(2012-07-21, 23:59)jurm Wrote: I think I'm being a bit dim here but I'd like to create about 20 different movie channels, all completely random with no genre attachments

All I can see in the options is to have different movie channels based on genre like comedy etc. I've tried creating a smart playlist but I just get 'movie not found' when I try and go to that channel, not sure what's going wrong

(2012-07-21, 14:34)mwkurt Wrote:

(2012-07-21, 08:19)gonzo90017 Wrote:

(2012-07-14, 10:33)Idgeinc Wrote: Hello,
First of all, great addon! It has made my HTPC so much more then just mediaplayer
I've even removed my television subscription thanks to this addon!

Now to my small issue,
I'm trying interleave a 'childrens channel' with 5 minute short cartoons, i've done the following

- Added a bunch of cartoonclips (AVI) to a folder on my Windows Server
- Set the appropriate permissions on the shared folder
- Created a new channel (27) in directory mode on my XBMC
- Create a new rule on the "Children Channel" to interleave channel 27 every episode (for test purposes)

Now the thing is, it doesnt interleave anything. And the reason for this is because it cant find the AVI files for some reason.
If i try to interleave anything else into my childrenschannel that is already been scraped by XBMC it work fine.

The Channel 27 (Directory Mode) does not even show up as a channel for some reason, even though I havent hidden it with any rules.

Any clues on how to proceed, is this a known bug?

Edit:
Think I realised that this has to do with SMB shares, It's not possible to create directory channels with SMB shares? Needs to be NFS shares?

Just installed the plugin today and ran into this same issue. If the AVI files don't show up, it means that they haven't been scraped properly. For now i'm using TV Time to workaround the issue. TV Time allows you to set a folder as the source when creating a Channel.

Not true. You can include files that have not been scraped by XBMC. That is how I have my MTV channel. It is done by selecting a folder for a channel in PTV. Have you made sure you have selected the "Duration of short Videos" properly?

Mark

(2012-07-22, 01:01)mwkurt Wrote:

(2012-07-21, 23:59)jurm Wrote: I think I'm being a bit dim here but I'd like to create about 20 different movie channels, all completely random with no genre attachments

All I can see in the options is to have different movie channels based on genre like comedy etc. I've tried creating a smart playlist but I just get 'movie not found' when I try and go to that channel, not sure what's going wrong

Hello,

This is the contents of a playlist I just made call "Random Movies.xsp"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
<name>Random Movies</name>
<match>all</match>
<rule field="genre" operator="doesnotcontain">Plastic</rule>
<order direction="ascending">random</order>
</smartplaylist>

Put this inside your text editor and save it to your userdate/playlists/video directory. name it what you want, with ".xsp" extension, and it should work.
The rule "doesnotcontain" could be anything that is not a genre.
This should get you what you want if you create channels using this playlist.
Don't forget, PTV does not create all of the channels at once to show you. It will start playing a movie once the first channel is created, then creat the rest in the background.

Mark

(2012-07-20, 03:40)phantasm Wrote: Were you able to work around this issue? I am still examining the cause and have not found a real usable solution.

Thank you,
Rob

(2012-07-13, 23:09)jackandjohn Wrote: Quick bug submission:

I'm on a 4:3 analog TV (on openelec with a raspberry pi), and when pulling up the channel config, it does this:

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Seems to start the box at an absolute value, which means the left edge on my screen is in the centre, and the right edge is off the screen entirely.

(2012-07-22, 23:54)jurm Wrote:

(2012-07-22, 01:01)mwkurt Wrote:

(2012-07-21, 23:59)jurm Wrote: I think I'm being a bit dim here but I'd like to create about 20 different movie channels, all completely random with no genre attachments

All I can see in the options is to have different movie channels based on genre like comedy etc. I've tried creating a smart playlist but I just get 'movie not found' when I try and go to that channel, not sure what's going wrong

Hello,

This is the contents of a playlist I just made call "Random Movies.xsp"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
<name>Random Movies</name>
<match>all</match>
<rule field="genre" operator="doesnotcontain">Plastic</rule>
<order direction="ascending">random</order>
</smartplaylist>

Put this inside your text editor and save it to your userdate/playlists/video directory. name it what you want, with ".xsp" extension, and it should work.
The rule "doesnotcontain" could be anything that is not a genre.
This should get you what you want if you create channels using this playlist.
Don't forget, PTV does not create all of the channels at once to show you. It will start playing a movie once the first channel is created, then creat the rest in the background.

Mark

Thanks for this, it worked a treat

However, the problem I'm having is that the guide says it's playing one movie but when I click it, it's actually playing another

(2012-07-22, 01:34)norax Wrote: Is there an easy way to increase the number of channels beyond 200?

I see that Jason mentioned he was going to do it in this post...

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=90738&pid=1060041#pid1060041

...and it sounds like its an easy change. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

(2012-07-24, 11:25)scilz Wrote:

(2012-07-22, 01:34)norax Wrote: Is there an easy way to increase the number of channels beyond 200?

I see that Jason mentioned he was going to do it in this post...

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=90738&pid=1060041#pid1060041

...and it sounds like its an easy change. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

i would love to know this also ive asked but got no response