Hi everybody!
This is a couple of 1sts for me. My first .NET windows app, my first contribution to the mediaportal community, and my first published program (sort of).
This is not really a plugin but more of an add on. it also might be useful to people who dont use media portal. Basically I was getting fed up with MP's playlist interface because i use a MCE remote and makeing and maintaining playlists was very annoying. I wanted to have playlists for my simpsons and fam guy and such, but also lists for all cartoons and fox shows etc...
So each time I got a new show, I would have to update 4 or 5 different playlists which was very annoying, so I whipped up this little app yesterday. I then decided it might be useful to other people, so i prettyed it up today and am releasing it now.
Basically there are 2 exe that are installed. one is the configurator. It's here that you create and define playlist templates. By that I mean, you choose where you want a specific playlist to reside, then you tell the app what folders hold the files (music or video) you want in that playlist. So if im creatign a video playlist for the simpsons, and all my simpsons eps reside in c:\simpsons, then i add that folder to the template. Folders and subfolers are searched recursively, so if you have a bunch of season folders in that one simpsons folder, the files within them will be added. You can add as many folders and as many templates as you want. (be careful about adding folders twice in the same template because the files in it would be added to that playlist twice. )
The 2nd exe is the Playlist builder. This is a small and silent program which can be added to your scheduled tasks to run however often you want, or it can be added to the "My Programs" extension of MP to be run manually through MP. This is the app that actually builds the playlists.
EDIT*
Turns out i can't hotlink straight to the files on the hosting site i'm using so you can download the app and the sourcecode from here...
http://hackettsoft.150m.com/
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If you get confused, there is a HowTo option under the Help Menu that explains the functionality a lot more clearly than i do here. This app was written in VB.NET (I know, c# is the way to go, but i just know VB so much better) and it is very lightweight. I packaged the two exes in an installer just to make it a little easier for noobs (although I doubt any will use it).
Like I said, I made this for myself, but decided to post just in case someone found it useful. If you like it, please post or email so my ego can get it's fill. (it is oh so small right now).
Any questions, comments, problems, feel free to post or email.
Enjoy!
This is a couple of 1sts for me. My first .NET windows app, my first contribution to the mediaportal community, and my first published program (sort of).
This is not really a plugin but more of an add on. it also might be useful to people who dont use media portal. Basically I was getting fed up with MP's playlist interface because i use a MCE remote and makeing and maintaining playlists was very annoying. I wanted to have playlists for my simpsons and fam guy and such, but also lists for all cartoons and fox shows etc...
So each time I got a new show, I would have to update 4 or 5 different playlists which was very annoying, so I whipped up this little app yesterday. I then decided it might be useful to other people, so i prettyed it up today and am releasing it now.
Basically there are 2 exe that are installed. one is the configurator. It's here that you create and define playlist templates. By that I mean, you choose where you want a specific playlist to reside, then you tell the app what folders hold the files (music or video) you want in that playlist. So if im creatign a video playlist for the simpsons, and all my simpsons eps reside in c:\simpsons, then i add that folder to the template. Folders and subfolers are searched recursively, so if you have a bunch of season folders in that one simpsons folder, the files within them will be added. You can add as many folders and as many templates as you want. (be careful about adding folders twice in the same template because the files in it would be added to that playlist twice. )
The 2nd exe is the Playlist builder. This is a small and silent program which can be added to your scheduled tasks to run however often you want, or it can be added to the "My Programs" extension of MP to be run manually through MP. This is the app that actually builds the playlists.
EDIT*
Turns out i can't hotlink straight to the files on the hosting site i'm using so you can download the app and the sourcecode from here...
http://hackettsoft.150m.com/
*
If you get confused, there is a HowTo option under the Help Menu that explains the functionality a lot more clearly than i do here. This app was written in VB.NET (I know, c# is the way to go, but i just know VB so much better) and it is very lightweight. I packaged the two exes in an installer just to make it a little easier for noobs (although I doubt any will use it).
Like I said, I made this for myself, but decided to post just in case someone found it useful. If you like it, please post or email so my ego can get it's fill. (it is oh so small right now).
Any questions, comments, problems, feel free to post or email.
Enjoy!