My ShowTimes V1.1.0 Release April 28/07 (2 Viewers)

[falkyre]

That's great news mpFrank,

I think I'll change the GUI error message to better reflect which XML file it couldn't open or find. The moviedata.xml is the main data and without it, the plugin won't work.

Falkyre

Hey Falkyre,

I got it running!!

moviedata.xml was missing in the path.

But still problems with the compatibility msg. of GUI plugin when starting MP setup.

I'll test the handling within mp and give feedback asap....

Thanks
mpFrank

 

[RICHARDG]

GReat Idea

I think your on to something terrific here.
I have been looking for this type of pluggin for a while.
Problem is its not working for me, but I think its minor

Here are my observations.

While in the config, if I press the button to set the file storage. It doesn't retain the full path. For example, I store the files in the database folder. But when I press the button for file storage, it only takes me as far as the Mediaportal directory.
However when I do the same for the mtsa exe it takes me the the diretory where the file actually is.

When I run MP and access the show times.
It goves me an error about not being able to load files.
So far its indicated its missing the config,locations and moviedata xml files.
I can find the config and locations. There in the file storage folder that I requested. But it seems it can't find them there. I suspect its becuase it didn't store the path as I mnetioned earlier.
As for Moviedata.xml, I can't find it anywhere on my machine so I am out of luck there.

The wrong MP version issue is gone now so I am closer to being there.
this is a great idea, so keep up the good work.

 

[mpfrank]

Hi Falkyre!!

1000 thanks for modifying your .dll! Really great plugin!!

I found another minor bug within the showtimes gui.
Sometimes the "play trailer" button is highlighted but if I press it to play, MP switches to Windows desktop for a second and then return to MP fullscreen (I'm using MP in fullscreen mode).
In the Trailer-directory of mtsa there is no trailer for this movie. I wonder why the "play trailer" button is active then. This don't happen with all movies without trailer, most of them will have the "play trailer" button inactive like it should be.

Can you please explain me what is happening when I choose the trailer quality in the plugin configuration?
Is it a filter for searching the trailer only with high quality and if there are no trailer in hq nothing will be downloaded?
The setting none means download all quality or download nothing?

Have a nice weekend and best regards
mpFrank

 

[falkyre]

Hi Richardg,

For the two selections, one asks for the mtsa.exe because I use the full path and name of executable for some stuff in the plugin. The location always defaults to the MediaPortal directory. Just select the directory you want and it will run fine. Everything else that the mtsa.exe uses will be stored in that directory.

For example:

I:\MTSA\mtsa.exe --> where your mtsa.exe is located
I:\MTSAFILES --> where the files are located.

mtsa.exe will create and use the following files that will be now located in the I:\MTSAFILES:

I:\MTSAFILES\config.xml
I:\MTSAFILES\locations.xml
I:\MTSAFILES\moviedata.xml
I:\MTSAFILES\moviedata.xsd
I:\MTSAFILES\Posters
I:\MTSAFILES\Trailers
I:\MTSAFILES\Temp

If you don't have any of the first three files, then the GUI will not run and give you the error you are seeing. In fact, you've said that the moviedata.xml file doesn't exist (did you manually run the grabber from the config?) so the error you are seeing is correct.

Falkyre

I think your on to something terrific here.
I have been looking for this type of pluggin for a while.
Problem is its not working for me, but I think its minor

Here are my observations.

While in the config, if I press the button to set the file storage. It doesn't retain the full path. For example, I store the files in the database folder. But when I press the button for file storage, it only takes me as far as the Mediaportal directory.
However when I do the same for the mtsa exe it takes me the the diretory where the file actually is.

When I run MP and access the show times.
It goves me an error about not being able to load files.
So far its indicated its missing the config,locations and moviedata xml files.
I can find the config and locations. There in the file storage folder that I requested. But it seems it can't find them there. I suspect its becuase it didn't store the path as I mnetioned earlier.
As for Moviedata.xml, I can't find it anywhere on my machine so I am out of luck there.

The wrong MP version issue is gone now so I am closer to being there.
this is a great idea, so keep up the good work.

 

[ktjensen]

I am using SVN 12802. I can not use any other SVN as anything better/ newer causes video slowness of other various plugins.

Also I noticed that I am getting crashes of MP intermittantly when using ShowTimes. Not sure why, but MP will start back up later with no problems.

I turned off the automatic update of the data at startup, as that causes MP to start slowly. The first update is good enough. It would make more sense to activate the data update per selection on the plugin page.

There should be a way to set the default menu selections. I like the small icons, but I can not find a way to lock that in. Also the focus should be on a simple display of the showtimes. I see a scrolling display of these at top, but it would make more sense to just display the showtimes in a box. Like in My News or in My Wikipedia.

Overall I think this plugin is a great effort. Keep up the great work!!

 

[falkyre]

Hi mpFrank,

I've only seen issue with the jump to the desktop in two instances:

1) The trailer is corrupt
2) The trailer is a stream (which I am working on)

The play trailer should not be enabled if there is not trailer. If you look in your moviedata.xml file for the movie (listed in the Media section) what does the trailer section show? If you look below, you'll see that the <Trailer>Yes</Trailer> shows that the there was a trailer downloaded and the <location>I:\MTSA\Trailers\Alpha Dog.mov</location> is the actual disk location of the trailer.

<Media>
<MediaID>0</MediaID>
<Name>Alpha Dog</Name>
<Alias>Alpha Dog</Alias>
<Rating>R</Rating>
<Runtime>2 hr 2 min</Runtime>
<image>I:\MTSA\Posters\Alpha Dog.jpg</image>
<CriticsGrade>B-</CriticsGrade>
<YahooUserGrade>B-</YahooUserGrade>
<ReleaseDate>January 12th, 2007 (wide)</ReleaseDate>
<Distributor>Universal Pictures Distribution, Universal Pictures</Distributor>
<Actors>Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Emile Hirsch, Dominique Swain</Actors>
<Director>Nick Cassavetes</Director>
<Genre>Crime, Drama</Genre>
<PlotSummary>A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.</PlotSummary>
<ImdbUserReview>6.1/10</ImdbUserReview>
<location>I:\MTSA\Trailers\Alpha Dog.mov</location>
<Trailer>Yes</Trailer>
</Media>

The selection on trailer quality tells the mtsa.exe what quality to ATTEMPT to download from Apple. So if you select HQ, then for your movie, it will try to find and download a HQ trailer. If it can't find one, it will set the <Trailer>No</Trailer>. If you select none, then no trailers will be attempted to download.

Falkyre

Hi Falkyre!!

1000 thanks for modifying your .dll! Really great plugin!!

I found another minor bug within the showtimes gui.
Sometimes the "play trailer" button is highlighted but if I press it to play, MP switches to Windows desktop for a second and then return to MP fullscreen (I'm using MP in fullscreen mode).
In the Trailer-directory of mtsa there is no trailer for this movie. I wonder why the "play trailer" button is active then. This don't happen with all movies without trailer, most of them will have the "play trailer" button inactive like it should be.

Can you please explain me what is happening when I choose the trailer quality in the plugin configuration?
Is it a filter for searching the trailer only with high quality and if there are no trailer in hq nothing will be downloaded?
The setting none means download all quality or download nothing?

Have a nice weekend and best regards
mpFrank

 

[falkyre]

Hi ktjensen,

can you send me your MediaPortal.log for when the crash is occuring (PM it to me)? I've never had ShowTimes crash MP but then I haven't moved it onto my HTPC yet and only have it running from my dev machine.

Not sure what you mean about doing the update in the plugin page? If you go to the Grabber configuration, the last tab allows you to do a manual download of the data. Is this what you are looking for? On the automatic update of data, how is it slowing down MP on the start? Everytime I've tested, the mtsa.exe does not get launched until after MP GUI is fully up and running so I've never noticed a delay.

I'm planning a ShowTimes EPG for V2.0 of the GUI. This might be closer to what you are looking for as a simple display of the showtimes. I'll take a look at the my News or my Wikipedia plugins.

I didn't design a way to lock in the view only to rotate the selection (ie from list, to small icons to big icons). I like the small icons as well but some others might not, hence the choice.

Falkyre

I am using SVN 12802. I can not use any other SVN as anything better/ newer causes video slowness of other various plugins.

Also I noticed that I am getting crashes of MP intermittantly when using ShowTimes. Not sure why, but MP will start back up later with no problems.

I turned off the automatic update of the data at startup, as that causes MP to start slowly. The first update is good enough. It would make more sense to activate the data update per selection on the plugin page.

There should be a way to set the default menu selections. I like the small icons, but I can not find a way to lock that in. Also the focus should be on a simple display of the showtimes. I see a scrolling display of these at top, but it would make more sense to just display the showtimes in a box. Like in My News or in My Wikipedia.

Overall I think this plugin is a great effort. Keep up the great work!!

 

[RICHARDG]

Falkrye
I read the config.xml and made sure the files where in the right folders.
Now it works.
I am very impressed and am adding this to the top 10 plugins one must have. Especially if your in north america.
This is great thanks very much.

 

[falkyre]

Hey RICHARDG,

that's great news that you've got it going. I think the mian hang up for alot of people is that first initial download of the moviedata. It does take time and exiting out of the grabber configuration will stop the mtsa.exe from running. I think I need to force an initial manual run from the Grabber configuration to ensure that the file gets created. Or I need to force a run of the Grabber from the GUI if it doesn't find it. I'm not sure yet.

Falkyre

Falkrye
I read the config.xml and made sure the files where in the right folders.
Now it works.
I am very impressed and am adding this to the top 10 plugins one must have. Especially if your in north america.
This is great thanks very much.

 

[RICHARDG]

curious.
Can I place the files it downloads on to a lan drive. this way I can share the files amongst a number of devices. Then not each one when it runs needs to do a complete download. For instance, the trailer might already be downloaded by another instance so its not required when I start a new HTPC up.

Just curious.