MythTV Apple Trailer *RELEASED*

[undertoe]

"Bolt-on for MythTV to get Apple.com Movie Trailers"

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php...Apple_Trailers

[undertoe]

I am interested in feedback on this. Want to know if it's easy to install, easy to use and room for improvement.

[hkdl]

I'm going to try this when I get home tonight, let ya know what I think.

[undertoe]

Posted version 0.4 which should correct fedora problems some users are having. Now it no long depends on php xml support. Has own internal xml parser compatible with php 4 & 5

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php...Apple_Trailers

[mtrax]

amazingly simple... just have a couple of small issues
1. with the mplayer caching , is it possible to put a "please wait..." to give feedback to selection
2. is there a mplayer argument to suppress the "Fill Cache.." messages in the frontend log?
I may have to increase the cache for HD movie to avoid the pauses, unless there is another option to assist with this?
thanks for the plugin.

[wildbill12]

Very simple install, working great!

I had to increase the cache size for the HD movie trailers as well to avoid pauses. I also added the option "-cache-min 75" which tells mplayer to prefill the cache to 75% before playing the file, if not it only fills to like 4% before playing.

Because of all this monkeying around with the cache and waiting for it to fill it does take a bit before the trailer actually starts, so like mtrax said, a "Pleas Wait" message on screen while the cache is filling would be useful. Otherwise, great add-on and thanks!

[JEDIDIAH]

It looks pretty cool so far. Although I haven't gotten very many trailers listed so far. Support for multiple trailers per move (where they exist) would be cool too.

However, it's a really nice first pass and a cool idea generally.

However, I don't think dynamic content should be generated in /usr/share/mythtv. The dynamic xml file should sit somewhere that the mythtv user owns rather than in the middle of /usr/share where root should be the only one with write permission. Perhaps a symlink to /home/mythtv?

[undertoe]

Originally Posted by JEDIDIAH

It looks pretty cool so far. Although I haven't gotten very many trailers listed so far. Support for multiple trailers per move (where they exist) would be cool too.

However, it's a really nice first pass and a cool idea generally.

However, I don't think dynamic content should be generated in /usr/share/mythtv. The dynamic xml file should sit somewhere that the mythtv user owns rather than in the middle of /usr/share where root should be the only one with write permission. Perhaps a symlink to /home/mythtv?

Yes i am actually working on c++ version of this which will have all the versions of the trailers. It's just hard cause apple.com has no consistency in their file name format so it's piles and piles of regex. But to answer your question it is in the works. I figured i would release this to gather a sense of how much people will actually use it.

Yes in fact that is not a bad idea at all. I might add some documentation to symlink it to the myth directory. Thanks for the feedback!

[undertoe]

Originally Posted by wildbill12

Very simple install, working great!

I had to increase the cache size for the HD movie trailers as well to avoid pauses. I also added the option "-cache-min 75" which tells mplayer to prefill the cache to 75% before playing the file, if not it only fills to like 4% before playing.

Because of all this monkeying around with the cache and waiting for it to fill it does take a bit before the trailer actually starts, so like mtrax said, a "Pleas Wait" message on screen while the cache is filling would be useful. Otherwise, great add-on and thanks!

Yeah unfortunately a "please wait" screen presents some what of a challenge given the format of the script. The idea behind it is to not have local copies of the trailers. I am sure that can be something i can add in the future plugin version though. I will give your -cache-min a try and get it added to the wiki. Thanks for the feedback!

[undertoe]

Originally Posted by mtrax

amazingly simple... just have a couple of small issues
1. with the mplayer caching , is it possible to put a "please wait..." to give feedback to selection
2. is there a mplayer argument to suppress the "Fill Cache.." messages in the frontend log?
I may have to increase the cache for HD movie to avoid the pauses, unless there is another option to assist with this?
thanks for the plugin.

Unfortunately the Fill Cache is something that mplayer by default puts in your log. I don't know if there is a way to escape that. But i can look at it. Thanks!