My Pictures 3

[reven]

i just released my pictures 3 after months of beta testing, it should be pretty good/stable now it has many new features, to many to list all (and i forgot most of them), but here are some

- webimages (info based on xml file)
- music panel to show current playing song
- image transistions
- menu transistions
- folder thumbnails (2x2 images similar to xp folder icons)
- settings window (allows you to change key settings from within the plugin)
- supports windows shortcuts to image files
- playlists are now accessible via a popup menu in fullscreen
- remote/key commands can be altered in the keycommands xml files (just like the core plugins of gbpvr)

heres a sample webimage xml file called "mywebimage.xml"

Code:

<webimage>
    <url>http://www.katkam.ca/pix/pic.jpg</url>
    <refresh>300</refresh>
</webimage>

refresh is the number of seconds it will download a new image.

thanks to SmegHead for writing the zooming code (keeping the image centred when you zoom in).
and i suppose thanks to mediaportal and xbmc for ideas ( i stole the zooming map from xbmc and transisitions from mediaportal).

download at the wiki :
http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Plugin/MyPictures

ps if you think that wiki page is insufficient and would like to see more detailed information about the setup/use of my pictures, then write it yourself, i cant be bothered.

[bobsacamano]

Awesome Reven. Thnxs for your hard work....can't wait to try it out!!

[ydekmekji]

Reven, this is excellent! Thanks! You're not going to update the Media Experience skin to do my pictures 3 by any chance?

[reven]

nah i stopped working on the media experience skin a long time ago, and will never resume work, someone else can maintain that skin if they want (but too my knowledge no one has).

[ydekmekji]

Alas, we say goodbye to that beautiful skin! R.I.P.

[ShiningDragon]

Hm, i think "MyPictures 3" is buggy. After i tried a clean install of this Programm i had many Error-Messages by using this Software.

I created in the config for Virtual-Root the following Path:

D:\Media\Recordings\Camera\

In this Folder are some more folders for splitting fotos from different times.

Ok, as far as good. If i start GBPVR and choose the MyPictures Plugin all is fine. I can browser and display the pictures.

But ONE THING i don't have to do! If i change the VIEW from listing to anything else (icon, big icon, preview etc.) and try to watch the pictures, this plugin crashes.

Is there a bug?

[reven]

recreate the error and post a new thread in the support forum with your gbpvr.exe.log log file (this is juat an annoucement, i dont want to provide support on this thread, otherwise they become pages and pages long ).

[bobsacamano]

Tried it out Reven and skined it for MCE2 and it look/works great! Great addition, Thank you!

[gjen]

Hi Reven

Like most people I use your music plugin along with music albumsII. I load a playlist with MAII and then launch "my Pictures" and select random. in the beta release is showed the album picture/info of the song being played. Now it only shows that information for a second if that at the start of the song.

in the beta release the info was viewable for atleat 10seconds is there an option to set this ? It's really good i think. plus the picture is small in this release which is better.

cheers
Gareth

p.s when I load a play list in Music Albums I can then view the playlist in "my Music". the play list was originaly created with winamp.

also is there a limit to the numer of songs in the playlist for the pluggin ?

[reven]

yeah there is a bug in 3.0.0.0 with the osd music info, its fixed in the 3.0.1.x beta in the developers forum.

nah theres no limit on a playlist.