2011-04-12, 09:42
Hey all,
Just have a few questions about development, and where things might be.
First a bit about me - I started using Plex on an old (2009) Mac mini I had lying around, but once my wife had issues getting a DVD to play I decided to look for something a bit better. Then I found XBMC and it seemed to tick all the boxes.
Then while testing on my Macbook - I had stumbled across a (non reproducible yet) issue where I couldn't eject a DVD at all - but for the life of me couldn't figure out why this may be. Not having the internet at home I started grabbing the source at work while writing up a thread explaining the problem, but then edited it after I couldn't replicate it.
But I did have some other 'issues' with XBMC that just seemed a bit off to me - the big one after coming from Plex was being able to select my applications and launch them from inside the application. This lead me to two plugins - Launcher and Advanced Launcher - but both still fail to allow me to select any applications (not counting navigating into the package etc, thinking a more native approach). So back into the source I went.
Which leads me to my questions - first being rather simple.
1) Is it be up to the plugin to determine what is a file, or is that handled internally by XBMC. If it is internal - would I be looking at the CFileItem and CFileItemList classes? After some investigating (as I'm relatively new to OS X as well) I found that the applications were simply folders with the .app extenstion, and it looks to be safe to assume that OS X sees all folders with extensions as files.
2) What is the programs screen for? I've tried adding sources on both Mac and Windows - but nothing ever seems to show up. Is it a feature in progress?
I'm keen to get back into some C++ coding to keep me on my toes, forgot how much I really missed it (but that's another story). I'd love to be able to help out where I can, just need to know where to start
Just have a few questions about development, and where things might be.
First a bit about me - I started using Plex on an old (2009) Mac mini I had lying around, but once my wife had issues getting a DVD to play I decided to look for something a bit better. Then I found XBMC and it seemed to tick all the boxes.
Then while testing on my Macbook - I had stumbled across a (non reproducible yet) issue where I couldn't eject a DVD at all - but for the life of me couldn't figure out why this may be. Not having the internet at home I started grabbing the source at work while writing up a thread explaining the problem, but then edited it after I couldn't replicate it.
But I did have some other 'issues' with XBMC that just seemed a bit off to me - the big one after coming from Plex was being able to select my applications and launch them from inside the application. This lead me to two plugins - Launcher and Advanced Launcher - but both still fail to allow me to select any applications (not counting navigating into the package etc, thinking a more native approach). So back into the source I went.
Which leads me to my questions - first being rather simple.
1) Is it be up to the plugin to determine what is a file, or is that handled internally by XBMC. If it is internal - would I be looking at the CFileItem and CFileItemList classes? After some investigating (as I'm relatively new to OS X as well) I found that the applications were simply folders with the .app extenstion, and it looks to be safe to assume that OS X sees all folders with extensions as files.
2) What is the programs screen for? I've tried adding sources on both Mac and Windows - but nothing ever seems to show up. Is it a feature in progress?
I'm keen to get back into some C++ coding to keep me on my toes, forgot how much I really missed it (but that's another story). I'd love to be able to help out where I can, just need to know where to start