MyTrailers (2 Viewers)

[armandp]

Good work Pretoriano, I've got the same graph as you.

Now that everything works like a charm, let's enumerate some feature requests (if possible).

1) higher resolution covers. (Maybe it's possible to download them from impawards)
2) a logo icon (mentioned before I think..)
3) some people who want to develop the layout for popular skins (aeon wide, monochrome, xface, spinsafe, purevision)
4) A download/streaming bar (especially for streaming 1080p)

1) Agreed..
i can get higher resolution posters from Apple @ 261×385px I already use them in the movie trailers 0.7 but loading them is not working correctly yet. To test this you can check the Filmstrip view. At first you'll notice lower ressed covers.. now.. select a movie so you get it's trailer list.. now go back to the movie list and reselect the movie. The higher ressed cover will now show. If this quality as high res is not "acceptable" i can probably use the IMP ones but then you'll have to manually pick the correct covers as the matching will be somewhat fuzzy. I will fix the high res apple covers for the next release.

2) Logo for the plugin? or? Please explain..
3) For development i will focus on BlueTwo Wide first (maybe even Aeon Wide because i use this skin on my mediacentre) but i'll leave this up to the skinners.
4) This will be one of the last things i will add (don't worry i'm almost done )

 

[roopert]

2) Well, a logo icon when you go to plugin directory. Wait, a picture says more than words

 

[armandp]

2) Well, a logo icon when you go to plugin directory. Wait, a picture says more than words

Gotya

 

[Sphero]

Good work Pretoriano, I've got the same graph as you.

Now that everything works like a charm, let's enumerate some feature requests (if possible).

4) A download/streaming bar (especially for streaming 1080p)

Maybe it is also possible to add a buffer feature. Now I have to pause 1080p trailer for a minute before I can play it without stottering. If the trailer is buffered for 10/50% its not a problem I think.

 

[Rick164]

Buffering isn't that easy though, vlc does support it and can set buffer size(depending on your connection).
Maybe somehow incorporate the mediaportal vlc plugin into the movie trailers plugin for 720p/1080p streaming/buffering, should take less time then to write something yourself because vlc can play streaming like no other

 

[Sphero]

Buffering isn't that easy though, vlc does support it and can set buffer size(depending on your connection).
Maybe somehow incorporate the mediaportal vlc plugin into the movie trailers plugin for 720p/1080p streaming/buffering, should take less time then to write something yourself because vlc can play streaming like no other

I think if you can show a progessbar it is also possible to buffer the movie. I guess the play action of the trailer is executed right after the movie has been found on apple (maybe some addictional checks).

Just check the status of the trailer (current filesize/total filesize) and when percentage is higher then x, then play the trailer.

Dont know if its that easy, but I should work something like this.

 

[Johan]

3) For development i will focus on BlueTwo Wide first (maybe even Aeon Wide because i use this skin on my mediacentre) but i'll leave this up to the skinners.

In the Aeon skin the covers are not centered in their transparent frame in filmstrip view.
The frame is sort of covering the images left side. At least in my system.

I guess I can attach a picture of you need to see. Maybe it is something on my side.

 

[armandp]

i'm against using an external player for playback (even for buffering use only) because i want to keep the internal OSD etc.. using an external player breaks this and bring al sorts of small"issue" (allthough fixable) like remotes not working/ no overlay etc.. i want to keep using this plugin as easy as possible (the codec part is hard enough )

But I will definately look into making buffering available! I still need to get familiar with al that MP has to offer under the hood

3) For development i will focus on BlueTwo Wide first (maybe even Aeon Wide because i use this skin on my mediacentre) but i'll leave this up to the skinners.

In the Aeon skin the covers are not centered in their transparent frame in filmstrip view.
The frame is sort of covering the images left side. At least in my system.

I guess I can attach a picture of you need to see. Maybe it is something on my side.

the skin was a quick experimental mockup.. it looks okay on my system though. Maybe a skin artist can look into this.
I will be releasing a new version soon with a working BlueTwo Wide skin.

 

[digitalfm]

I must admit after spending two hours last night trying to get this plugin to work I gave up.

.Mov files play fine within Myvideo's but can't get MyTrailers to stream for love or money.

The original MyTrailers from LRFalk01 works fine with the external VLC plugin. I agree it's neater if played within the one plugin but it looks like the new Mytrailers rellies heavily on the codec configuration of the machine itself so will never be bullet proof, in its current form. Maybe using the VLC plugin for the short term would at least allow most users to enjoy this plugin, until a solution has been found. Phase1, phase 2?

Kind of feel sorry for LRFalk01 also as his great work seems to have been overshadowed by the Apple trailers version.

LRFalk01 - considering you got the orginal trailers going, have you had chance to look at apple trailers yourself. Maybe a fresh look on things will help handle the codecs within the plugin, rather than the machine?

 

[armandp]

No worries

The efforts of LRFalk01 will be implemented also. I can convert his current work to the new "provider model" or he can do it himself after i release the source (won't be too long now). The reason for the plugin rewrite is listed somewhere up in this thread. Apple Trailers is just one of the providers in the new design. I have given the VLC option another thought and i'm adding it as a fallback and/or preference. So if the codecs are "messed up" it will try to fire up the VLC plugin (i don't want to let the users down that prefer the VLC plugin).