(original thread) MP-TVSeries (4 Viewers)

[Rhys.Goodwin]

Hi guys,

First of, great plugin - it's the barebone in my HTPC-system

So, i'd really like to see some kind of progress-indication on the current torrents that you're downloading. So i wrote a simple little dll which snatches the info out of the running uTorrent-process. Some nasty memory-pulling basically

The return-format is as follows: total torrents|torrentname;progress

If the uTorrent-process can't be found, it returns -1.

The classname is clsTp and the function is getTorrents().

I made the dll specifically for this plugin, so let me know if you want me to format this in any other way, xml maybe?

Dll is here,
http://public.tommie.nu/uTorrent/tpTorrent.zip

Lemme know if ya find any use for it

Nice work tompalomp. How stable will this be accross different veriosns of utorrent. do you think this method "memory pulling" will be more reliable than getting the info from the webui (Beta tho). Either way this is just what we need, I hope the developers will pick it up and use it when they have the chance.

 

[tompalomp]

Nice work tompalomp. How stable will this be accross different veriosns of utorrent. do you think this method "memory pulling" will be more reliable than getting the info from the webui (Beta tho). Either way this is just what we need, I hope the developers will pick it up and use it when they have the chance.

Thanks for the feedback.

Current version checks for "uTorrent 1.6", but i can easily fix so it works with any future versions. The first draft was just hacked together, mainly to check if it worked and if you guys were interested. Ofc it'll put up all sources etc as MP is open source.

Memory pulling is by far more efficient, it's basically the fastest way to do it. Also, as it requires zero dependencies, it's less of a hassle to maintain.

 

[Inker]

Well, seeing how uTorrent was bought there really wont be any new updates in the near future, at least none that I and many people will update too.

I personally have no use for this and I havent implemented any of the torrent functionality, so maybe zeflash could integrate it into the plugins sources. If your interested, we could give you write acess to the sources so you can do it yourself and if you want also help out in other areas.

 

[tompalomp]

If your interested, we could give you write acess to the sources so you can do it yourself and if you want also help out in other areas.

Thanks for the offer, but i probably wont have time to contribute that much due to my work. I made something similar in another project and though you guys might find any use for it, at least i know i'd love the progress-feature of torrents

 

[Ryoga79]

Due to popular demand I will look into it. Probably though it will only consist of a dvd icon (similar to the hd one) and an info menu telling you to input the correct media when you try to play. Should be relatively simple to do.

DVD chapters/episode selection of ACTUAL video dvds are not included for sure, nor will you be able to start such a dvd from the plugin. However on input the dvd should autostart in media portal anyways.

Oh....very little time these days.....so don't shoot me if it takes a week.

Inker,

I'd like to second the "offline media" addition to MPTV...as a new user, this plugin was the one that made me finally make the switch over from Meedio. If offline support is added, MP will do everything my meedio install had

To clarify, though, i just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing: On my old meedio install, i had it set up so that, as a separate import from the normal shared directory that contained my "online" tv eps, the importer would scan the DVD drive for my file-based dvds containing my "offline" eps. It would then pull the series name from the DVD volume name, and add it to the library. When i selected an "offline" episode from the list, it would then prompt me to insert the disc, at which point it would play the episode. Is this possible with the current setup? If not, is this what you are talking about implementing?

Thanks for your help, sorry if this has been asked to death, but, as you can see from my post count, i'm kindof a MP newbie

 

[Ryoga79]

Not to hammer the thread, but there's one more thing i'd like to ask:

Is it possible to create tv series "sections" with the plugin? Or filters of some kind? I have a bunch of tv series that both me and the GF enjoy, and then i also have a TON of anime series (that the gf doesn't like so much). Is there any way to create separate libraries for tv and anime, or a "view" that would show "only tv, only anime, or both"? Thanks for the help!

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Just to let you know, no .dll in release folder when downloaded from MP website.

If i missed something in this very long thread, can the instructions with the plugin be amended.

Ta

 

[ccMatrix]

Just to let you know, no .dll in release folder when downloaded from MP website.

If i missed something in this very long thread, can the instructions with the plugin be amended.

Ta

Someone mentioned that some days ago. You can optain an archive with the dll from the projects sourceforge page.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Yes found the link on page 53, now going to rest my eyes

 

[Inker]

Due to popular demand I will look into it. Probably though it will only consist of a dvd icon (similar to the hd one) and an info menu telling you to input the correct media when you try to play. Should be relatively simple to do.

DVD chapters/episode selection of ACTUAL video dvds are not included for sure, nor will you be able to start such a dvd from the plugin. However on input the dvd should autostart in media portal anyways.

Oh....very little time these days.....so don't shoot me if it takes a week.

Inker,

I'd like to second the "offline media" addition to MPTV...as a new user, this plugin was the one that made me finally make the switch over from Meedio. If offline support is added, MP will do everything my meedio install had

To clarify, though, i just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing: On my old meedio install, i had it set up so that, as a separate import from the normal shared directory that contained my "online" tv eps, the importer would scan the DVD drive for my file-based dvds containing my "offline" eps. It would then pull the series name from the DVD volume name, and add it to the library. When i selected an "offline" episode from the list, it would then prompt me to insert the disc, at which point it would play the episode. Is this possible with the current setup? If not, is this what you are talking about implementing?

Thanks for your help, sorry if this has been asked to death, but, as you can see from my post count, i'm kindof a MP newbie

The plan is that you simply add your dvd drive(s) as import paths. All episodes imported from those drive(s) will then be marked as offline, you will see a dvd image (or whatever) and if you try to play it and the cd/dvd is not found it will show a pop-up to insert that drive. Once done, or if the cd was already in, it will play the episode. Also references will not be deleted (even if the option is enabled) for episodes marked as offline when the cd is not in.

I want to avoid taking into account the volume name of the media as it would require some big changes also to the import functionality. I'm hoping most people have hteir files/folders named on dvds in a way that will be recognizable by the plugin as is. I'm aiming to have it done by beginning of next week.

Regarding that anime thingy (split between two "libraries"), it will be possible once we have views (see my previous post). Provided of course you have some way of differenciating between them (could be folder stored in, genre, whatever...worst case you'll have to add all series you want in a view by their id/name if there really is nothing that they have in common, but I think that's very unlikely).

I'm also looking for some suggestions of default views that we could include. So far I think:

Collection (same as now...everything)
Genres (grouped by genre...series...seasons...episodes)
Recently aired (50 last episodes of all series sorted by their airdate)
Unwatched (all)(all episodes that have not been viewed yet....sorted by their seriesname)
Unwatched (series) (all series that have at least one unwatched episode)
Channel (grouped by channel, series)
Airday (grouped by day it airs...series)

You could enabled each one. I am open to suggestions.

Inker