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- pecinko - 2010-10-14 10:55
jingai Wrote:It turns out this was an oversight in XBMC in that it wouldn't accept unicode characters in the thumbnail image paths (http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/10486).
I'll be releasing v0.9.9 soon that will simply ignore thumbnail paths that contain unicode characters if it can't cope with them, but if you're using XBMC > r34717, it should display them properly.
-Jonathan
Really great job Jonathan! I'm looking forward to new release.
- jingai - 2010-10-14 13:58
CloudDweller Wrote:I would like to remove the <<import iPhoto library>> option from the main menu and was wondering how to do this. I have tried deleting the following line from the strings.xml
<string id="30103"><< Import iPhoto Library >></string>
Which does remove the text, but still leaves me with a blank line which I can still click.
Yes, because in addon.py it is going to add a list item for that entry regardless of whether or not the string is there.
Quote:I would prefer the option to import my library in the add-on settings menu if at all possible?
I can add an option in the settings to hide that menu item, if that is acceptable? May I ask why you'd like to hide it?
-jingai
- jingai - 2010-10-14 14:00
pecinko Wrote:Really great job Jonathan! I'm looking forward to new release.
It's been pushed up. The relevant patches in XBMC are not in Dharma yet, but the new version of the plugin will simply avoid displaying thumbnails that contain unicode, rather than just crashing.
Do let me know if you see any other issues.
-jingai
- CloudDweller - 2010-10-14 20:20
jingai Wrote:I can add an option in the settings to hide that menu item, if that is acceptable? May I ask why you'd like to hide it?
-jingai
Purely for neatness. Once I've scanned my library I have it set to auto update so I have no need for the option to appear in the main list. I just think that it looks more integrated to just see the iPhoto library without the add-on option.
Thanks for replying and yes, if you can include the option to hide the menu item that would be great.
- jingai - 2010-10-14 20:24
CloudDweller Wrote:Purely for neatness. Once I've scanned my library I have it set to auto update so I have no need for the option to appear in the main list. I just think that it looks more integrated to just see the iPhoto library without the add-on option.
Thanks for replying and yes, if you can include the option to hide the menu item that would be great.
I've added a context menu item to import the library and have given the option to hide the item from the main menu. You'll see this feature in the next release.
-jingai
- jingai - 2010-10-14 20:25
Also of note: I've gotten the plugin to work on Windows (well, WINE to be exact). There was a minor issue that prevented it from working at all. This will also be in the next release.
Although since I received no bug reports from Windows users, I'm not sure anyone will even care.. lol.. but there it is.
-jingai
- CloudDweller - 2010-10-14 20:38
Thanks for all your hard work. By the way will you be updating your iTunes plugin as I'd love to have all my playlists etc... available?
- jingai - 2010-10-14 20:49
CloudDweller Wrote:Thanks for all your hard work. By the way will you be updating your iTunes plugin as I'd love to have all my playlists etc... available?
The iTunes plugin isn't mine, actually. I have it on my to-do list to port the old one (or write a new one), but honestly I don't personally have any issues with using XBMC's built-in music library so it's not really high priority for me. I generally only use smart playlists in iTunes and I can replicate that easily enough in XBMC with its built-in smart playlists.
That said, it should be pretty similar to my iPhoto plugin. If anyone else is feeling adventurous, they could start there.
-jingai
- CloudDweller - 2010-10-15 14:18
I also use smart playlists in iTunes, but I also listen to a lot of music on my iPhone and iPod so when they sync with iTunes, they update the playlists in iTunes but this information doesn't get passed to XBMC. Unless you know of a way to sync these together?
- jingai - 2010-10-15 18:20
CloudDweller Wrote:I also use smart playlists in iTunes, but I also listen to a lot of music on my iPhone and iPod so when they sync with iTunes, they update the playlists in iTunes but this information doesn't get passed to XBMC. Unless you know of a way to sync these together?
No, sorry, there is no current way to do that.
-jingai