Weather Plug-in Update

[Jeff]

I didn't change the part of the code that sets the screen size; that should be the same in both versions.

Jeff

[Tulex]

Any way of making the source choosable? I REALLY like the changes except for getting the info from msnbc. They seem to be 2-3 hours behind the weather channel for conditions.

[CaptainVideo]

I don't know which lines to modify to "fit" the Weather plugin to my tv screen.

Instead of shrinking the screen, get a bigger TV

[Tulex]

Since installing the newest weather plugin, I noticed that it takes a bit longer to launch GB. I assume that is because it has to get the info to put on the main screen. I don't mind waiting 5 seconds, but there is no way of knowing if it is launching as there is no hour glasss, so I end up clicking again and get multiple GBs running. As I like having that info there, is there anyway to make it delay until after launch? This is also a problem if you want to launch GB at boot up. It launches, but doesn't get the info as it must be loading before my internet connects.

[Jeff]

I have an update, not yet ready to release, that loads the weather in a seperate thread, which should address this issue.

Jeff

[Tulex]

One change I'd really like to see in the future is to have the pending recordings in a seperate panel, and to be able to look more than 23 hrs ahead.

[Jeff]

I can increase the time window in a future release. sub also provides a pending recording panel that will cycle through all pending recordings and is in its own panel. You could try that one and just turn off the display of pending recordings in the video archiver panel.

Jeff

[Tulex]

I've been thinking about combining the 2, just didn't want to go about it if it was a change coming. Will involve moving one of the panel locations, but no big deal. Thanks though for the plugin, I love having the weather on the main screen like that.

[HenkH]

I have an update, not yet ready to release, that loads the weather in a seperate thread, which should address this issue.

If you're currently working on the plugin you might consider improving the image handling. When loading the Map I'm getting the error message

Code:

Error: msg=0x100 (WM_KEYDOWN) hwnd=0x760be6 wparam=0xd lparam=0x1c0001 result=0x0   :  c:\Temp\weatherNLXX0005.jpg   :     at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)
   at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename)
   at GBPVR.Plugins.WeatherPlugin.WeatherTask.DopplerRadar()
   at GBPVR.Plugins.WeatherPlugin.WeatherTask.render(Boolean& requiresMoreRendering)

The code uses a very crude way to get the image data from the internet and displaying it: it writes the image data to a temporary file which is later reloaded as an image. .NET has a far more elegant way to achieve this:

Code:

Bitmap bitmap = null;
System.Uri uri = new System.Uri(imageUrl);
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(uri);
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
if ( response.ContentType.StartsWith("image") )
{
   bitmap = new Bitmap( response.GetResponseStream() );
}

[Jeff]

Thanks; I like it. I'll add it to the next version of the weather plug-in and the video archiver plug-in.

Jeff