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XboxMediaCenter SVN rev10638 build of October 28th 2007 compiled by T3CH

This is a complete snapshot of what was in SVN at the time the build was compiled, with just a few small additions:
   + Killarny & Nuka1195 & Pike's Apple Movie Trailers (AMT) SVN pre0.99.2 rev1611 [scripts/Apple Movie Trailers]
   + EnderW & Blittan's XBMCScripts Installer 1.8 SCRIPT [scripts/XBMCScripts]
   + Team XBMC Lyrics 1.5.5 rev1325 SCRIPT [scripts/XBMC Lyrics]
   + Asteron's Tetris 1.1 SCRIPT [scripts/Tetris]
   + Nuka1195's T3CH Downloader SCRIPT rev1450 [scripts/T3CH Downloader]
   + Nuka1195 & Dataratt's AOL Videos Plugin 1.0 [plugins/video/AOL Videos Plugin]
   + Codecs for mplayer [/system/players/mplayer/codecs/*]
   + PM3 Red Theme + PM3 Blue Theme by Jezz_X

Special Note From T3CH:

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* Apple Movie Trailers (AMT) script updated to pre0.99.2 rev1611.
* Plugin added, worldpremiere for the new AOL Videos Plugin by Nuka1195 & Dataratt.
AOL Videos Plugin 1.0 can access 1000+ musicvideos on AOL in quality ranging from 640x480.mov to 400x300.flv, it has a settings.xml that you should check before transferring XBMC over. More Plugin instructions below in 'AN INTRODUCTION TO PLUGINS'.
* I'm including the >>XBMC Win32 PC environment<<.exe that is meant for skinners & python developers, read more about the concept here. It was built using Microsoft DirectX Summer 2004 SDK.
* I've tweaked the win32 >>run_me_first.bat<< so it runs and then unmounts the virtual drives when you exit.
* If you want to report bugs, please do it the PROPER way, see http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index....oper_Bug_Report

NOTEWORTHY, XML and SCRIPT CHANGES IN THIS BUILD:

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* keymap.xml:

Here is the FULL changelog since the October 21st 2007 SVN Rev10582 Build (last one posted on xbins/xbox-scene):

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2007-10-28  10638  fixed: demuxer framerate information was inverted, making playback far from smooth in files with bad timestamps
2007-10-28  10637  fixed: dvdplayer could display odd highlight colors when resumed
2007-10-28  10636  changed: let pixel aspect ratio from demuxer override codec pixelratio cosmetic: avoid logging of eof during dvdplayer stillframe
2007-10-28  10635  fixed: sorting of shoutcast channels based on listeners cosmetic: removed now unused variable
2007-10-28  10634  fixed: sending an HttpApi command immediately after a shutdown/restart command would hang XBMC
2007-10-28  10633  updated: Finnish language (thanks to mikko) updated: German (Austria) language (thanks to karli)
2007-10-28  10632  changed: mplayer now handles .flv by default instead of dvdplayer
2007-10-27  10631  fixed: Skin.Theme built-in, This also changes color theme.
2007-10-27  10630  added: Broadcast of change media title event changed: httpapi variable name to be more consistent with xbmc's naming convention
2007-10-27  10629  fixed: added null checks to fix crash on some tag searches in lastfm. (backport linuxbranch revision 10592)
2007-10-27  10628  fixed: videopartymode resource strings were using reserved stringid's, moved from 20200 to 20250 range. Removed unused and also reserved 20201 "True (video)" resourcestring.
2007-10-27  10627  fixed: buffer overflow. (weather, backport from linuxbranch)
2007-10-26  10624  fixed: current playing media overlays would show between album/video dialogs and get thumb dialog if there was a lot of thumbs to load. added: slightly enlarged listitem.icon in movie info / get thumb dialog (sometimes hard to make out differences between thumb even on 32" screens) changed: aligned all movie covers & album covers to the left for consistency and looks more appealing.
2007-10-26  10623  added: cachelevel for paplayer for codecs that implement caching.
2007-10-26  10622  added: Player.CacheLevel infolabel which returns the cache fill percentage if the player supports it.
2007-10-25  10616  added: Container.Row(number), Container.Column(number), and Container.Position(number) conditionals. Useful for differing focus anims in panels depending on location.
2007-10-25  10615  fixed: The previous infolabel fix wasn't quite right.
2007-10-25  10614  fixed: Cleaned up the window context for various infolabels - should fix the disappearing listitem issues.
2007-10-25  10613  added: Ability to animate (via conditional anims) and force scrolling of unfocused listitems. fixed: Some conditional focus anims on listitems weren't reset correctly.
2007-10-24  10611  fixed: checking if thumbnail was local failed for thumbs on T:. now all drive's, C: to Z:, are considered local except D:
2007-10-24  10608  fixed: sqLite is named sqLite not sqlLite
2007-10-24  10607  fixed: typo in broadcast message
2007-10-24  10604  fixed: Smartplaylists now save (and load) in utf8.
2007-10-24  10603  fixed: Top 100 albums could sometimes return no items. Altered the query slightly to work around the issue.
2007-10-23  10602  change: don't load exif tags for http urls for pictures
2007-10-23  10601  added: UPnP client now shows device icons changed: xbmc now shows standard icons while loading remote thumbs
2007-10-23  10600  updated: French based on 10541 by globulejoul
2007-10-23  10599  added: support for local season thumbs. only supports <showpath>/season[ ._-]0?<seasonnumber>.tbn
2007-10-23  10598  fixed: impa thumbs
2007-10-23  10597  changed: ListItem_SetInfo, MPAARating -> MPAA, to match the infolabel
2007-10-23  10593  fixed: Music Video scraper utf-8 issues. (thanks to Modhack)
2007-10-22  10591  fixed: typo, upnp device manufacturer should be Team XBMC not Xbox Team.
2007-10-22  10590  changed: use a more correct framerate if available in dvdplayer
2007-10-22  10589  added: partial workaround for Nero MediaHome broken behavior when xbmc's UPnP Renderer is enabled. it should now atleast provide data for mp3's and mpeg video's. for anything else disable xbmc's UPnP Renderer and remove that device from Nero MediaHome's devices screen.
2007-10-22  10586  changed: removed some extra logging from ListItem_SetInfo
2007-10-22  10585  Fixed: Info images that relied on the window context didn't show when dialogs were on screen.
2007-10-21  10584  fixed: Python's playlist add method would fail if no title or listitem was passed.
2007-10-21  10583  changed: make sure audio/video threads are stopped before any member varibles are destroyed in dvdplayers audio/video players

INSTALL NOTES from T3CH readme/nfo:

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* APPLICATION INSTALL
- Fresh Install: Transfer _whole_ XBMC folder to your APPS folder (or where you want it).
- Upgrade: Backup the XBMC\UserData folder. Transfer whole XBMC folder to Xbox.  Overwrite UserData folder with your backed up copy.

* DASHBOARD INSTALL (SOFTMODS)
ARE NOT COVERED IN THIS README, SEE http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=406656

* DASHBOARD INSTALL
- Option 1. Team XBMC's shortcut tool.
It's included in the _tools folder as <<SHORTCUT by TEAM XBMC.xbe>> + <<SHORTCUT by TEAM XBMC.cfg>>.
Instructions here: http://xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index....=As_a_Dashboard (Option 1).
Rename the <<SHORTCUT by TEAM XBMC.xbe>>+.cfg & also EDIT the .cfg so it matches your config.
See APPLICATION INSTALL above.
- Option 2. Thanks to an app called 'Team UIX's Xbe Shortcut Maker v1.0' by JbOnE, it's now easy...
Transfer contents of XBMC folder (this is VERY important since the tool is hardcoded) TO "E:\APPS\XBMC\". Rename <<SHORTCUT by TEAM UIX.xbe>> to something your bios can boot  (see http://xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index....=As_a_Dashboard or read your BIOS README) and transfer to location your mod solution boots. No need to fiddle with HOME tag anymore,  and future upgrades you need not to worry about this file (unless you move XBMC).

* AN INTRODUCTION TO PLUGINS
XBMC has a system for Media plugins to allow browsing of remote content (Internet) using the regular filesystem approach.
Plugins are put inside >>XBMC/plugins/<video/music/pictures>/<< (I already do this for the one/s I include), furthermore they also need to be installed as a source in (video/music/pictures).
You do this install by using the contextmenu choice >>Add New Source<< while in ROOT list and then choosing ***Plugins as source.
Then you highlight (not select) the folder of the plugin you want to install. It will be saved inside sources.xml for future.

* WIN32 PC ENVIRONMENT INSTRUCTIONS (WIN32 FOLDER)
Good to know, this requires DirectX9 Runtimes to be installed. Also this doesn't work with all graphics cards.
You need to:
- Copy XBMC_PC.exe & 'run_me_first.bat' from win32 to XBMC folder
- Run 'run_me_first.bat'
- Run XBMC_PC.exe

* UPGRADE TIPS
If you're updating from a VERY old/bad build you may get issues. Follow these simple rules:
- Replace (FTP OVERWRITE) all files in your XBMC folder with fresh ones from your new build
- Delete old settings (from UserData/guisettings.xml)
- In some rare cases some of the database files in UserData/Database/*.db may need manual deletion (usually if they are very old). Note: This loses all per file settings you made with the old build!

INFORMATION from T3CH readme/nfo:

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XBMC's online manual can be found at http://wiki.xboxmediacenter.com/ .
Any questions or support issues, are best asked in the XBMC support forums, which are located at http://forum.xboxmediacenter.com , or in the official IRC support channel, #XBMC on Freenode IRC network (irc.freenode.net).  (NOTE folks in #XBMC can't help with info where to find builds)

If you want other skins (make sure they are up-to-date and compatible before installing them), see:
- http://www.allxboxskins.com/skins/index.ph...=XBMC&cat=0 or
- http://www.xbox-skins.net/forums/index.php?dlcategory=7
there's a list of 2.0 compatible skins here:
- http://xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index....patibility_List

If you want other scripts (extra 3rd party components), see
- http://www.xbmcscripts.com or use the included script installer!

If you want trainers, grab them at
- http://www.google.com/search?q=xbox+trainers

The xbe has been retail patched and was built using v5849 of the XDK.

If you want to remove the startup logo, remove splash.png from the \media folder.
If you want to remove the startup sound, remove start.wav from the \skin\Project Mayhem III\sounds\ folder.

XBMC Changelog is included, see Changelog.txt

Official XBMC Website: http://xboxmediacenter.com
Official T3CH Website: http://t3ch.yi.se

[djdafreund]

Looking forward to messing around with the new AOL plugin!! Cool. And I thought lately Navi-X was pretty cool. Thanks for all the hard work.

This post has been edited by djdafreund: Oct 29 2007, 05:38 AM

[ThaCrip]

it appears that bug i said in the forum last time is still in this version of xbmc.

basically when i burn a dvd disc and put .avi (xvid) files onto it and burn them onto that disc with IMGBurn with the File System of UDF the XBMC program sees the size of the disc but when i try accessing the drive to view the .avi files it says... "path not found or invalid" and thats it.. i cant view the files to play them.

but it see's a disc burned with a file system "ISO9660 + UDF" fine but it appears it only see the ISO9660 part on XBMC since the file names are much shorter and dont display the full file name length like it should.

thanks to anyone who can get this fixed i would appreciate it

[ThaCrip]

i just submitted a bug report here.... http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?f...amp;atid=581838 ... hopefully it will be fixed in the near future (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[chunkhead]

Anybody else experiencing random freezing and lockups in the last few builds?

I'm using 1080i, which was working fine up until about 3 builds ago! I then swapped to 720p which seemed to fix the issue of certain files not playing and the freezing became less often.

I have done everything imaginable, new, fresh HDD, clean install of XBMC etc.

I HAVEN'T rolled back to an old build just yet, I would rather pinpoint what the issue is with the new stuff!

Any help regarding the situation would be most helpful!

Chunkhead

[Bomb Bloke]

Sounds a bit like something is using a bit more memory then it did before, though you should really be checking your logs for info.

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2007-10-28 10632 changed: mplayer now handles .flv by default instead of dvdplayer

Eh? Is this something to do with the streaming issues? I thought they'd gotten fixed.  

[Joshatdot]

QUOTE(ThaCrip @ Oct 28 2007, 10:16 PM)

it appears that bug i said in the forum last time is still in this version of xbmc.

basically when i burn a dvd disc and put .avi (xvid) files onto it and burn them onto that disc with IMGBurn with the File System of UDF the XBMC program sees the size of the disc but when i try accessing the drive to view the .avi files it says... "path not found or invalid" and thats it.. i cant view the files to play them.

but it see's a disc burned with a file system "ISO9660 + UDF" fine but it appears it only see the ISO9660 part on XBMC since the file names are much shorter and dont display the full file name length like it should.

thanks to anyone who can get this fixed i would appreciate it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

What filesize are the AVI files?
What DVD Drive do you have?
What DVD Media are you using?

Sounds to me you have a hardware issue or XBMC Limitation.

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UDF (Universal Disk Format) file-system limitation: XBMC only supports UDF version 1.02 (designed for DVD-Video media), which has a maximum file-size of 1GB (meaning if you burn a DVD-media in a newer UDF version with a video that is larger than 1GB, XBMC will not be able to play that file), same goes for UDF/ISO hybrid formats (a.k.a. UDF Bridge format). Workaround: Burn all your CD/DVD-media in ISO 9660 format, which is the most common standard for recording CD/DVDs. Unfortunately ISO 9660 has a 2GB file-size limitation, which cannot be bypassed.

The ISO 9660 and UDF reader classes in XBMC does not support reading multisession authored CD/DVD-media. That is XBMC can only read the first sessions of a multisession burnt CD or DVD media disc.

[alexh]

As always, respect for the release. Great stuff.

[elitegamer360]

Great Thank you very much

[ThaCrip]

QUOTE(Joshatdot @ Oct 29 2007, 01:24 PM)

What filesize are the AVI files?
What DVD Drive do you have?
What DVD Media are you using?

Sounds to me you have a hardware issue or XBMC Limitation.

-file size of avi files = 700MB and 1400MB (im pretty sure this aint the issues cause i burned disc before and they work but when in UDF mode it cant even see the names of the files but it can see the size of the disc)
-dvd drive = philips ... im pretty sure this aint the issue either.
-dvd media = Memorex (i know this aint the issue either since it reads these fine when i burned them with nero)... plus they scan well as far as disc quality checks and they play fine in my dvd player etc etc

but as for that XBMC limitation... i suppose thats a good possibility (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

"UDF (Universal Disk Format) file-system limitation: XBMC only supports UDF version 1.02 (designed for DVD-Video media), which has a maximum file-size of 1GB (meaning if you burn a DVD-media in a newer UDF version with a video that is larger than 1GB, XBMC will not be able to play that file), same goes for UDF/ISO hybrid formats (a.k.a. UDF Bridge format). Workaround: Burn all your CD/DVD-media in ISO 9660 format, which is the most common standard for recording CD/DVDs. Unfortunately ISO 9660 has a 2GB file-size limitation, which cannot be bypassed." .... i think this might be the problem. cause i got some files on there that are over 1GB (1.4GB)

thanks alot man you where helpfull (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ... ill just have to stick to ISO9660 etc.

This post has been edited by ThaCrip: Oct 29 2007, 08:43 PM

[pike]

QUOTE(Bomb Bloke @ Oct 29 2007, 11:17 AM)

Sounds a bit like something is using a bit more memory then it did before, though you should really be checking your logs for info.
Eh? Is this something to do with the streaming issues? I thought they'd gotten fixed.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

only thing that was changed was default player, from dvdplayer to mplayer, why ? because dvdplayer doesn't precache webstreams

[Geeba]

Thank you!!! downloading now!  

[navanman]

Hello,

I'm using a totally fresh install of this build and I'm seeing some strange behaviour with IMDB movie lookup and the way it is looking up movies.
I have all my movies named correctly, exactly as movie title but when running automated scan it came back with totally wrong results.
Attempting manual lookup to fix these didn't work as expected. To try and explain here are few examples.

Harsh Times.avi returned lookup of Training Day (same director by chance)
Blood Diamond.avi returned lookup of Catch Me If You Can (same lead actor)
Ocean's 13.avi returned lookup of Bourne Identity & Micheal Clayton (2 films by actors in OC 13)
Letters From Iwo Jima.avu returned the 64th Golden Globe Award.
The Last King of Scotland returned lookup of SNL with Forest Whitaker.

In short the IMDB seemed to be by actor not film title in some, not all cases.
If I changed the manual lookup film title slightly; Blood Diamond to "Diamond", the IMDB lookup worked correctly.

Thanks.

[J_K_M_A_N]

Check this thread.

J_K_M_A_N

This post has been edited by J_K_M_A_N: Oct 30 2007, 05:52 PM

[navanman]

QUOTE(J_K_M_A_N @ Oct 30 2007, 05:52 PM)

Check this thread.

J_K_M_A_N

Thanks for the link. Downloaded the new imdb.xml and seems to be working fine.