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Finally sorted it. The program can convert to idx instead with XBMC recognises.

Now just having trouble finding the subtitles in the first place for non-English only parts. Anyone have any good sources?

For example The Hobbit. Can't find any subtitles for non-English parts anywhere!
 
Is there a way of excluding a smart playlist or folder from Movies, but still have them in the library?

For example I have a load of Pixar shorts which are stored in a separate folder within my main Films folder. I've created a smart playlist which I have a submenu for, but I don't want them to then appear amongst all the other main films.
 
You need to create another Smart Playlist which explicitly excludes the stuff you've set up alternative Smart Playlists for.

Then, assuming you're using a skin which allows customisation, you will replace the default "Movies" link with a link to your new Smart Playlist.
 
I spotted an add-on on the official forum a while back, but stupidly forgot to make a note of it, but I've just come across it again...

Send-To

SendTo

About:

Many households now have XBMC running on multiple devices in the home. Pieces like MySQL functionality and path substitution are good ways to make sure your music and video files are available and synchronized by any XBMC host available. A function that was always missing for me though was a real awareness of what was happening between each host instance. Consider the following scenerios:

Scenerio 1
You're in room A of the house listening to music on XBMC. You decide that you'd like to continue listening while eating a meal in room B. Even with MySQL setup within your home you'd have to stop the music, go to the next XBMC host, find the song, and resume. If the file you are playing is actually part of a larger playlist you'd have to save the playlist or recreate it on the other XBMC machine, making the process even more complicated.

Scenerio 2
You're watching a TV show on your main HTPC. Your children or significant other ask that they use the larger TV. Luckily you have a iPad running XBMC; however you'll still have to stop what you're doing, find the TV show on your iPad and then continue watching.

The SendTo addon seeks to make these processes easier by providing some automation between hosts.

How Does It Work:

In the Programs area of XBMC you can launch the SendTo addon and define each of your hosts. I really wanted to use only native XBMC windows so adding hosts will bring up multiple prompts to collect information. Once a host is added you can click on it to see what is currently playing and perform the following actions:

Transfer now playing - essentially this is a "pull" of the current playlist from a remote host to the current one. This will stop all media playing on the remote host and play the file where it left off on the new device.

Start playing this file - Starts playing the selected file from the beginning
Copy playlist, starting here - Copies the entire playlist from the remote machine but starts playback on the file you've specified
Stop playback - stops playing media on the remote host
Send Notification - type a message to send to the remote host

Sending Media:

With proper skin support (important!) you can launch the SendTo addon while watching a video or playing music on XBMC. The addon will ask you which XBMC host you wish to send your video or music playlist to, and then run the necessary commands via the JSONRPC interface to recreate the playlist and continue the file exactly where you left off on the first XBMC instance. The "Send" and "Transfer" commands are essentially mirrors of each other except one pushes media to a remote host and the other pulls media from one.

How Can I Use It:

Once the addon is installed and the hosts added a few other pieces must exist in order to send files between the hosts.

a) Enable Web Services (JSONRPC) under the Services section of XBMC on all hosts
b) Make sure each XBMC host has the same sources defined so they can play the sent files
c) Proper skin support. The addon can easily be added to the Music and Video menus by adding an option to call XBMC.RunScript(script.sendto,mode=1000). An alternative to this would be to map the RunScript command to a button on your remote.

Disclaimer:

This is not airplay-like functionality! This addon is not streaming via upnp or any other protocol from Host A to Host B. We are stopping file playback, and then resuming it on another device so both must have access to the original source. MySQL and path subsititution are not necessary; however access to the sources on both machines is. MySQL is just a nice bonus if you want the watched flags and other info to line up when continuing playback from device to device.
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https://github.com/robweber/script.sendto

Just going through the process of setting it up now, imagine I'll need to tweak skin or remote config to make it work - but sounds very interesting!
 
Thanks for all your help guys. Got pretty much everything sorted now including theme music for all the TV series. The Homeland music in the background is especially awesome :D.

Main Menu

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Sub menu

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All films

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3D films

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Pixar shorts

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TV shows

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TV episodes

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Love it :). So glad I got an HTPC!
 
Slowly getting there! Not sure if I'll even attempt to sort out my music.


Movies main menu

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Movies (unwatched)

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TV shows main menu

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TV shows

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TV shows episodes

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For some reason in 'tv shows episodes' the background doesn't change even though I've selected multi image. :( Works fine in the main menu when changing from TV shows to movies and the TV shows menu when swapping between different shows.
 
Anyone else have this problem..

If I have BR or DVD in my drive, then start up XBMC, it spends ages trying to scan the disc ~1minute, then goes in. It's annoying..

I'd rather disable the DVD reading totally in XBMC
 
Pete1989 said:
I've been on a bit of a mission to get my XBMC set-up properly, how I like it and with a few little tweaks, in the last few days.
These are the results;
I'm using Aeon Nox as my skin, have the main screen just with the 3 items, movies, tv and shutdown (I need to rename the shutdown so it takes up less space). Background for each one is a multi-image with a folder of all scrubbed fan art.


I've been using Media Center Master to download all the fan art, metadata, trailers too (all are now locally stored, no need to rely on yt) Also artwork downloader for the Clear Logos which look awesome imo. It's taken quite a lot of time, scratching of heads but i've got there in the end. :D
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This looks amazing
First one I've seen that I like better than wmc

So.. What's been holding me back.. Live TV. Where are we with this guy's?
With the screen shots from the above I may just deal with wmc and xbmc

Aw I do not want to go through the setup! Grr
 
I've got LiveTV now working at home.

ArgusTV is set up on my server, which has a BlackGold BGT3620 dual DVB-T2 tuner (FreeviewHD)

I've got 5 clients now connecting to it with the ability to watch LiveTV. Given the right mix of channels, all 5 could watch different things (assuming the channels are on the same multiplex - for example I could watch all 4 HD channels [1 multiplex] and any other channel simultaneously)

The one thing that's missing from the XBMC front-end is setting up a series link - but the web interface of ArgusTV allows you to do this fairly easily. We typically don't add series links all the time - so I've got the task of doing this now until the functionality is added to XBMC.
 
Confused said:
I've got LiveTV now working at home.

ArgusTV is set up on my server, which has a BlackGold BGT3620 dual DVB-T2 tuner (FreeviewHD)

I've got 5 clients now connecting to it with the ability to watch LiveTV. Given the right mix of channels, all 5 could watch different things (assuming the channels are on the same multiplex - for example I could watch all 4 HD channels [1 multiplex] and any other channel simultaneously)

The one thing that's missing from the XBMC front-end is setting up a series link - but the web interface of ArgusTV allows you to do this fairly easily. We typically don't add series links all the time - so I've got the task of doing this now until the functionality is added to XBMC.
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I also have a t2 card. Does this work well? Problem I have is server isn't in a room with an aerial socket so maybe this isn't viable for me.. A shame

I don't use series link anyway.

Do you have any screen shots? Or advice?
 
Here's BBC Two HD (no resizing, hence spoiler):

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I'm also viewing Dave on the laptop sat next to me, and BBC One HD is on the TV downstairs.

This is the Status window from ArgusTV Recorder Console (this is where you set up the cards, scan for channels etc)

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And the current EPG showing in the Scheduler Console:

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There's also a web interface which gives you the EPG and the ability to record stuff.

From the EPG within XBMC, you can set a timer, and cancel a timer. Which if you don't want Series Link, will give you all the functionality you require.

You'll see here I've got The Voice set to record on Saturday:

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