Simple RSS Jukebox

[jurijz]

jukebox-Short.zip
jukebox-Action.zip

I just found out that after rebooting some of my Jukebox.xml files are crashed. I didn't notice it before. Probably had overlook xml files not sharply enough.
You can see in attachment some of them(for Action and Short directories - just desappeared the part of my movies in the list of Jukebox.xml .
Therefore the directories with crashed xml files are not presents in SRJG main menu.
Do you have any ideas why it happend ?
After full update process with /usr/local/etc/srjg/jukebox_update.sh -p /tmp/usbmounts/sdb1/Movies/ everything is OK again untill you reboot PBO.

[snappy46]

jukebox-Short.zip
jukebox-Action.zip

I just found out that after rebooting some of my Jukebox.xml files are crashed. I didn't notice it before. Probably had overlook xml files not sharply enough.
You can see in attachment some of them(for Action and Short directories - just desappeared the part of my movies in the list of Jukebox.xml .
Therefore the directories with crashed xml files are not presents in SRJG main menu.
Do you have any ideas why it happend ?
After full update process with /usr/local/etc/srjg/jukebox_update.sh -p /tmp/usbmounts/sdb1/Movies/ everything is OK again untill you reboot PBO.

WOW!!! You have some strange problem here; I can not think of any reasons why those specific file would get corrupted. Have you ran a scandisk lately on that drive??? I assume that it is partition as an NTFS filesystem right??? Try connecting it to your PC and run scandisk to see if it picks up any bad sectors. Other than that I have no idea.

[jurijz]

WOW!!! You have some strange problem here; I can not think of any reasons why those specific file would get corrupted. Have you ran a scandisk lately on that drive??? I assume that it is partition as an NTFS filesystem right??? Try connecting it to your PC and run scandisk to see if it picks up any bad sectors. Other than that I have no idea.

I had have an idea about bad sectors on my external HDD, but I didn't start scandisk yet - I have to do that definetelly
Actually i had already tried another external HDD (freshly formated to NTFS), I put there couple directories just for testing - with the same result after rebooting. Probably both my external HDDs are defective(in this case I'll be confused very much )
OK, I will run scandisc for both and then keep you informed

[ckalem]

Jurijz and Sanppy46, thank you for your help. After moving the MainJukebox.rss section in the menu.rss file to follow the Internet Channels section, removing Movie_Jukebox, and adding the width and height, SRJG appears to be working. I still do have some things to sort out. The genre.jpg files that I have were not posters and are distorted when displayed, and the ordering needs some work. For some reason folders are not listed in alphabetical order.

Below is a listing of the mainjukebox.xml. The movies folder is listed between the Kids movies and the main movies, while if you look at the paths, you will notice that it is the top-level movie folder and the other folders are contained within.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Jukebox>
<Category>
<title>Jukebox Main Menu</title>
<link>MainJukebox.rss</link>
</Category>
<genre>
<title>02_Home Movies</title>
<poster>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/02_Home Movies/genre.jpg</poster>
<link>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/02_Home Movies/jukebox.xml</link>
</genre>
<genre>
<title>03_Exercise Videos</title>
<poster>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/03_Exercise Videos/genre.jpg</poster>
<link>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/03_Exercise Videos/jukebox.xml</link>
</genre>
<genre>
<title>01_Kids Movies</title>
<poster>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/01_Kids Movies/genre.jpg</poster>
<link>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/01_Kids Movies/jukebox.xml</link>
</genre>
<genre>
<title>Movies</title>
<poster>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/genre.jpg</poster>
<link>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/jukebox.xml</link>
</genre>
<genre>
<title>00_Main Movies</title>
<poster>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/00_Main Movies/genre.jpg</poster>
<link>/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/00_Main Movies/jukebox.xml</link>
</genre>
</Jukebox>

Thanks again for your assistance.

ckalem

[snappy46]

Jurijz and Sanppy46, thank you for your help. After moving the MainJukebox.rss section in the menu.rss file to follow the Internet Channels section, removing Movie_Jukebox, and adding the width and height, SRJG appears to be working. I still do have some things to sort out. The genre.jpg files that I have were not posters and are distorted when displayed, and the ordering needs some work. For some reason folders are not listed in alphabetical order.

There are no mechanism in place as of yet to provide for any kind of sort for mainjukebox.xml file. I am afraid that for now if you want a certain order you will have to do it manually by moving the <genre></genre> entries in the mainjukebox.xml. I'll see what I can do on the next version.

About the distorted genre.jpg this is the recommended size according to the documentation:

Genre thumbnails specifications:
GenreThumbnails
Width 286 px
Height 360 px
Size < 75K
Naming genre.jpg


You can also use a multiple of that size if you want but anything different will get distorted since this size correspond to the percentage of the screen. I suggest you create a transparent or black canvas the recommended size and just paste your image into it. Fill the left over on the sides, top and bottom with black and it will integrate well with the jukebox.

Cheers !!!!

[jurijz]

I had have an idea about bad sectors on my external HDD, but I didn't start scandisk yet - I have to do that definetelly
Actually i had already tried another external HDD (freshly formated to NTFS), I put there couple directories just for testing - with the same result after rebooting. Probably both my external HDDs are defective(in this case I'll be confused very much )
OK, I will run scandisc for both and then keep you informed

Hello, Snappy,
The problem with broken xml files after rebooting has been solved !
I run scandisk - wasn't found any problems or bad sectors on my external HDD.
I had deleted all jukebox.xml files and run update again /usr/local/etc/srjg/jukebox_update.sh -i -p /tmp/usbmounts/sdb1/Movies/
checked all new created xml files - all of them were OK.
then I copied all xml files, reboot PBO - I've got most of them as broken, as usually before.
I just replaced all crashed files by previously saved, reboot system and...voila! everything works like a charm, without any issues !
Repeated rebooting process 5 times - there weren't broken xml files anymore
Sounds very strange but it's a fact

[snappy46]

Repeated rebooting process 5 times - there weren't broken xml files anymore
Sounds very strange but it's a fact

Glad you got this resolved; don't worry I had my fair share of strange behaviour with this player so I am not that surprised.

[ckalem]

There are no mechanism in place as of yet to provide for any kind of sort for mainjukebox.xml file. I am afraid that for now if you want a certain order you will have to do it manually by moving the <genre></genre> entries in the mainjukebox.xml. I'll see what I can do on the next version.

About the distorted genre.jpg this is the recommended size according to the documentation:

Genre thumbnails specifications:
GenreThumbnails
Width 286 px
Height 360 px
Size < 75K
Naming genre.jpg


You can also use a multiple of that size if you want but anything different will get distorted since this size correspond to the percentage of the screen. I suggest you create a transparent or black canvas the recommended size and just paste your image into it. Fill the left over on the sides, top and bottom with black and it will integrate well with the jukebox.

Cheers !!!!

Thank you snappy46, I took your advice for editing mainjukebox.xml and creating genre pictures of the appropriate size, using a black canvas. The main jukebox is working well.

I now have a second problem. Many of my movies use a video_ts folder. It seems that jukebox_update is looking for posters and moviesheets in the video_ts folder, rather that the inclosing folder, where they reside. Is there a way to prevent this?

Thanks,

ckalem

[snappy46]

I now have a second problem. Many of my movies use a video_ts folder. It seems that jukebox_update is looking for posters and moviesheets in the video_ts folder, rather that the inclosing folder, where they reside. Is there a way to prevent this?

Thanks,

ckalem

I need a little more info here to understand what you are talking about; can you give me an example.

[ckalem]

I need a little more info here to understand what you are talking about; can you give me an example.

In one of my genre folders I have 189 movies, each within a folder with the same name as the movie title. Within each of these folders is a poster jpg and a moviesheet jpg, both generated by thumbgen. Some of these folders have mkv files and are properly displayed and played by the jukebox. Others movie folders contain a video_ts folder. The jukebox shows over 1000 movies existing in the genre folder and lists all non-mkv folders as "VIDEO_TS" and displays a generic poster.

I did try rerunning jukebox_update using the command below, but it did not seem to have any effect.

"/usr/local/etc/srjg/jukebox_update.sh -p "/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/01_Kids Movies" -f "VIDEO_TS" -f "AUDIO_TS"

and "/usr/local/etc/srjg/jukebox_update.sh -p "/tmp/ramfs/volumes/Movies/01_Kids Movies" -f "VIDEO_TS,AUDIO_TS" "

but the first case had no effect and the second case eliminated all of the movies with a video_ts folder.

I hope this is a sufficient explanation. Please let me know if you need any additional information. Thanks,

ckalem