Advanced-Event-Library Plugin

Advanced-Event-Library

Plugin for using images and extra data in skins.

Please only install if your skin supports the library or if you want to and can skin yourself!

The library provides for Skinner Converter and Renderer in order to be able to display pictures and extended program and film information in the skin.

Functionality:

The library, which is started by defined task or manually, searches the current EPG, the VTIDB as well as all .meta, .ts, .mkv, .avi and .mpg files of your recording directory and searches for these events on TV-Movie, TMDb, TVDb, OMDB, maze.tv and altersfreigaben.de for posters and backdrops and stores them permanently on the HDD, USB or NAS. In addition, a separate database is created in which the genre, year of publication, rating, FSK approval and country are saved. A prerequisite for a high and good hit rate is always a current EPG on the box, regardless of whether it is updated by EPGShare, EPGRefresh or in other ways.

Starting options of the plugin:

Extension menu

Define an FB key with MultiQuickButton

Assignment of a color key in the MovieList

Using the EPG button in the EPGSelection (adjustable in the plugin)

Settings in the plugin: "Data directory (press OK)" - Selection of the storage location of the pictures and the DB

"Maximum storage space (GB)" - Setting the maximum storage space to be used. There is a counter in the DB that counts the number of views of each saved image. If the memory requirement is exceeded, the images that were least displayed are always deleted.

"Number of preview images in the editor" - Number of preview images for posters and covers in the editor

"Quality of the posters in the editor" - resolution of the posters downloaded by the editor.

"Quality of the covers in the editor" "- resolution of the covers downloaded by the editor.

"use EPG key in EPGSelection to call the plugin" - this enables the plugin to be started in EPGSelection to e.g. edit missing or wrong entries.

Please be careful when choosing "original" for the quality of posters and covers! The images can be several megabytes in size. If such images are assigned to programs or recordings, there may be delays in loading the images.

Operation of the plugin:

Red button - Exit the plugin and return to the previous screen

Green button - save the settings made in the setup and restart the box

Yellow button - start of a manual search

Blue button - Opens the editor for the current event

Exit button - Exit the plugin and return to the previous screen

Menu key - Opens a selection menu with the following actions

'Delete entry' - deletes the current entry from the DB, images are retained, the entry may be requested again during the next search, insofar as it is available in the EPG or as a recording.

'Delete entry and put on blacklist' - deletes the current entry from the DB, images are retained, the entry is no longer requested during a search.

'Delete poster' - deletes an existing poster

'Delete cover' - deletes an existing cover

'Delete thumbnails' - deletes all preview images (useful if the skin used has defined a different size of the images)

'Delete BlackList' - deletes the entire blacklist of the DB. All entries will be requested again during the next search, insofar as they are available in the EPG or as a recording.

'create EPG share default image' - only for FluidNext users and installed EPGShare! Generates an EPGShare default image from an existing cover for use with FluidNext.

Operating the editor: The editor is used for the manual search of pictures and event information or for the manual editing of incorrect or incomplete entries. Red button - Accept the data and close the editor. If the event is an existing recording and there is no .eit or .mete file, a.meta and a .txt file with the information is created, which can be displayed in the MovieList or MoviPlayer. Green button - activate the editor. Here genre, country, year of publication, rating and FSK can be edited manually. Clicking OK under "Search EventName" opens the virtual keyboard with which the event name can be adapted or simply searched again. The search text can also include the year for better results to obtain . (Example: "Illuminat (2009)") After confirming OK all results are listed that match the search query. After selecting the correct entry, the data is transferred to the editor and the images may be reloaded. Yellow button - activate the poster selection. The selected poster is accepted by pressing OK. Blue button - activates the cover selection. The selected cover is accepted by pressing OK.

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Update Version R45

1. EPGShare is completely out except for the display of default pictures. For this purpose, AEL now calls up the data itself and saves it in a separate table of the DB.

Season, episode, conclusion, leadText, categoryName ... etc., which was previously only possible with EPGShare, is now available again. There is no need to make changes to the skin.

2. Thumbnails are created for all posters and covers. These are suitable wherever small or many pictures are to be displayed.

The size of the thumbnails to be created can be specified as a parameter in the skin.

<parameter name = "EventLibraryThumbnailPosterSize" value = "60,100" /> <! - Size of the preview images for poster default = 60x100 ->

<parameter name = "EventLibraryThumbnailCoverSize" value = "100.60" /> <! - Size of the preview images for cover default = 100x60 ->

In the renderer AdvancedEventLibraryImage there are 2 new options for imageType "ImageThumbnail" and "PosterThumbnail" to display the small preview images.

3. Extra data and covers for individual episodes are searched. However, the prerequisite is that the episode name is derived from the program / recording name.

4. In setup you can set the maximum JPG compression. If the image size is reduced, the compression stops when the value falls below this value.

even if the set memory size has not yet been reached in order not to reduce the image quality too much.

5. Fixed display problem when preloading the preview pictures from TV-Movie

6. Generation of default images for FluidNext users (accessible in the plug-in with the menu key if FluidNext is active.)

7. Manual search in the editor possible in several languages. The language for the current search can be set using the menu button in the editor.

It also finds films like "It" including pictures if you search in English.

8. New converter AdvancedEventLibraryNextEvents added.

The converter spits out the next 10 events of the current station in order to transfer them to AEL. Simply enter 0-9 in the parameter.

9. New converter AdvancedEventLibraryPrimeTimeEvent so that pictures and information about the respective event can be displayed at 8:15 p.m.

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R46

- Display problems fixed

- If you still don't know where the default pictures on your box belong, look in the log file (2nd line). This folder + / Default leads to success.

Preview of the upcoming version

- AEL Prime-Time-Planner: Overview of the programs at prime time sorted by genre

- AEL series start planner: Overview of all series starts sorted by genre

- AEL EPG list: EPG list in the EPG selection with thumbnails

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R55

-switchable alternative EPG list views

Two-line EPG lists with preview images, skinbar via parameters. These replace the EPG lists in EPGSelection, EPG-Multi and EPGBar, insofar as the option was activated in the plugin.

-Prime time planner (appears in the main menu)

Displays a program overview of the programs currently running at primetime, broken down by genre. Setting via the menu key.

-Series start planner (appears in the main menu)

Displays a program overview of all series and or season starts, broken down by genre. Setting via the menu key.

-Creation of timers with extended information such as season / episode, country, genre, year in the timer name and the description from the planners or the AEL-EPG lists.

-new renderer AdvancedEventLibraryNextEventsList

Two-line EPG lists with preview images, skinbar via parameters, which e.g. can be used in the channel list or Zap history. The list requires the service reference of the selected station.

-EPGShare is supported again

If installed, the DB will be supported by EPGShare again. This saves the many individual data calls of every user at TV-Movie

-own API keys can be used

Since the number of requests by AEL at TMDb is currently around 1,000,000 per day, you can now use your own API keys. If nothing is entered in the setup, the internal keys will continue to be used. You can get free API Keys here:

Tmdb - register - the movie database (tmdb)

TVDb -Login - TheTVDB.com

OMDb -OMDb API - the open movie database

-load the images can be switched off. If you only want extra data, you can deactivate the loading of the images in Setup.

-delete thumbnails when posters / covers are deleted.

-Compressing the pictures accelerates.

-BlackList for images that cannot be further compressed so that they are not tried again after each search.

In the first search for the update, a blacklist is created on which the relevant images are placed. The result is only noticeable from the second search.

-BlackList for unrecognized recordings with missing meta information so that it is not tried again after each search.

In the first search for the update, a blacklist is created on which the relevant recordings are placed. The result is therefore not noticeable until the second search.

-AEL image server

@Timobayl has provided a web space on which selected user covers / posters can be uploaded so that images can also be provided for unrecognizable programs.

In the plugin, the complete current package for cover and poster can be loaded via the menu button, or the server is requested when performing a manual search in the editor.

The use of the image server can be deactivated in the plugin if desired.

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R57

-The time set in the prime time planner also applies to the AdvancedEventLibraryPrimeTimeEvent converter

-Optimized image size reduction

-Images can only be downloaded from the AEL image server every 24 hours.

-Plugin starts much faster

-Displaying the pictures is faster. So there should be no more spinners.

-Various small fixes.

Update Version R62

1. Fixed a bug when creating the timer name

2. Transparency in the picons in the planner lists

3. Picon by Name is supported in the planner lists

4. Speed of the start of the planner optimized

5th! possible as a separator for image recognition. The exclamation mark must be the last character in the picture name.

6. Possible missing of the plugins TMDb or EPGSearch in the EPGSelection screen fixed

7. Fixed an error when cleaning up the reserved storage space

8. Loading of TV movie preview images (can be activated in the settings)

If you activate the "Load preview images" option, you will receive preview images for the majority of all programs, especially for series and documentaries, which are saved in the cover folder.

When activating the option, please adjust your reserved storage space for AEL, as several 100 images can be loaded every day!

These pictures are not general covers or posters, but show any scene of the respective program (see screenshots)

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Update Version R64

- Fixed display errors in the planners

- Key assignment green / blue - Timer / switching swapped in the planners

- kexmap.xml taken from @schomi

- Converter AdvancedEventLibraryNextEvents now also works in the IB and SIB. with source = "session.extEvent_Now"

- Timers that are created in the planners are only created after confirmation in the timer editor.

- The event lists of the planners remain at the current position after creating a timer and do not jump back to position 1.

- Font colors of all AEL EPG lists can be defined via color definition in the skin.

without definition, the font color is always #FFFFFF

- NEW backup function can be performed via the menu button in the plugin or as a separate task.

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Update Version R78

- Fixed crashes in connection with MovieWall, MovieSelection and MoviePlayer

- PVR button is no longer activated by default

- Deleted recordings are no longer displayed

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R91

1. Image review added to editor menu.

- All AEL images in the directories are checked. If no valid JPG format is recognized for files or if files with extensions other than .jpg are present, they will be deleted.

2. Revised storage space check

3. TV-Movie preview images can be automatically deleted if the relevant program no longer appears in the EPG. Can be set in the setup.

4. Bing Image Search added to manual search in the editor. The known providers are used for the search query for images. If the number of images found is less than the number set in setup, the results list will be filled with results from Bing.

5. Fixed memory usage by AEL.

6. MovieWall

- Accelerated start by temporarily storing the recording data (noticeable from the 2nd start after the update)

- Data update after the search, at the beginning and end of a recording

- MovieWall can be displayed in list view (switch via TXT button or permanently via menu)

- Added database-based deletion to the menu

- Copy recording added to menu

- Recordings that are still encrypted or in progress are displayed

7. Prime-Time and Series Start Planners

- Planner can be displayed in wall view. (Switchover using the TXT button or permanently via the menu)

8. AEL gets its own selection menu in the main menu with extended statistics and from which all screens can be reached.

9. All AEL screens can be called up separately via the extension menu and can therefore also be assigned to a key with MQB.

10. When starting the editor, images are no longer searched for directly, but the existing poster / cover is displayed first. These can be deleted by selecting the corresponding list or searched for and assigned again by pressing the menu key.

11. Adaptation of the Eventview screen for MovieSelection, AEL-MovieWall and MoviePlayer (BETA!).

- Additional .txt files can be stored for all playable file formats, which are displayed on the screen or attached to existing event descriptions.

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R111

AEL favorites planner

The favorites planner tries to compile recommendations from the current TV program based on your viewing habits.

The screen can be started as usual via the AEL menu, MQB or the extension menu.

How are the recommendations determined:

The current program title is determined by switching to a station for five minutes. If you are still on the station after another ten minutes and the program name is still the same, the program title and the corresponding genre will be saved. From this stored information, programs from the EPG are searched for and displayed which correspond to the name or the genre. The operation corresponds to that of the prime-time and series start planner because the same screen is used.

Note: After the installation, you will initially only see news broadcasts as recommendations, as nothing has been determined yet.

Settings:

- "Remove genre / program not seen after x days": After how many days should the genre or program title be deleted from the recommendations if it should no longer be viewed.

- "Show genre / program at least x times": How often must a genre or title be viewed in order to be included in the recommendations.

- "Preview time of favorites within x hours": How far into the future should the EPG be searched.

- "View": View at the start wall or list view relates to all planner screens

- "Ignorelist": Here is a list of all currently available genres that you explicitly want to deactivate and that should not be included in the recommendations. Example: If you watch the news every day but do not want the whole screen to be filled with recommendations for news programs, you can deselect the news genre here.

AEL Channel Selection

Alternative channel list in wall style

The screen can be started via the AEL menu, AEL media hub, MQB, the extension menu and EPG-long.

Service:

Red or Exit: Exit the screenshot

Green: Creation of a recording timer for the selected program

Yellow: bouquet selection

Blue: opens the AEL editor

OK: switches to the selected channel

Menu: opens the settings menu

EPG: opens the EventView or the EPGSelection (adjustable)

PVR: Change the control of the navigation between the channel list and the list of the following programs

D-pad / Page +, Page Navigation

Attention: The functions of the control pad, Pg +, Pg- and the PVR key can be freely assigned by the Skinner and can therefore deviate from the original when using skin parts.

Settings:

- "Start Bouquet": Choice between "All Bouquets" and "Current Bouquet". Determines whether all channels or only those of the current bouquet are displayed at the start.

- "EPG button opens": Specifies whether button EPG opens the EventView or the EPGSelection.

- "Event list duration (hours)": How far into the future should the EPG be searched in order to display the following programs

AEL media hub

Two-part screen of an extended channel list with several display categories as well as the latest recordings in wall style

The screen can be started via the AEL menu, MQB, the extension menu and EPG-long.

The channel section offers five different categories to choose from, which can be called up with the TXT key.

"Current program": All programs currently running on the broadcaster

"next programs": all subsequent programs

"just started / about to start": All programs that have just started or are about to begin

"Prime-time program": All programs at prime time

"Recommendations": Your recommendations from the favorites planner

The movie section offers two views to choose from, which can also be called up via the TXT key.

latest recordings

all recordings

Service:

Red or Exit: Exit the screenshot

Green: depending on which section is active, opens the AEL-ChannelSelection or the AEL-MovieWall

Yellow: bouquet selection

Blue: opens the AEL editor

OK: switches to the selected station or starts the MoviePlayer

Menu: opens the settings menu

EPG: opens the EventView or the EPGSelection (adjustable)

PVR: Change the control of the navigation between the channel list and the movie list

D-pad / Page +, Page Navigation

Attention: The functions of the control pad, Pg +, Pg- and the PVR key can be freely assigned by the Skinner and can therefore deviate from the original when using skin parts.

Settings:

"Start Bouquet": Choice between "All Bouquets" and "Current Bouquet". Determines whether all channels or only those of the current bouquet are displayed at the start.

"Start view in the channel area": Specifies which of the five categories of the channel list is to be displayed at the start.

"EPG button opens": Specifies whether button EPG opens the EventView or the EPGSelection.

"Show events started before a maximum of (minutes)": For the category "just started / will start soon", adjustable value how long the program can run for a maximum of time in order to be displayed.

"Show events that start in a maximum of (minutes)": For the category "just started / will start soon" adjustable value how long it may take until the program starts to display the program.

"Number of newest shots": Number of the newest shots to be displayed in the movie section

Screenshots

The menu button in the editor can now be used to create posters or covers for the current program in order to add missing images.

If you have selected the desired entry, the editor is hidden, a click on OK creates the corresponding screenshot, a message is displayed and the editor is closed.

Hints:

When creating a poster, only the middle part of the screen is photographed in order to maintain the dimensions.

When taking a screenshot while a recording is being played back, the editor can only be started via the AEL menu from the main menu.

Deactivating the automatic update of the MovieWall

- The automatic update of the recording data at the beginning of a recording has been completely removed! In addition, you can deactivate the update after the end of the recording in the setup.

PrimeTimeEvent can now also be used in the IB / SIB. Please use source = "session.CurrenrService" as the source

Images in the LCD for ChannelSelection work again

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R120

New:

Used inodes of the AEL storage medium are displayed in the AEL menu (after the first search after the update)

The maximum percentage of inodes used can be specified in the setup to trigger the deletion of images.

TV feature film is used as an additional source for extra data, thumbnails and trailers

Trailers are now available in the following screens: (after the next search)

-AEL MediaHub

-AEL Channel Selection

-AEL-SimpleMovieWall

-AEL PrimeTimePlaner

-AEL Series Starts Planner

-AEL Favorite Planner

-EPGSelection

-EPGSelectionBar_HD

-Eventview

In each of the screens mentioned there is a trailer symbol which signals an existing trailer and plays it when you click the Play button.

You will not save the trailers as such, only a link to them is kept in the DB.

Caution!

If you use a skin part for the screens mentioned, you need an update for this part so that the display of an available trailer works! However, playback is independent of this.

To TV feature film:

The prerequisite is that all channels that you want to search are entered with their channel reference and the associated TV movie ID in the file tvsreflist.data, which is located in the plug-in directory.

In the test group, we have already included the main transmitter references and the associated ID, but this does not mean that this is already complete!

If your station has not yet been recorded, you will find entries in the log file after a search, such as:

21:30:15: [AdvancedEventLibrary] - Boomerang with the reference 1: 0: 16: 1C: 3: 85: C00000: 0: 0: 0: could not be found in the TVS reference list!

If you have such entries, please post here so that I can include them and publish them here in an accessible manner for everyone.

After the update, please check the settings for loading preview images and, if necessary, adjust them according to your wishes

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R122

- Fix of the reported crash in the MediaHub

- Fix incorrect display of the trailer symbol when calling the Eventview for recordings without .eit files

- Reference list for TV feature films expanded for cable network users

For the cable network users, I have recorded most of the main channels, the rest will follow later.

Attention, if you have already modified your tvsreflist.data yourself, please make a backup beforehand, as it will be overwritten by the installation!

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R123

tsiegel wrote:

- FIX for images with "BL"

- Possible to switch off the automatic creation of meta files for recordings in the setup

- It is possible to switch off the update of the MovieWall data during the search in the setup

- The user can create the reference list for a TV feature film himself.

Since the effort for maintaining the tvsrefList is too great for me, I didn't think that there would always be so many changes to the references, so I included it in the setup.

In the settings, press the "Yellow" button to get to the TV feature film setup. All channels that you have included in the search settings are listed there. By pressing OK, a choice box opens from which you can assign the correct TVS ID to the station. Of course, great care must be taken here, since assigning an incorrect ID can lead to incorrect extra data.

Thanks tsiegel

Update Version R124

- Fix bug: .m.eta files. This option is new in the r123 setup, but even after deactivating the option, .m.eta files were created. Not anymore. Thx @schomi

- Sorting of films and series adjusted (by name/date etc.)

- Fixed record icon

- tsiegel feed removed

- plugin no. customized.