2011-02-04, 20:55
I updated my PseudoTV Playlists to simplify them. No more nested playlists. Now there is just a single zip with only the Channel_x.xsd playlists. Also, there is a PseudoTV_Images_Pack which contains channel logos for the preset channels and a couple I reused from Sranshaft.
Note: There isn't enough information on the TV shows to determine SD from HD. In my testing 80% of my shows didn't show in my playlist if I filtered by resolution less than 720. So, for now, there will just be one set of TV channels which could contain both SD and HD shows. The movie channels will have separate SD and HD channels.
The current pack contains 20 TV Channels:
Channel 1 - Current TV (Episodes aired in last two weeks)
Channel 2 - 2KTV
Channel 3 - 90s TV
Channel 4 - 80s TV
Channel 5 - 70s TV
Channel 6 - 60s TV
Channel 7 - Action and Adventure TV
Channel 8 - Animation Nation
Channel 9 - Kid TV
Channel 10 - Comedy Network
Channel 11 - Documentary TV
Channel 12 - Drama TV
Channel 13 - Fantasy TV
Channel 14 - Mini-Series TV
Channel 15 - Oldies TV (Mix of 50s, 60s, and 70s)
Channel 16 - Reality TV
Channel 17 - Sci-Fi TV
Channel 18 - Special Interest TV
Channel 19 - Sport TV
Channel 20 - Western TV
Download: http://tiny.cc/xbmcplaylists
Screenshots:
PseudoTV Playlists
Purpose:
Provide a set of pre-defined channels for use in Pseudo-TV add-on for XBMC.
Limitations:
1. Current version of Pseudo-TV does not support empty playlists. Therefore, I am unable to provide a preset list of channels since any channel that returns an empty playlist will cause Pseudo-TV to fail.
2. Current version of Pseudo-TV does not support mixed (episodes and movies) playlists.
Workarounds:
1. I have provided a set of channel playlists which can be copied and renamed to the Channel_X.xsd format. Select the channels which work for your XBMC video content and rename accordingly, Channel_1.xsd, Channel_2.xsd, etc.
How To Install:
1. Download the zip file. The files are versioned, so download the latest version.
2. Optional: Download PseudoTV channel image pack. The files are versioned so download the latest version.
3. Unzip the PseudoTV_Channel_Pack file to your video playlist folder.
4. Optional: Unzip the PseudoTV_Image_Pack file to your ~/AppData/Roaming/XBMC/addons/script.PseudoTV/resources/images folder.
4. Select the channels you want to use from the Pseudo-TV Channels (Channel_X) and rename them to Channel_1.xsd, Channel_2.xsd, etc. to build your own channel listing. Once Jason102 updates his script to ignore/skip empty playlists, then no modifications should be required. Just unzip and you are done.
Performance:
PseudoTV_Channel_Pack_50, which contains 20 TV channels with 50 items each, loads in approximately 1:30 minutes on my system.
To Do:
1. Still working on what is the best number of items for each channel. This is subjective so I may include different channels with different limits, i.e. 25 items, 50 items, 100 items, etc.
2. Need to add SD and HD Movie channels to Pseudo-TV Channels. Just ran out of time for this release.
Acknowledgments:
@Jason102 for making the PseudoTV add on
@Sranshaft for his work on the reFocus skin and I also used a couple of his PseudoTV images in my PseudoTV Image Pack (Animation, Comedy, and Kids channels)
Version Guide:
02-04-2011
1. Simplified playlists and streamlined back to single playlist for each channel. Now there is just one zip file to unzip.
2. Added channel images for reFocus skin.
Note: There isn't enough information on the TV shows to determine SD from HD. In my testing 80% of my shows didn't show in my playlist if I filtered by resolution less than 720. So, for now, there will just be one set of TV channels which could contain both SD and HD shows. The movie channels will have separate SD and HD channels.
The current pack contains 20 TV Channels:
Channel 1 - Current TV (Episodes aired in last two weeks)
Channel 2 - 2KTV
Channel 3 - 90s TV
Channel 4 - 80s TV
Channel 5 - 70s TV
Channel 6 - 60s TV
Channel 7 - Action and Adventure TV
Channel 8 - Animation Nation
Channel 9 - Kid TV
Channel 10 - Comedy Network
Channel 11 - Documentary TV
Channel 12 - Drama TV
Channel 13 - Fantasy TV
Channel 14 - Mini-Series TV
Channel 15 - Oldies TV (Mix of 50s, 60s, and 70s)
Channel 16 - Reality TV
Channel 17 - Sci-Fi TV
Channel 18 - Special Interest TV
Channel 19 - Sport TV
Channel 20 - Western TV
Download: http://tiny.cc/xbmcplaylists
Screenshots:
PseudoTV Playlists
Purpose:
Provide a set of pre-defined channels for use in Pseudo-TV add-on for XBMC.
Limitations:
1. Current version of Pseudo-TV does not support empty playlists. Therefore, I am unable to provide a preset list of channels since any channel that returns an empty playlist will cause Pseudo-TV to fail.
2. Current version of Pseudo-TV does not support mixed (episodes and movies) playlists.
Workarounds:
1. I have provided a set of channel playlists which can be copied and renamed to the Channel_X.xsd format. Select the channels which work for your XBMC video content and rename accordingly, Channel_1.xsd, Channel_2.xsd, etc.
How To Install:
1. Download the zip file. The files are versioned, so download the latest version.
2. Optional: Download PseudoTV channel image pack. The files are versioned so download the latest version.
3. Unzip the PseudoTV_Channel_Pack file to your video playlist folder.
4. Optional: Unzip the PseudoTV_Image_Pack file to your ~/AppData/Roaming/XBMC/addons/script.PseudoTV/resources/images folder.
4. Select the channels you want to use from the Pseudo-TV Channels (Channel_X) and rename them to Channel_1.xsd, Channel_2.xsd, etc. to build your own channel listing. Once Jason102 updates his script to ignore/skip empty playlists, then no modifications should be required. Just unzip and you are done.
Performance:
PseudoTV_Channel_Pack_50, which contains 20 TV channels with 50 items each, loads in approximately 1:30 minutes on my system.
To Do:
1. Still working on what is the best number of items for each channel. This is subjective so I may include different channels with different limits, i.e. 25 items, 50 items, 100 items, etc.
2. Need to add SD and HD Movie channels to Pseudo-TV Channels. Just ran out of time for this release.
Acknowledgments:
@Jason102 for making the PseudoTV add on
@Sranshaft for his work on the reFocus skin and I also used a couple of his PseudoTV images in my PseudoTV Image Pack (Animation, Comedy, and Kids channels)
Version Guide:
02-04-2011
1. Simplified playlists and streamlined back to single playlist for each channel. Now there is just one zip file to unzip.
2. Added channel images for reFocus skin.