TV Listings 2 - Support Thread

[alibert]

Hi,

Thanks for the fixes - the last thing the font on the channel portion seems stretched when I move it to 9 rows while the listing aren't even though it is supposed to use the same font,

CV

you will also have to adjust the height of the "Channel" composite image to a value that equals <height of all channels> / <number of channels> to avoid the stretched display.

alibert,

Quick question, is there anyway we can get the default GBPVR search dialog to appear when using TV Listings? If you use the default TV Guide, if you press F1 (or the guide button on your remote), the search dialog will appear. This is currently the only way to get this to show up. But if I use TV Listings, I have no way to get this dialog.

Can you do anything to provide this, or know of a tweak to allow us to do this?

Sorry, as far as I know, there's no possibility to open another plugin from within a plugin programmatically, so there's nothing I could do.

-alibert

[dshoup]

I am trying to install TV Listings with no success. I am using GB-PVR 1.0.16 with Community skin 3.0.1 (CS3). II currently have v 2.2.2851.42304 of TV Listings installed (TVListings.dll). The skin directory was put in the \skin2\Community3\ directory. I can load TV listings in CS3, but once the current listings load, I can not do anything...the program is frozen on the listings page as it first loaded. I can not exit the listings or even GBPVR without crashing it, can not cursor around the listings, etc...it is just frozen. I've attached my log files in case it helps. Any idea what the problem is?

[alibert]

Hi,

I am trying to install TV Listings with no success. I am using GB-PVR 1.0.16 with Community skin 3.0.1 (CS3). II currently have v 2.2.2851.42304 of TV Listings installed (TVListings.dll). The skin directory was put in the \skin2\Community3\ directory. I can load TV listings in CS3, but once the current listings load, I can not do anything...the program is frozen on the listings page as it first loaded. I can not exit the listings or even GBPVR without crashing it, can not cursor around the listings, etc...it is just frozen. I've attached my log files in case it helps. Any idea what the problem is?

the problem is that the skinhelper is somehow in an endless loop because the value for "PopupCornerRadius" is not defined in your skin files. Normally, this value is read out from the skin2\blue\baseskin.xml file. But I guess that the community skin is using another baseskin file where this value is missing. The same applies for the color "GeneralSelection", and possibly for other values I'm currently not aware of.

You can do the following now:

(a) Add the following to the tv listings skin.xml or your baseskin.xml file:

Code:

<NamedValues>
  <NamedValue name="PopupCornerRadius" value="1.5"/>
  <NamedValue name="PopupBorderWidth" value="2"/>
</NamedValues>
<NamedColors>
  <NamedColor name="GeneralSelection" color="#4500FF00"/>
</NamedColors>

(b) Replace all occurences in the tv listings skin.xml of...
... "PopupCornerRadius" with "1.5"
... "PopupBorderWidth" with "2"
... "GeneralSelection" with "#4500FF00"

© Wait until the community skin is updated to support v2.2 of the plugin

-alibert

[dshoup]

Hi,



the problem is that the skinhelper is somehow in an endless loop because the value for "PopupCornerRadius" is not defined in your skin files. Normally, this value is read out from the skin2\blue\baseskin.xml file. But I guess that the community skin is using another baseskin file where this value is missing. The same applies for the color "GeneralSelection", and possibly for other values I'm currently not aware of.

You can do the following now:

(a) Add the following to the tv listings skin.xml or your baseskin.xml file:

Code:

<NamedValues>
  <NamedValue name="PopupCornerRadius" value="1.5"/>
  <NamedValue name="PopupBorderWidth" value="2"/>
</NamedValues>
<NamedColors>
  <NamedColor name="GeneralSelection" color="#4500FF00"/>
</NamedColors>

(b) Replace all occurences in the tv listings skin.xml of...
... "PopupCornerRadius" with "1.5"
... "PopupBorderWidth" with "2"
... "GeneralSelection" with "#4500FF00"

© Wait until the community skin is updated to support v2.2 of the plugin

-alibert

I may be down to option C. I tried part A and started getting the error message "unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application if you click continue...The type initializer for 'TVListings.Listings'threw an exception". GB-PVR then freezes. I've attached new logs in case this helps. I tried doing step B, but I get the same result. FYI, the Blue Skin's baseskin.xml has these values already, but the baseskin.xml for the community3 skin does not. Adding them to the community3 skin did not change the error message. The details section of the error dialog is also attached

[Fatman_do]

I'll add this to the baseskins and get it out asap.

[dshoup]

I'll add this to the baseskins and get it out asap.

You nailed it! Works great. Thanks to you and McBainUK for all your help!

[dshoup]

I'm now trying to modify the TV Listings skin.xml but have a couple of parameters I can not figure out. I’m hoping someone here could help.

First, in the TV Guide, channel names are displayed by default using the value in the “display_name” column of the “channel” table of GBPVR.db3. I have edited this in my GBPVR.db3 database to include channel number, network name, and call letters. I would like to have the TV Listings plugin display this, but I can not figure out how to specify it. The skin file for the TV Guide uses the following code for its channel header composite:

<CompositeImage name="ChannelHeaderItem" size="20.5,9.0">
<DrawCommonImage name="TextBackgroundNarrow"/>
<!-- icon and name -->
<DrawImage filename="@channelIcon" visible="@showIconAndName" fixedAspectRatio="true" loc="5,5" size="30,90"/>
<DrawText text="@channelName" visible="@showIconAndName" loc="36,5" size="62,90" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
<!-- number and name -->
<DrawText text="@channelNumber" visible="@showNumberAndName" loc="5,5" size="34,90" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
<DrawText text="@channelName" visible="@showNumberAndName" loc="36,5" size="62,90" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
<!-- only name -->
<DrawText text="@channelName" visible="@showOnlyName" loc="5,5" size="95,90" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
</CompositeImage>

I have tried using “@channelName”, and “@display_name” in the ChannelHeader composite section of the TV Listings skin, but they do not work. Is there some way I can make the TV Listings skin use this channel name value from the database?

Second, I’d like to reduce the size and change the location of the blue “TV Listings” heading that appears at the upper left of the TV Listings page, but I can not figure out where in the skin.xml file the parameters for this are located…can someone help point me in the right direction (e.g., is it in a different skin file in some other directory)?

[alibert]

Hi,

[...]
I have tried using “@channelName”, and “@display_name” in the ChannelHeader composite section of the TV Listings skin, but they do not work. Is there some way I can make the TV Listings skin use this channel name value from the database?

Have a look at the supplied skin.xml file for the default blue skin, here are the parameters described:

Code:

<!-- supported parameters are @icon, @name, @number -->

Second, I’d like to reduce the size and change the location of the blue “TV Listings” heading that appears at the upper left of the TV Listings page, but I can not figure out where in the skin.xml file the parameters for this are located…can someone help point me in the right direction (e.g., is it in a different skin file in some other directory)?

You can change the heading in the "ScreenName" composite image.

-alibert

[dshoup]

Hi,

Have a look at the supplied skin.xml file for the default blue skin, here are the parameters described:

Code:

<!-- supported parameters are @icon, @name, @number -->

You can change the heading in the "ScreenName" composite image.

-alibert

Thanks for the help. The screenname composit solved the issue. However, I'm still at a loss with the channel name. I have used the @name, but it is pulling the channel name from a different spot in the GBPVR database (I believe it is what ties the TV listings to the tuner data, so it can not be edited or you would not be able to record the shows). The TV Guide in the Community Skin 3 pulls from the field I'm wanting to use, but the code in the TV Guide skin does not work...I'm trying to see if there is a way to adapt the TV Listings skin so it would accept that parameter in addition to the 3 you mentioned.

[kaizen]

You nailed it! Works great. Thanks to you and McBainUK for all your help!

I am experiencing the same symptoms as dshoup was, but after installing the 11/4 version of Community Skin 3, I am still having the lockups. With Blue, the plugin works fine, but Blue is just plain HIDEOUS... I wouldn't use it on a dare.

I've checked my baseskin.xml file and it didn't seem to have any of the entries mentioned in this post (http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=2...stcount=64) so I followed the instructions and edited my baseskin and skin files accordingly (or at least I think I followed the instructions correctly).

I went from being able to start TV Listings and have it lock up when it displayed the listings table to having it lock up at the Main Menu without even displaying the table.

I've attached my baseskin and skin files, as well as my PVRX2 logs and I was hoping if you could point me in the right direction. Life without TV Listings sucks, and I'd even settle for TV Listings in the infamous Blue skin if I could get it to run under CS3...any help would be greatly appreciated!