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[sjlouis]

I also have an ET9000 . What do you do with an external keyboard? What is your intesrest?

[korsan]

@sek1973,
I have a couple suggestions maybe you will find it usefull:



1) Creating more space between the progressbar and filename.
2) Showing file extensions in a list?

Keep up the good work!

[sjlouis]

I haven't a progress bar with my skin, only a circle but it's not very precise.

Last point, I have some little problems with the movie player. I can't read anymore .avi files. I have only the sound. As I don't often look at them, I don't know if it's with the new version of the movie player or if I have lost a plugin. Wednesday, I have done a software update but it was not good and I have another problem : when I move a movie from the USB key to the hard disk (or from the hard disk to the movie key), the file don't disappear immediately from the USB key and don't appear on the hard disk. The first time, I think I haven't press the good touch and I do it again. At the end, I have an error message because there is no file to move, the movie was on the hard disk.

Previously, when I move a movie, it disappears from the USB key and it appears on the hard disk and you can see the size of the file increases regularly until the travel is finished.

I have restored an old version of my system and if I have lost the Sek's improves, I could read again the .avi files and I have no more problems to move a file. I don't know if the problems come from the MoviePlayer or from the image (operating system). Does somebody have information? To keep the Sek's improves and other recent things, I've restored my last system but I've noticed another problem: when I want to move a file, I don't see a directory (I've called it "Ordi") while I see it with the MoviePlayer.

Thank you.

[ims]

- Next preview still works +/-1 and not from current item in list
- TV button still does not STOP preview

[metoo]

I haven't a progress bar with my skin, only a circle but it's not very precise.

In the list, press the menu button and you can make choices between progressbar or circle and more

Edited by metoo, 23 March 2012 - 10:00.

[sjlouis]

Ok, thank you metoo.

[sek1973]

- Next preview still works +/-1 and not from current item in list
- TV button still does not STOP preview

IMS i'm really willing to help you but I'm not experiencing such problems. I tried to reproduce such a behavior but to no avail.
Seeing not the bug I'm not able to fix it.
If you could please in detail describe your configuration and what you do.
If you have the same STB as mine (ET9000) and could prepare an image than I can flash mine and check if the problem occurs...
Regards.

[sek1973]

kordan, thanks a lot for nice words.
I''ll think about your suggestions, but we have to be careful - the consequence will be less space for movie / song names. Your names are relatively short but in my case and perhaps other users it could be inconvenient...
Regards.

[ims]

- Next preview still works +/-1 and not from current item in list
- TV button still does not STOP preview

IMS i'm really willing to help you but I'm not experiencing such problems. I tried to reproduce such a behavior but to no avail.
Seeing not the bug I'm not able to fix it.
If you could please in detail describe your configuration and what you do.
If you have the same STB as mine (ET9000) and could prepare an image than I can flash mine and check if the problem occurs...
Regards.

do you think about:
- Next preview still works +/-1 and not from current item in list
or about:
- TV button still does not STOP preview
?

[sek1973]

Both of them. When I press > and nothing is being played (previewed) then preview starts on currently selected item. Then I can move to next item by pressing > key or to previous one by <.
I defined TV button as preview (I suppose you did it, too) and then it starts / stops preview. I tested it on my ET9000 and openpliPC (VirtualBox Ubuntu).

[ims]

< > works well. I told about this: I press > or < on eg. 3rd item and begin preview of this item. Then I go with selector to some item in list (eg. item no. 10) and press > . Then start preview of 4th item and not item no. 10 as would be better.

About TV as stop - on 800se it is still run function defined under TV button. I must use Shift + yellow or Help - TV.

[sek1973]

It was my intention for keys < > to work like that - their main task is to move to next / previous item if something is already being previewed. Additionally > key starts preview if there is nothing being previewed at the moment.
Does TV key start preview?

[ims]

You have luck only, that "InfobarActions" are on your configuration taked before "playbackAction". But when is preview-playback, then there are in SAME time active both playbackActions and InfobarActions and both using Key_TV => winner is, who take it as first.
You can see it: run playback-preview and then try press Radio or Video (PVR) button. On 800SE they works in this time.

There must be modified line for def btn_tv:

def btn_tv(self):
  if self.list.playInBackground:
   self.playbackStop()
  else:
   self._callButton(config.movielist.btn_tv.value)

[ims]

Here are 2 patches for MoviePlayer:

1) TV works well as Stop in previewplayback

2) true previewplayback selection - modified.
- when run previewplayback and user move selector in list to some item and then press ">" or "<", previewplayback begins playback item under selector and not olditem+1/-1 (as was before)
all others is as was.

please, commit it.

Attached Files

•  0001-TV-button-in-preview-playback-always-as-STOP.patch.tar.gz   727bytes   5 downloads
•  0001-true-selected-item-preview-playback.patch.tar.gz   865bytes   7 downloads

Edited by ims, 24 March 2012 - 14:55.

[MiLo]

1) TV works well as Stop in previewplayback

I find this one confusing. The TV button is just a button that you can configure to do anything. I expect it to go to the "home" folder, for example. This patch causes the button to do something else than you've configured, but not always...

2) true previewplayback selection - modified.
- when run previewplayback and user move selector in list to some item and then press ">" or "<", previewplayback begins playback item under selector and not olditem+1/-1 (as was before)
all others is as was.

I don't see the logic here either. The "<>" buttons now work like the >>| and |<< buttons on a CD player, skipping to the next or previous song. The patch makes them work in a way that I find weird, sometimes skipping to the next song, sometimes playing what the selection bar happens to point at.

[ims]

ad 1) DM black remote has only STOP button = KEY_TV. As I wrote before, both Action are active in same time and bot using TV_KEY when goes preview-playback. Then is not possible Stop preview playback. When is not run movieplayback, then TV_KEY works as is defined. Ok, then try solve it better... I think, last time here begin ignoring dmm boxes... where is limited RC.

ad 2) was added only: if is running previewmovie and user move selector with Down (of UP) to item f.eg. x+20 (= he want preview item x+20) and press > or <, then is previewed item x+20 and not x+1, as was. Where is problem ?
Do you think, that preview x+1 is then ok ? Try it without this patche

Note: "<" button works, when previewplayback is running only - but it is not my job. ( It means add 2 line of code only, then will works same as ">" )

Edited by ims, 24 March 2012 - 17:04.

[sek1973]

IMS, if there is a problem with all buttons that can have defined actions (TV, RADIO, red, green, yellow, blue) I can assign preview function to AUDIO key or make < > keys functions configurable.
Regards.

[ims]

Problem is with key_TV only. May be, ">" as preview playback, and "<" as stop of playback. Then you can use part for playNext from my patche and it will be enought for selection.
Do not add next buttons, a lot of are used yet...

[ims]

if you want, try add into MovieSelection on end of init

self.lastservice = session.nav.getCurrentlyPlayingServiceReference()

and there in playbackStop() replace stopService line with

self.session.nav.playService(self.lastservice)

[sek1973]

IMS, thanks for suggestions.

if you want, try add into MovieSelection on end of init

self.lastservice = session.nav.getCurrentlyPlayingServiceReference()

and there in playbackStop() replace stopService line with

self.session.nav.playService(self.lastservice)

Sorry, but I'm not going to implement it. We had a discussion about it earlier and there were to main issues:
- the majority of us like the functionality as it is
- Mike wrote that there is problem with restarting some coded services
To be honest I like the functionality very much - it let me know when playing / previewing stops.
Additionally I'm going to use PIG window for showing last viewed movie frame or image file when browsing the list.
Please find the patch attached.
The < > keys can now be configured by user - for playing next / previous item in preview mode (as default) or to start / stop preview (> key) and stop preview (< key).
In this way we keep current functionality and solve your problem (I hope ).
I added also wma extension as I saw Pieter patch for MediaPlayer and playing wma files should now be possible in MoviePlayer.
Regards.

Attached Files

•  0002-Configurable-keys-assignment.zip   1.77KB   11 downloads
•  MovieSelection.zip   14.51KB   4 downloads

Edited by sek1973, 25 March 2012 - 18:31.