build, so make sure you're up-to-date.
Regards
Lars
I've just completed an early version of my very first MediaPortal-plugin (and very first program in C# ever). It's an online content viewer for Danish content (that currently supports content from "Danmarks Radio").
Please feel free to try this plugin and let me know what you think. I want to make it very clear that this is an alpha-version with known bugs. Anyway, please try it out and give me feedback.
"Online Arkiv - version 0.1"
Installation instructions:
- Download attached file and unzip it to a temporary folder.
- Move the files manually like this:
- "MyOnlineArchive.dll" goes to your plugin-folder (normally "C:\Programs\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Plugins\Windows").
- "MyOnlineArchive.xml" goes to your skin-folder (this skin is for BlueTwo-wide - so that is "C:\Programs\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\BlueTwo wide")
- "dr.gif" goes to your skin/media-folder (that is: "C:\Programs\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\BlueTwo wide").
- Run Configure (MediaPortal Setup) and go to MyPlugins and enable the plugin.
- Run MediaPortal and enjoy!
- Post feedback ;-)
PLEASE NOTE: This plugin is not another IPTV-plugin. It is not meant to be for streaming live content, but rather for browsing specific on-demand content from sites very well integrated into the plugin - i.e. not a generic plugin.
ALSO NOTE: This plugin will currently ONLY work for you, if you are connected to the Internet from a Danish ISP, as "Danmarks Radio" has blocked foreign IPs from streaming their content due to copyright reasons.
AND: You need at least a 2 Mbit/s connection to enjoy the full quality of ODP-content from the DR archive.
Known Bugs:
- A previously cached stream (i.e. cached in Media Player) will not play correctly. Audio will start, but the system hangs. MediaPortal needs a restart to recover from this. The temporary workaround is to clean your cache in WMP and delete temporary internet files in IE, when this problem occurs.
- After content has ended, the screen is black and needs the press of a button to go back to the main-screen.
Planned Improvements:
- Caching of information, so responsetime will be greatly improved.
- Better error handling (right now, there is none!).
- Finding more info sources to deliver information about shows (currently only few shows have a description).
- Support of more skins
- Support of more languages and string prefixes (i.e. My Online Archive).
Planned New Features:
- New archives:
- DR Radio
- TV2 (free content)
- Sputnik (if you pay)
- SBS (N, Kanal4, Kanal5)
- etc.
- Possibillity of storing content locally (download) and view it later from local computer.
The current version has been compiled and tested against the very latest SVN-build, so make sure you're up-to-date.
Regards
Lars