movieDBPlugin first release

[reven]

does it work with directories yet? i got my movies like this dvds\movie name i just use the dvd ripper to put them then by default as iso, but when i try to add a movie it gets the null exception? do i have to move the isos to default directory and just use them from there?

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yeah i just tried that still getting exception. wierd, it was working now its not.

[dottore]

i will take a closer look to your logfiles. you can "add..." directories and files only on the top-level. if your video-directory is "movies", you can add every file within movies and every folder in movies. so if your ripped dvd is in "movies/mydvd" you can add a description to this folder, then go to the file list and press enter on the vob-file or iso-file.
the plugin checks the file-extension and plays a dvd from a directory if it is vob or ifo.

please be patient, i will try to understand what is going wrong. thank you for the files!

[reven]

no rush, just letting you know about the bugs

[dottore]

hi reven, i saw, that your video-directory points to c:\. i couldn't find any messages in the logfiles, but i think, the problem is, that you cannot reach your dvd's with this plugin at the moment. the plugin needs files (vob, mpg, avi, iso, ifo....) to play something, even dvd's. directories don't work.

my suggestion: go to the gbpvr-config-dialog and point the video-directory to your dvd-directory and the other directories which include movies. for example: c:\myMovies with c:\myMovies\movie1.mpg..... and c:\myDvds with c:\myDvds\dvdone\ ....

in your gbcollection.xml i saw, that all the files are listed, even bmps and txt and so on. i will fix that soon...

[reven]

ive set the file path like you said, but i still get the null exception, and afterwards i cant go back into movieDB. i have to delete the gbcollection.xml to gain access to movieDB again. it could be a problem with my computer setup, im getting a new htpc soon hopefully ill have more luck on that. the plugin is looking very promising

[dottore]

i think, there are just a few file/directory-issues. if you haven't resignated yet, could you please, please, please send me the gbcollection.xml and your log-files again? try to get them all, maybe the message is written to another logfile than those you've sent me.

i don't think, it is a problem with your computer, it is my horrible code, which produces those errors ;-)

[reven]

i put every log file (except the change log file) from the gbpvr dir into this archive, ive also add the xml file created with that 3rd party dvd app (i forget the name)

oh yeah, wud u consider adding the dvd ripper, dvd burner (im going to try write some code for this i could give you, just have to find a good possible free dvd burner app that i can send commands to) and err any other dvd function to your plugin, so they can nicely go into one plugin instead of several. like your main thing as the start screen, on side have dvd ripper, and burn to dvd.

[dottore]

hi there,

i posted a new version. now the movies are sorted by title and you can't play, add and delete offline-movies.

for the next version i plan grouping by genre and mouse-support. then i will update some of the skins to this plugin and ask sub, if he wants to host the plugin on the plugin's page.

dvd-burner is a fine idea, if you find a free library or command-line-programm i would try to implement it. who knows, maybe with the commercial detection and a dvd-burner we could make a really useful plugin....

the dvd-ripper cannot be accessed from within plugins. this won't work.

you can download the latest dll here.

[reven]

the dvd ripper source code is online, it would just be nice to add this to ur code, using the same setup just with the a menu item under offline/online called "dvd ripper" which displays the dvd rippers popup window, just one less plugin for the main screen, and it seems the appropriate place for it.

[reven]

i was going to add the ability to the dvdripper to burn an iso, i figured out the code, but i would have to make a menu etc, and well i thought that it would be easier to combine ur code with this.  ie on the movie menu where it has play, add,delete etc and burn iso, if the file is an iso. the code is pretty straight forward. the flags are pretty much this:
rippingProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "/MODE ISOWRITE /SRC \"[ISO FILE LOCATION]" /CLOSE /START /ERASE /DEST " + dvdDrive;

since you could easily pass the selected iso to this, i would code this myself, once you put (if you ever) your source code online, but since its still being developed it would be pointless.

if  you want me to write a method where you just pass an string with the file location to burn the iso i could do that, you might want to handle the graphics yourself.

you could also add a button on the side to play dvd/copy dvd copy dvd use dvddecrpter with different flags to do a direct copy of a dvd, theres a readme with the dvddecrypter which explains all its flags.