[sphere]

Hi,

I fixed the add-on and uploaded the fixed version you should receive an update shortly (max 24h).

Here is the changelog (everything should now work again)
- fixed The Big Picture Scraper (thx to Tobias Kühne)
- fixed AtlanticInFocus Scraper
- fixed SacBeeFrame Scraper
- fixed WallStreetJournal Scraper
- fixed TotallyCoolPix Scraper
- removed TimeLightbox Scraper
- removed NewYorkTimesLens Scraper
- improved performance on weak machines in The Big Picture and Atlantic in Focus

regards,
sphere

[braz]

This is one of the best xbmc addons - thanks to the devs!

TheBigPicture has been working great for years. However since somewhere in the Gotham cycle, there is a minor annoyance.

Using XBMC (13.1 stable) - default theme (confluence), I added this add-on as a "Shortcut" in the Home Screen so that it shows up right below "Pictures" in XBMC's main screen.

Selecting the addon icon and presing "OK" in the remote launches the addon shortcut. This used to work just fine with TheBigPicture, but no longer does. Now clicking on the TBP shortcut produces no results. All other shortcuts (including Flickr) work just fine, only TBP broke somehow.

Tried removing the add-on, erasing the addon's folder and reinstalling, removing and re-adding the shortcut, etc etc, with no avail, The shortcut just refuses to work.

Any idea of what could be happening?

I'm using Kodi 15 Isengard, but I had the same experience. The Big Picture runs fine when run from the Picture Add-ons window, but couldn't get it to run from the Addon Information dialog or from a custom submenu item.

I was able to fix my submenu action by changing it from RunAddOn() to RunScript(). Not sure if it is an issue with the addon, Kodi, or SkinShortcuts.

Sphere...thanks for a very cool addon.

[mike_samaki]

I love this addon and glad it exists for Kodi. Works perfectly on Kodi 15 Isengard!

I have a problem (nothing to do with the addon itself) which hopefully someone can help me out with. I'm trying to get the pictures to show up on my main menu (I'm using Xperience1080 btw). Bear in mind I'm still learning the ropes with Kodi so would fully understand if I did something rather noobish!

PHP Code:

09:52:25 T:2336  NOTICE: CommonFunctions-2.5.1
09:52:25 T:2336  NOTICE: TheBigPictures Plugin: run started in photos-mode
09:52:25 T:2336  NOTICE: TheBigPictures Plugin: params={'scraper_id': '0', 'album_url': 'http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture'}
09:52:25 T:2336  NOTICE: TheBigPictures Manager: __init__ with enabled_scrapers: None
09:52:25 T:2336  NOTICE: TheBigPictures Manager: switch_to_given_id id=0
09:52:25 T:2336  NOTICE: TheBigPictures ScraperPlugin[TheBigPictures]: _get_html opening url "http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture"
09:52:25 T:6704  NOTICE: [plugin.video.youtube] Running: YouTube (5.1.0) on Isengard (15.0) with Python 2.7.8
09:52:26 T:7260   ERROR: dll_fputs emulated function failed
09:52:27 T:7260   ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
09:52:27 T:7260 WARNING: No information found for item 'F:\Movies\Crossroads 1986\Crossroads 1986.mkv', it won't be added to the library.
09:52:28 T:7260   ERROR: dll_fputs emulated function failed
09:52:28 T:2336  NOTICE: TheBigPictures ScraperPlugin[TheBigPictures]: get_tree received 324272 bytes
09:52:28 T:2336  NOTICE: TheBigPictures Manager: __del__
09:52:28 T:2336   ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                             - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                            Error Type: <type 'exceptions.IndexError'>
                                            Error Contents: list index out of range
                                            Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.image.bigpictures\plugin.py", line 66, in <module>
                                                show_photos(scraper_id, album_url)
                                              File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.image.bigpictures\plugin.py", line 33, in show_photos
                                                for photo in scraper_manager.get_photos(album_url):
                                              File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.module.bigpictures\lib\thebigpictures.py", line 80, in get_photos
                                                photos = self.current_scraper.get_photos(album_url)
                                              File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.module.bigpictures\lib\scrapers.py", line 60, in get_photos
                                                return self._photos.get(album_url) or self._get_photos(album_url)
                                              File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\portable_data\addons\script.module.bigpictures\lib\scrapers.py", line 150, in _get_photos
                                                description = stripTags(parseDOM(descs[_id], 'div', attrs={'class': 'gcaption geor'})[0])
                                            IndexError: list index out of range
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--
09:52:28 T:7740   ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://script.image.bigpictures/?scraper_id=0&album_url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture 


Code:

<content>plugin://script.image.bigpictures/?scraper_id=0&album_url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture</content>

I'm sorry if I'm asking this in the wrong place. Thanks for any help and thanks for this great addon!

[dkplayaclub]

In Focus - The Atlantic source does not work for me. All other sources load up really well, but when I try to access it I just get a never ending working pinwheel.
Is this a known bug?

EDIT - I also noticed that sometimes, selecting an album doesn't open the album, but is completely unresponsive. I haven't used this addon in a while, but I never had any issues in the past. I am testing on a Windows machine, running Kodi 15.1.

[miketheburrito]

Is this addon dead?

[idleloop]

Hi,

I've updated this plugin, based on last kodi available version by dersphere.
There are also installable zips for Kodi:

- fixed for Kodi 17
- fixed 4 scrapers and removed the rest:
The Big Picture, AtlanticInFocus, TotallyCoolPix, NewYorkTimesLens
- added reddit images

https://github.com/idleloop-github/scrip...igpictures

[Martijn]

Great,

Feel free to submit it as update to our repo so all can benefit.
http://kodi.wiki/view/Submitting%20Add-ons#Github

[idleloop]

I'll take a look at the procedures, thanks Martijn.

I've updated the addon to integrate and patch the fork from Razzeee to add Reddit images.

Greetings

[Botafuco]

For some time now this addon correctly shows the text for an album/site but never shows the pictures, it gets stuck on a loading animation.

Anyone else with this issue? Are there alternatives tonthis addon that anyone can recommend?

[city_zen]

Hi,

I've updated this plugin, based on last kodi available version by dersphere.
There are also installable zips for Kodi:

- fixed for Kodi 17
- fixed 4 scrapers and removed the rest:
The Big Picture, AtlanticInFocus, TotallyCoolPix, NewYorkTimesLens

https://github.com/idleloop-github/scrip...igpictures
https://github.com/idleloop-github/scrip...igpictures

 Thank you idleloop for bringing this add-on back to life

I think you're still maintaining and developing it, right? I saw that you released a new version at your github (https://github.com/idleloop-github/scrip...igpictures) just a few days ago

Would it be possible to resurrect the other Big Pictures add-on? I mean the Big Pictures screensaver add-on. I don't know whether the code between the two add-ons is very different or not, but in case it's not that different, do you think it is something that you can tackle?

It would be totally understandable if you can't, I realize that this is something that you guys do for free on your spare time.

In any case, thank again for keeping The Big Pictures working

[zbyna]

For some time now this addon correctly shows the text for an album/site but never shows the pictures, it gets stuck on a loading animation.

Anyone else with this issue? Are there alternatives tonthis addon that anyone can recommend?

Yes, I encountered this issue too. Then I disable automatic updates for this addon and installed this version:
idleloop-github and everything works well.

[zbyna]

The scraper for Boston Globe is broken. Pictures properties are stored in JavaScript objects. The rest works well.

[idleloop]

The scraper for Boston Globe is broken. Pictures properties are stored in JavaScript objects. The rest works well.

Boston Globe patched !
You can download the new addon zip v4.3.5 from https://github.com/idleloop-github/scrip...gpictures/
Greetings!

[zbyna]

The scraper for Boston Globe is broken. Pictures properties are stored in JavaScript objects. The rest works well.

Boston Globe patched !
You can download the new addon zip v4.3.5 from https://github.com/idleloop-github/scrip...gpictures/
Greetings! 

Thanks for update. 

[idleloop]

Sites patched once more time.
Now plugin name has changed from script.image.bigpictures to plugin.image.bigpictures
Version 5.1 available at https://github.com/idleloop-github/plugi...gpictures/