Extensions: A GUI Plugin for MediaPortal's MPEI Installer (2 Viewers)

[ltfearme]

1. When you display the up (folder) item i.e. in Online Extensions/All etc, it displays the skin properties of the last item viewed (see Screenshot)
2. In MP Website Extensions, if you enable show only compatible extensions in MPEI settings, nothing displays. I suspect it is looking for 1.2.0 RC atm, while Repo only lists 1.2.0 (so hopefully will fix itself once 1.2.0 final is released) - meanwhile you get an error in error.log (attached)

Edit: Also, #MPE.Selected.Author seems to grab the submitter from repo not the author field, so ends up different when viewing MP Web Extensions than when viewing Installed/Online Extensions etc.

All Fixed.

 

[ltfearme]

And one more - when you are in MP Extensions view, Changelog button does nothing - even when extensions have added changelog to the field in Repo like Extensions plugin . Should it work? Or should skins only display Changelog button when not in MP Web Extensions view? Changelog button works in other views as it displays the MPEI Changelog.

Just use the following visible condition to remove it from skin when in MP Website View:

<visible>!string.equals(#MPE.View.Name,#MPEI.Translation.MPOnlineExtensions.Label)</visible>

I have updated Default skins with new condition in next version.

 

[ltfearme]

Re: AW: Re: AW: Extensions Plugin for MpeInstaller (Updated on 25-04-2011)

Oh I have not noticed the Silent Mode, I have tried it today. But when I use the silent Mod, it doesn't work. Because there is another mistake, see the Screenshot ! It is a little bit funny, because it will download a Nvidia Driver for the Network ;-)

Looks like an Invalid URL, it was unhandled by the downloader...will put some checks in for that to fail gracefully or correct it if possible.

btw...have you tried downloading from the Online Extensions view rather than the MP Website View....I wonder if you get the same error.

 

[ltfearme]

New Release v1.0.1.116 is available, download update from GUI or MPEIInstaller.

Change Log
* Added Loading Parameter support to main window, currently can jump to a view. This is esp. useful for skinners that what to display a button when there is an update available for atleast one extension installed. This can be used in conjuction with the mpei.updates property ie show button if this property is not empty.
* Added new skin properties for selected extensions: Downloads, Hits, Rating, Votes, Status, DateAdded, CompatiblieVersions. DefaultWide skin updated in Info window.
* Added more error checking when downloading and installing extensions.
* Added German translations, thanks catavolt.
* Added Dutch translations, thanks Lbr_Lion.
* Fixed correct usage of Plugin Name translation, now only used for currentmodule property and menu item name.
* Fixed translations not being updated when changing language settings from GUI until restart.
* Fixed skin properties not being cleared when Back folder item was selected.
* Fixed a type in the JustAdded skin property, old one is left in for backwards compatibility,
* Fixed incorrect itemcount skin property when navigating MP Website view.
* Fixed focus on disabled button in Settings window in Default skins.
* Fixed Change Log being visible in Info window when in MP Website view.
* Fixed Author property incorrectly displaying SubmittedBy field instead of list of Authors.
* Fixed label in MPEIHelper utility overlapping progress bar.
* Improved Usability and Reliability for the MP Website Extensions view. Also thanks to Rochess for helping out with regular expressions.
* Changed ReleaseDate property to show DateAdded when there has never been an update (only applicable in MP Website view).

 

[msj33]

When installing skins like StreamedMP, Maya, there is often a lot of extension included in these "packages".

But these are not picked up by Myextentions - So you'll have to install them manually again.

Any way of solving this? Is it an issue in Myextensions or StremedMP?

P.S MyTvSeries seems to have same issue............

/Morten

 

[ltfearme]

Any way of solving this? Is it an issue in Myextensions or StremedMP?

Not unless those skins include MPEI packages for those plugins, something I would like to do for StreamedMP at some point when time permits.

P.S MyTvSeries seems to have same issue............

Can't reproduce, MP-TVSeries v3.1.0 installer (now in MPEI format) includes the Subcentral and Trakt MPEI extensions and these show up fine for me.

 

[msj33]

P.S MyTvSeries seems to have same issue............

Can't reproduce, MP-TVSeries v3.1.0 installer (now in MPEI format) includes the Subcentral and Trakt MPEI extensions and these show up fine for me.

Correct - My fault!

Hope to see a solution to StreamedMP and similars

Anyway of notifying of new updates in GUI? Or autoupdating in background?

Thanks

/Morten

 

[Dadeo]

Anyway of notifying of new updates in GUI? Or autoupdating in background?

Yep ltfearme just added a new option for that in latest version. That's what he meant in changelog by:

* Added Loading Parameter support to main window, currently can jump to a view. This is esp. useful for skinners that what to display a button when there is an update available for at least one extension installed. This can be used in conjunction with the mpei.updates property ie show button if this property is not empty.

I already tested it and it works like a charm. Ofc skinners have to add it to their skins

Autoupdating in background is still an issue due to UAC in Win7. I know the Team devs are looking into it and hopefully we might have a solution for 1.3.0.

 

[DieBagger]

I have a strange bug in the extensions plugin: In the "Installed Extensions" View, when I select any item but the first one, the description text of the first item will continuously flash in for a few ms...

 

[msj33]

Feature request :0)

-Integrate "Extensions plugin" in the Mediaportal standard installation! This feature is a great advantage for all users of Mediaportal, and will ease both the installation & usage of plugins in general.

Furthermore the Autoupdate function will ensure that all users will have newest plugin releases - Faster bug-reporting and hopefully faster fixes + fewer forum threads on "old" plugin versions.

-Feature to import/export your existing plugin list as an XML or similar - that way you can easily install all your favorite plugins with a few clicks in gui on a clean Mediaportla installation

/Morten