Trouble with getting movies to show under Xlobby

[rotogrip800]

See 2nd post, I have now tried Xant2 to no avail. Nothing will show

I am having trouble getting my Movies to import over.

i've got about 10 iso/img/mkv movie files for now.
I installed Trial version of Zoom Player Pro
I have baddabings Modern Metal Skin Installed and I am following this KISS guide here

http://xlobby.help.googlepages.com/Baddabings_Guide.pdf

I also installed DVD Profiler and put my movies in there as "owned"
I imported my Movies into the movie database and they all show up when looking under F2 section.

I then exported the DVD Profiler database to c:/Xlobby/dvd_db.xml as the guide says
I go to import the DVD Profile database into Xlobby and have all settings identical to the guide and the import screen pops up and just hangs at

Status: DVD Profile and stays at 0%

Now I know its supposed to stay at 0% according to the guide but it should go to Status: Completed.
But this never happens and when I go to check out the movies, nothing is there.

I have tried this multiple times and it just hangs at Status: DVD Profile
Any ideas?

[rotogrip800]

I have also tried using this guide and using AMC and Xant

viewtopic.php?t=3759

The movies.xml file got rebuilt once I configured everything and opened Xlobby, but still, when I go to Movies section, nothing is there. I'm at a loss.
All the files look good but nothing will show.

EDIT: Turns out to be a skin problem, I changed skins and the movies now show up.
Not sure why but I cant get it working with the MOdern Metal Skin.

[Marbles_00]

Welcome rotogrip,

First, are you using the free version of Xlobby or the pay version of xlobby. I ask this because currently the pay version will not allow coverart importation from any locations other than the actual individual movie locations. I hope Steven will have this fixed in a future release, as I'm an avid XANT user, and I'm using if to virtually do everything from creating/maintaining three seperate movie databases, offline/online movies, even now fanart. I'm a BIG fan of this plugin and the ANT program.

I may be able to aid in setting up XANT properly to display the movies, and hopefully launch a player to play them. I don't use iso files though, but let's cross that bridge when we get to it. Can you answer the above question, as well as link your XANT.ini and moviestemplate.xml files. Or in the very least, paste the guts of the files in a post to we can view your XANT setup.

[rotogrip800]

Marbles, thanks for the reply.

I am using the free version and I did get everything working (except the video is a bit blocky) but I havent messed with that much to figure out that part.
Problem is I only got it working on the "bong" skin.

The modern metal skin which I like better for MP3 purposes will not display anything under movies.
So I'm thinking its skin related obviously so I'm not sure posting those files will help at all. But here they are

Xant.ini.

[Movies]
input=C:\Program Files\Ant Movie Catalog\Catalogs\movies.amc
output=c:\Xlobby\databases\movies.xml
images=C:\Program Files\Ant Movie Catalog\Covers
sort=$$ITEM_ORIGINALTITLE
template=C:\xlobby\plugins\XAnt\moviestemplate.xml
filters=

movietemplate.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<database>
<sortorder>genre</sortorder>
<sortable>
<sort>actors</sort>
<sort>title</sort>
<sort>sorttitle</sort>
<sort>genre</sort>
<sort>director</sort>
<sort>year</sort>
<sort>rating</sort>
<sort>name</sort>
<sort>country</sort>
</sortable>
<template/>
<paths>
<path/>
</paths>
<item>
<parameter>$$ITEM_URL</parameter>
<coverart>$$ITEM_PICTUREFILENAME</coverart>
<display>$$ITEM_TRANSLATEDTITLE</display>
<offline>$$ITEM_BORROWER</offline>
<information>
<support>$$ITEM_VIDEOFORMAT</support>
<name>$$ITEM_ORIGINALTITLE</name>
<title>$$ITEM_ORIGINALTITLE</title>
<sorttitle>$$ITEM_TRANSLATEDTITLE</sorttitle>
<director>$$ITEM_DIRECTOR</director>
<producer>$$ITEM_PRODUCER</producer>
<runtime>$$ITEM_LENGTH</runtime>
<plot>$$ITEM_DESCRIPTION</plot>
<actors>$$ITEM_ACTORS</actors>
<year>$$ITEM_YEAR</year>
<genre>$$ITEM_CATEGORY</genre>
<rating>$$ITEM_RATING</rating>
<imgrating>C:\Program Files\XlobbyFr\images\$$ITEM_RATING.png</imgrating>
<country>$$ITEM_COUNTRY</country>
<imgcountry>C:\Program Files\XlobbyFr\images\$$ITEM_COUNTRY.gif</imgcountry>
<comments>$$ITEM_COMMENTS</comments>
<trailers>$$ITEM_SOURCE</trailers>
<numero>$$ITEM_MEDIA</numero>
<support>$$ITEM_LANGUAGES</support>
<video>$$ITEM_VIDEOFORMAT</video>
<audio>$$ITEM_AUDIOFORMAT</audio>
<date>$$ITEM_DATEFORMATED</date>
<videobitrate>$$ITEM_VIDEOBITRATE</videobitrate>
<audiobitrate>$$ITEM_AUDIOBITRATE</audiobitrate>
<resolution>$$ITEM_RESOLUTION</resolution>
<framerate>$$ITEM_FRAMERATE</framerate>
<subtitles>$$ITEM_SUBTITLES</subtitles>
<size>$$ITEM_SIZE</size>
<disks>$$ITEM_DISKS</disks>
<date2>$$ITEM_DATEADD</date2>
<where>$$ITEM_MEDIA</where>
<imgvideo>C:\Program Files\XlobbyFr\images\$$ITEM_VIDEOFORMAT.gif</imgvideo>
<imgaudio>C:\Program Files\XlobbyFr\images\$$ITEM_AUDIOFORMAT.gif</imgaudio>
<imgoffline>skin://buttons/$$ITEM_BORROWER.png</imgoffline>
</information>
</item>
</database>

[Marbles_00]

You also realize that Buddabing separates his movie section into two distinct movie databases. See his thread post here:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6784&start=30#p48670

For a test, have you renamed your movies.xml database to either family.xml or adult.xml. I haven't used the skin but if he has separate categories setup for each, he may be calling on one of those names, meaning your movies.xml file won't be displayed.

Also, minor, are you still using the XlobbyFr directory, as your making references to it in your moviestemplate file. It won't be playing in on your issues right now, but may pose a problem later.

Another thing, when you open the database under F2/Setup, is your coverart and parameter fields filled out properly. Judging by the moviestemplate file, they should be, but just double checking.

[rotogrip800]

I am not using xlobbyFR (not even sure what that is as im a new xlobby user)
What should I remove there?

I renamed movies.xml to adult.XML and nothing has changed. Just redid everything to, I removed the movie database and had xant create adult.xml which it did but still nothing displayed under adult or family.
My coverart is correct when editing the database, I can see all 12 of my movies in there right now and their correct coverarts.

But when I click on Movies section, nothing.
One other thing I notice, under the basic section, my directory paths for movie paths always goes away, I have 2 different directories and they keep dissapearing from there, I just rentered them and hit import and it created a movies.xml database again.

It seems the person in the post u referred to above was having the same problem.

[Marbles_00]

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<imgrating>C:\Program Files\XlobbyFr\images\$$ITEM_RATING.png</imgrating>

You have a couple of these types of lines in your moviestemplate.xml file. If you have a parameter on the screen setup to imgrating, you won't have any image come up because your location is to the XlobbyFr directory, which you do not have. Just wanted to make you aware of a possible future issue.

I'm going to download and try that skin as now I'm kinda curious....hmm. I'll keep ya informed.

[Marbles_00]

I'm still in the process of downloading/installing the skin, but looking over the posts, I see that this skins original intent was for using on V3. Buddabing did a port over to V2, but this could still be an over-looked bug. Not saying it is, but it is something we should keep in the backs of our minds.

[rotogrip800]

I'm still in the process of downloading/installing the skin, but looking over the posts, I see that this skins original intent was for using on V3. Buddabing did a port over to V2, but this could still be an over-looked bug. Not saying it is, but it is something we should keep in the backs of our minds.

ok, thanks for your help. If so, I'll just have to use one skin for mp3 and the other for movies. Not a very big deal.
I appreciate you taking the time.

[Marbles_00]

I'll just have to use one skin for mp3 and the other for movies

Maybe not, it may just take some skinning to modify the contents to something that V2 can easily recognize and work with. I know from the previous post in that skin's thread that Buddabing had to do something with transparancies, but short of that, I don't know what else he had to modify in the skin to get it working on V2 properly.

[rotogrip800]

While ur here, I wanted to ask a question about running multiple monitors at diff resolutions.
I saw your mirage skin created at 1920 X 1080.

My juke is hooked up to 15" ELO touchscreen for the music playing, then its also running to 2 LCD tv's. 40" and 46" - (havent gotten HDMI cables yet)
Now, it would be nice if I could have the juke software display correctly so ppl can see which music is playing on the big tv's but im not sure thats possible.

I know ive read u can run video (movies) to a different tv/resolution and keep the main xlobby screen up on the smaller screen correct? But I wasnt sure about the music part of it.

Would your skin be good for movie use? since I want those resolutions displaying at 1920 X 1080 for the big tv's?

[Marbles_00]

I don't have a touchscreen is all functionality and control is done on the big screen. When watching a movie, zoom player takes over and xlobby goes to the background.

I was always under the impression that you should be able to setup the system so that xlobby is displayed on one screen, so all control and info is displayed and the secondary screen (large screen) will display movies, media, milkdrop and other things.

Mirage is there to download should you want to use it. I'm finishing up the second gen skin for that system called Glass, which functions the same as Mirage, but I've incorporated fanart, ambiance backdrops, and all new icons. Though both those skins are advanced, and take a little to get going.

[Marbles_00]

Okay, I just loaded the skin, and after some playing, was able to get the coverart to show. How to do this is perform the following:

1) First goto the movies screen prior to entering the skin editor
2) If you have setup XANT to create 2 databases (family and adult), make sure one of them is selected
3) Enter the skin editor
4) Make sure the "Item" tab is selected...by default it usually is when you enter the skin editor.
5) You should see in the skin a green dotted rectangle where the database is supposed to be. Move your mouse to somewhere within the rectangle and select it (left click)
6) If selected, you should the see a white outline around the green dotted rectangle, with resizing squares in each corner.
7) In the skin editor, click on the "Category" tab.
8 ) In the category editor, click on the "Database" tab.
9) You should see a window listing all your databases. Now if you have selected the Family setting, select the "family" database. If you chose the Adult setting, select the "adult" database.
10) You should now be able to see the proper database
11) Close the skin editor, and you should be good to go.

Now to give you some other tips, outside of the skin editor. More to do with ANT and XANT. Here is my XANT.ini file that I use:

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[RMovies]
input=\\Tower\disk1\Ant Movie Catalog\Catalogs\movies.amc
output=c:\Program Files\Xlobby\databases\rratedmovies.xml
images=\\Tower\disk1\Ant Movie Catalog\Pochettes movies\
sort=$$ITEM_ORIGINALTITLE
template=c:\Program Files\Xlobby\plugins\moviestemplate.xml
filters=$$ITEM_BORROWER(mature)

[ChildrenMovies]
input=\\Tower\disk1\Ant Movie Catalog\Catalogs\movies.amc
output=c:\Program Files\Xlobby\databases\childrenmovies.xml
images=\\Tower\disk1\Ant Movie Catalog\Pochettes movies\
sort=$$ITEM_ORIGINALTITLE
template=c:\Program Files\Xlobby\plugins\moviestemplate.xml
filters=$$ITEM_BORROWER(children)

There is also a recorded tv show section which is setup in the same way. What this allows now is the use of one Ant Catalog. Easier to maintain then having seperate catalogs for mature movies, and a second catalog for family movies. It will create two databases as indicated in each "output" settings. This is determined by the "filters" line $$ITEM_BORROWER(mature/children) The minor issue here is that it takes all the coverart and creates a rratedmovies copy of coverart and a childrenmovies copy of the coverart (and a recorded tv copy to boot for me).

My moviestemplate.xml file is the following:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<database>
   <sortorder>sorttitle</sortorder>
   <sortable>
      <sort>actors</sort>
      <sort>title</sort>
      <sort>sorttitle</sort>
      <sort>genre</sort>
      <sort>director</sort>
      <sort>year</sort>
      <sort>starimage</sort>
      <sort>rating</sort>
      <sort>name</sort>
   </sortable>
   <template/>
   <paths>
      <path/>
   </paths>
   <item>
      <parameter>$$ITEM_URL</parameter>
      <coverart>$$ITEM_PICTUREFILENAME</coverart>
      <display>$$ITEM_TRANSLATEDTITLE</display>
      <offline></offline>
      <information>
         <name>$$ITEM_ORIGINALTITLE</name>
         <title>$$ITEM_ORIGINALTITLE</title>
         <sorttitle>$$ITEM_TRANSLATEDTITLE</sorttitle>
         <director>$$ITEM_DIRECTOR</director>
         <runtime>$$ITEM_LENGTH</runtime>
         <plot>$$ITEM_DESCRIPTION</plot>
         <actors>$$ITEM_ACTORS</actors>
    <starimage>skin://buttons/stars/star$$ITEM_RATING.png</starimage>
         <year>$$ITEM_YEAR</year>
         <genre>$$ITEM_CATEGORY</genre>
         <rating>$$ITEM_RATING/100</rating>
    <fanart>$$ITEM_MEDIA</fanart>
      </information>
   </item>
</database>

See the attached image of my Ant Catalog setup for any given movie. I try and keep it as simple as possible. I've added some descriptions of some of the entries...everything else is pretty much self exclamatory.

Hope this all helps. Let us know if you get the database displayed, and that you can actually watch movies.

[rotogrip800]

Thanks Marble !

Got it working, I just selected the Movie database and they show up under Family selection on the skin.
Plays nicely on my 15" screen.

Once I get my HDMI cable, yeah I should be able to just drag the Zoom Player over to that monitor and that should work good.
I think its a codec problem but some of my DVD IMG/ISO files are tiling/blocky.

All of my blu-ray MKV files show perfect and even some DVD's do also, but certain movies do not, their watchable but not very good.
I'm going to test those movies on another PC to figure out if its codec problem or what.

EDIT: I changed zoomplayer to use the Power DVD codec and all is good
Cant wait for the HDMI cable to get here !