Ongoing Development Thread for 1.0.0 [now closed] (1 Viewer)

[G.B. Wolf]

Yeehaa... *thumbsup*

I'll provide the german translation, but you should check your english xml-file. You mixed up the tags from line 45 on ("special" in stead of "original").

Edit: Translation and corrected original attached.

 

[Anthrax]

Can this be true?

Hi Inker,

you left me here stunned and biting my nails again, which i thougt 've quit since i was a wee little boy.
Can't wait to see what's in v1.0!


But first have some rest - good night,
Anthrax

 

[ltfearme]

New SVN build (v0.9.9):

- smart Specials handling (Specials as a Season + inline Sorting of Specials in regular Seasons to where they aired)

Hi Inker, could I ask how this works exactly. I have a few specials in my directory e.g.

Robot Chicken\Specials\robot.chicken.star.wars.special.dsr.xvid-sys.avi
Dr Who\Specials\doctor.who.The Runaway Bride.ws.pdtv.xvid-river.avi


I would like to know what extra I need to do for it to be displayed in my list. Its marked as Highlighted in the Parsing Test.

You are probably already aware if this minor GUI issue, but some of the labels don't fit in the space allocated in the Configuration dialogs e.g. Database location and Database Query Interval. If you like I can send you pictures illustrating these. Note: This is with standard font size in both WinXP/Vista English locale.

Also, will you be aiming to fix the 'Show Hidden Items' not working for v1.0 release?

Thanks for all your effort

Cheers,
Damien

 

[G.B. Wolf]

I would like to know what extra I need to do for it to be displayed in my list. Its marked as Highlighted in the Parsing Test.

At first the corresponding information has to be in the TVDB and for Robot Chicken (see here) there isn't anything online. Same for Doctor Who. An show with a special is Jericho for example. The specials are listed as season 0, so you would need to change that in your file structure.

@Inker:
Some thoughts and issues I recognized:
* I started with a fresh database on my htpc and he didn't used the translated views from the lang.xml. I had to translate it in the config again.
* The non-english banners are saved twice. Once with the correct lang-id and once with the english lang-id 7.
* The banners and episode thumbs of each show are saved in different directories if the translated series name differ from the english one. So the NCIS banners are located in "MPTVSeriesBanners/NCIS", but the episoded images are saved in "MPTVSeriesBanners/Navy CIS/Episodes". Would be nicer to use only one location.
* The rule-templates are nice, but it'd be even nicer if you could export your rules like the watched status (which worked correctly on my sys). Perhaps an overall export of the current configuration would the nicest idea.
* Like ltfearme mentioned already... some of the GUI texts aren't positioned correctly in the configuration.
* I'm missing the blank banners now as I prefer some of them to the textual/graphical ones. Could you add a checkbox to the config page to allow fetching them or just fetch them automatically?

Overall: Really great work. Everything runs smooth and I didn't recognize any other/new bugs. *thumbsdoubleup*

Best regards
G.B.

 

[Inker]

Thnx for the detailed report Wolf, with this I can work. I'm also having trouble with the logos engine. So looks like I spoke too soon on a V1.0.

Edit: ltfearme with hidden items, you mean you want them shown inside MP correct? Because they work correctly in configuration for me, but are deliberatly hidden inside MP. Isn't that the way its always been?

 

[G.B. Wolf]

I'm also having trouble with the logos engine.

So this wasn't the nightly time when I thought that sometimes the logos aren't shown correctly?

 

[Inker]

Yeehaa... *thumbsup*

I'll provide the german translation, but you should check your english xml-file. You mixed up the tags from line 45 on ("special" in stead of "original").

Edit: Translation and corrected original attached.

Thnx, original link updated, pls use this version as your translation basis.

 

[ltfearme]

Edit: ltfearme with hidden items, you mean you want them shown inside MP correct? Because they work correctly in configuration for me, but are deliberately hidden inside MP. Isn't that the way its always been?

Sorry Inker, I got mixed up. 'Hidden' is working as expected, what I meant to say was 'Show only episodes with a matching local file'.

My understanding of this property is that when its 'checked' it should display seasons & episodes for the whole series (in config it looked grayed out). There is also a property in the context menu within Media Portal as well that controls this but doesn't appear to be working. It was working in the last stable release.

Cheers
Damien

 

[ltfearme]

I would like to know what extra I need to do for it to be displayed in my list. Its marked as Highlighted in the Parsing Test.

At first the corresponding information has to be in the TVDB and for Robot Chicken (see here) there isn't anything online. Same for Doctor Who. An show with a special is Jericho for example. The specials are listed as season 0, so you would need to change that in your file structure.

Thanks, I checked Robot Chicken and your right. I looked at the Doctor Who and info is there so I will try playing with my file structure.

Cheers
Damien

 

[Inker]

* I started with a fresh database on my htpc and he didn't used the translated views from the lang.xml. I had to translate it in the config again.
-> I cannot reproduce, always works for me. Could you check again?

* The non-english banners are saved twice. Once with the correct lang-id and once with the english lang-id 7.
-> Fixed

* The banners and episode thumbs of each show are saved in different directories if the translated series name differ from the english one. So the NCIS banners are located in "MPTVSeriesBanners/NCIS", but the episoded images are saved in "MPTVSeriesBanners/Navy CIS/Episodes". Would be nicer to use only one location.
-> Fixed, now all are under the localized folder

* The rule-templates are nice, but it'd be even nicer if you could export your rules like the watched status (which worked correctly on my sys). Perhaps an overall export of the current configuration would the nicest idea.
-> Perhaps

* Like ltfearme mentioned already... some of the GUI texts aren't positioned correctly in the configuration.
-> Minor, but I hope fixed

* I'm missing the blank banners now as I prefer some of them to the textual/graphical ones. Could you add a checkbox to the config page to allow fetching them or just fetch them automatically?
-> Made an option for you

* I'm also having trouble with the logos engine.
-> Not 100% yet, but I think fixed

Edit: ltfearme with hidden items, you mean you want them shown inside MP correct? Because they work correctly in configuration for me, but are deliberately hidden inside MP. Isn't that the way its always been?

Sorry Inker, I got mixed up. 'Hidden' is working as expected, what I meant to say was 'Show only episodes with a matching local file'.

My understanding of this property is that when its 'checked' it should display seasons & episodes for the whole series (in config it looked grayed out). There is also a property in the context menu within Media Portal as well that controls this but doesn't appear to be working. It was working in the last stable release.

Cheers
Damien

Indeed, I think fixed but needs testing.

Edit: OK new build is up (this is what yesterdays build should have been) - so if nothing major is flawed this will be V1.0.
Let me know how it goes.