[addon] What's Up Next

[SSDNAdmin]

Author: jbartlett777 (http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/private.php?do=newpm&userid=13156)

Short Description: Yahoo Widget for displaying upcoming recordings
Long Description: A Yahoo (Konfabulator) widget that will display your upcoming recordings. Great for people with a x15e case (http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/origenae-x15e-htpc-case-wtft-touchscreen-and-ir-module-black/cName/htpc-cases) !

Version Number: 1.0
Status: Super Neat-O

Installation Instructions:
Save the widget file to your My Documents\My Widgets directory.
You can double-click on the file or click on the Widget icon on your task bar, select "Open Widget", and open the file.
On initial load, the preference screen will be displayed where you can specify the location of the SnapStream directory and defaults to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SnapStream.
If you installed BTV4 in the default directory, the value for the SnapStream path should be fine except maybe for the drive letter.
If the plugin can not find the file "Beyond TV\RemoteRecs\upcomingrecordings.xml" located in the path entered in the preferences, you will get a message stating so.
If the file is found, it will be parsed out and the show information displayed.
The preferences can be viewed at any time by right-clicking on the widget window and selecting Preferences.

Release Notes: This plugin was designed for BTV4. It may or may not work with BTV3.
License: Free
Requirements: Beyond TV4 and Yahoo Widget Engine 3.0+


Download BTV What's Up Next.widget (http://www.snapstream.com/ssdn/submissions/jbartlett777/BTV%20What's%20Up%20Next.widget)


http://www.snapstream.com/ssdn/submissions/jbartlett777/BTV%20What's%20Up%20Next%201.jpg
http://www.snapstream.com/ssdn/submissions/jbartlett777/BTV%20What's%20Up%20Next%202.jpg

[jbartlett777]

"lick on the Widget icon"

I should proof-read more thoroughly!

[bpsmicro]

I'm unfamiliar with this "Yahoo Widget" concept. Is there a thread somewhere that explains exactly how this works in conjunction of BTV (eg. where exactly this display is supposed to be)?

Brad.

[bnflaherty]

Browse on to here for all the details:

http://widgets.yahoo.com/

[debennett2]

I like that case but wonder how useable it is in the real world? What information can it dispaly to me from a couch? How distracting is it from the actual display? Is there some other scenario I am not thinking of where this might be advantageous?

[jbartlett777]

I like that case but wonder how useable it is in the real world? What information can it dispaly to me from a couch? How distracting is it from the actual display? Is there some other scenario I am not thinking of where this might be advantageous?It mostly comes in handy for people with dual-monitor displays. I have the x15e case (link for it above) and the built-in LCD display is perfect for Widgets.

If you have XP Pro installed on your DVR box, you can reference the path in the widget running on another computer as well.

[jbartlett777]

How distracting is it from the actual display?Oh, it's not distracting in the slightest - as long as it's not over the actual show!

[bpsmicro]

Okay, interesting. I installed on one of my network machines but it doesn't seem to like UNC paths. It claims to not find the file, even though the path is correct. My guess is it wants a drive letter? Perhaps a simple enhancement. :-)

Brad.

[Smaugy]

I am not really sure what is going on but I have BTV v4.1 installed and the widget runs but complains about not finding the file upcomingrecordings.xml.

I have searched my machine high & low and have not found this file anywhere on my machine, and the BTV software is showing 6 upcoming recordings.

What is going on?

[jbartlett777]

Okay, interesting. I installed on one of my network machines but it doesn't seem to like UNC paths. It claims to not find the file, even though the path is correct. My guess is it wants a drive letter? Perhaps a simple enhancement. :-)I didn't try a UNC with it, never even occured to me in fact. I'll check it out but I'd say ensure that the DVR box is not running XP Home (impossable to grant access permissions) or to make the directory available to everyone.

[jbartlett777]

I am not really sure what is going on but I have BTV v4.1 installed and the widget runs but complains about not finding the file upcomingrecordings.xml.

I have searched my machine high & low and have not found this file anywhere on my machine, and the BTV software is showing 6 upcoming recordings.

What is going on?If you installed using default paths on drive C:, the upcomingrecordings.xml file should be located in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SnapStream\Beyond TV\RemoteRecs

The widget preference should have up to the SnapStream directory - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SnapStream

-John

[Kilrsat]

That file doesn't exist for 4.1.

[Smaugy]

That file doesn't exist for 4.1.

Thank you. I was wondering if I was missing something here......

[jbartlett777]

That file doesn't exist for 4.1.D'oh!

I wondered about that momentarily but figured if it was available for 4.2, it was probably available prior.

Can you update the Requirements above to reflect BTV4.2?

[MarcP]

The widget is a bit messed up with the latest version of the Yahoo engine. The BTV4 background is offset quite a bit. Any chance you can update it?

Thanks!

[jbartlett777]

The widget is a bit messed up with the latest version of the Yahoo engine. The BTV4 background is offset quite a bit. Any chance you can update it?I'll take a look into fixing it but unfortunatly, I'm about to head out for a vacation! :banana:

In the mean time, if you adjust the size via the preferences, it'll correct itself. You can add or subtract just one pixel to the width for example.

[DogWings]

I set up one of the buttons on my Hauppauge remote to be F8, which toggles the heads up display mode for widgets. This is a great addition to the widgets I'm currently using. (Weather map, disk space meter, etc.)

I wonder if you could release a version that doesn't have a background image? The plain text would look much better for what I'm doing.

Great widget though. I wish there were more like this!

[jbartlett777]

I wonder if you could release a version that doesn't have a background image? The plain text would look much better for what I'm doing.I'll add a background toggle preference when I add the fix for the background not being properly resized on load with the new Widget engine.

Glad you like it!

[DogWings]

I edited the js file and turned off the background, but a toggle would be nice in case anybody else catches on to how great this heads up display works with BTV.

http://www.accidentalidiots.com/andrew/images/heads_up_ss.jpg

[horseflesh]

I assume the screenshot above is multiple widgets, right? I don't use 'em but I'm interested in that upcoming recording data for other reasons.

[jbartlett777]

I edited the js file and turned off the background, but a toggle would be nice in case anybody else catches on to how great this heads up display works with BTV.
Can you send me your upcomingrecordings.xml file if you still see the channel 0 displaying? I'd like to look into that.

[jbartlett777]

Updated download link to reflect the correct widget - Upcoming Recordings widget will be submitted under a new thread.

[buymeapc]

Could I possibly ask you for the math/functions you performed to get the date/time displayed?

I just can't figure that out in the xml file - it's showing as 127927296000000000 - how does this turn into Sun May 21, 8:00 PM??

Thanks

[Fonceur]

Could I possibly ask you for the math/functions you performed to get the date/time displayed?

You can check the thread:

http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/showthread.php?t=30609

[buymeapc]

Thanks!!:thumbsup:

[jbartlett777]

If you change the file extension from .widget to .zip, you can unzip the file to examine the source code and the javascript routines I used.

[buymeapc]

Even better!! Thanks!:thumbsup:

[jbartlett777]

Version 1.1
Fixed issue where shows wern't being displayed if they had no actor information.
Fixed to display channel number for shows set to record on any channel.
Updated to not display a null genre or station name.
Fixed crash bug if a HD show is in the recording list