CashMoney 94 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) 248, MB Connect Locally - Seems to work fine. Works the same, with PIN, as other clients like Roku. When my server is down, rather than autologin it goes automatically to the MBConnect screen. All as expected. Remotely - I'll let you know in a few hours, about to test it from another location Edit - yeah, works fine, no issues I could see. MBConnect worked as it does with other clients, and whilst navigation was a little slower to my eyes (expected that) others couldn't see a problem. I give the MB Connect function for MBC a thumbs up. Edited January 10, 2015 by CashMoney
ebr 16169 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 I tried it only locally and it works well. Square theme needs to be updated to reflect remote connect. the only way I got to log into MB connect is via chocolate. I will try it remote later.. Also, I am not sure if it is this version or if it was older, but I noticed that if I select a genre, most movies are shown correctly, but if the movie is part of a collection, it pulls in the whole collection. Thus even those movies that may not be part of the same genre. It is normally not a issue, because most movies in a collection are all of the same genre. But I am using a custom (3D Movie) genre so if I select the 3D movie genre, it also pulls in movies that are not 3D just because they are part of the same collection.. Square does not have this problem. "Select a genre" where?
ronvp 92 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) "Select a genre" where? With the old legacy view disabled, go to Movies, select the genre view.. with the old legacy view enabled it all works as expected.. I also note that with the New view based options, Square has a problem pulling the correct image. i.e.: when I configure to pull genre thumbs images, it still pulls genre folder images.. Edited January 10, 2015 by ronvp
ronvp 92 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Just noticed that the new view based option does not work on folders that are configured for mixed content. Which for me is all but 1 folder. to me it only makes sense if it is consistent over all views/folders..
ebr 16169 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 Just noticed that the new view based option does not work on folders that are configured for mixed content. Which for me is all but 1 folder. to me it only makes sense if it is consistent over all views/folders.. I'm not sure I know what you mean but, if you mean showing the different slices under the main item (Resume, Genres, etc.) then I imagine that is not what most people would want. If you are using folder browsing, then you want to see the exact folder structure that you setup. The normal MBC indexing is still available in folder views.
ronvp 92 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 I'm not sure I know what you mean but, if you mean showing the different slices under the main item (Resume, Genres, etc.) then I imagine that is not what most people would want. If you are using folder browsing, then you want to see the exact folder structure that you setup. The normal MBC indexing is still available in folder views. That is what I mean. If I use the new view/slices based system, then it does not work unless the content type of the folder (configured in the server library tab) is set to a single type content say ("Movies"). If it is set to "Unset" (Mixed content), the same slices (resume, genres, etc..) are n ot available. In a nut shell: I do like the new system but find it not intuitive because it is not (yet) consistently implemented.. The web client has the same issue. A library set up as "unset" (mixed content) has less view options than a library setup for single content type (movies)
ebr 16169 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 The web client has the same issue. A library set up as "unset" (mixed content) has less view options than a library setup for single content type (movies) That is the whole reason why we are encouraging people to use defined content type libraries instead of a hodge-poge mixed setup. It allows us to provide more features.
ebr 16169 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 249: Fix watched status not updating in rare situations Allow Upcoming TV to use IBN Don't collapse into box sets in genre view Several optimizations for improved performance (possibly on remote connection as well)
Tolerant 74 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 A bunch of stuff is missing in the Config program for MBC, one part that would be useful to have back would be the listing of paths like the server has, ie. the log paths so it would be easy for users to get to the logs without having to try to figure out where they are stored.
ebr 16169 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 The configurator is being phased out. The only thing it needs to be used for now is external player and ISO setup.
CBers 7450 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 A bunch of stuff is missing in the Config program for MBC, one part that would be useful to have back would be the listing of paths like the server has, ie. the log paths so it would be easy for users to get to the logs without having to try to figure out where they are stored. The configurator is being phased out. The only thing it needs to be used for now is external player and ISO setup. It's a good idea though, especially for new users. Perhaps create an INFO tab within MBC with that information on ??
BAS 225 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 The configurator is being phased out. The only thing it needs to be used for now is external player and ISO setup. As a reminder, extender formats will need to have an option somewhere, somehow cause if that's gone playback could get really bad on extenders.
ebr 16169 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 As a reminder, extender formats will need to have an option somewhere, somehow cause if that's gone playback could get really bad on extenders. Sorry, extender setup is still in there (it is on the same page as ISO).
BAS 225 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Sorry, extender setup is still in there (it is on the same page as ISO). Yep I'm aware, I just figured since the configurator is being phased out I wanted to make sure this didn't get forgotten. I wasn't sure if phasing out meant its going a way as an option completely, or its only going to exist in the state that's it currently at.
ebr 16169 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 It is being phased out very slowly .
ronvp 92 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) That is the whole reason why we are encouraging people to use defined content type libraries instead of a hodge-poge mixed setup. It allows us to provide more features. I like to have the possibility of some of my folders to be mixed. A lot of Animated/Kids stuff is better documented/stored when it is together in a single folder. Having a single folder with all the kids stuff (TV series and Movies) is easier for them to work with than a TV section just for kids and a movie section just for kids.. The same is true for documentaries. There are quite a few TV series but also some movies. Stand-up comedy is an other one.. Keep in mind, that many of us use the DLNA capabilities of MBS and folders are much faster and easier to browse. What is hodge-podge for 1 is perfectly clear and makes sense for others! Edited January 11, 2015 by ronvp
Luke 42077 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I think what Ebr is saying is that while we have full support for your mixed content, it is more challenging for us and as a result is always going to take longer. That is why we start with the plain presentation, and then assess demand to see how much further we want to take it after that. The fact that it is a free for all makes it very difficult because everybody has their own vision of what they want it to look like. That is why it is much easier for us to start with something basic that will at least make the content accessible for everyone.
ebr 16169 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 Yes, one of the great things about MB is that you can actually organize your content in that manner and the system will still do what it can. Its just that, if we can't predict the type of content that will be encountered in any particular view, then it becomes very difficult to provide some content-specific features. So we have to go with a more generic interface. I have no plans to remove the old-style folder based browsing from MBC so that is always an option for these types of setups as well. (and I did not mean 'hodge-podge' in a detrimental sense - just that it is a collection of items of unpredictable type )
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