taimador - standalone dynamic jukebox

[rony]

http://www.taimador.com/



Key features:

* no PC required,
* TheTVDB support for initial scanning without online data fetching,
* nice GUI,
* dynamic AI dashboard,
* fullscreen infopage with custom background, information and episode list
* parsing file names for additional info,
* watched/not watched switch,
* virtual deleting watched episodes (move to 'see' folder),
* subtitle rename,
* fullscreen "filebrowser"
* plugin system for other information sources (RSS)
* ...

See Video demo (sorry for poor quality - Nikon 885 camera)
See new Video demo (Panasonic DMC-TZ7)

Alpha Installation

Requirements:
- internal hard drive
- started myihome
- /Video/series/<TVshow-name> for TV shows eq. /Video/series/Caprica (see TheTVDB for correct names)

Only for alphatesters - not for end-users!!!

1. your TV series files are in /Video/series
2. TV series are in subdirectiories with correct TV SHOW name
3. Download RAR file
4. unrar this file on internal hard drive in your Popcorn Hour
5. set RW attributes on all subdirectiories and files in ./bin ( chmod -R 777 )
6. IMPORTANT!!! Edit config.cgi in ./bin/inetv !!! and paste your TheTVDB.org API key to $apikey !!!
7. start in Popcorn Hour GUI. Goto HARD_DRIVE, set right icon for browse files
8. go to 'bin', 'inetv' and run dirscan.htm for initial scaning
9. check ./bin/inetv/data for downloaded xml files
10. delete corrupted or empty xml files
11. run z-get-thetvdb-all.htm for download full information and images (wait some minutes)
12. run inetv.htm - it will start taimador, maybe... :-)

It's only alpha version!
Thanks for your feedback.

Alphatesters group:
http://groups.google.com/group/dev-inetv
Sorry, only in slovak language

[Jerome]

Sounds very interesting.... (I'm actually using Oversight, an excellent Jukebox with the same "no pc" philosophy)

Best regards and lucky with your project

Jerome

[lordy]

Cool. Looks interesting.

What is the development platform out of interest?

[rony]

Jerome: I know Oversight, but on my PCH isn't working correctly - I was tested older beta version. Taimador is actually for TV series fans like me :-)

lordy: PHP/HTML/Javascript/CSS.

I have plan to get information from TMDB, improve filebrowser, language support, config via GUI...

[Jerome]

Could you upload some videos with the application working?

Best regards

Jerome

[rony]

Jerome: good idea :-) is in my todo.

[Slevin]

This looks like an interesting alternative for Oversight,
how is it handling scene-naming ?

the one thing i hate to do is to always have to rename files so the jukebox would recognize it.
(thats the strongest part of oversight)


If you can combine this with a nice GUI this could be a very interesting topic to keep an eye on

[rony]

slevin:

I have directory structure for TV show with subdirectories that are named exactly like official TV show name:

/Video/series
Caprica
Dexter
How I Met Your Mother
...

scanning script checking "tv show" directory (/Video/series/) and get XML files and banners from TheTVDB. For better look of episode list, script analyse filenames and show only series&episode number (and codes like 720p, 1080i etc). I have plan to get episode names from TVDB XML files (it's only question of time and priorities in my todo). Scanning is necessary to new new subdirectories or to get updated data.



"subdirectory name" is main identification parameter between videofiles and "database" files.

Finally - all you need is copy files to correct subdirectory :-) and TV show file "SxxEyy" naming convention (I improve it with other conventions eq. 0x00, 1E11..)

Support for TMDB for MOVIE directory is in development, you should use "filebrowser" component for view directory structure in /Video/movies (eq.). Now I haven't any plan for recognising movie names - really I have movies in identical structure like a TV shows. It's better way like guessing real movie names from filenames.

PS: sorry for my english, my native language is slovak :-)

[Slevin]

I have the same directory stucture,
but the filenames can be a bit strange,

/Series/Weeds/Weeds - Seizoen 3/group-weeds201.avi
/Series/The Big Bang Theory/The Big Bang Theory - Seizoen 3/the.big.bang.theory.s03e09.hdtv.xvid-group.avi

[rony]

(11-27-2009 10:52 PM)Slevin Wrote:  /Series/Weeds/Weeds - Seizoen 3/group-weeds201.avi
/Series/The Big Bang Theory/The Big Bang Theory - Seizoen 3/the.big.bang.theory.s03e09.hdtv.xvid-group.avi

I use "flat" structure with all episodes in one directory...

group-weeds201.avi - taimador show unrecognised now, i will write recognising later
second filename is in "standard" episode format and taimador show only S03E09 in "filelist":

http://www.taimador.com/screenshots/infopage.jpg

in this "screenshot" are all filenames "converted" to simple format virtually, on the disk are in original form like your TBBT episode. Sign "cc" is for external subtitles detected, eye icon is watched switch.

If you have next subdirectory for season, taimador can't see it now - i can show subdirectories at infopage - in next release.

Good suggestion. Thanks

[Jerome]

(11-26-2009 11:42 PM)rony Wrote:  See Video demo (sorry for poor quality - Nikon 885 camera)

Excellent work!

I will be awaiting the first beta version (hopefully with the CSI system installation).

Best regards

Jerome

[rony]

Released: 1.20100224
Instalation: RAR package

See new Video demo (Panasonic DMC-TZ7)