[dev_don]

I cannot get any plugins to work.

Can someone help me please understand the way the new Addons folder works as I see all the skins and updates in there.

I also noticed each addon has an addon.xml

Thanks

[amet]

I cannot get any plugins to work.

Can someone help me please understand the way the new Addons folder works as I see all the skins and updates in there.

I also noticed each addon has an addon.xml

Thanks

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Addons_for_XBMC if you are trying to make your addons work with the latest nightlies.

if not please rephrase your question, as I fail to understand what exactly is wrong

[gsgleason]

I am guessing he/she is wondering how to get all the old/existing scripts/plugins working with a new svn.

I myself have been using xbmc from the svn ppa for karmic for a while, and there was a recent update. Now, none of the existing plugins or scripts work any more.

[BlueCop]

It is the svn guys. things will break and change.

Right now for plug-ins to work they need an addon.xml

also if the plugin uses xbmcplugin.getSetting then it needs to be updated because it takes 2 parameters now.

[amet]

If anyone bothered to read the wiki page I linked to earlier, you would see what is needed to make the plugins/ scripts work with the latest trunk

[BlueCop]

not trying to argue but that's not completely accurate. as I said xbmcplugin.getSetting changed so some plug-ins needs updating. It is as simple as a search & replace though.

People could just misunderstand and think they can get them working just by adding addon.xml

[jmarshall]

I recommend using xbmcaddon.getSetting instead as it's more efficient. Same for strings.

Cheers,
Jonathan

[dev_don]

If anyone bothered to read the wiki page I linked to earlier, you would see what is needed to make the plugins/ scripts work with the latest trunk

Ill be Honest Im very confused on how to get old video plugins working.

And I don't really think the link to the wiki page provides much clarification

Can anyone provide an example of how the addon.xml should be written for a video plugin?

My addon.xml looks like this:

<extension point="xbmc.python.pluginsource"
library="default.py">
<provides>video</provides>
</extension>

I know its wrong

[jmarshall]

Just what do you find confusing about the pages in the wiki?

The layout of your extension looks fine. Obviously you need the rest of the tags there - again, see the wiki.

[ppic]

there may be some recoding to do with settings functions

[Kriosym]

Hey guys, I'm green here so go easy.

I've spend the last 2 weeks messing with various HTPC solutions starting with transcoders over my gig network, of which I went through every decent offering out there ranging from tversity, vuze, wmplayer, ps3 media player, playon, and wmc extender.

Then I went with HDMI out form my HTPC system (and optical audio out) and started using Windows Media Center.

Unfortunately that was a nightmare, I always would squash one bug to have 2 more appear. Windows 7 64bit + mkv's in Directshow player is tough to get un-quirky. I tried a plethora of tools, hacks, workarounds, etc, eventually getting it to where about 95% of my movies would playback just fine...but that leaves 5% that would not, plus WMC even with Media Browser plugin (which is very cool), is still a bit slow and "meh" feeling.

So here I am now with XBMC and I have to say, I like it a lot.

I've gotten it all up and running, but the addons/scripts/plugins/programs (wtf is the difference and why keep flipping the terminilogy around anyhow?!) have me feeling I am about to go on another 2 week goose chase.

Right now I would just like to get the HTE (Home Theatre Experience) installed and working, however I am using the nightly build because the skin I like requires it.

Am I better off just to wait, is it likely this will all be ironed out within a week or two? I read through the wiki, and there doesn't seem to be really much to it, so it seems I just have to manually copy HTE to the proper program/plugins/addons folder in xbmc's installed directory in program files...and then make an addon.xml and put it...maybe in documents and settings/user/application data/xbmc or something?

Can anybody break it down to steps for me, anybody actually got this working at this time?

[mkortstiege]

Addons are still in a "use on your own risk" status. If you want a working version, stick with the latest stable.

[kovat]

Hi!

I installed the XBMC 10.08 on 3 computers (64bit laptop, 32bit netbook, 64 bit ASROCK ION), and it's so strange that, the scripts only doesn't work on the HTPC.

The only difference is, I use it in standalone mode, but with Camelot, it wasn't problem.

I tried several times to reinstall, but no success. The scrapers working fine, bet the CUlyrics, the Subtitles, and the "recently added" scripts are always fail.

Have any idea?

Thanks

[dj_gerbil]

Guys, sorry for being thick, but I've read through the wiki and joined the mailing list, but 2 things are causing me trouble.
First one, I'm not sure about the addon.xml but this is what I've got so far:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<addon>
  id="tvc.plugin"
  version="1.2.3"
  name="TVCatchup"
  provider-name="DJ_Gerbil and the guys at TVC">
  <extension point="xbmc.python.pluginsource" library="default.py">
    <summary>TVCatchup plugin for XBMC</summary>
    <description>This plugin allows UK users to view free-to-air channels on XBMC courtesy of TVCatchup.com</description>
    <disclaimer>This plugin is provided as is. Although all attempts will be made to help resolve issues, no promises can be made.</disclaimer>
    <platform>all</platform>
    <provides>video</provides>
  </extension>
</addon>

Second is I've seen a couple of references to changes in the xbmcplugin.getSetting bit, but I haven't found anything that actually tells me what I need to correct. Is there any chance someone can point me in the right direction please??
Oh and one last thing, I've probably missed it, but how/where do I submit the plugin so it goes into the repo??

[jmarshall]

Read the wiki pages on setting up a pluginsource. There's also detailed info on the exact form of addon.xml. A couple of obvious things wrong:

1. xbmcaddon.getSetting should be used rather than xbmcplugin.getSetting.
2. you need the xbmc.addon.metadata extension point for your summary.

Cheers,
Jonathan