MP2 - V2.4.1 Bugs and Improvements (1 Viewer)

[marabicudi]

Another thing I recently detected is that in the cover view of series the watched flag is not porperly aligned (there is a margin on the top):

Thanks,
Mara

 

[marabicudi]

It is me again

In the TC builds before the official version 2.3 it was possible to access the last played series directly by the series home screen.
Since the 2.3 release this seems no longer to be possible or at least only when an episode of a series has been watched only partialy.

Would it be possible to bring this behavior back independent of partialy watched episodes?
This feature was very useful to quickly access the last watched series.

And additionally it would be great, if it is possible to get rid of the "Latest added" section in the series view.
In my case, as I never use this section, it only wastes space on the series home screen.

Thanks for you feedback,
Mara

 

[MP2 Fan]

I second Maras request for the local areas to be configurable. In al skins I've tried to turn them off. I can't see the point of clutter just for the sake of it. Just a personal thing.

Another thought. Many skins have the info boxes auto-scroll. Its not usually too onerous to wait for few seconds to read it, and saves having to navigate to it and scroll it.

 

[ge2301]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll take look when I find time and fix it.

 

[ge2301]

Yesterday I installed build 14 of 2.3.1 from TC and had a look to the added scrollable details in the InfoScreens.

It basically works but there are some bugs:

1. In the InfoScreens of movies the top boundary of the scrollable section gets overlapped by fanart pictures

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2. In the InfoScreens of series the last part of the description gets cut sometimes when the scrollbar is fully on the bottom

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(in the picture above the last part of the last sentence is missing, it should be "Maeve und Charlotte erleiden beide einen herben Verlust.")

Thanks,
Mara

Fixed and part of next release

Another thing I recently detected is that in the cover view of series the watched flag is not porperly aligned (there is a margin on the top):

View attachment 207225

Thanks,
Mara

Fixed and part of next release.

n the TC builds before the official version 2.3 it was possible to access the last played series directly by the series home screen.
Since the 2.3 release this seems no longer to be possible or at least only when an episode of a series has been watched only partialy.

There was no change for this point since the release and the category "last played series" always showed only items, when an episode of a series has been watched only partialy.

I second Maras request for the local areas to be configurable. In al skins I've tried to turn them off. I can't see the point of clutter just for the sake of it. Just a personal thing.

Not sure, what is ment with "local areas"?

Another thought. Many skins have the info boxes auto-scroll. Its not usually too onerous to wait for few seconds to read it, and saves having to navigate to it and scroll it.

Not for the info screens. Auto scrolling information are a nightmare for some people, who can not concentrate on moving elements and need more time to read.

 

[MP2 Fan]

Fixed and part of next release


Fixed and part of next release.


There was no change for this point since the release and the category "last played series" always showed only items, when an episode of a series has been watched only partialy. Otheriwse, what should be there to continue watching?


Not sure, what is ment with "local areas"?

Sorry, my bad description. I meant the areas previously mentioned for configuration and/or removal labelled "Latest Added", "Continue Playing" & "Favorites" to the right of whichever main menu is selected.

Not for the info screens. Auto scrolling information are a nightmare for some people, who can not concentrate on moving elements and need more time to read.

Understood.

 

[CyberSimian]

Auto scrolling information are a nightmare for some people, who can not concentrate on moving elements and need more time to read.

I agree with that, but the solution is to make both the initial delay before scrolling starts, and the scroll speed, configurable by the user. Needless to say (since it is me posting this), MP1 does support settings that do this. MP2 should support them too.

For me it was necessary to increase the initial delay, and reduce the scroll speed, in order to make text comfortable to read (the default values were not suitable for me).

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

 

[ge2301]

And additionally it would be great, if it is possible to get rid of the "Latest added" section in the series view.
In my case, as I never use this section, it only wastes space on the series home screen.

I'd like to have the home content configurable too, but it's not an easy thing and somebody with #C knowledge needs to do it.
Currently we are really lacking in ressorces. If you have some skills, you are welcome to help

In the TC builds before the official version 2.3 it was possible to access the last played series directly by the series home screen.
Since the 2.3 release this seems no longer to be possible or at least only when an episode of a series has been watched only partialy.

Would it be possible to bring this behavior back independent of partialy watched episodes?
This feature was very useful to quickly access the last watched series.

@henso as far as I know there was no change at all in this area, I checked also the commit history.
But the feedback is right, I just tried it and can confirm.

• I selected a completely unseen series with 3 seasons. I went to season 1 and set the watched status to about 50%. Season 1 and Series are correctly marked as partly watched and series appears in continue playing section of home screen.
• Now I set the same episode to completly watched. Season 1 and the Series are correctly marked as partly watched, but the series does not appear in continue playing section of home screen.

Can we change it in a way, that the partly watched status of virtual elements as series decides what to show in the section "Continue Playing"?
The long term plan was even. that the focus goes directly to the related episode screen with focus on the last partly watched or first unwatched episode. But Brownard did not find time to look into that yet.

 

[marabicudi]

I'd like to have the home content configurable too, but it's not an easy thing and somebody with #C knowledge needs to do it.
Currently we are really lacking in ressorces. If you have some skills, you are welcome to help

I completely understand the resources point.

Btw, here some futher feedback on the InfoScreens of movies and series (I installed the latest TC build from this morning).

Movies:

Series:

Ah and the watched flags are looking good now

Thanks,
Mara

 

[ge2301]

I completely understand the resources point.

Btw, here some futher feedback on the InfoScreens of movies and series (I installed the latest TC build from this morning).

Movies:
View attachment 207271

Series:
View attachment 207272

Ah and the watched flags are looking good now

Thanks,
Mara

Thanks Mara, really appreciated you test everything and report problems You know the saying, that the ranger can sometimes not see the trees in the wood Some visual bugs just appear with very specific conditions.
The alignment of the scroll box is easy and can be done. But I can probably not influence the other two issues

• Empty space in bottom -> probably the original text contains many spaces at the end
• Cropped words -> I've not see that and no idea yet, maybe the scroll viewer model in skin engine behind has an issue, I'll see what I can do about it