Simple RSS Jukebox

[jsmiddleton4]

Thank you.

I'll double check the spelling. I used the jpg files in the zip file available with genre thumbnails.

All spelled correctly, no 's anywhere.

[snappy46]

Thank you.

I'll double check the spelling. I used the jpg files in the zip file available with genre thumbnails.

All spelled correctly, no 's anywhere.

I was able to duplicate the issues over here with regards to the thumbnails. Some inconsistencies in the genre in the NFO file created by thumbgen (windows) or Sheetmaker (linux) causes the problem. I have issues with Science Fiction ...... sometimes pull from IMDB database as Science fiction "small f". The actual genre of the movies in the database created by srjg is used to match the thumbnail filename therefore for the genre Science Fiction in the genre directory Science Fiction.jpg does exist and shows up however Science fiction.jpg does not exist hence the unknown.jpg is used. The same issue seems to exist with sports; sometimes IMDB calls it sport other times sports; sport.jpg exist but sports.jpg does not exist. I hope I am making sense here.

Anyhow it would appear that you found a bug and that better genre processing is required for a better match to the appropriate thumbnails. Pretty busy lately not sure when I will have the time to fix the problem but I will definitely get to it. Could you provide a screenshot of the issues you are having with the moviesheets. Also make sure that your TV is setup properly; I need to use "16X9" I think on my TV or "just scan" for the PBO to fill the screen properly and not cut off the top, bottom and sides.

Thanks again for the bug report.

Snappy

[jsmiddleton4]

Well then my work here is done...

The genre thumbnails I don't have are:

Foreign, Science Fiction, Suspense and Sports.

TV set up and I rechecked to see if I could move the screen up or down. Can't on the HDMI in. I don't have Just Scan on my Mit RPTV. Had it on another TV so I know what you are talking about.

I haven't heard anything on the Thumbgen forum but one of the support guys for the AIOS, the one who merged SRJG into the AIOS firmware thinks it is the Thumbgen template that is the culprit.

Thanks for looking into this.

So far all the folks who have tried it are very impressed. I know its been around for awhile. Its new to us PIVOS AIOS users. About the only thing coming up consistently is adding multiple drives. For most of us with blurays we have multiple NAS devices to store them due to file size for HD Vidoe and HD Audio.

Edit: I'll get screen shot as soon as I can. Everything else displays perfectly which is why I think it is something with the one sheet/image that is displayed when in full sheet mode instead of 2x6 or 3x8.

[snappy46]

So far all the folks who have tried it are very impressed. I know its been around for awhile. Its new to us PIVOS AIOS users. About the only thing coming up consistently is adding multiple drives. For most of us with blurays we have multiple NAS devices to store them due to file size for HD Vidoe and HD Audio.

Well I am not famililar with the file structure of the AIOS player but if it is similar to the PBO the multiple drive issues can be solved by creating a common mount point for all those drives or using software symbolic link. This might require manually mounting the network drive; well sort of since a start up script called from the /usr/local/etc/rcS file will do the trick.

Example:

If network drive usually automatically mount to the same location; let's call it /tmp/netb/drive1, /tmp/netb/drive2, etc.... You could then create a directory on the /usr/local/etc directory called /usr/local/etc/MyMovies/ and then create a symbolic link for those drives.

ln -s /tmp/netb/drive1 /usr/local/etc/MyMovies/Drive1
ln -s /tmp/netb/drive2 /usr/local/etc/MyMovies/Drive2

Now you can tell SRJG that your movie directory is "/usr/local/etc/MyMovies/" and all the movies in both network drive will be pickup and included in the Jukebox.


You could also manually mount your shares thru the rcS file and mount them in directory under the /usr/local/etc/MyMovies. Again specifying the "/usr/local/etc/MyMovies/" as the directory for the movies will accomplish the same results as previously explained.

Cheers !!!!

[jsmiddleton4]

Makes sense. AIOS not exactly like the PBO but most of these units are similar enough.

[jsmiddleton4]

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Text cut about in half, maybe not quite half. Missing bottom of the letters.

Edit: I found the settings for overscan in Thumbgen. Did not make any difference. I also noticed that in sheetmode the AIOS uses a little circle spinning arrow to tell you it is working and that circle is an oval. Not so with 2x6 or 3x8. That circle stays a circle.

Also I don't have any image on the display other than the genre folders along the bottom and the small image in the upper right corner. The display is a film strip.

[snappy46]

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Text cut about in half, maybe not quite half. Missing bottom of the letters.

Edit: I found the settings for overscan in Thumbgen. Did not make any difference. I also noticed that in sheetmode the AIOS uses a little circle spinning arrow to tell you it is working and that circle is an oval. Not so with 2x6 or 3x8. That circle stays a circle.

Also I don't have any image on the display other than the genre folders along the bottom and the small image in the upper right corner. The display is a film strip.

I think that all your issued are caused by your television which does overscanning; what is your TV widescreen ???? I think you need to find some settings on your player or TV set to sort out that issue. Overscanning used to be a good thing with analogs TV signal and got rid of the noises at the edge of the screen but is no longer required in the digital age.

Cheers !!!

[jsmiddleton4]

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Already have double checked the display. It is 16:9 Mit 63 inch rear projection.

When in full sheet mode is it suppose to display something as the main screen, an image behind the genre images? All I have is a black screen with the little film strip, the small box in the upper right and the genre images.

Tired all the settings on my AIOS. No difference. I'm in NTSC land so the PAL settings of course don't work.

This is the only screen on anything I've ever displayed that does this. Would think if it is an overscan issue I'd see it with other images.

It looks like whatever image used to set the display parameters is missing. What should full sheet display look like?

Edit: I attached what is displayed in the upper right hand corner as a very small image. This looks to me like what is suppose to be driving the display size in fullsheet view. Just as the 2x6, etc., jpg's do for the other modes. It displays as a little graphic upper right hand corner.

[jsmiddleton4]

I've improved it some. I can't adjust the overscan per se on my MIT RPTV. I can position the image up/down/left/right and do some simple geometry adjustments all in service mode. I moved the image up just a bit. I don't want to cut off the top fixing the bottom being too low. Played with this string:

elif [ $Jukebox_Size = "sheetwall" ]; then
row="1"; col="8"; itemWidth="10.3"; itemHeight="20"; itemXPC="5.5"; itemYPC="80";

Made the 80 less and less until I the genre images tops were cut off by the nomovieinfo.jpg. Could not go much further up than 78. At 78 just one corner was cut off a bit. I left it at 79.

With my display adjustments and making the display setting 79 the letters are now displaying fully.

When I select a genre and go to the next screen to see the sheet and the icons for the movies, it looks ok as well. Still cut off just a bit on the bottom of the icon for the movie.jpg.

Edit:

I ended up with this:
elif [ $Jukebox_Size = "sheetwall" ]; then
row="1"; col="8"; itemWidth="10.3"; itemHeight="25"; itemXPC="5.5"; itemYPC="72";

And then this adjustment to the nomovieinfo.jpg size.

elif [ $Jukebox_Size = "sheetwall" ]; then
cat <<EOF
<backgroundDisplay>
<script>
Jukebox_itemSize = getPageInfo("itemCount");
</script>
</backgroundDisplay>

<image type="image/jpeg" redraw="yes" offsetXPC="0" offsetYPC="0" widthPC="100" heightPC="70">


Moved everything up nicely. By making them a little taller the "Y's" are not cut off on bottom of genre name. When selecting one of the genre's and going to the sheet display the thumbnails for the movies are no longer cut off on the bottom.

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Now if I could figure out how to get those genre icons picked up and displayed......

Thanks for you help.

[jsmiddleton4]

Actually here is where I ended up. Did some additional tweaking, imagine that, and here are the pictures.

Updated the background image for fullsheet mode to this:

if (Etat==null) SheetPath = "${Jukebox_Path}images/Newsheetmode.jpg";

That allows me to upload a custom full sheet image instead of looking at the black one with the film strip on it.

Attached is what I used for new picture.

I also moved the genre thumbnails to be at "71".

elif [ $Jukebox_Size = "sheetwall" ]; then
row="1"; col="8"; itemWidth="10.3"; itemHeight="25"; itemXPC="5.5"; itemYPC="71";

Here is how it looks for the first page, the Genre sheetmode page, and then when you select a genre and see the movie thumbnail and the sheet information.


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