Native XBMC RSS feed for new shows and movies

HackerHelpDesk · 2009-10-15 07:10

Thanks kizer it work great now, Copied you code and everything started working. Thanks again to everyone for this feature and all your help.

**nicoli_k** · 2009-10-15 07:13

Thanks for the info kizer. I now have it working on my xbox after making sure I had webserver enabled and the port set to 80 like in the files.

I'm not sure exactly why I wasn't able to do it before, but I think it had something to do with how I was saving it.

I initially tried with Editpad Lite and there were conversion errors. I tried again using PSPad as my text editor and when I uploaded the file, it worked.

If you experience just the title of the asp file scrolling, try another text editor or make sure you're saving it as a utf-8. The files posted work perfectly for the xbox as long as your port is set to 80.

bittihuduga · 2009-10-15 09:53

sorry, I am running xbmc on my winxp laptop.
i tried creating rss file and .asp file
but i cant see any rss feed in xbmc
can someone help me to set this up?

craigey1 · 2009-10-15 20:06

HackerHelpDesk Wrote:Not sure how to run sqlite3Explorer on the xbox.

I know you got this sorted now, but just for future reference sqlite3explorer is run on the PC. You just need to copy your "\UserData\Database\MyVideos34.db" file from xbmc to your pc & point sqlite3explorer at that & you can run the SQL commands.

bittihuduga Wrote:sorry, I am running xbmc on my winxp laptop.
i tried creating rss file and .asp file
but i cant see any rss feed in xbmc
can someone help me to set this up?

I'm a little confused as to why you've created both an rss & an .asp file.
Copy the code into a new text document. Go to "File" -> "Save As". Select "All files" in the Save as type dropdown & enter the filename as rss.asp
transfer that file to the web folder in xbmc.

You then need to edit the RSSFeeds.xml file in the UserData folder & add the line:
<feed updateinterval="30">http://xbox/rss.asp</feed>
This has to go between the <set id="1"> & </set> tags.
Save the file & restart xbmc.

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stoli · 2009-10-15 20:26

craigey1 Wrote:You then need to edit the RSSFeeds.xml file in the UserData folder & add the line:
<feed updateinterval="30">http://xbox/rss.asp</feed>
This has to go between the <set id="1"> & </set> tags.
Save the file & restart xbmc.

Fingers X'd

Just a small correction - it should be http://localhost/rss.asp not http://xbox...

kizer · 2009-10-15 20:37

Glad it helped you guys. Took me a while to figure out what everything was going on too. So I decided why not just share like everybody else does. Wink

stoli · 2009-10-15 20:41

I've posted the three files for download. These assume you have the web server in xbmc set to port 80.

Mediafire download

slyk2203 · 2009-10-17 15:27

great idea ! thx
Is it possible to get rss with e.g. google news ? or cinema news or something like that?
that would be great too.

stoli · 2009-10-17 15:43

You can add any rss feed you want to it...

http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=RssFeeds.xml

jabba_29 · 2009-10-19 14:32

I am having some weird issues with this.
If I set up the file and access from my PC, I get a valid RSS file:
I can read it in a RSS reader or Firefox browser.

With XBMC, it doesn't appear.. I am using Apple TV are my hardware.

I have used the code above (well modified a bit, but started with the original) and this is the output through a web browser:

Code:

<rss version="2.0"> 

<channel> 

<title>Recently Added TV Shows</title> 

<link>http://localhost:8080/rss.asp</link> 

<description>Newly added shows</description> 

<language>en-us</language> 

<item> 

<title>something</title> 

</item><item> 

<title>something else</title> 

</item><item> 

<title>something </title> 

</item><item> 

<title>something else again</title> 

</item><item> 

<title>Even more something</title> 

</item><item> 

<title>Can there be anymore something?</title> 

</item> 

</channel> 

</rss>

I have even tried to open the file with php on my home server and force content type - but this makes no difference.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance..

J

HackerHelpDesk Junior Member Posts: 35 Joined: Jul 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-10-15 07:10 Post: #31 Thanks kizer it work great now, Copied you code and everything started working. Thanks again to everyone for this feature and all your help.
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bittihuduga Senior Member Posts: 158 Joined: Oct 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-10-15 09:53 Post: #33 sorry, I am running xbmc on my winxp laptop. i tried creating rss file and .asp file but i cant see any rss feed in xbmc can someone help me to set this up?
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kizer Fan Posts: 699 Joined: Jul 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Seattle WA, US	2009-10-15 20:37 Post: #36 Glad it helped you guys. Took me a while to figure out what everything was going on too. So I decided why not just share like everybody else does.
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stoli Skilled Skinner Posts: 2,405 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 30 Location: Florida	2009-10-15 20:41 Post: #37 I've posted the three files for download. These assume you have the web server in xbmc set to port 80. Mediafire download -stoli- Metropolis Available in Passion Repo
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slyk2203 Member Posts: 54 Joined: Sep 2007 Reputation: 0	2009-10-17 15:27 Post: #38 great idea ! thx Is it possible to get rss with e.g. google news ? or cinema news or something like that? that would be great too.
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stoli Skilled Skinner Posts: 2,405 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 30 Location: Florida	2009-10-17 15:43 Post: #39 You can add any rss feed you want to it... http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=RssFeeds.xml -stoli- Metropolis Available in Passion Repo
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