International Cinema Listings plugin - Support Thread

[McBainUK]

It might add a little more flexibility to also be to list all available shows and then clicking the show title would list the theatres that it is playing at.

I see what you're asking for. I believe this is how the US Theatre plug-in works. The plug-in isn't designed to do it that way but its something I may look in to.

[McBainUK]

Also this is really only for keyboard users. Pressing Cinemas acts like a back button when you are in the review page for a movie. It doesn't go back to Cinemas, it goes back to the previous page. Doesn't make much difference but I thought I would let you know.

I believe you mean mouse users. This has been fixed for the next release.

Thanks for pointing it out, it helps when people post bugs - only way to get them fixed

[pastro]

I believe you mean mouse users. This has been fixed for the next release.

Sorry about that, you're right.

Btw,
I setup a windows task to run the USAandCanada-Zap2It.exe each day so it always has updated listings. It's a fairly long update, so the PAF (patience) was affecting the WAF.

[McBainUK]

If you have alot of cinemas with the same film the plugin currently looks up the film info each time - this is something I hope to change in a future release.

In the UK, film showings are updated every thursday (for the week ahead). If this is the same/similar in the US then you could reduce the need for updating so often.

[Hogblaster]

Getting a problem with v2.1. Installed latest elements, etc. then installed 2.1 Setup cinema's (cheode2,basemp,thuvue,thuode). Everytime I go into cinema on either PC or MVP I get the error 'Object reference not set to an instance of Object'. Use to have this working a while ago under V1.0 with above cinemas.

I have deleted all .xml files under the plugings>International Cinema Plugin directory, but still the same. Using Basic.MCE2Blue skin with GBPVR 0.99.05.

Any help would be great

[McBainUK]

1st try with the default Blue skin to rule out skin errors.

2nd reproduce the error and then zip/attach gbpvr.exe.log

[pastro]

If you have alot of cinemas with the same film the plugin currently looks up the film info each time - this is something I hope to change in a future release.

In the UK, film showings are updated every thursday (for the week ahead). If this is the same/similar in the US then you could reduce the need for updating so often.

I ran the USAandCanada-Zap2It.exe, outside of GBPVR and it seemed to complete ok, but once I access in GBPVR I get all of the cinemas, but all of the films are missing. Is there a parameter I need to give to the exe to get it to work correctly outside of GBPVR? The refresh works fine within GBPVR just not outside.

Also
I think you may be right about limiting the refreshes to once a week. The showtimes go through this Thurs.

[pastro]

Also, I think you may be right about limiting the refreshes to once a week. The showtimes go through this Thurs.

Well maybe not quite yet.
If I look on the zap2it page I see showtimes through Thursday. If I look at the showtimes within GBPVR, they typically only go through Tuesday. If it goes further it typically looks like the following:

Wed (2/28):7:00Thu(3/1):7:00

Instead of putting Wed and Thu on different lines.

An example cinema code that does this is AAPPY

Typically the listings stop at Tuesday. AAPPY hsa examples of both.

[McBainUK]

The refresh works fine within GB-PVR just not outside.

Can you confirm this as no arguments are passed, it literally just runs the exe. I tried it here with AAPPY as the cinema ID and it works fine.

Relevant logs are the normal GBPVR.exe.log and gbpvr\Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\USAandCanada_Zap2It.exe.log

Instead of putting Wed and Thu on different lines.

This has been fixed for the next release. (most sites use 'Thur', wasnt adding new lines for 'Thu').

[pastro]

Can you confirm this as no arguments are passed, it literally just runs the exe. I tried it here with AAPPY as the cinema ID and it works fine.

Relevant logs are the normal GBPVR.exe.log and gbpvr\Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\USAandCanada_Zap2It.exe.log


This has been fixed for the next release. (most sites use 'Thur', wasnt adding new lines for 'Thu').

Ok chalk it up to sunspots or whatever. I ran it again externally and everything was fine. I'll let you know if I see it happen again.