[xaos01]

I am attempting to populate my media with nfo files. Here is an example.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<movie xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <title>Evil Dead Rules!!!</title>
</movie>
[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/[/url]

Presumably, this nfo would set the name of the movie in Library view to the text in the "title" field and for all other fields, it would seek an answer at the url on the last line; in this case the url points to the page for "Evil Dead".

This however, fails.

Instead, it sets the movie name as indicated in the above nfo, but then has no data for remaining fields. If I add other fields such as "year" or "plot", it then displays those values. If I remove the nfo entirely, it populates all fields with data from imdb.

The wiki explicitly states that I should be able to do precisely what Im attempting. Is this a known bug/limitation in the AppleTV implementation? Has anyone else noticed this limitation? Can anyone with an appleTV attempt this and let me know if they are able?

fnord

[althekiller]

Debug log? Pastebin it.

[xaos01]

Id be happy to. but first id like to have my questions answered. Is this a known bug/limitation in the AppleTV implementation? Has anyone else noticed this limitation? Can anyone with an appleTV attempt this and let me know if they are able?

[spiff]

HUH?

we dont ask for the log for fun, we ask for it so we can answer your question

[xaos01]

http://pastebin.com/m2f33d307

There you are. It wasn't my intent to rile the devs. I myself am a dev. You see, Im not looking for you to fix the problem, and I know the answer to my questions do not lay in my logs. The solution to the problem likely does. I just wanted to know if it was a known limitation an the atv platform and if other users had the same issue. If they did, I was going to attempt to fix the issue myself and contribute back to the tree that has fed me so long. Again I apologize. Its just that I wanted to fix it myself and the first step is to know if others have the same issue.

[davilla]

there's nothing special about the XBMC running on an AppleTV or a real OSX box, it's the same binary. Last time I checked, nfo files worked fine.

One reason for the xbmc.log request is;

Starting XBMC, Platform: Mac OS X. Built on Dec 18 2008

Since you don't mention in your original post which version of xbmc you are running, this can make a big difference as to if something works or not.

This tells us you are running 8.10.bf1 which is pretty old. I would give 9.04.alpha1 a shot and see if you have the same problem.

[xaos01]

Im downloading it now. I previously tried to update to Babylon in an attempt to fix another separate issue but it made my appleTV unusable. Later after others adopted, I learned that the db must be deleted and then all is well. With that new knowledge I am again attempting an update.

[xaos01]

Babylon fixes it for me. Don't know if anyone else had my issue. If we can find others to confirm Atlantis had this flaw, the devs could add yet another bugfix to Babylon's roster.

[spiff]

just to set the record straight; no bug, atlantis did not have this feature at all.