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- sfaxman - 2009-05-14 Hi nothingcool nothingcool Wrote:Is there a tutorial on VideoMonkey somewhere? I've tried to add new content to VideoMonkey, but can't seem to get anything working. No, there is not yet a tutorial nothingcool Wrote:In particular, I'd like to add the ability to global search easynews through videomonkey, but I'm not sure of the order VideoMonkey uses to parse the data. Since this is a paid site, I don't expect that this will be added to any VideoMonkey release, but the ability to search Easynews would be really handy to anyone with an account. For every item with "type=video", the plugin will use "catcher.list" to find out the direct url (and only the url) of the video Code: item_info_name=type Code: item_info_name=type nothingcool Wrote:For my CFG file, I've got the following. The URL below is the location to perform a search and the %s in the url below will submit a search query to easynews.OK nothingcool Wrote:Once this is run, the regex required to parse the videos from the result is this, in the format URL and then TITLE:This rule belong to the "catcher.list" file. But as I said, only the url will be discovered here. Other infos (e.g the title) are to be defined in the cfg file nothingcool Wrote:Since easynews is a pay site, I've pasted part of a sample result page so you can see if the regex works. So where do I put the regex? In a videos section under the cfg file, in catcher.list or in both? As it works now, this returns just search again, no results. Until the plugin is able to set a username and password for every site, the released versions of videomokey will not handle paid sites bye, sfaxman... - nothingcool - 2009-05-14 Thanks for the quick response, that really helps alot and I wouldn't have figured out video.direct by myself!! One last question... how does type=search work? Once I've run the search, does it run the search using the URL provided and then come back to the cfg file and parse the results using the video section? Currently, after I run a search, it just returns 1 of 1 results and gives me only the search option again. Using your info above, this is my entire easynews.com.cfg file, with nothing for easynews in catcher.list.: Code: # Videos Do i need to define a start address, or is it enough to just display search and use the URL from there? Also, I've noticed some sites declare the extension in the video section... do I need to do that? I don't need to append an extension. The URL returned is a full path to an avi file. The only other info I've added is this to more.sites.list: Code: ######################################################## All of the other sites in more.sites.list had type=rss, but I'm not sure if I need to change that. Here are the steps I'm trying to perform: 1) Select easynews from the MORE section 2) Return only the Search option (no results for the first screen) 3) Enter a search term 4) Parse the results using the regex above 5) Click on video and stream Sorry for all the questions... if I can help build an FAQ once I've got everything working, I'd be happy to. I also understand about not adding pay sites to the VideoMonkey distribution, but I'll post my cfg once it works so that anyone can add this on their own. Again, much thanks... - sfaxman - 2009-05-14 Hi again, nothingcool Wrote:Thanks for the quick response, that really helps alot and I wouldn't have figured out video.direct by myself!! The %s in the search url statement will be replaced with the text entered in the virtual keyboard (spaces are also replaced with "+"), the resulting url is retrieved and finally the cfg is applied on it to find out the items to display. nothingcool Wrote:Once I've run the search, does it run the search using the URL provided and then come back to the cfg file and parse the results using the video section? Currently, after I run a search, it just returns 1 of 1 results and gives me only the search option again. No, I think it is not needed. The resulting exception should be catched by default And the line: Code: item_url_build=%s nothingcool Wrote:Also, I've noticed some sites declare the extension in the video section... do I need to do that? I don't need to append an extension. The URL returned is a full path to an avi file. The extension is only used when the video is downloaded. The file name is "title" + "." + "extension". Why not simply specify an extension Code: item_info_name=extension nothingcool Wrote:The only other info I've added is this to more.sites.list: No, It's ok nothingcool Wrote:Here are the steps I'm trying to perform: There is no possibility to hide the search option nothingcool Wrote:Sorry for all the questions... if I can help build an FAQ once I've got everything working, I'd be happy to. I also understand about not adding pay sites to the VideoMonkey distribution, but I'll post my cfg once it works so that anyone can add this on their own. You're welcome. Try enabling the debug logging and check in the "xbmc.log" file if the urls are retrieved the way you envisaged. And in the cache directory, the last retrieved page is stored (page.html). It can be helpful to verify your regexes. Bye, sfaxman... - nothingcool - 2009-05-14 Awesome, I think that answers all my questions... I'll try this as soon as I'm home. I've got XBMC running on an xbox and an apple tv, so I'll try it on both. I'm pretty sure it was the: Code: item_url_build=%s That was causing my search to return no results. Thanks again! I'll post my results. Questions about VideoMonkey plugin - Silverxxx - 2009-05-27 I was playing with the configs of this plugin, and I have some questions. 1. do googlevideos and dailymotion work in the latest version? 2. how do I find out what the version I have on my computer is. if (1) don't work i made some new ones. also, are there any additional configs made by anyone else? - AsturLodus - 2009-06-25 Wanted to say thanks for this great plugin, especially for Arte, use it everyday. Maybe you could integrate arte-live-web to. Thanks in advance ZDF broken? - mighty_bombero - 2009-06-27 Hi sfaxman, is it possible that ZDF is broken? Any chances of it getting fixed soon? Thanks for the plugin! mighty_bombero - phonics - 2009-06-29 Can someone tell me how to turn on adult content (its now showing up under plugin settings)? - virtualhours - 2009-07-02 use videodevil comes newer version of videomonkey?? youtube and others dont work..... - funkytown - 2009-07-04 virtualhours Wrote:use videodevil Has development stopped on this plugin? there hasnt been an update sind months... It would be sad, since this is one of the best plugins! - sfaxman - 2009-07-05 funkytown Wrote:Has development stopped on this plugin? there hasnt been an update sind months... Hi guys, no not stopped But delayed Unfortunately I cannot say yet when I will have time for an update But it will come bye, sfaxman... My two cents - drclone - 2009-07-06 Spanish language for this great plugin: http://rapidshare.com/files/252709375/Spanish.rar Thanks for the plugin! - xbmc-fan - 2009-07-09 I'm not sure, if the site structure allows an easy implementation into VideoMonkey but if yes, perhaps the internet music channel tape.tv could be a worthwhile addition to it. - fella47 - 2009-07-11 i hope this plugin,videomonkey,gets updated.I'd hate to miss out on the great potential this plugin may have.However,none of the websites are are working,such as,youtube,dailymotion,metacafe,etc. - phunqe - 2009-09-12 How do you change the download path? If I select save video in plugin setting, the path is forcibly set to F:\videos Thanks. EDIT: I tried changing it manually in the settings.xml, but the change doesn't seem to go through at all. EDIT 2: Now it works, I forgot to change the cached settings.xml under userdata as well |