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

[G.B. Wolf]

Hey... that was fast...

I cannot reproduce, always works for me. Could you check again?

Just tested again... the problem was that he uses the translated strings in MP itselves, but not on the configuration page (Views) and in my first try I directly correct them there.

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

You missed "Extras -> News".

Edit: Looks bad on my 4:3 19" CRT, but good on my 16:9 widescreen LCD.

* 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

Yeehaaw! Thank you, mate. It works...

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

Have to test it on my HTPC which is blocked by my girlfriend.

Some new issues I encountered after some testing:
* The config-tool doesn't automatically select a season banner if there are non-english main banners, but only english season banners. If there aren't any non-english main banners it correctly used non-english season banners, too.
* The plugin starts in MP with the "Genres"-view like it is ordered in the config where you cannot change the order for now. Wouldn't it be better/nicer/whatever to start with the "All"-view?
* On the config page "Import Settings -> Online Data Sync" it would be nice to have some explanatory tooltips for the "blue" links (like the on of "Force update of MI").
* The "Empty DB" bluelink on the "Details" page seems a bit misplaced and lonely there.
* Disabling a view in the config doesn't disable it in MP anymore.
* All the information about each episode (title, plot...) are missing. It only shows the series data.
* After watching a show in MP and going back the view navigator at the bottom only says "Missing text" in stead of the correct views. There are also the title and gerne missing. Only description is shown. On my HTPC it doesn't show any information after returning from play.

The last two issues are really strange and I think - if you haven't change anything there - that this is only a problem on my dev machine... really wierd. I will check it on my HTPC tomorrow.

Edit: Just tested it after my gf went to bed... it's really not working. No episode information.

The other fixed stuff seems to work now and I attached the new de.xml.

So long...
G.B.

 

[Erez]

Hebrew Translation

Updated Hebrew Translation (UTF-8 Encoded).
How can I configure the plugin to use the translation?

 

[G.B. Wolf]

Updated Hebrew Translation (UTF-8 Encoded).
How can I configure the plugin to use the translation?

You have to put the translation into "MediaPortal/Language/MP-TVSeries" and select in in the plugin configuration on the page "MediaPortal Display Control" (upper right... "Language" select field).

 

[Inker]

Some new issues I encountered after some testing:
* The config-tool doesn't automatically select a season banner if there are non-english main banners, but only english season banners. If there aren't any non-english main banners it correctly used non-english season banners, too.
* The plugin starts in MP with the "Genres"-view like it is ordered in the config where you cannot change the order for now. Wouldn't it be better/nicer/whatever to start with the "All"-view?
* On the config page "Import Settings -> Online Data Sync" it would be nice to have some explanatory tooltips for the "blue" links (like the on of "Force update of MI").
* The "Empty DB" bluelink on the "Details" page seems a bit misplaced and lonely there.
* Disabling a view in the config doesn't disable it in MP anymore.
* All the information about each episode (title, plot...) are missing. It only shows the series data.
* After watching a show in MP and going back the view navigator at the bottom only says "Missing text" in stead of the correct views. There are also the title and gerne missing. Only description is shown. On my HTPC it doesn't show any information after returning from play.

The last two issues are really strange and I think - if you haven't change anything there - that this is only a problem on my dev machine... really wierd. I will check it on my HTPC tomorrow.

Edit: Just tested it after my gf went to bed... it's really not working. No episode information.

The other fixed stuff seems to work now and I attached the new de.xml.

So long...
G.B.

Hmm, the last two really seem weird. Granted I only tested for about an hour yesterday, but I'm pretty sure I would have noticed something that obvious. Also during debugging. Weird.

What you are saying is that inside MP when selecting an episode it displays the series data for you (I'm at work, so can't check)? I'm guessing something in the onEpisodeSelected method crashes (like a null reference) and thus the display doesnt get refreshed. That would be easy to fix.

Now the missing text one is even weirder. I'll need to debug.

Other points noted as well and are all easy to fix. Thnx again for the detailed report. Hey, if we (as in you testing) keep going like this we'll have a pretty nice v1.0 ;-)

Inker

PS: Any other logo templates you guys think I should include? (I'm thinking about making templates load dynamically from the web so they can be updated)

 

[ltfearme]

Hi Inker, the following was tested with v0.9.9.33673 SVN

* I couldn't reproduce the View bugs reported by G.B Wolf, worked as expected on my non-developer box.

* Confirmed the "Empty DB" link issue, you can re-size window and make it no longer appear in the dialog.

* As mentioned by me earlier the 'Show episodes with a matching local file' does not work anymore. To add to this, when property is toggled in Media Portal the thumbnail for the episode shows all the icons (see picture attached for illustration)

* Minor GUI issue with Tab Order in setup, probably not worth fixing just yet as there will be constant changes which will probably just break it again

* Import\Export Watched Flags needs a file extension and filter in File Save/Open dialog

* Selecting a list item in the View\Hierarchy gives an Unhanded Exception

* Episode information disappears after playing an episode and returning

Some Suggestions:

* Export\Import Icons as a whole, Copy n Paste works OK but would be good if you got rid of the confirmation message box on successful copy to clipboard.

* Logo Configuration button captions: Rename 'Remove LogoR' --> 'Remove', rename Add LogoRule --> 'Add'

* Persist size and position of the Setup Dialog in registry so its same size and pos next time you load it

Cheers,
Damien

 

[ltfearme]

Now the missing text one is even weirder. I'll need to debug.

If it help, I see this issue when ever I come out of Standby but is resolved by switching views.

Cheers
Damien

 

[Inker]

Hi Inker, the following was tested with v0.9.9.33673 SVN

* As mentioned by me earlier the 'Show episodes with a matching local file' does not work anymore. To add to this, when property is toggled in Media Portal the thumbnail for the episode shows all the icons (see picture attached for illustration)

When I tested this yesterday it seemed to be working (the only show episodes with a local file). The weird thumbnail was an issue with the caching of the logo results that I thought was fixed, at least I didn't get it anymore. Guess not.

* Import\Export Watched Flags needs a file extension and filter in File Save/Open dialog

Will do.

* Selecting a list item in the View\Hierarchy gives an Unhanded Exception

You mean when you select a view in configuration to rename/enable it?

* Episode information disappears after playing an episode and returning

I'll look into this again, I think on redrawing the page no selection change occurs and thus the appropriate method doesnt get triggered.

Some Suggestions:

* Export\Import Icons as a whole, Copy n Paste works OK but would be good if you got rid of the confirmation message box on successful copy to clipboard.

* Logo Configuration button captions: Rename 'Remove LogoR' --> 'Remove', rename Add LogoRule --> 'Add'

* Persist size and position of the Setup Dialog in registry so its same size and pos next time you load it

Cheers,
Damien

Import/export as a whole? you mean all config options? Probabaly not in this release. The msgbox you mean when copying logo rules right?

Now the missing text one is even weirder. I'll need to debug.

If it help, I see this issue when ever I come out of Standby but is resolved by switching views.

Cheers
Damien

I'll see what I can do.

Pls keep the reports coming.

 

[ltfearme]

You mean when you select a view in configuration to rename/enable it?

Nope, when you select an item in the Hierarchy list box after selecting a View e.g. First select 'Latest View' then select 'Episode' Hierarchy. Its not 100% Reproducible but does happen quite often, you can continue though.

Import/export as a whole? you mean all config options?

That would be nice but maybe just Logo Rules for now as this is not pre-populated with anything. I'm just pasting my logo rules from a text file one at a time after deleting the database. Would be good to do in one step.

The msgbox you mean when copying logo rules right?

Yep. I don't think the user needs confirmation.

Thanks
Damien

 

[styxie]

I have been working on the skin plugin for Foofaraw1610, which is a slight modification to the standard widescreen skin. Is there any place where I can upload it so it can be imported into future releases?

 

[Inker]

Update (and new build, pls test again)

* The plugin starts in MP with the "Genres"-view like it is ordered in the config where you cannot change the order for now. Wouldn't it be better/nicer/whatever to start with the "All"-view?

-> The plugin remembers the last view, if it starts up the first time, it now starts up in All mode.

* The "Empty DB" bluelink on the "Details" page seems a bit misplaced and lonely there.

-> Where do you suggest it goes? I thought it fits there because its where you view the database (has nothing to do with import or anything)

* All the information about each episode (title, plot...) are missing. It only shows the series data.

-> Simply cannot confirm that one, please retest

* After watching a show in MP and going back the view navigator at the bottom only says "Missing text" in stead of the correct views. There are also the title and gerne missing. Only description is shown. On my HTPC it doesn't show any information after returning from play.

-> That cost me 2 hours of pulling my hair out, and I still don't understand it, but its working now! The missing text where the views are named I don't know yet.

* I couldn't reproduce the View bugs reported by G.B Wolf, worked as expected on my non-developer box.

-> The view bug, you mean disable doesn't work anymore, so you can disable them?

* Confirmed the "Empty DB" link issue, you can re-size window and make it no longer appear in the dialog.

-> Fixed the layout, but its in the same place, please read above.

* As mentioned by me earlier the 'Show episodes with a matching local file' does not work anymore. To add to this, when property is toggled in Media Portal the thumbnail for the episode shows all the icons (see picture attached for illustration)

-> I hope I finally cracked the "only local files" view open, please retest
-> I cannot reproduce the weird logos error anymore (I had it before), but I was pretty sure I fixed that yesterday already. At this point I almost think I uploaded a wrong build and that is why you still have it. Please retest.

* Minor GUI issue with Tab Order in setup, probably not worth fixing just yet as there will be constant changes which will probably just break it again

-> No idea what you mean

* Import\Export Watched Flags needs a file extension and filter in File Save/Open dialog

-> Done (*.watched) -> they are just txt files though, but this way the user doesn't accidently click on some txt file (which I suppose totally freaks the progy out) lol

* Selecting a list item in the View\Hierarchy gives an Unhanded Exception
-> Fixed

* Episode information disappears after playing an episode and returning
-> Fixed

Some Suggestions:

* Export\Import Icons as a whole, Copy n Paste works OK but would be good if you got rid of the confirmation message box on successful copy to clipboard.
-> Will do before 1.0 (the log exporting)

* Logo Configuration button captions: Rename 'Remove LogoR' --> 'Remove', rename Add LogoRule --> 'Add'
-> Done

* Persist size and position of the Setup Dialog in registry so its same size and pos next time you load it
-> Nah, don't wanna waste time on that

Still to do:

* The config-tool doesn't automatically select a season banner if there are non-english main banners, but only english season banners. If there aren't any non-english main banners it correctly used non-english season banners, too.

-> Not sure yet, do you have a concrete series where this is the case so its easier for me to test. (Also I assume you use german?)

* Disabling a view in the config doesn't disable it in MP anymore.

-> Your right, seems broken. Probably something to do with the Auto Translation.

* On the config page "Import Settings -> Online Data Sync" it would be nice to have some explanatory tooltips for the "blue" links (like the on of "Force update of MI").

-> No time for that yet

* Export/Import of user's logo rules.
-> Should be in Next build

* would be good if you got rid of the confirmation message box on successful copy to clipboard.
-> Well ok, if you think so....doesn't bother me much.

Did I forget anything?
Inker

@ styxie, Please attach the xml to your post here and I'll include it in V1.0.

PS: Sorry for the messy post, I basically just copied my notes into the todo list.