What about scaling the select box to the size of the image then? I'm thinking that it would just make it neater in appearance

All,

I have set up a discussion board for video browser at: http://bbs.wasnotwas.com/

Cheers
Sam

babgVant

Feel free to PM me for SVN write access

Cheers
Sam

Regarding the scaling issue, that was one of the first test I did. But I immediately threw it out because it looked like crap even with Media Center's scaling algorithms.

The bottom line is MC can scale generic images (think buttons, icons) very well but detailed images (DVD art, images with text, faces, etc) really suffer if they are not kept in the proper aspect ratio for that image.

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One thing I have noticed about the browser (small issue) when you first open the the first movie cover isn't displayed, you have to come back to it before you see the movie cover.

This happens on all views, I've seen this on the previous release as well as the recent revision.

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sambo99:

I just uploaded an alpha version of Video Browser, its unfinished we still have quite a few fixes we need to implement, but it should give you a feel of the new direction.


** Thanks soultaker, for all your hard work !  

Any feedback is more than welcome.

I like the new release, but I did not realise it would change the background color.  I really want the black, is there anyway I can get it back?

Could you implement support for TV episodes just like on myTV ?
That would be ... awesone! :-)

We will be providing styles in a future release to accomodate our users who prefer black, or blue, or gold, or pink..., however, in the short term you cannot override the default background.

We already support TV episodes, all you need to do is download the Ruby Scraper and follow the instructions on use.

 

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Is there any chance of posting some "detailed" instructions on how to use the Ruby Scrapper? 

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Pete,

It was on his old webpage

try reading this forum

http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/219061.aspx

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pete,

found it

http://www.samsaffron.com/downloads/2

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I cant figure out how to add the path to my videos on the tvdb scraper to get it to run, I'm no good at this crap.

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Ok this is what I did - keep in mind I wanted to do this as fast as possible with as little headaches so I didn't exactly follow best practices but ... whatever at the end of the day it works for me.

My Guide to Using the Scraper

1) Download and install Ruby. I installed it to the C:\Ruby\ directory.

2) Download the tvdb_scraper.rb, http://www.samsaffron.com/tvdb_scraper.rb. I placed it in the C:\Ruby\ folder from step 1.

3) Before using tvdb_scraper make sure your TV-Series follow this pattern: "The Simpsons\Season 19\01.avi"

4) Open command prompt and navigate to the ruby directory. ( cd C:\Ruby )

5) Now run the scraper on the desired tv-show location. ( ruby tvdb_scraper.rb "D:\Media\TV\The Simpsons\Season 19" --refresh )

6) Check the metadata, if everything is correct you can run fixnames to rename the files automatically for you. ( ruby tvdb_scraper.rb "D:\Media\TV\The Simpsons\Season 19" --fixnames)

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If you are comfortable with bat files, I can guide you to automate this whole process with a simple double click.

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Pete send me a email or pm and I will be happy to walk you through it.

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pete1122:

I cant figure out how to add the path to my videos on the tvdb scraper to get it to run, I'm no good at this crap.

I replied to your topic in the video browser's forum: http://bbs.wasnotwas.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17