[djdafreund]

Thanks for those trailers links. I used to have all the DD ones. Now i can get them. That would be cool, using tags or something, that if maybe a setting, or plugin, could auto-play the proper dvd manufacture video file beforehand if it see's the file.

Thanks SO much for making the plugin!!!!! I'm guessing it will be some kind of option in the future to choose how many trailers it plays in a future version (Instead of 3, maybe 4 or even just 2 for example.) I played with it some yesterday and it's actually working really nicely!!!! Thanks a bunch again.

[Nuka1195]

edit the settings.xml file manually.

[djdafreund]

I know i can edit them. I just meant that would be neat for the people not quite technological -challenged. I just haven't checked out the .ini's yet, i was writing previous post during my lunch hour at work earlier. Such great work though. It's been asked in another thread, and hear you guys aleady made a plugin to do this function. Very nice addition to the theater room. THanks again.

[moddster]

I tried the Movie Theater Plugin but I am unable to access the Videos even after modifying settings.xml

My SMB Shares address SMB://WASAY
My videos reside in F:\video\Movies
My pre-trailer video in F:\video\dolbyrain.vob

Here is what my settings.xml looks like:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!-- for now you must manually edit this file -->
<settings>
    <!-- no slash at end of paths -->
    <setting title="Path to videos" type="folder" option="files" name="path">smb://WASAY</setting>
    <setting title="Path to movies" type="folder" option="files" name="path">F:\\video</setting>
    <setting title="Path to pre trailers video [optional]" type="video" option="files" name="trailer_intro_path">F:\\video\dolbyrain.vob</setting>
    <!--setting title="Path to post trailers video [optional]" type="video" option="files" name="movie_intro_path"></setting>
    <!-- passwords are plain text -->
    <setting title="SMB username" type="string" option="" name="username">Guest</setting>
    <setting title="SMB password" type="string" option="hidden" name="password"></setting>
    <!-- an integer is required -->
    <setting title="Number of trailers to play" type="select int" option="1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10" name="number_trailers">2</setting>
    <!-- choose one of the following or leave blank for any: G PG PG-13 R NC-17 -->
    <setting title="MPAA rating limit" type="select" option="G,PG,PG-13,R,NC-17,-" name="rating"></setting>
    <!-- choose one of the following or leave blank for any: Low Medium High 480p 720p 1080p -->
    <setting title="Preferred trailer quality" type="select" option="Low,Medium,High,480p,720p,1080p" name="quality">High</setting>
    <!-- 0=any type of trailers, 1=only include trailers that have a 720p or 1080p quality -->
    <setting title="Include only HD trailers" type="bool" option="" name="only_hd">0</setting>
</settings>

Please post a reply with what it should look like. I have followed all the guidelines said in the thread to make it works, but it doesn't. What am I doing wrong?:confused2:

[Gamester17]

@Nuka, how does this plugin select which trailers to display before a movie?, just randomly or does it (or could it) scrape and use for example the "Recommendations" from IMDb?

...if you look at the page bottom of any movie listed on IMDb.com it lists 5 recommendated movies ("If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/
You can also go directly to a list of more than 5 recommendations with this URL
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/recommendations

[Nuka1195]

@moddster, you going to have to give it a sharename. I'm assuming WASAY is the computer name or NAS. You don't even need the smb:// if your videos are on the xbox.

@Gamester17, it's just randomly picking from AMT's database.

[C-Quel]

Would be a bit more consistent if trailers were random from eg the same year ... or genre ... i can see it now my cousin pops round to watch TOY STORY and runs in the kitchen crying when a trailer for SAW IV pops up :p

[Nuka1195]

C-quel, theres a rating limit setting, but, maybe a good idea to autoset the mpaa rating from your movie. I thought about adding a genre, but your way would exclude newest.

Also, how would I get that info? I don't think that info is in XBMC's db. If it was and someone didn't use Library then what?

Gamester17, With the way people name there movies, I'm not sure a search would work satisfactorily. I like the idea, The only way I can think of is if that info is in XBMC's db, then your path to videos could be videodb://..., then the plugin would list the libraries movies and maybe it could do what you two want.

[moddster]

I am still unable to get the file listing using the Movie Theater Plugin. I removed the SMB shares and now I am getting the error: Could not connect to network server.

For now I just want to view Movies residing on the XBOX to the path F:\video\Movies

[Gamester17]

Would be a bit more consistent if trailers were random from eg the same year ... or genre ... i can see it now my cousin pops round to watch TOY STORY and runs in the kitchen crying when a trailer for SAW IV pops up :p

Same Genre AND Year would probably work great alone

....by the way, this is how IMDb does recommendations:

How do the recommendations work?

With nearly 937,000 titles on the IMDb it isn't feasible to handpick Recommendations for every film. That's why we came up with a complex formula to suggest titles that fit along with the selected film and, most importantly, let our trusted user base steer those selections. The formula uses factors such as user votes, genre, title, keywords, and, most importantly, user recommendations themselves to generate an automatic response.

We're proud of our system for, if you disagree with a Recommendation for a given title and know of a better one, we encourage you to help us improve the results. Look for the "Update" button or the "Add a Recommendation" link at the bottom of the page and add more relevant (or just plain more) Keywords, or add the titles that you think should be surfacing, and help make Recommends more useful, more appropriate, and more fun.

[Nuka1195]

moddster, sounds like either your xml file is corrupt or you have an outdated build of XBMC.

pastebin your xml file and i'll have a look. you can also view it in internet explorer and make sure it's not corrupt.

@Gamester17, the only problem with me implementing a better trailer choice, is what do i base it on. the genre, rating is not available from a file list. scraping imdb, may work if the person movies were named properly. The other options are using XBMC db (videodb// as the path) or nfo files.

I don't know if the later anybody would go to the trouble of creating unless they already had them.

I just committed a patch to XBMC, that will allow me to fill in some of the info and thumbnail for playing videos.

I'll commit the updated plugin later, but it will NOT work on XBMC builds older than rev10545.

[Johnnyfive]

Two versions of the Pearl and Dean intros are available here.

[smokeyfingaz]

done some personalised xbmc movie intro vids - fox them & universal - by following the guide on the avsforums (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=715166).

not perfect, got a bit of flickering on the fox one (and i didnt use hi def rendering as that would have taken 60+ hours in my pc)

preview pic:

get from:
http://rapidshare.com/files/64322985/XBM...s.rar.html

[Nuka1195]

nice, thanks

[HarshReality]

done some personalised xbmc movie intro vids - fox them & universal - by following the guide on the avsforums (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=715166).

not perfect, got a bit of flickering on the fox one (and i didnt use hi def rendering as that would have taken 60+ hours in my pc)

preview pic:

get from:
http://rapidshare.com/files/64322985/XBM...s.rar.html

I LOVE THESE! Of course my wife... she says you have way to much time but I reminded her "It got results!". I bet people like her were around when the paperclip was invented... look where it went!