2011-02-24, 02:58
azaze1 Wrote:Great concept for this add-on. I'm loving it so far.
I have a few questions that I'd like to understand better:
1) I notice the DTS Master Audio is recognized within the skins now instead of just showing a DTS logo. Is this a result of the cinema experience add on or could it be something new in the nightly XBMC builds? BTW: It reports DTS-MA 5.1 even on 7.1 tracks
XBMC can get the streamdetails now and store them in the Database(along with Dolby TrueHD). Though It is not able to play them yet(still drops to DTS Core for the DTSHD-MA) The script just gets it's information from the database, similar to how a skin gets the information.
Quote:2) With respect to the Audio intros (DTS/Dolby/THX) How does it decide what to play? It seems to be somewhat random for me. I've got a DTSHD-MA movie playing with cinema experience, and it sometimes skips the 1 DTS-MA intro I have, and simply goes to the THX intro.
You need have the following folders.
Audio <- just named for simplicity
---Dolby
---Dolby TrueHD
---DTS
---DTSHD-MA
---Other
Place the appropriate video(s) in each of the folders
They are case sensitive.
The script needs to be pointed to the Audio Folder(in settings)
Then when the script matches the audio format, it plays a video from the appropriate folder(ie a Dolby Movie, gets the Dolby Intro, etc.)
If none are matched, it will play one from the Other folder(ie THX, etc)
Quote:3) Somtimes it plays the same Intro two times in a row before playing the movie. Seems like an obvious bug, but it's not consistent. Is the intro selection completely random? Is there something I can do organizationally to enforce DTS-MA Intros be played for all movies with DTS-MA as their primary audio track? At the same time enforce TrueHD intro for movies with TrueHD tracks.
If the folders are set up correctly, it should play the proper video intro. If it is not, could you post your xbmc.log to pastebin so I can check out why... Also 'randomness' increases with more videos(it has to do with the programming language - I randomize the videos 5 times to try to get the best 'random' orders)
Quote:4) I'd like to also have the THX intro play whether the feature movie is TrueHD or DTS-MA... can I enforce this?
5) If I have more than 1 THX intro file in the THX folder will it pick one randomly or play both? Will that be consistent ?
At the moment you can not add a THX video before a film, I'll add that to the list of requested features.
If you have more than 1 video in the folder, it will randomly pick one(it can randomly pick the same one every time for a while.)