What should I focus on next? (1 Viewer)

[Inker]

After having felt kind-of-sick lately I'm finally starting to get better again and I should have more time in the near future, at least thats the hope. With that in mind, a couple of things should/could get attention, this is besides a few bugfixes for smaller issues that will get done first.

- Focus on Bugfixes and Code Cleanup exlusivley and add/change NO features whatsoever
With this it'll probably get boring but would hopefully allow for any and all the bugs to be squeezed along with better maintanability in the long run

- Focus on performance overall
Try to improve image loading (which is by far the biggest slowdown inside MP with this plugin), use smart caching to limit the amount of db acess, try to get MediaInfo parsing faster, etc. There is not much I can promise here, but I can try.

- Implement the new API from the guys at thetvdb.com
After many months of work, the new API is now online, this would allow for vastly faster imports and less bandwidth used. Note that in the medium-run this will be inevitable anyways.

- Get all the "extras" such as torrent/subtitle/newsbin loaded only if desired explicitly via a plugin-system
Personally I feel that 80+% of the users of this plugin don't use those features, but they sure are nice for those that do. This would allow those users to disable those plugins (less bloat overall and keeps the code-size of the core-plugin down - again better maintainability)

- New Features
Miss something? Have an idea? Please post it? For instance upcoming episode alerts, custom view support (not that hackish way), full details popup (show all fields inside MP regardless of what you selected inside config via the context-menu), playlist support (play all from season, etc.), etc.

- Documentation
I have asked multiple times our users to take over this job, but since nobody wants to do this, I'm inclined to just do this myself. This is my personal choice for this vote.

 

[tourettes]

I think there is one major option missing from the poll. I.e. start porting to MPII

 

[mzemina]

I would vote on code cleanup - especially Server/Client.

 

[Inker]

I think there is one major option missing from the poll. I.e. start porting to MPII

Agreed, added

 

[THDBASED]

Definitely performance, the faster it can get the better...I find MP to be rather slow especially dealing with thumbs (music, video,...). Browsing through lists or big icons should be blazing fast.

And also porting to MP-II of course Because this plug-in is the BEST!!

 

[Psycho Reptile]

playlist support (play all from season, etc.), etc.

I would really like this to be added And also porting to MP-II of course

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Too much time on your hands

playlist support (play all from season, etc.), etc.

I would really like this to be added And also porting to MP-II of course

How can you find time to watch a whole season, it's taken me a month for one season of Deep Space Nine

Playlists are good though, especially if they are supported all the way through MP2 when it arrives.

 

[guytpetj]

Performance and bug fixes, that's my opinion.

How can you find time to watch a whole season, it's taken me a month for one season of Deep Space Nine

I manage to do that by ignoring all those reality tv shows and just occasionally watch 4 to 6 episodes a night.
With the quality of tv shows and re-runs lately, you can watch a whole season in a week.

 

[Psycho Reptile]

How can you find time to watch a whole season

Actually it's for my son, he watches Doctor Who back to back all day!!! When jumping back to series screen I hear "Daddy-eeeee"

 

[ltfearme]

I would like the ability to change the season posters within the plugin. I found that using skins that show the large poster image that it becomes more important to change.

Cheers
Damien