[MAC] HOW-TO install plugins in XBMC for Mac (before the XBMC 10.0 Dharma release)

Quote:hi,
I'm on 8.10 beta1 and installed various plugins in the ~/Library/Application Support/XBMC/plugins directory
Flickr
Youtube 3.1
Xe.licio.us

Result : xbmc sees the plugins, only Youtube accept to retrieve information, then any click makes xbmc crashing.

Thanks for your help
2008-09-18 17:16

I believe those are scripts, and need to go into your scripts folder (which is different from plugins).

I'm curious - why isn't the XBMC-Addons Installer packaged with all builds to make this easier for users?

I know the official PMIII/PM3.HD skins no longer have the 'Programs' menu section but it could still be in favorites by default.

thanks, rwparris2,
I ve installed XBMC add on installer. Works fine, thanks but :
1°) only 1/3 of the plugins i installed actually work (Flickr doesn't work for instance)
2°) the installation folder is always the same and i have to manually move the plugins into video, music, etc... folder. Would be nice if the installer had suggested or proposed the installation folder...

oseres Wrote:only 1/3 of the plugins i installed actually work (Flickr doesn't work for instance)

As all those scripts/plugins you listed are third-party add-ons you need to address the author of those plugins and scripts directly though the Python Scripts/Plugins Support and Requests Forum.

Know though that many Python scripts/plugins stop working quite often, not due to bugs in XBMC but by design as the nature of many scripts/plugins is that they scrape websites for the data they collect, websites that which can change, (instead of using a static and standard API which does not change, as many online services do not offer a such API). So the fact is, because scripts/plugins scrape a website and if that website changes its layout structure design then the scripts/plugins can not scrape them any longer without getting updated manually in their code.

oseres Wrote:2°) the installation folder is always the same and i have to manually move the plugins into video, music, etc... folder. Would be nice if the installer had suggested or proposed the installation folder...

Works correctly for me on windows & xbox, so that might be a mac specific bug in the installer. If so you should post in the python forum that Gamester17 pointed to.

Maybe i'm being stupid, but I cant seem to find any directories on my Mac for XBMC at all.

If I show package contents on the XBMC application I can see the plugin folders, but if I put plugins in there they arent shown in the application.

I'm trying to install the iPlayer plugin.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Paul

Users/username/Library/Application Support/XBMC/plugins/(video-music-pictures)

I'll double check, I'm sure I looked there!

Paul

Yes it was me being a muppet, I was looking in /library rather than /users/paul/library

Many thanks, and I must admit that i'm terribly impressed by XBMC, it's some smart piece of software!

cheers
Paul

I have tried to install a number of plugins now, but no success.
I constantly receive an error message "could not connect to network server".
This message occurs after I have added a plugin as a source.

I am running on my AppleTV 2.1, XBMC 8.10 BF1:Atlantis Compiled Dec 18 2008.

I have tried a number of plugins, some updated just a few days ago, but have had no luck. Anybody else having this problem, or ideas for a work around?

Thanks much!

Edit:

I am installing plugins in /users/me/library/application support/xbmc/plugins/videos.
When adding a source, I use the browse function, find the plugins folder in the list, and add from there.
I believe these are the correct steps.

I'm trying to add plugins to XBMC on my atv using WINSCP. I get an access denied error when it tries to create the folder. It works in my Boxee installation on the same atv. How do I open permission in the xbmc folders? I noticed in properties that the user id is "admin" and password is "root" while in Boxee it is frontrow frontrow. Any help would be appreciated.