[RELEASE] PseudoTV Addon: Virtual EPG and TV Channel Surfing Script

hi
i am reminding you that there is a bug in the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml under the transparency skin is still there.

when i use the transparency skin and want to configure a channel in psuedotv to use a directory, the option is not there.
if i go into the skin.transparency\720p folder and delete/rename the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml it will be ok.


thanks

(2012-06-07 00:37)atata Wrote:  Hi everyone, I've got a question:
I'm trying to make channels with commercials between the shows.

I've got a channel (the first one), which is hidden (has a rule "don't play this channel") and the content is a specified directory (currently has only 2 files).

Then, I've got another channel which has drama tv-shows. I've added "Interleave another channel" rule, with the following configuration:
Channel Number: 1.
Min Interleave Count: 1.
Max Interleave Count: 2.
Starting Episode: 1.

I'm trying to have 1 or 2 commercials between each show, but it doesn't seems to work.
I've go the regular shows and nothing between them. I see "..." on the EPG, but it has the name of the following show and it never plays.

Notice the "hide very short videos" option is disabled.

Any ideas? :\

Hello,

Someone may correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the "Min/Max Interleave count" does not represent your commercials, but the episodes on the channel that you want your commercials interleaved with. You may want to try playing with those numbers to get what you want. Maybe try with both set to 1. Maybe try 1 and 5 as min/max see if it puts a commercial anywhere within 5 episodes. I think that if you play with those values, you'll hit upon something that you can live with.

Mark

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(2012-06-07 09:21)EZ1976 Wrote:  hi
i am reminding you that there is a bug in the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml under the transparency skin is still there.

when i use the transparency skin and want to configure a channel in psuedotv to use a directory, the option is not there.
if i go into the skin.transparency\720p folder and delete/rename the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml it will be ok.


thanks

Yeah...I have to change to another skin when I want edit some channels. I don't know if it would be Jason or whoever configured the skins for pseudo that could hopefully fix it. Not really a big deal to me, I work around it.

Mark

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(2012-06-07 09:21)EZ1976 Wrote:  hi
i am reminding you that there is a bug in the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml under the transparency skin is still there.

when i use the transparency skin and want to configure a channel in psuedotv to use a directory, the option is not there.
if i go into the skin.transparency\720p folder and delete/rename the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml it will be ok.


thanks

Yeah...I have to change to another skin when I want edit some channels. I don't know if it would be Jason or whoever configured the skins for pseudo that could hopefully fix it. Not really a big deal to me, I work around it.

Mark

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(2012-06-07 09:21)EZ1976 Wrote:  hi
i am reminding you that there is a bug in the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml under the transparency skin is still there.

when i use the transparency skin and want to configure a channel in psuedotv to use a directory, the option is not there.
if i go into the skin.transparency\720p folder and delete/rename the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml it will be ok.


thanks

Yeah...I have to change to another skin when I want edit some channels. I don't know if it would be Jason or whoever configured the skins for pseudo that could hopefully fix it. Not really a big deal to me, I work around it.

Mark

i just went into the skin folder and deleted the script.pseudotv.ChannelConfig.xml so it will use the original skin's xml file.
at least until it will get fixed

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Hi everyone, I've got a question:
I'm trying to make channels with commercials between the shows.

I've got a channel (the first one), which is hidden (has a rule "don't play this channel") and the content is a specified directory (currently has only 2 files).

Then, I've got another channel which has drama tv-shows. I've added "Interleave another channel" rule, with the following configuration:
Channel Number: 1.
Min Interleave Count: 1.
Max Interleave Count: 2.
Starting Episode: 1.

I'm trying to have 1 or 2 commercials between each show, but it doesn't seems to work.
I've go the regular shows and nothing between them. I see "..." on the EPG, but it has the name of the following show and it never plays.

Notice the "hide very short videos" option is disabled.

Any ideas? :\




try this:
channel 1 - commercials. rule - do not play this channel

channel 2 -
rule 1 - interleave channel 1 - min 1 max 1
rule 2 - interleave channel 1 - min 2 max 2

go into the userdata\addon_data\script.pseudotv\cache and delete the channel_1.m3u and channel_2.m3u files.

open psuedo tv and wait till it populate the channels.
close the psuedotv and delete channel_2.m3u (and not channel 1)

open psuedotv so it will create channel_2 file again.

edit the channel_2.m3u file with notepad (or notepad++ if you want to see anything) and see if it is interleaving the channel 1


when you want to interleave it needs to take files from the channel_1.m3u and integrate it into channel_2.m3u
if the channel_1 is not created ok before the channel_2.m3u is created it wont work.


btw the Min 1 max 1 will enter a show after one show
the min 2 max 2 will enter a show after every other show.

so you will have movie -> commercial (rule 1) -> commercial (rule 2) - > movie

I am having trouble with the shared channels option. On my one system I have shared channels with the path Y:\Shared channels and pseudotv works perfectly. On the second system I have shared enabled with the path Y:\Shared channels but I get the error "No channels found" only on system 2. The "y" drive refers to a networked drive on a NAS. I have them both mapped the same way on each system, yet it only seems to work on one system. Any ideas? Could my "advancedsettings.xml" on either system be messing it up? I would not tink so... also, I have no problem browsing to the path on either system, so it would seem both can see them. I have tried resets of both systems.

I think I found the problem... can't access (smb) anymore... but I still have access to all the videos on the shared disks. weird

how can you launch Pseudo TV from the refocus skin?

also, i have an ER1401... basically a bit better than a revo and browsing the channel guide is slow. is this the deal with most setups or can a faster rig make the EPG better?

(2012-06-11 10:04)aoaaron Wrote:  how can you launch Pseudo TV from the refocus skin?

also, i have an ER1401... basically a bit better than a revo and browsing the channel guide is slow. is this the deal with most setups or can a faster rig make the EPG better?

PseudoTV seems to work with most skins but you may have trouble with the channel configuration menus unless skin was specifically coded for it...in that case just configure pseudotv in confluence then switch back to refocus.
You may see minor performance gain with channel guide using better rig, but I think most of the perfomance issues are from pseudotv not running optimally in eden.Are you using latest development release from op? it seems to perform better than latest stable.

im using frodo ATM.

what skin do u think is good to use? i've tried Aeon MQ3 but it puts its own information overlay ontop of everything when you change channel which is annoying.

I think you misunderstood when I asked what version you were using. I meant the "latest development version" of Psuedotv not xbmc. link for latest development version is on first page...it performs better than the older version of pseudotv that is included with xbmc repo.

As far as skins, you may want to try "neon", it works well with ptv and has plenty of customization options.I personally use "Xperience1080" which is a version of "Xperience" specifically designed for 1080p displays.

Tried it on my mac and its better!!

How can I 'reinstall' Pseudo TV? Basically the build i used from the xbmc repo made some stupid channels whilst on my mac it recognised BBC One, BBC Two etc.