[Hitcher]

I haven't seen this myself simply because the nightlies are disabled but someone has just brought this to my attention -

not sure if this has been discussed yet or not but there's been a change to the duration handling in the database: http://trac.xbmc.org/changeset/33384

resulting in this:

Which looks awful even if I remove the 'MINS' at the end - who wants/needs to know about the seconds?

Thanks.

[Jezz_X]

Because people like to change things without thinking how they effect everyone else is my guess . And yes confluence also suffers from this as does PM3.HD

[Hitcher]

I don't know about you but surely 'minutes' or 'hours/minutes' would be more preferable?

[Jezz_X]

I actually think that pretty much everywhere you look (online movie sites, cinema webpages) they pretty much all have what we used too minutes only And I totally agree that seconds is completely unneeded.

[spiff]

we are storing in seconds, since it's damn handy for short clips... we should ofc make it easier on you guys, in particular, the info label should be changed back and a new one introduced.

[Hitcher]

So we don't have to worry about making any changes ready for Dharma?

[spiff]

need to discuss with jonathan.

[Hitcher]

OK, thanks.

[jmarshall]

Will look at this over the weekend - it'll be fixed up for Dharma b2.

[Hitcher]

What if the duration was stored as hours, minutes and seconds the same as system time?

ie ListItem.Duration(hh:mms)

That way the skinner can use it however he pleases.

I'd use it something like this for the video info screen -

PHP Code:

<control type="label">
    <label>$INFO[ListItem.Duration(hh),h ]</label>
    <visible>!StringCompare(ListItem.Duration(hh),00)</visible>
</control>

<control type="label">
    <label>$INFO[ListItem.Duration(mm),m ]</label>
    <visible>!StringCompare(ListItem.Duration(hh),00) + !StringCompare(ListItem.Duration(mm),00)</visible>
</control>

<control type="label">
    <label>$INFO[ListItem.Duration(ss),s ]</label>
    <visible>!StringCompare(ListItem.Duration(hh),00)</visible>
</control> 


That would cover movies, episodes and clips -

2h 23m (seconds wouldn't be shown)
45m 33s (hours wouldn't be shown)
55s (hours and minutes wouldn't be shown)

[jmarshall]

r33533 reverts listitem.duration back to reporting in minutes.

Unfortunately it's non-trivial to switch it to using the time layout stuff, but we can look at doing something like that after Dharma.

Cheers,
Jonathan