Several bugs spotted

topkat · 2009-09-12 19:39

Well then, how about a feature reqest? Support for last.fm love&hate buttons in music-osd?

Have done it myself, it's really simple. All you need is a button and the 'XBMC.LastFM.Love' function, eg

Code:

<control type="button" id="9000">

    <posx>-80</posx>

    <posy>0</posy>

    <description>lastfm love</description>

    <width>40</width>

    <height>40</height>

    <texturenofocus>osd-love-nofocus.png</texturenofocus>

    <texturefocus>osd-love-focus.png</texturefocus>

    <onleft>907</onleft>

    <onright>9001</onright>

    <onup>901</onup>

    <ondown>901</ondown>

    <onclick>XBMC.LastFM.Love</onclick>    

    <visible>LastFM.CanLove</visible>

</control>

But 'official' support would be better though..

**ronie** · 2009-09-12 22:27

previous versions of T! had support for the last.fm love/hate feature, but it was removed at some point. i thought it was cluttering up the side menu (that's where it was located) too much and had the impression it was some obscure feature nobody would miss.

i'll consider re-adding it to the osd.

whufclee · 2009-09-13 01:41

Yeah I have to say I actually use the last.fm love/hate thingy too so if it could be reinstated that would be smashing. Also, for the xbox media flagging to work you need to scan movies in stages or else it just freezes (scanning movies by year works for me) so would it be possible to somehow allow the movies home button to go the menu where it asks if you want to search by title, genre, year etc.? At the moment it takes you straight to the "search by title" option and there seems to be no way of getting back to the "search by..." screen, maybe this could be an option in skin settings - I am no coder so have no idea what I'm talking about so please feel free to tell me to shut up! Btw I have edited my includes_home.xml file so that "Movies" takes me to the screen I need so it's not a big problem but would be nice if xbox users didn't have to change code when there's any future updates. Sorry if none of that makes sense - I've just got back from the pub!!!

**ronie** · 2009-09-13 02:01

whufclee Wrote:Yeah I have to say I actually use the last.fm love/hate thingy too so if it could be reinstated that would be smashing. Also, for the xbox media flagging to work you need to scan movies in stages or else it just freezes (scanning movies by year works for me) so would it be possible to somehow allow the movies home button to go the menu where it asks if you want to search by title, genre, year etc.? At the moment it takes you straight to the "search by title" option and there seems to be no way of getting back to the "search by..." screen, maybe this could be an option in skin settings - I am no coder so have no idea what I'm talking about so please feel free to tell me to shut up! Btw I have edited my includes_home.xml file so that "Movies" takes me to the screen I need so it's not a big problem but would be nice if xbox users didn't have to change code when there's any future updates. Sorry if none of that makes sense - I've just got back from the pub!!!

if you're in the movie list, use the 'up' icon to navigate to the parent folder.
in case there's no 'up' icon, you've disabled it in Settings > Appearance > View Options > Hide parent folder items
Also make sure you uncheck 'Flatten' on the side menu.

Another option would be to use the Videos button on the Home Menu.

whufclee · 2009-09-13 09:28

Well done Ronie, I am officially an idiot. I thought it was strange the parent folder had disappeared - I was sure I had it a while ago, must have disabled it in settings - doh! Sorry for wasting your time.

miljbee · 2009-09-14 11:50

Concerning Last.fm Love/Ban, please bring it back. It's very usefull when you listen last.fm radios a lot, which is may case.

Thanks for your great work !

**ronie** · 2009-09-14 14:31

miljbee Wrote:Concerning Last.fm Love/Ban, please bring it back. It's very usefull when you listen last.fm radios a lot, which is may case.

Thanks for your great work !

i will! :-)

topkat · 2009-09-15 21:06

Indeed, this advanced lastfm-stuff only rarely is used, but I think just because most skinners overlook these features and hence most users don't even know about it.

I yet again found some bugs.

- Ratings for Shoutcast Streams:

Appearently, you can't rate (shoutcast) streams. This leads to two problems:

In osd, in the info-panel, you can set stars, but they won't stay. So better to hide the rating stars when play back streams.

Similar in the info-dialog in library mode: You only see the up/down arrows, but can't set a rating.

- Infopane in music osd won't show up

Now this is a bit strange. In some cases, the infopane won't show up when you hit the 'i'-key. Not 100% sure, but this should be the way reproduce it:

- Play a music file and make sure to hide the infopane
- Go back to library and start a new song
- Switch to fullscreen. The infopane shows up. Hit 'i' to hide it.

Now 'i' won't bring the pane back anymore. Playing with the 'm' and 'i' keys will cure the problem after a while...

rudeboyx · 2009-09-15 21:58

topkat Wrote:- Infopane in music osd won't show up

Now this is a bit strange. In some cases, the infopane won't show up when you hit the 'i'-key. Not 100% sure, but this should be the way reproduce it:

- Play a music file and make sure to hide the infopane
- Go back to library and start a new song
- Switch to fullscreen. The infopane shows up. Hit 'i' to hide it.

Now 'i' won't bring the pane back anymore. Playing with the 'm' and 'i' keys will cure the problem after a while...

this is part of the xbmc code and not the transparency skin. i noticed it a couple of years ago and its been there since. all you have to do is switch out of fullscreen visuals then switch back to the visuals and wait for the info to dissapear (aprox 5 seconds) then hit i to bring the info back up perminentely

its designed so you can have the info set to ON, OFF, or ON FOR 5SEC

when its set to ON FOR 5SEC hit 'i' before it dissapears to switch it OFF, but if you wait for it to disaperar then hit 'i' it switches it ON

topkat · 2009-09-15 22:32

Ok, you're right, never noticed it before, but other skins, eg. pm3 has the same issue..

whufclee Fan Posts: 391 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Essex	2009-09-13 09:28 Post: #15 Well done Ronie, I am officially an idiot. I thought it was strange the parent folder had disappeared - I was sure I had it a while ago, must have disabled it in settings - doh! Sorry for wasting your time.
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miljbee Senior Member Posts: 159 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: France	2009-09-14 11:50 Post: #16 Concerning Last.fm Love/Ban, please bring it back. It's very usefull when you listen last.fm radios a lot, which is may case. Thanks for your great work ! Thanks to all XBMC contributors, devs, skinners, scripters, ... It's really an amazing piece of software.
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topkat Junior Member Posts: 28 Joined: Aug 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-09-15 22:32 Post: #20 Ok, you're right, never noticed it before, but other skins, eg. pm3 has the same issue..
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