Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder?

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Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - andrewcj - 10-03-2008 11:10 AM

Have a custom index.htm - loads automatically from PCH local disk. I have jukeboxes that link off this - kids.htm, movies.htm, archive.htm etc.

I'm finding though that, for current tv shows, I'd rather not bother updating the jukebox since the content changes on a daily basis, and would prefer just to use the normal PCH file browser.

What I intend is for is, say, a link on index.htm for 'TV' - which when I press it, I'm taken out of the Index.htm and back into the normal PCH interface and straight into my TV folder.

I know its possible to link out from index.htm to, say, the preferences page, but it this possible to folders containing media?

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - andrewcj - 10-03-2008 12:53 PM

(replying to your own post - like talking to yourself in an empty room..)
Rolleyes

Found post at about page 7 of the index.htm thread which describes linking to a folder like this:

Code:

http://localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/Series/?filter=0

with filters for different media types filter=3 movies, filter=1 music,
filter=2 images, filter=4 html files

Not sure if anyone confirmed that this works though - has anyone tried it?

EDIT - I tried it - it didnt work for me. Maybe the syntax is wrong - should it be

file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/Series/?filter=0 ?

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - excal - 10-03-2008 01:34 PM

well that one you have listed is for journey's start.cgi script....

I'm not sure if your second one you're proposing will work...to be honest i never tried doing what you are.

http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Series/?filter=3 (if you're correct that 3 filters movies)

but if yours doesn't work, try that...

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - andrewcj - 10-03-2008 02:41 PM

(10-03-2008 01:34 PM)excal Wrote: well that one you have listed is for journey's start.cgi script....

I'm not sure if your second one you're proposing will work...to be honest i never tried doing what you are.

http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Series/?filter=3 (if you're correct that 3 filters movies)

but if yours doesn't work, try that...

thanks Excal - to be honest a glaze comes over my eyes when trying to understand the developments in the start.cgi thread, so fingers crossed that this works.. Smile

I suspect though that while in 'web browser mode', the Popcorn will only interpret links to other html / script / cgi files - therefore the link above probably doesn't make any sense - but I'll know later when I try it..

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - excal - 10-03-2008 02:50 PM

Well thats not entirely true...because in my index.htm (non-start.cgi script based) i have a link out to hard drive start page...which is kinda similar to the link i gave you

http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Series/?home=1

I think the trick actually is to use http:// instead of file:///

Yellow's post in the index.htm thread seems to collaborate that.

And i know what you mean about the start.cgi stuff....i kinda put it aside while i was working on that YAMJ skin because i only had time to focus on one or the other. Now that i'm done the skin i'm about to jump back into the start.cgi stuff and i've realized how far behind i am...its only slightly behind MichaelT's movie-flow code on the head-spinning meter Smile

i got a lotta catching up to do.

But the possibilites with it are just to good to pass up...i'm pretty excited to get it up and running.

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - yellow360f - 10-03-2008 06:47 PM

I have a feeling that this will work (what Excal posted)
I played around with different links http:// and file:/// and http://ip_address, none worked.

it worked when i put in the localhost.drives like this below (from Excal)

http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Series/?home=1

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - andrewcj - 10-04-2008 12:02 AM

yup, that worked - thanks

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - SkykingUSA - 10-04-2008 12:25 AM

(10-03-2008 06:47 PM)yellow360f Wrote: I have a feeling that this will work (what Excal posted)
I played around with different links http:// and file:/// and http://ip_address, none worked.

it worked when i put in the localhost.drives like this below (from Excal)

http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Series/?home=1

This will take you out to the PCH default interface and to a folder called Series on the PCH local hard disk right? What would the URL look like if I wanted it to take me out to the default interface to a folder on my network drive called videos/movies?

So, if the network share is SMB and the server name is NAS1, share name is PCH, and the folder on this drive I want to get to is called /video/movies, would it look something like this?

"http://localhost.drives:8883/NETWORK_SHARE/PCH:NAS1/video/movies/?home=1"

Do I need to change the localhost.drives:8883 part for this to work?

Thanks!

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - yellow360f - 10-04-2008 12:30 AM

i have my my movies that are on a NFS share away from PCH. i created the index.htm + jukebox folder for those movies and placed them inside the video folder in pch.

on my internal pch hard drive, i have 2 indexes, 1 is called index.htm and 2nd one is called index2.htm. from index1 i call index2.thm (which is for files on the nfs share).

I don't have to do anything else, everything plays fine.

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - superflysocal - 10-05-2008 02:30 AM

(10-04-2008 12:25 AM)SkykingUSA Wrote:
(10-03-2008 06:47 PM)yellow360f Wrote: I have a feeling that this will work (what Excal posted)
I played around with different links http:// and file:/// and http://ip_address, none worked.

it worked when i put in the localhost.drives like this below (from Excal)

http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Series/?home=1

This will take you out to the PCH default interface and to a folder called Series on the PCH local hard disk right? What would the URL look like if I wanted it to take me out to the default interface to a folder on my network drive called videos/movies?

So, if the network share is SMB and the server name is NAS1, share name is PCH, and the folder on this drive I want to get to is called /video/movies, would it look something like this?

http://localhost.drives:8883/NETWORK_SHARE/PCH:NAS1/video/movies/?home=1

Do I need to change the localhost.drives:8883 part for this to work?

Thanks!

Does this work?

I want to link to a SMB NETWORK_SHARE that has been defined on PCH ie called My Movies. How would I do that?

(10-04-2008 12:30 AM)yellow360f Wrote: i have my my movies that are on a NFS share away from PCH. i created the index.htm + jukebox folder for those movies and placed them inside the video folder in pch.

on my internal pch hard drive, i have 2 indexes, 1 is called index.htm and 2nd one is called index2.htm. from index1 i call index2.thm (which is for files on the nfs share).

I don't have to do anything else, everything plays fine.

Can you elaborate? perhaps show your code for index1 or index2?

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - amazoncd - 10-05-2008 06:01 AM

I'm also having trouble using the link http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Series/?home=1

I get a "Can not be processed" error.

EDIT:
So I shorten the link to http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK now it takes me to the internal hard drive and displays the videos folder. How can I do the same thing for my USB drives? Would the address be something link http://localhost.drives:8883/USB_DRIVE_A1 ? I'll check it in the mean time and report back in a few hours.

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - yellow360f - 10-05-2008 09:18 AM

here is content of index2.htm which i run first.
<A HREF="http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Video/index.htm" TVID="567"></A>

then when you click on the icon in index2.htm, it runs index.htm ..see above
then index.htm (is my yamj jukebox) which shows all moveis.

inside index2.htm i can put more links , maybe another link to adult movies, or kids, and it calls different jukebox htms for me.

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - superflysocal - 10-05-2008 01:08 PM

(10-05-2008 09:18 AM)yellow360f Wrote: here is content of index2.htm which i run first.
<A HREF="http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Video/index.htm" TVID="567"></A>

then when you click on the icon in index2.htm, it runs index.htm ..see above
then index.htm (is my yamj jukebox) which shows all moveis.

inside index2.htm i can put more links , maybe another link to adult movies, or kids, and it calls different jukebox htms for me.

it is blank, please post again

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - yellow360f - 10-05-2008 05:35 PM

%a href="http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Video/index.htm" id="thumbimage"%
%img src="Resources/42-Movies_128x128.png"/%

replace the % with < , cause somehow after posting it keeps taking out the whole line.

I also need to know if there is a way to put a link in the index.htm that when you click on it, it just shows you the file listing.

anyone?

RE: Is it possible to exit index.htm and back to Popcorn interface+specified folder? - andrewcj - 10-06-2008 10:41 AM

(10-05-2008 05:35 PM)yellow360f Wrote: replace the % with < , cause somehow after posting it keeps taking out the whole line.

after a few posts I realised the forum software wont display html copied and pasted directly - try using the 'insert formatted code' option for this:

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