Plugin python directory services for XBMC (now in SVN)

Nuka1195 · 2007-08-21 06:54

I used the wrong call to convert the python object to set text infolabels. That's why plot was failing.

Code:

argh it's late i'll post the diff in the morning

Nuka1195 · 2007-08-21 16:06

Can the label that says Videos, be an infolabel for the current source your in.

Could a plugin get a way to signify movies or tv shows? if so that would be helpful.

Nuka1195 · 2007-08-21 16:09

Diff for: fix for setInfo() infolabel's not accepting unicode.

deleted code already committed

stanley87 · 2007-08-22 02:34

Any plans for getting this in the MyPrograms menu?

I say this, as I was thinking about porting eg, RetroX over to use this.
Imagine all your roms being listed etc in XBMC, no script needed.

This is what gave me the idea : http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=617466

Oh, and is it python or XBMC that controls what happens when a list item is selected?

Thanks,
Stanley87

**jmarshall** · 2007-08-22 02:43

XBMC controls what happens when the list item is selected. If it's a folder it opens, otherwise it plays the file.

And it's not currently enabled in My Programs, but I see no reason not to have it there if you want it there.

For ROM browsing type things, I guess what you effectively need to do is set some params in the CFileItem so that we know what ROM to start it with (and any other params to start).

Perhaps we can do this via options in the path URL?

Nuka1195 · 2007-08-22 02:46

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Oh, and is it python or XBMC that controls what happens when a list item is selected?

Both, the plugin feeds XBMC urls that either link to an outside source or back to your plugin with diff args.

e.g. the first time AMT is selected it returns a list of categories with a url set back to the script and a genre arg in the url. when you select that it returns a list of trailer urls. This list XBMC just plays the urls.

That sounds confusing, it works quite well.

Nick8888 · 2007-08-27 13:56

What is the current state of this? I got the new build earlier today but haven't had a chance to install it. Is the AMT script the only one which works with this ATM? Are any in progress? I'm really hoping bomb bloke perseveres with his n64 one and I can also see potential for an xbmcscripts one.

Great work everyone involved with this.

Unbehagen · 2007-08-28 14:34

Here is a fixed version of the TVLinks plugin:
http://max-server.informatik.uni-bremen....VLinks.zip.
Could anyone try it? I have no box here, just the Windows environment (XBMC_PC).
I used the following two dirty hacks to solve the display problems:

Code:

def addLink(self,name,url):

        listitem=xbmcgui.ListItem( name )

        if len(name)<20:

                name=name+"                           "

        liz=xbmcgui.ListItem(name)

        ok=xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle=self.handle,url=url,listitem=liz)

    def addDir(self,name,url,code,letter=" "):

        u=sys.argv[0]+"?code="+str(code)+"&url="+urllib.quote(url)+"&letter="+letter+"/"

        if len(name)<20:

                name=name+"                           "

        liz=xbmcgui.ListItem(name)

        xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle=self.handle,url=u,listitem=liz,isFolder=​True)

There might be a bug within the plugin code: If a URL is very long and the label is very short, it overwrites the displayed label with parts of the URL. If you want to try it, remove the name=name+" " from the script and see what it displays. JMarshall, we had this problem earlier, and it worked before the listitem stuff has been added.

Nuka1195 · 2007-08-28 14:45

works fine here commenting out the name=name+" " hack.

The only thing I notice in this is they are no longer subcategoried by letter/number.

Unbehagen · 2007-08-28 15:15

Nuka1195 Wrote:works fine here commenting out the name=name+" " hack.

This is strange... Doesn't it show somethng like 3&letter=Z when there should be Z as a label? Did anyone change anything in this code since yesterday?
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The only thing I notice in this is they are no longer subcategoried by letter/number.[/quote]
Yes, it seems to be fast enough to display all results. I prefer it this way,so I can see all movies and series and decide which one I want to see. But you can change it back. Just check out the "old" folder in the xbmcscripts google svn repo and switch something like 5 revisions back. There should be a tvlinks zip file. Grab that version to have sorting.

Nuka1195 Skilled Python Coder Posts: 3,914 Joined: Dec 2004 Reputation: 17	2007-08-21 06:54 Post: #11 I used the wrong call to convert the python object to set text infolabels. That's why plot was failing. Code: `argh it's late i'll post the diff in the morning` For python coding questions first see http://mirrors.xbmc.org/docs/python-docs/ (This post was last modified: 2007-08-21 07:02 by Nuka1195.)
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Nuka1195 Skilled Python Coder Posts: 3,914 Joined: Dec 2004 Reputation: 17	2007-08-21 16:06 Post: #12 Can the label that says Videos, be an infolabel for the current source your in. Could a plugin get a way to signify movies or tv shows? if so that would be helpful. For python coding questions first see http://mirrors.xbmc.org/docs/python-docs/
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Nuka1195 Skilled Python Coder Posts: 3,914 Joined: Dec 2004 Reputation: 17	2007-08-21 16:09 Post: #13 Diff for: fix for setInfo() infolabel's not accepting unicode. deleted code already committed For python coding questions first see http://mirrors.xbmc.org/docs/python-docs/ (This post was last modified: 2007-08-21 22:07 by Nuka1195.)
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Nick8888 Fan Posts: 716 Joined: Jan 2007 Reputation: 0	2007-08-27 13:56 Post: #17 What is the current state of this? I got the new build earlier today but haven't had a chance to install it. Is the AMT script the only one which works with this ATM? Are any in progress? I'm really hoping bomb bloke perseveres with his n64 one and I can also see potential for an xbmcscripts one. Great work everyone involved with this.
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Nuka1195 Skilled Python Coder Posts: 3,914 Joined: Dec 2004 Reputation: 17	2007-08-28 14:45 Post: #19 works fine here commenting out the name=name+" " hack. The only thing I notice in this is they are no longer subcategoried by letter/number. For python coding questions first see http://mirrors.xbmc.org/docs/python-docs/
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