2013-06-03, 06:00
(2013-06-03, 04:46)phsyraxion Wrote:(2013-06-02, 03:59)spanktastic2120 Wrote: The runtime value you see on the info dialog in xbmc may not be the <runtime> tag, which is what PTV uses. Try making an episode nfo for one of your episodes with a <runtime> tag with a value of something like 3 hours and then refresh it in your library and select the option to not ignore the local file. Rebuild that channel in PTV and if it takes up 3 hours in the epg then you know its a <runtime> issue. Im not sure exactly what xbmc uses when it shows runtime on the info dialog, but i know ive seen the values for <durationinseconds> and <runtime> which for some reason are different tags.
Im pretty sure, though not positive, that when you scrape from thetvdb the runtime will be whatever its listed as on that site, which could be 30 minutes even though without commercials an episode is 21 minutes. And the newer versions of PTV use the runtime stored by xbmc (which again may not be the value you see on the info dialog) before parsing the file for its runtime, i think its faster this way, im not a developer so i dont know why the change was made.
Hmmm.
I have just checked and it appears some shows have <runtime> in the details (simply says 30 minutes) where some files have <durationinseconds>. XBMC must have changed how it stores tags or whatever because I have only ever used XBMC to scrape details and create NFO files for the last 3 years.
Not sure why the change has been made either but I had no issues using the old method of getting the time. It would be great to have an option in the settings to use the old way or new way. The only "issue" I had was a slightly slow guide but I only have about 20 channels setup and no online channels so it was fine for me. The last thing I want to do is update all my 50,000 NFO files with the time.
I think people are missing the point of the NFO's... they are not needed for local media! If you have a properly encoded file, and it's scraped into xbmc... ptv will use the file!
You only need an nfo to help with strm files that don't have metadata! or don't conform to show standards (not found by scraper)...
If you have incorrect runtime information from local media edit your db info or edit your metadata or try scrapping again... if all else fails then create a nfo...
(2013-06-02, 11:39)Booza Wrote:(2013-05-24, 23:28)spanktastic2120 Wrote:(2013-05-24, 22:53)blubberx Wrote: yeah thought so after spanktastics post
tried the dev (stable-pre?) version but gives me a black screen although i can still hear xbmc beep on keypresses
try deleting script.pseudotv in your userdata folder and then copy and paste the contents of the stable-pre into script.pseudotv in your addons folder, overwriting the files.
Thanks for this, been trying to get this addon to work for ages but your suggestion worked for me.
Edit - whoops, premature excitement, it begun compiling channels and thats when I posted but once complete I had the black screen again.
Black screen equals one of two things... either your machine is slow so be patient something will pop up... or you have an xbmc addon that is causing problems with ptv... disable trakt or follw.it...