2011-02-28, 07:04
barcoboy Wrote:This is an absolutely brilliant piece of work... many thanks!
One suggestion:
When the "Trailer Play Mode" is set to Download, could the downloads happen at the very start of the script, before the trivia starts? Or even in the background while the trivia is playing (if trivia is enabled)? I know that means a delay before things get under way, but my Internet connection isn't the greatest, and I hate waiting for stuff to load at the start of each clip (my quality setting is 480p)... would rather it all load at the beginning. Maybe a dialog box with a percentage bar as each trailer loads could be displayed?
Hmmm... that's strange-in my playing around, I noticed that my system seems to now behave identical whether I've set the play mode to Download or Stream-it seems to always stream. Never used to do that, as before there would be a pause before each trailer started while it loaded.
Oh one other thing while I'm here... when I start the script using the icon in the Info screen (using Transparency!), I notice while the script is starting and XBMC returns back to the movie selection screen, the selection jumps down one movie. Not that it's a big deal-just thought I'd mention it in case I'm the only one this happens to.
jitterjames Wrote:I think it happens to everyone. It does to me with Aeon MQ2. I figured it was a by-product of queuing the movie.
I also noticed no difference between "download" and "stream" options for the trailers. Seems to stream always, last time I checked, which was a while ago.
The action that you are seeing when the selection moves down one spot on the list is caused by XBMC Queuing the Movie(it's a built in movement - probably to stop the user from queuing the same file more than once) It's been there since the beginning of the script(before Dharma)
I believe the 'Download' function is a left over 'work in progress' feature when Nuka was working on the script prior to Dharma. There were a couple of similar features that I had already caught and removed(or disabled) were left) Not always the easiest thing to find.
As for the trailers, I hope to have an addon to automatically download from Apple Trailers sometime soon(just started working on it) It would allow XBMC to download trailers while not in use(as per schedule) It will not be a direct part of this script, but accessible from it. I'll only be working on Apple Trailers, and maybe HD-Trailers. Any one else wanting to add code, don't hesitate to PM me.