[WebService] General Media Access Webservice (4 Viewers)

[Colin_]

oh sorry, too early in the morning...

 

[DieBagger]

oh sorry, too early in the morning...

Will be fixed with the next version of WifiRemote.... See, with the right logs we can actually fix stuff.

:sorry:

 

[Colin_]

I guess I deserved that one

 

[Oxan]

I guess I deserved that one

Don't take it personally, it's just that we sadly don't have a crystall ball to see what's going on in other people setups. So we need logs to see what happened, see what went wrong and improve things or fix bugs, which is something we're happy to do. It only gets a bit frustrating when you've to ask for the correct logs every time. I bet that many other developers, not just of MediaPortal-related, can confirm this.

So if everybody could take a few seconds to make sure you send the correct logs along with your bug report, that will help both you and us.

(as I said at the beginning, don't take it personally, you're not the only one )

 

[z3us]

Adding support for the database is possible, but the main problem here would be that you'd need client support for it to work. It could be a drop-in replacement for moving pictures (but then you can't use both at the same time), but it misses quite some data for that.

I would say we should add MyFilms as a seperate provider at some point. But first I'd like to release a version with the new streaming capabilities.

Hi. When I go to:
http://localhost:4321/GmaWebService/MediaAccessService/json/GetServiceDescription

I get this:

01	{
02	"MovingPicturesApiVersion":1,
03	"MusicApiVersion":1,
04	"MyFilmsApiVersion":0,
05	"PicturesApiVersion":1,
06	"ServiceVersion":"1.0.0.0",
07	"StreamingApiVersion":0,
08	"SupportsMovingPictures":true,
09	"SupportsMusic":true,
10	"SupportsMyFilms":false,
11	"SupportsPictures":false,
12	"SupportsTvSeries":true,
13	"SupportsVideos":true,
14	"TvSeriesApiVersion":1,
15	"VideoApiVersion":1
16	}

How can I change
10 "SupportsMyFilms":false,

to true so it works with MyFilms db?

Thx

 

[Mike Lowrey]

You can't.

 

[Oxan]

You'd have to write a backend for the myfilms data format en compile GMA with it. Adding it to the ServiceDescription was done to allow easier introduction in the future; it isn't implemented yet.

On a bit more positive note: we're currently discussing how we can allow more easy introduction of other data providers in the future. I can't promise anything though - there are a lot of things with a higher priority to do.

 

[Johan]

Is the provided ffmpeg.exe supporting dxva for decoding the movies (before transcoding)?

 

[Oxan]

No. It doesn't matter much though; as most of the CPU is used for encoding. Next version will use VLC for transcoding with an option to enable hardware decoding.

 

[Johan]

Well if most of the cpu is used for encoding then the cpu surely would would benefit from not needing to do the decoding as well? Just an idea.
I have no problem transcoding xvids but for x264 hd material it is another story :/

I thought that maybe if the decoding is done in GPU the CPU possibly would cope the transcoding process?

I guess I have to wait and see when VLC will be used.