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RE: Dropbox addon - AniMac - 2013-12-22

Ah, thanks for the heads up. Told you I was a noob...


RE: Dropbox addon - giovaorama - 2014-01-30

Hi.
I'm using the test version of this addon with openelec in my raspberry pi.

It seems to me that the synchronization works just the first time after a boot.

If later i add other files to the folder to be syncronized they will never be downloaded until the next boot.

If you need log file or that i make other test, just tell me.

Thanks


RE: Dropbox addon - freddy_krueger - 2014-02-03

hi
first ,thanks for this addon
second , i have a dropbox folder with some .strm inside , when i try to read them by video/addon i can see them but can't read
is there a way to launch strm files directly without download ?
thanks again


RE: Dropbox addon - shivup - 2014-02-04

Great addon.. I have "do not cache(stream video and music files)" checked under setttings.. but unable to open .mpg video from dropbox.. when i click on it, nothing happens.. any help will be appreciated..
thanks Smile


RE: Dropbox addon - josetaza - 2014-02-04

(2014-01-30, 08:45)giovaorama Wrote: Hi.
I'm using the test version of this addon with openelec in my raspberry pi.

It seems to me that the synchronization works just the first time after a boot.

If later i add other files to the folder to be syncronized they will never be downloaded until the next boot.

If you need log file or that i make other test, just tell me.

Thanks
In the mean time I have fixed some issues. I recall also an issue were files were not synced anymore. So I think it will work in next release. The next release will come soon, next week I hope...

(2014-02-03, 13:16)freddy_krueger Wrote: hi
first ,thanks for this addon
second , i have a dropbox folder with some .strm inside , when i try to read them by video/addon i can see them but can't read
is there a way to launch strm files directly without download ?
thanks again
The reason why .strm files are not cached/streamed by the addon is because they are not recongnized by Dropbox. All the files which are cashed/streamed from Dropbox are the file which are known to Dropbox as video, music or picture files. See also this link on the files which are known to Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/help/6/en
I'm sorry but the only option is to download them first. I think it might work when you sync the files locally to XBMC (the new sync feature of the addon). You can select a specific directory from Dropbox to sync locally.

(2014-02-04, 02:23)shivup Wrote: Great addon.. I have "do not cache(stream video and music files)" checked under setttings.. but unable to open .mpg video from dropbox.. when i click on it, nothing happens.. any help will be appreciated..
thanks Smile
It should be possible to stream a .mpg file. This one is recognized by Dropbox. Could you send me your xbmc.log file (preferably with debug log level) to see what is going on. Thanks.


RE: Dropbox addon - freddy_krueger - 2014-02-05

(2014-02-04, 18:51)josetaza Wrote:
(2014-01-30, 08:45)giovaorama Wrote: Hi.
I'm using the test version of this addon with openelec in my raspberry pi.

It seems to me that the synchronization works just the first time after a boot.

If later i add other files to the folder to be syncronized they will never be downloaded until the next boot.

If you need log file or that i make other test, just tell me.

Thanks
In the mean time I have fixed some issues. I recall also an issue were files were not synced anymore. So I think it will work in next release. The next release will come soon, next week I hope...

(2014-02-03, 13:16)freddy_krueger Wrote: I have tried what you say.now when i launch xbmc a pop up appear "dropbox synchronising 0/48" but stay at 0



hi
first ,thanks for this addon
second , i have a dropbox folder with some .strm inside , when i try to read them by video/addon i can see them but can't read
is there a way to launch strm files directly without download ?
thanks again
The reason why .strm files are not cached/streamed by the addon is because they are not recongnized by Dropbox. All the files which are cashed/streamed from Dropbox are the file which are known to Dropbox as video, music or picture files. See also this link on the files which are known to Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/help/6/en
I'm sorry but the only option is to download them first. I think it might work when you sync the files locally to XBMC (the new sync feature of the addon). You can select a specific directory from Dropbox to sync locally.

(2014-02-04, 02:23)shivup Wrote: Great addon.. I have "do not cache(stream video and music files)" checked under setttings.. but unable to open .mpg video from dropbox.. when i click on it, nothing happens.. any help will be appreciated..
thanks Smile
It should be possible to stream a .mpg file. This one is recognized by Dropbox. Could you send me your xbmc.log file (preferably with debug log level) to see what is going on. Thanks.



RE: Dropbox addon - freddy_krueger - 2014-02-06

I'm sorry to say that,but i've round a better way
I use dropsynch app from playstore ,this app synchronize the folder i want use in my android tv stick every selected minutes in background
next i add this folder as movie source in xbmc , all i have to do is scan for new content and voila
although thanks for your work


RE: Dropbox addon - giovaorama - 2014-02-06

The developer suggests to use the native Dropbox app if available.

Unfortunately this is not my case (raspberry pi + openelec)


RE: Dropbox addon - josetaza - 2014-02-07

Yes that is correct, it is better to use the Dropbox app to sync if it is available on your platform. That is a much better working and more stable! Creating a good synchronization app is not simple and I'm thinking about leaving it as a one way sync only. I don't want to be responsible for files/dirs that get accidentally deleted or creating a mess on peoples Dropbox accounts. Even though Dropbox has a fairly good history/revert mechanism. Confused
With this one way sync, as implemented now, it will not give problems like that.

On 4 February I have released a new version (0.6.3). If you have the addon installed it should automatically update to the new version. If not you can download it from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc-dropbox/


RE: Dropbox addon - taltal13 - 2014-02-12

Hi,

I'm on raspbmc - I get to step 8 but the last popup doesn't come up to let me close the webviewer. I see on dropbox.com that I'm signed in but it does say there's an error. I've tried going back to close to the web viewer, and I've tried rebooting right after I have allowed access without closing the webviewer but every time I open dbmc it asks me to log in to allow access....any ideas?


RE: Dropbox addon - josetaza - 2014-02-12

(2014-02-12, 19:29)taltal13 Wrote: Hi,

I'm on raspbmc - I get to step 8 but the last popup doesn't come up to let me close the webviewer. I see on dropbox.com that I'm signed in but it does say there's an error. I've tried going back to close to the web viewer, and I've tried rebooting right after I have allowed access without closing the webviewer but every time I open dbmc it asks me to log in to allow access....any ideas?
I just checked the login procedure and I see that step 8 indeed doesn't work like described. I will check what is going on...
However, my login was successful even though I didn't get the popup! When the last web-page was shown (just after pressing the allow button), I pressed the esc-key and the access code was still saved. I could browse my dropbox account after that.

On the last web-page, if you scroll down you should see something like "Enter this code into Dbmc (XBMC Plugin) to finish the process...". if you press the esc-key the code is still saved.

This is now solved in version 0.6.5!


RE: Dropbox addon - josetaza - 2014-02-16

Dbmc (version 0.7.0) has been added to the official XBMC repositories!
See also: http://addons.xbmc.org/show/plugin.dbmc/


RE: Dropbox addon - shivup - 2014-02-21

FYI, Videos(streaming) dont play on Linux XBMC (XBMCBuntu 12.2), They play on android XBMC Smile


RE: Dropbox addon - giovaorama - 2014-02-21

Hi,
The synchronization works just the first time after the boot.

Version 0.7.0 on openelec 3.2.4


RE: DBMC autostart - nickedw - 2014-02-21

I would like to start a slide show automatically when the system reboots. I would appreciate some direction how to go about scripting this. Thanks

Is there a way to change the length of time each slide displays? Also can i turn off the 'motion' effect when the slide displays? Thanks for any help