InfoService -Plugin for MediaPortal

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juli13

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07.06.2009

Code:
Features
[LIST]
[*]Supports RDF (RSS 1.0), RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds
[*]Receives weather data (+ 5 day forecast) from National and Local Weather Forecast, Hurricane, Radar and Report
[*]Receives multiple feeds
[*]Receives your twitter friends timeline
[*]Possibility to change the feed on the basichome
[*]Possibility to read feeds
[/LIST]

Installation

Attention: InfoService is since v0.5 a window plugin, so don't put the dll in the process folder!

Before you use this plugin, be sure you have .NET Framework 3.5 installed on your pc, otherwise the plugin wont function.

To install this plugin just copy it to "...\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\plugins\windows\"

Please be sure to setup this plugin in the configuration

Version v0.71

Removed word wrap between the conditions
Fixed forgotten localization of forecast conditions
 

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MediaPortal InfoService-v081

10.06.2009

Code:
Features
Supports RDF (RSS 1.0), RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds

Receives weather data (+ 5 day forecast) from National and Local Weather Forecast, Hurricane, Radar and Report

Receives multiple feeds

Receives your twitter friends timeline

Possibility to change the feed on the basichome

Possibility to read feeds


Installation

Attention: InfoService is since v0.5 a window plugin, so don't put the dll in the process folder!

Before you use this plugin, be sure you have .NET Framework 3.5 installed on your pc, otherwise the plugin wont function.

To install this plugin just copy it to "...\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\plugins\windows\"

Please be sure to setup this plugin in the configuration

Version v0.81
  • #infoservice.feed.selectedfeed will now be filled
  • Fixed crash if infoservice thumb dir not exists
 

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MediaPortal InfoService-v0.85

11.06.2009

Code:
Features
Supports RDF (RSS 1.0), RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds

Receives weather data (+ 5 day forecast) from National and Local Weather Forecast, Hurricane, Radar and Report

Receives multiple feeds

Receives your twitter friends timeline

Possibility to change the feed on the basichome

Possibility to read feeds


Installation

Attention: InfoService is since v0.5 a window plugin, so don't put the dll in the process folder!

Before you use this plugin, be sure you have .NET Framework 3.5 installed on your pc, otherwise the plugin wont function.

To install this plugin just copy it to "...\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\plugins\windows\"

Please be sure to setup this plugin in the configuration

Version v0.85

  • Added new feed configuration dialog
  • Added sort feature for your feeds in the feed configuration dialog
  • infoservice.feed.itemimg filled with default image if no feed item image is found
  • Fixed last selected feed is not active on basichome after update
  • Fixed no refresh of feed items in the infoscreen window after feed update
  • Fixed that #infoservice.today.weekday and #infoservice.day2.weekday shows the same weekday
 

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MediaPortal InfoService-v0.9

14.06.2009

Version v0.9 (

[+] Added new button on InfoService window to show itmes of all feeds on basichome
[+] Added possibilty to change weather in MediaPortal (just change weather in the weather screen and wait for the next update)[*] #infoservice.feed.itemimg will be empty if there is no feed item image found
[*] Old feed data is used if there was a download error
[*] Reverted back to use the MediaPortal weather configuration
[*] Removed property #infoservice.feed.alltitles
[-] Fixed bugs here and there
[-] Fixed filling of #infoservice.feed.selectedindex
[-] Fixed weather data is off by one day
 

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MediaPortal InfoService-v0.94

20.06.2009

Version v0.94

-Readded the #infoservice.feed.alltitles property
-Removed forgotten debug code
 

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Version v0.99.1 (03.07.2009):

[-] Fixed false resolving of #infoservice.weather.today/dayX.img.small/big.filenamewithoutext and changed name of #infoservice.weather.today/dayX.img.small/big.filename to #infoservice.weather.today/dayX.img.small/big.filenamewithext
[-] Fixed feed downloading problem with some feeds
 

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Version v0.99.3 (07.07.2009):

[*] Changed zoom keys on remote and keyboard to Play previous/next key
[-] Fixed false sizing of browser window, if MediaPortal is not in fullscreen mode
[-] Fixed no weather download (Sorry for that)
 

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MediaPortal InfoService-v1.0

27.08.2009

Version v1.0

There are to much changes to list them Mainly bugfixes and a better browser handling. Try and test yourself.

Code:
[B]Features[/B]
[LIST]
[*]Supports RDF (RSS 1.0), RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds
[*]Receives weather data (+ 5 day forecast) from National and Local Weather Forecast, Hurricane, Radar and Report
[*]Receives multiple feeds
[*]Receives your twitter friends timeline
[*]Possibility to change the feed and weather on the basichome
[*]Possibility to read feeds
[*]Possibility to read the whole feeds in a browser window with zooming option
[/LIST]

[B]Installation[/B]

Attention: InfoService is since v0.5 a window plugin, so don't put the dll in the process folder!

Also this plugin is only compatible with MediaPortal 1.02 !

Before you use this plugin, be sure you have .NET Framework 3.5 installed on your pc, otherwise the plugin wont function.
Copy InfoService.dll and Interop.SHDocVw.dll to "<MediaPortalFolder>\plugins\windows\"
Replace MediaPortal.exe and Core.dll in you <MediaPortalFolder> (Little change to get Mouse Support in Browser. See Enable/Disable AutoHideMouse property
Be sure to make a Backup of your old MediaPortal.exe and Core.dll !
(Optional but recommended) In order to get the Zooming in the Browser work properply when Music is playing in background you must change the keymap of keyboard and remote.
 

juli13

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04.09.2009

Changelog Version v1.1

[+] New propertys #infoservice.feed.separator/ #infoservice.twitter.separator which holds the separator string of feed/twitter line
[-] False feed image is showed when "Show all feeds on home" is activated and after entering InfoService screen
[-] Fixed download location of feed images
Duo the false download location of the feed images you can delete the folder "C:\Temp\InfoService\"
[!] The webbrowser part of InfoSerivce moved into a separate WebBrowser plugin. So if you want to read your feeds completely, you need the WebBrowser plugin which can be found here: WebBrowser v0.5 [04-09-2009] *NEW*
 

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MediaPortal InfoService-v1.2

MPInfoService-v1.2.

Changelog


-Added option to disable/enable the feed item publish time
-Fixed the rare crash when downloading twitter timeline, hopefully
 

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MediaPortal InfoService-v1.3

MediaPortal InfoService-v1.3

Lastest changes:
[+] Added a "last updated" property for feed, weather and twitter
[+] Added a button to download the default feed name on the Add Feed dialog
[+] Added much more weather properties. See thread/readme for details
[+] Added possibility to change the ticker layout
[*] Default settings are now loaded if the plugin is used for the first time (Feed ticker with MediaPortal RSS on, Weather on)
[-] Fixed no image download for atom feeds
[-] Fixed that the plugin is not showing on the normal home screen
[!] Removed Monochrome skin files
 

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MediaPortal InfoService-v1.32

29.10.2009

Lastest changes:

[-] Fixed empty entry in the normal home menu
 

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InfoService v1.6

Description


InfoService is a plugin for that provides weather/feed and twitter informations on the home screen. It has also a feed reader and a little twitter client built in. The plugin is for MediaPortal users and skinners who want to have some information on their MediaPortal homescreen.


Features

* Download all your feeds (RDF, RSS, RSS2, ATOM) and see them in MediaPortal
* See a ticker of your feeds on the home sreen of MediaPortal
* Read the complete story of a feed item in a browser within MediaPortal! (Needs WebBrowser plugin)
* Download all your twitter timelines and see them in MediaPortal
* Post status updates in Twitter with MediaPortal
* Let your twitter mates know what your are watching with your HTPC
* Browse to the linked websites in a twitter message (Needs WebBrowser plugin)
* Show the weather (+ Five day forecast) on the home screen of MediaPortal
* Show the recently added Series (with MP-TVSeries 2.5) and recently added Movies (currently not supported by other plugins) on home screen.
 
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