TV Listings 2 - Support Thread

[alibert]

Hi,

Aren't you the author of Xmltv and XmltvExtras?

xmltvextras, yes - but not xmltv.

Hi,

I'm in the UK.

I'm using Alan Birtles xmltv
http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/
to grab the radio times listings

I was using UltraXMLTV_Enhancer to put more information into the listings.
I then saw TV Listing could display pictures so I added Wizimagegrabber in postupdateepg.bat for images where available.

I then saw TV Listing could display stars so I tried using xmltvextras to put the stars onto TV Listing but it doesn't appear to work.

Can you give me some help?

Thanks
Alan

xmltvextras doesn't do anything with the star-rating field, as gbpvr already imports it as "rating" when doing the normal epg update. So if your xmltv source doesn't include this field, you won't see the star rating in the tv listings plugin.

-alibert

[firehorse]

Hi,

Hi,

xmltvextras, yes - but not xmltv.



xmltvextras doesn't do anything with the star-rating field, as gbpvr already imports it as "rating" when doing the normal epg update. So if your xmltv source doesn't include this field, you won't see the star rating in the tv listings plugin.

-alibert

I had a look at the data.xml file and found this

Code:

<rating system="BBFC">
      <value>PG</value>
    </rating>
    <star-rating>
      <value>4/5</value>
    </star-rating>

Is that 'compatible' ?

Thanks
Alan

[alibert]

Hi,

Hi,

I had a look at the data.xml file and found this

Code:

<rating system="BBFC">
      <value>PG</value>
    </rating>
    <star-rating>
      <value>4/5</value>
    </star-rating>

Is that 'compatible' ?

Thanks
Alan

yes, a programme that contains these lines in its xmltv should be displayed with 4 out of 5 stars in the tv listings plugin, or with the text "(4/5)" in the default tv guide plugin.

-alibert

[Etacovda]

Quick request - would it be possible in the next version to make play a shortcut to play a tv show like on the standard tv guide? thanks

[Hairy]

ailbert,

First off congratulations on a great plugin and thank you for your effort and hard work.

From this thread, I've been tinkering with the skin for CS3 and I really like the way you've implemented the graphics for the listings. I was wondering though if there were any editable parameters for how the the colour overlays are drawn with the "programme" graphics? and also would you have any interest in adding a "programme record" set of graphics for those who prefer the recordings highlighted that way?

Thanks again

[alibert]

Hi,

Quick request - would it be possible in the next version to make play a shortcut to play a tv show like on the standard tv guide? thanks

yes - I just forgot to include a method implementation in the current release. Thanks for the report.

ailbert,

First off congratulations on a great plugin and thank you for your effort and hard work.

From this thread, I've been tinkering with the skin for CS3 and I really like the way you've implemented the graphics for the listings. I was wondering though if there were any editable parameters for how the the colour overlays are drawn with the "programme" graphics? and also would you have any interest in adding a "programme record" set of graphics for those who prefer the recordings highlighted that way?

Thanks again

There are no parameters that are configurable at the moment. I also spent a lot of time in adjusting the colormatrix that is used to draw the images, but didn't find a better solution than the current one. You can try it out yourself with this application, and if you find a better solution, I'd look forward to include it. Some background information can be found here.

Regarding additional images for scheduled programmes - I don't tend to add more images. If I would make an exception for pending programmes, the next one says that his conflicts are not as eye catching as the scheduled programmes, the next says that he would like to have a golden image for programmes with genre "sports" and so on.

You can indicate scheduled / completed / in progress / conflicting programmes with the indicator image, additionaly, the timeline is colorized in those timeslots.

For those who can't live without having their pending recordings displayed in #FF0000, I added the legacy option to draw programmes as in previous releases of the plugin.

Sorry that I can't provide more help, but I hope that you can understand my point of view.

-alibert

[Hairy]

There are no parameters that are configurable at the moment. I also spent a lot of time in adjusting the colormatrix that is used to draw the images, but didn't find a better solution than the current one. You can try it out yourself with this application, and if you find a better solution, I'd look forward to include it. Some background information can be found here

Unfortunately I have absolutely no programming skills at all :o Thanks for the links though, as I think I have a better understanding of how you've implemented the colouring. You are altering the RGB value of the actual image file (rather than overlaying a block of colour)?

With the above in mind - the attached pic below is posted in complete ignorance, I got the app and just moved the sliders about as I said I've no idea if this is actually applicable to the real world but I thought I'd post it anyway.

Regarding additional images for scheduled programmes - I don't tend to add more images. If I would make an exception for pending programmes, the next one says that his conflicts are not as eye catching as the scheduled programmes, the next says that he would like to have a golden image for programmes with genre "sports" and so on.

Sorry that I can't provide more help, but I hope that you can understand my point of view.

-alibert

I completely understand and totally respect that and thank you once again for the hard work and effort that goes into something like this.

Cheers

[alibert]

Hi,

according to your screenshot, which color would be the base taken from the genre- or recording-status-colors? Should it be #ff0000 or #800000? Or, to put it in another words, should the given color's RGB intensities be divided by 2, or be taken as they are (the value 0.5 in your matrix for the red component)? Or should they be adjustable by the alpha component of the given color?

-alibert

[Hairy]

Hi,

according to your screenshot, which color would be the base taken from the genre- or recording-status-colors? Should it be #ff0000 or #800000? Or, to put it in another words, should the given color's RGB intensities be divided by 2, or be taken as they are (the value 0.5 in your matrix for the red component)? Or should they be adjustable by the alpha component of the given color?

-alibert

Wow

Okay so I've read your post out loud 5 times and I'm pretty confident that the answer is............ I'm way outside my knowledge base here :eek: I've gotta stress that I'm a button masher with no real understanding of how the coding world works.

All that said here is the opinion from the peanut gallery

I think the colours should probably be solid (so #FF0000). If the matrix has the ability to apply a base or alpha level dynamically (based on a colour listed in the skin.xml for - Pending, Conflict, Competed...etc) than it appears either the base value or alpha value would work. In a Utopian world an editable alpha level in the skin.xml would be perfect.

Please please please bare in mind that I basically have no idea what I'm talking about with this stuff. I can barely get my head around hexadecimal vs decimal and until yesterday had never even heard of a Matrix - other than the one Neo is gonna free us from one day

I'd like to stress that I think the plugin is excellent and the highlighting works perfectly well as it is. Any of my questions aren't meant as an indication that the plugin needs to be "Fixed" in anyway.

Thanks for taking the time.

[alibert]

okay, never mind, I'll see what I can do.

-alibert