X-NEWA "Chameleon" pre-release

[KRA]

Martin, this is cool stuff, I assume by going direct into web client and back you use the nextpvr as interface in settings. But how do you get back to x-newa/settings after doing this change ?

[mvallevand]

Martin, this is cool stuff, I assume by going direct into web client and back you use the nextpvr as interface in settings. But how do you get back to x-newa/settings after doing this change ?

It might not have been the best choice, but Alt-X resets it to JSON mode and then the next time you start you get the X-NEWA UI. I will put it on the Context menu once I do a little bit more work on the remote. The Alt key in linux doesn't seem to get picked up by XBMC well so I have duplicated the NextPVR specific Alt key functions with Shift I'll add that to today's update.

Martin

[KRA]

Martin, I'm gonna bomb you with some questions here, please point me in the right direction if I have missed a wiki or documentation somewhere.

can I change the keybindings myself in some config ? The fact that Esc and Backspace is dead doesn't sit well with me
Also is it possible to implement a miniepg/channel list like the playlist button on normal xbmc-pvr ?
What playback options should I use to get timeshift/comskip etc ?

Also I have issues with x-newa loosing focus. When I enter epg in x-newa(json) my keyboard stop working.

[mvallevand]

Martin, I'm gonna bomb you with some questions here, please point me in the right direction if I have missed a wiki or documentation somewhere.

You missed reading post 1 which explained C and Ctrl-X (it's not Alt-X after all, so ignore my previous comment!, I remember now I was reserving Alt for sub's keys). For the most part the NextPVR wiki on keystrokes will work for the UI.

can I change the keybindings myself in some config ? The fact that Esc and Backspace is dead doesn't sit well with me

You can edit emulate.py but it will get overwritten with updates I am 100% sure I am leaving Esc and Backspace to work like they do in NextPVR though, they are fundamental and it is not important to me to define it as the Program exit key, which will be resolved when/if sub provides an exit action on Exit. Let me know what you figure out and I might be able to include it.

Also is it possible to implement a miniepg/channel list like the playlist button on normal xbmc-pvr ?

AFAIK it is not possible to overlay something on the XBMC player's full screen skin. I hacked my own skin from the full screen skin which I try to load but it is easy to give focus back to xbmc if you click the screen with the mouse. Hitting Back might get you back to my skin. You can typically tell if it is my skin because I didn't add the timebar as a way of distinguishing them.

When my player skin has focus there is a miniguide on F2, and you can change channels with the up/down errors or by number

What playback options should I use to get timeshift/comskip etc ?

If Timeshift works with sub's xbmc plugin for you it could work when I post my update (delayed by a long internet outage in my neighbourhood). For comskip , you need to create advancedsetting.xml rules to map the filename as seen NextPVR to a file from a share, I've posted this for x-newa before.

Also I have issues with x-newa loosing focus. When I enter epg in x-newa(json) my keyboard stop working.

That might be a utf issue with guide data in json, I'd need to see xbmc.log. Do yo have the same trouble with XML or SOAP?

Martin

[KRA]

Thanks for the feedback!

I'm a little embarrassed about not reading the first post, I though I had read all of this thread and the other one named "chameleon".

The fact that I have 0 experience with nextpvr as a frontend makes this a little hard for me to understand how stuff works. I guess I will read up on Wiki, I'm clueless as to how NextPVR Web Client actually works in combination with xbmc, and that is bothering me

When I playback TV in web client gui I have no action when I press F2, Esc or Backspace, I assume this is not normal? Also sometimes the play controls popup will not go away on Esc sometimes it will. If I activate it with mouse I can remove it with Esc, if I invoke it with enter it's a bit of hit or miss. Is this the focus issue you describe ?

Also I'm using a custom GIT version of xbmc so when things go wrong I don't really know if the issue is related to the special xbmc build or the plugin, it sure must be frustrating if I post problems that are related to my custom build and not the plugin.

I will do some more testing.

EDIT: F1 was the stuff I was looking for, mini-epg, excellent !

[mvallevand]

EDIT: F1 was the stuff I was looking for, mini-epg, excellent !

Sorry I was off my game this morning rushing to reply but yes F1 is the guide.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Yesterday I posted an update to 2.0.18 that has a few bug fixes and also a new Playback option PVR which use sub's client to play the video enabling timeshift and the correct time in the timeline. With Native mode it is always at the right hand side. It only works in Gotham but it should fallback to Native mode if it fails.

Note I don't recommend this mode over Native on low end machines if you enable Debug logging since the plugin generates a lot of spam.

Martin

[mvallevand]

I did another update to 2.0.19, in the future notice of small updates will only show in the Changelog for the XBMC AddOn rather than posting them here.

On a positive note XBMC devs released a fix for python on Android that has broken many plugins since Gotham alpha1 so X-NEWA is working again.

Martin

[smacrae]

I did another update to 2.0.19, in the future notice of small updates will only show in the Changelog for the XBMC AddOn rather than posting them here.

On a positive note XBMC devs released a fix for python on Android that has broken many plugins since Gotham alpha1 so X-NEWA is working again.

Martin

Hi Martin.....I've been using your latest X-New on my various Gotham builds without any issues...really great work...much better than the Live TV add-on in my opinion...really great work...

However on the screenshot you posted above I don't see the controls if I press any button....just the Channel logo, then channel number (1) and also the title of the program...in the screenshot it's called "The World This Week"

See attachment:

[smacrae]

If I press Y during play back it brings up the "Default PVR playback"....is that what you mean? I have NextPVR Add-On in XBMC disabled at the moment though...it seems to work....however I am at a loss on how to make this the default...