BUG: GUI new TV show not found will not let you type in a new show name (1 Viewer)

[gamejester]

If you are using MP via a TV only, and never go into the windows configuration setup app, then add some new shows to your Server MP will pick them up if you have foce local scan set, great.

but recently, duno how recently, if it does not match the show (which is seems to match less shows now) it will pop up a window for you to choose the show (this used to have a lot of options, but more often that not now returns an empty list). If your show is not in the list you have the option to enter a new name to search for; this is the bit that is broken.

Clicking this option no longer brings up the virtusl keyboard, instead it just re-loads the same pop up window.

 

[ltfearme]

I'm looking into this, I thought it would be an easy fix as the code to bring up the keyboard is non-existent.

I added the code and didnt work Im not exactly sure yet why, but it works when I test it elsewhere (e.g. off the context menu). Maybe something to do with the Import process in the background.

Damien

 

[gamejester]

humm, so are you saying it has never worked?
To be honest i cannot remember now, in the past the returned list of possible matched shows was more acurate, so I don't know if I ever had to type a new search name in.
Good luck with your investigation.

 

[smithdc]

Firstly I must say im not a genius when it comes to code far far from it, I did some basics back in college. I downloaded the source from sourceforge and opened it in VS '08 but all I get is alot of errors (100+). I finish exams next week and then I am away for a couple weeks but im quite keen to learn and help where I can in this fantastic project!

 

[gamejester]

Any progress?

Sorry been really busy the last week and a half so not been around here much.
has anyone confirmed whether this ever worked? ( I am assuming not from ltfearme investigation )

 

[ltfearme]

Sorry, no progress. Been busy with work and family. I will look at it again soon.

I did however have time to sneak in a change so it gets the highest rated banners by default when doing an import. This should save a lot of time cycling through banners initially. It only works well if the the banner and plugin are the same language otherwise it falls back to how it previously chose them.

Damien

 

[gamejester]

Cool, I'll check it out.
Will it just pull down 1 banner or does it still pull them all down?
Would be good to have an option to just pull down 1 banner to safe bandwidth, and if you are already picking the best then that would be ideal.

How about fanart from thetvdb.com (sorry if this has all been discussed already, which I am sure it has!) but just was reading through this thread
Online TV Database :: View topic - Fan Art

Can the plugin pull fanart from thetvdb.com and if so can we just get the highest rated and filtered by size (so 720 or 1080 image)? Also can it retrieve the extra colour info that is stored with the fan art for doing auto background alpha blending stuff. Seems like quite a cool way to do a new skin.

 

[Inker]

How about fanart from thetvdb.com (sorry if this has all been discussed already, which I am sure it has!) but just was reading through this thread
Online TV Database :: View topic - Fan Art

Can the plugin pull fanart from thetvdb.com and if so can we just get the highest rated and filtered by size (so 720 or 1080 image)? Also can it retrieve the extra colour info that is stored with the fan art for doing auto background alpha blending stuff. Seems like quite a cool way to do a new skin.

No, sorry, it's not quite as easy as banners are specifically because of the extra info like colors we need to keep track off. Then there is the issue of how do you select one...surely you just don't blindly download them all and have the user toggle through them. So we gotta fetch thumbnails, simulate the fanart with the lower res including colors which the skin might take advantage off. Of course you also need to keep the colors up to date.

 

[ltfearme]

If you are using MP via a TV only, and never go into the windows configuration setup app, then add some new shows to your Server MP will pick them up if you have foce local scan set, great.

but recently, duno how recently, if it does not match the show (which is seems to match less shows now) it will pop up a window for you to choose the show (this used to have a lot of options, but more often that not now returns an empty list). If your show is not in the list you have the option to enter a new name to search for; this is the bit that is broken.

Clicking this option no longer brings up the virtual keyboard, instead it just re-loads the same pop up window.

Ok, this has now been added to the latest SVN (thx Inker for help). I have also added menu item to manually search even if there are matches found (just in case none of them are relevant).

Please test when you get the chance.

Cheers,
Damien

 

[gamejester]

Great, will test it out when i get home tonight.