ebr 16169 Posted October 19, 2013 Author Posted October 19, 2013 These all sound like issues with the theme so I would post them in the Roc thread. Also, there should be two errors in the event log and one of them should be labeled a ".net error". That is the one that will provide the best information. Thanks.
ebr 16169 Posted October 19, 2013 Author Posted October 19, 2013 Neo. Could be a problem with Neo and your particular style of remote. Please try in default or chocolate and see what happens.
CBers 7450 Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Could be a problem with Neo and your particular style of remote. Please try in default or chocolate and see what happens.Will do, thanks. The remote is just a basic MCE remote. It's a real shame that NEO can't be enhanced as I, and many others by the sounds of it, prefer it to other themes. Oh well Edited October 19, 2013 by CBers 1
Logos302 86 Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 Did you install the photo support plug-in in MBC? It's working now. Guess it just took awhile.
CBers 7450 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 Could be a problem with Neo and your particular style of remote. Please try in default or chocolate and see what happens. I installed Chocolate an the playback works fine.
heula 192 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 These all sound like issues with the theme so I would post them in the Roc thread. Also, there should be two errors in the event log and one of them should be labeled a ".net error". That is the one that will provide the best information. Thanks. Okay will look for that and post it in the roc threat.
ebr 16169 Posted October 20, 2013 Author Posted October 20, 2013 I installed Chocolate an the playback works fine. Okay, then what that tells me is that your remote is probably sending the "play/pause" command instead of the "play" command and Neo is not picking that up properly. If the remote you use is programmable, see if you can switch its play command. There are two of them depending on when the remote was made - Play/Pause and Play.
CBers 7450 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 Okay, then what that tells me is that your remote is probably sending the "play/pause" command instead of the "play" command and Neo is not picking that up properly. If the remote you use is programmable, see if you can switch its play command. There are two of them depending on when the remote was made - Play/Pause and Play. No it's not programmable, it's just a basic MCE remote:
CWNashvegas 170 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 No it's not programmable, it's just a basic MCE remote: I have that exact same remote! Cheapest one on Amazon, and the best one I've ever had. 1
CBers 7450 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 I have that exact same remote! Cheapest one on Amazon, and the best one I've ever had. Even cheaper on eBay
ebr 16169 Posted October 20, 2013 Author Posted October 20, 2013 That's actually the same one I got for a new htpc recently and it does send "play/pause" not "play".
CWNashvegas 170 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 That's actually the same one I got for a new htpc recently and it does send "play/pause" not "play". Which is sad, considering it has a button for each. I just love the mouse control because it's quick to reclaim focus on WMC when my phone pop-up grabs focus on the other display. (Otherwise, the next time I hit a button, I accidentally dial a number instead.)
CBers 7450 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 That's actually the same one I got for a new htpc recently and it does send "play/pause" not "play". So it's NEO not liking the remote/MBPhoto?
ebr 16169 Posted October 20, 2013 Author Posted October 20, 2013 Doesn't have anything to do with MBPhoto. It is just Neo.
CBers 7450 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 Doesn't have anything to do with MBPhoto. It is just Neo. OK, thanks. Will have to get used to another theme I suppose Come back ST, all is forgiven.
Lee 212 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 @cbers get used to another theme?? sacrilege!!! surely someone can talk soultaker round.... 1
madfloyd 0 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 So I just tried this and it will not show any photos, just videos. What's worse is all the videos are upside down. I would prefer that it shows PHOTOS (.JPG) and ignores videos (.MOV). Any chance of you making this change, ebr? I'd love to be able to cycle through photos in my home theater...
ebr 16169 Posted October 21, 2013 Author Posted October 21, 2013 Have you marked your photo collection with the appropriate type?
madfloyd 0 Posted October 22, 2013 Posted October 22, 2013 Have you marked your photo collection with the appropriate type? Yup, and I just re-did it to be sure. In the web browser I see all the photos (.jpg files) but in MB Classic, it does the following: - shows me two subdirectories - the backdrop is a random photo and it cycles through a bunch of them. It doesn't display them all at the right aspect ratio (iPhone pictures that are portrait are stretched width-wise). If I choose one of the subdirectories, it then shows me a list of all the .MOV files, but not any .JPGs. Ultimately I would like a way to show .JPG files with control over whether there is a navigable UI present (in other words, I'd like to be able to view the photo without any UI partially obscuring it and only call up the UI when I want to navigate to a particular photo.
Redshirt 1487 Posted October 22, 2013 Posted October 22, 2013 do you also have the mbphoto plugin installed in MB Classic? It's installed through the MB Classic configurator. 1
ebr 16169 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Posted October 22, 2013 As red pointed out, MBC requires an additional plug-in for photo support.
Spaceboy 2573 Posted October 22, 2013 Posted October 22, 2013 hi, i'm seeing exactly the same as madfloyd except i can only see videos in both the web browser and mb classic. i have the mb photo plug in installed on both the server and mb classic and the folder is set as the correct type
madfloyd 0 Posted October 23, 2013 Posted October 23, 2013 OK, I did NOT have the plugin installed via Classic Configurator. I had it installed on the server side MB Photo 0.0.7.0. It wasn't clear to me that there were two plugins to be installed. I just installed the client side one and will test and report back. Thanks.
madfloyd 0 Posted October 23, 2013 Posted October 23, 2013 OK, so it sees my photos now... but I have to say the plugin as I see it has questionable value. It shows the photo content like it was movies - i.e. I can show my photos as 'coverflow' etc. Interestingly enough, the coverflow thumbnails have the right aspect ratio but the backdrop (which is using photos) displays them stretched (distorted aspect ratio). If you select a photo, it displays it (wrong aspect ratio again) but with additional info on screen. Shouldn't a photo plugin show nothing BUT the photo unless the user desires to see info on it? I want to scroll through photos full screen (with proper aspect ratio) and only call up a thumbnail view if I'm searching for a specific photo.
ebr 16169 Posted October 23, 2013 Author Posted October 23, 2013 OK, so it sees my photos now... but I have to say the plugin as I see it has questionable value. It shows the photo content like it was movies - i.e. I can show my photos as 'coverflow' etc. Interestingly enough, the coverflow thumbnails have the right aspect ratio but the backdrop (which is using photos) displays them stretched (distorted aspect ratio). If you select a photo, it displays it (wrong aspect ratio again) but with additional info on screen. Shouldn't a photo plugin show nothing BUT the photo unless the user desires to see info on it? I want to scroll through photos full screen (with proper aspect ratio) and only call up a thumbnail view if I'm searching for a specific photo. We have to work within the confines of the existing system. The views you are using were written as much as two years ago and designed for video content and are within the individual themes. So, there isn't much we can do about that. However, there are lots of views in several themes that will show photos in a nice way so play around with the selections. As for browsing one at a time, try hitting the play button on your remote on either a folder of photos or an individual one. It will start to play them back full screen (complete with music accompaniment if you put a 'slideshow.wpl' in the folder) and you can pause them or 'next' your way through them with the channel up/down buttons.
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