My Videos v 1.0.1798.13222

[darrin75]

Do you think the preview feature will be hard to implement??

[reven]

preview i just have to think about it, if i implemented it just with the info available currently then no. but i might change the .detials format to an xml file, which would allow you to add more fields, only have to do these manually thou, but more info.have fields for
>genres
>run time
>tag line
>synopsis
>director
>stars

which is all information that can be found at imdb.com but currently the grabber im using doesnt allow for some of these fields (only title, genres, brief synopsis, and pic). ill update the core before i do this, but since my music has already done this, it should only take a couple of hours at max to update my videos to v1.1. the core needs to be updated for prepartion for playlists.

[darrin75]

Cool Looking forword to it..

[reven]

build #1.1.1833.20810

ive added the "Preview" view, this is a work in progress still, got to tweak it, im just to lazy to figure out this stuff for myself, so need your feedback.

ive also change the .details files from a plain text file to an xml file, but dont worry it automatically changes the old .details to an xml file for you, so the first time you run this, and you navigate to the directory, it will update the files. the xml files follow this format
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"><Details>
<Title></Title>
<Description></Description>
<Genres>
<Genre></Genre>
<Genre></Genre>
</Genres>
<Runtime />
<TagLine />
<Director />
<Actors>
<Actor></Actor>
<Actor></Actor>
</Actors>
<Certification />
</Details>[/QUOTE]
only the title,description,genres matter at the moment, but runtime is added when you download imdb info aswell (this info isnt in the old .details files however). the other tags are just there for future improvements, or manually modifications. since all the information is available from imdb.com.

[darrin75]

You are the man, will try tonight. thanks

[darrin75]

looks good...

[Oscar]

Reven

Works like a dream - keep up the good work - using all the MY series plugins now via MVP - all excellent :-)

[darrin75]

only thing i can find is once your at the end or last page, you have to scroll back, instead of it just automatically going back to the beginning like the icon view..

[joche]

Quote[/b] (reven @ Jan. 06 2005,17:41)]The xml files follow this format:

May I very humblu suggest that you take the XML format up for public discussion, alternatively (is that a word?) add a custom area:
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
<customs>
<custom id="Seen">True</custom>
<custom id="Format">telesync</custom>
</customs>
[/QUOTE]

This is a huge problem with all the formats there are and everyone wants to have their own database etc etc. As a professional XML architect I believe strongly in using XML as the absolutely most transparant way to share information between applications.

[KingArgyle]

I think this type of information is actually better Stored in a Database than in the XML file. But there again, we need a common agreed upon format that can be used between the various Video plugins so that duplication isn't necessary. It gets messy after a while having all these various databases and files all over the place.

Reven and Jeff, maybe you two can collaborate on this. I think Jeff already stores much of this information in a Database file for his Video Archiver Plugin.

Just a suggestion is all.