[RELEASE] iPhoto Plugin Addon for XBMC

smiller29 Wrote:I have upgraded to Beta 3 and I am still having the issue on the ATV2 but it still is working correctly on the MAC OSX install of beta 3. Also I did tried the default skin and that made no change on the ATV2.

Just curious.. do thumbnails show OK for Videos, Music, etc? I'm wondering if maybe it's a permissions issue? Although it should have shown that in the debug log, I think..

-j

Network shares should now be available to my plugin (and all plugins) as of git commit 40cb4b8d14badb8e90073d22a40c9ffd9f8b94d5, which means it will make it into XBMC 11.0.

No more need to add a dummy video source for you ATV2 users

EDIT: forgot to mention that this will require an update of my plugin too, so you'll see it when I push out v1.7.2.

-j

jingai Wrote:I don't really understand. If you can't add video sources, then XBMC won't work at all for you. If you could try to explain what the trouble is, I could perhaps help.

In a nutshell, you need to go to the Files Manager: navigate from the home screen to Video->Files. Select "Add Videos..." at the bottom of the listing. From the file browser that comes up, select "Browse" and then select the appropriate network browser, e.g., "Windows network (SMB)", "Network filesystem (NFS)", etc. Next, navigate to the share where your iPhoto Library is located. Name it and select OK. On the "Set content" dialog that comes up, select "None" where it says "This directory contains" and enable the checkbox labeled "Exclude selected folder from scans".

-j

Hi Jingai, just to let you know that I meanwhile succeeded in adding video sources by entering afp:// etc etc. Now I can may my steps, but still having problems updating the library. I get script error addon.py any clues ont his for me, thanks

gerdehaas Wrote:Hi Jingai, just to let you know that I meanwhile succeeded in adding video sources by entering afp:// etc etc. Now I can may my steps, but still having problems updating the library. I get script error addon.py any clues ont his for me, thanks

I'll need your debug log to know what's going on.

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jingai Wrote:I'll need your debug log to know what's going on.

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Jingai, thanks, in order to produce the debug report I need your help. Can you please provide me with the steps how to do this. I own an iMac and a ATV2, thanks, Gerry

gerdehaas Wrote:Jingai, thanks, in order to produce the debug report I need your help. Can you please provide me with the steps how to do this. I own an iMac and a ATV2, thanks, Gerry

See: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=92480

Basically:

1) Start XBMC.
2) Enable debugging: System->Settings->System->Debugging
3) Reproduce the problem in the plugin.
4) Quit XBMC.
5) Retrieve xbmc.log and post it somewhere for me (see the link above).

-j

Just wanted to pass on my appreciation for this great plugin, it's an excellent addition to my XBMC setup.

Cheers,

Any plans to include a "Add Music to Slideshow" option to this app like the iPhoto app on a ATV or Mac? I know you can start music from your music library then go back to iPhoto app, select the photos then start the Slideshow but it would be much nicer to already have that option in iPhoto. That way you could stay in the app and select different Events, Albums etc. and choose your music before playing or set a default music path and use random music similar to the Mac iPhoto version and ATV version. Just a thought....

I also appreciate this app in XBMC. Viewing photos while listening to music is what I use most on my ATV1 with OSX so being able to do it with XBMC on ATV is a plus. Thanks!

(2012-03-23 13:23)GGet Wrote:  Just wanted to pass on my appreciation for this great plugin, it's an excellent addition to my XBMC setup.

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to see it's enjoyed by others.

-j

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(2012-03-23 18:43)nunz56 Wrote:  Any plans to include a "Add Music to Slideshow" option to this app like the iPhoto app on a ATV or Mac? I know you can start music from your music library then go back to iPhoto app, select the photos then start the Slideshow but it would be much nicer to already have that option in iPhoto. That way you could stay in the app and select different Events, Albums etc. and choose your music before playing or set a default music path and use random music similar to the Mac iPhoto version and ATV version. Just a thought....

It'd be possible I suppose to select a playlist or a folder from within the iPhoto plugin, but selecting individual songs/albums/etc would be duplicating a lot of existing functionality (namely the Music library view).

I'm currently adding better slideshow support right now, where the add-on will allow you to select photos and folders (events, etc) to add to an "on-the-go" slideshow. I could add this functionality there. I'll think about how best to do it.

I'm not sure if I can have it fire off music from the built-in slideshow function though if it's called from the skin. Don't think I can hook into that, but someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

(2012-03-23 18:43)nunz56 Wrote:  I also appreciate this app in XBMC. Viewing photos while listening to music is what I use most on my ATV1 with OSX so being able to do it with XBMC on ATV is a plus. Thanks!

Thanks! We also use it exactly that way pretty much every time we have company over.

-j

Thanks for the quick reply!

Quote:It'd be possible I suppose to select a playlist or a folder from within the iPhoto plugin, but selecting individual songs/albums/etc would be duplicating a lot of existing functionality (namely the Music library view).

Selecting a playlist would possibly work. That's what I do now with the ATV version. I created a "Slidshow" playlist so any slideshow I start will randomly select music from that playlist.

Quote:I'm currently adding better slideshow support right now, where the add-on will allow you to select photos and folders (events, etc) to add to an "on-the-go" slideshow. I could add this functionality there. I'll think about how best to do it.

Any way to get ATV's "Floating Photos" feature to work with the skin's screensaver? I guess that would be a screensaver development, not an iPhoto?