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NEW: Spotlight
RedJ:
I scanned this thread and didn't see the request, so sorry if it's a repeat:
I love the Spotlight information but would like to see it as a Now Playing view mode so it could complement the cover/track info and also so it doesn't have to be triggered for each individual track. I realize there will be some layout issues to work through to make the appending part happen. If this isn't a near-term consideration, please add a flag to auto update the Spotlight window when the active track changes so it can be used in lieu of a traditional Now Playing view mode.
cncb:
--- Quote from: arcspin on July 06, 2022, 02:27:55 pm ---These movies do not work:
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Sorcerer from 1977
(Both in MKV)
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Both of these seem to work for me. I'm not sure what is different. Non-English language?
cncb:
--- Quote from: RedJ on July 09, 2022, 04:33:29 pm ---I love the Spotlight information but would like to see it as a Now Playing view mode so it could complement the cover/track info and also so it doesn't have to be triggered for each individual track. I realize there will be some layout issues to work through to make the appending part happen.
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This works for the "Simple" track info view but should work for others:
1) Enable Media Network. Go to Tools | Options | Media Network and check "Use Media Network to share this library and enable DLNA".
2) Add this line to Visualizations\Track Info\Simple\index.html right before </body>:
<iframe src="http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Spotlight/GetPage" style="width:100%; height:100%"></iframe>
RedJ:
--- Quote from: cncb on July 10, 2022, 08:43:20 am ---This works for the "Simple" track info view but should work for others:
1) Enable Media Network. Go to Tools | Options | Media Network and check "Use Media Network to share this library and enable DLNA".
2) Add this line to Visualizations\Track Info\Simple\index.html right before </body>:
<iframe src="http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Spotlight/GetPage" style="width:100%; height:100%"></iframe>
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Thanks for the tip cncb. That worked great, although some of the track info pages are a bit dated-looking.
I spent some time and updated the html on both the Track Info pages and the Spotlight xsl file to lay things out a little better visually, remove large gaps, and move the About section up before the images. Now that I'm done, I would suggest changing the default layout to this order:
For fun, I also modified the Spotlight button icon asset to look like one of those old Klieg lights with Fresnel lenses the used to use at movie premiers:
Buldarged:
So, I've finally discovered the new Spotlight feature for TV shows and I must say that I like it.
However, it still suffers from a number of bugs:
- Problem: Sometimes the lookup confuses the series.
Example: The series "Alias" with the TMDB ID 2046 shows the Spotlight for series "Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ" with the TMDB ID 70828.
Suggested solution: Use TMDB ID if set. Wrong IDs are usually already corrected with or for "Get Movie & TV info". Only use the series name as fallback.
Synergy: Currently undetected "Recommended TV Shows" that are present in the library could be correctly detected the same way.
- Problem: Episodes with a leading zero (e.g. E01) are not detected by Spotlight and do not receive the green "Play from library" button
Removing the leading zero fixes the problem after a click on "Update data" at the bottom of Spotlight. However, I still think this should be fixed, as leading zeros in episodes are quite common.
I haven't tested it, but seasons with leading zeroes might cause issues too.
-Problem: Play Unwatched episodes from libray also does not sort correctly. It seems that leading zeroes might be an issue here too.
-Problem: Single seasons for series that otherwise work flawlessly don't load (looks like elprice7345s image). Updating at the bottom fixes the problem, which happens too often (~20% per series) in my opinion.
-Problem: Missing horizontal scrollbar for the backgrounds at the top.
Wishlist:
- Show green checkmark for seasons and series that are complete in the library and possibly set a completion tag.
- If season 0 (or special) is in library for a series, show in Spotlight.
- "All seasons" selectable in the season list, which shows as many season rows as there are seasons.
- Option to wrap rows (season, cast, recommended) instead of horizontal scroll bar
- Show series and season cover art at the bottom and allow selection (Cover Art -> Get From Internet is slow and inconvenient)
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