Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures is a movie management plug-in that focuses on ease of use and flexibility. Point it to your movies collection and Moving Pictures will automatically load media rich details about your movies as quickly as possible with as little user interaction as possible. Once imported you can browse your collection via an easy to use but highly customizable interface.
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* Support for IMDb ID's with more than 7 digits;
* Mask API keys in log messages.
v1.8.3
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* Improved MediaInfo support and compatibility with MediaInfo 1.23;
* Updated filmtipset scraper (thanks vuego);
* Added an option for pre-mounting images on external playback (thanks fLaSkin).
NB: This version is only compatible with MP 1.23+.
v1.8.2
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* Updated VideoCodecs (HEVC) and AudioCodecs (TrueHD+Atmos, DTSX, EAC3+Atmos, EAC3) support;
* Added support for TLS (Transport Level Security) 1.2 standard. Required for some endpoints which no longer support the default 1.0/1.1 in .NET 4.0;
* Adding some missing Titan skin image resources;
* Updating debug logging for scraper scripts when executing an if condition. Will only log the condition part;
* Fixed issue with resume dialog not closing on ESC;
* Updated translations.
v1.8.1
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* Added automatic backup and restore of corrupt databases. When a corrupt database is detected on startup it will revert to the last known good one if it exists. Corrupt databases are also backed up but never restored.
* Added a new user rating field to store ratings out of 10, this will be used to store user ratings from trakt in a future update so there will be no rounding issues. Skins can use the following property #MovingPictures.UserMovieSettings.10point_user_rating, if the new field is not populated then it will be double the rating out of 5.
* Added a new skin property which publishes the progress watched as a percentage. Skins can use the following property #MovingPictures.UserMovieSettings.Progress.
* Added support for a fanart.tv personal API key. This allows you to get faster access to artwork esp. for VIP members. The personal API key can be entered in Advanced Settings.
* Added support to search for adult content from themoviedb.org, this is disabled by default. This can be enabled in Advanced Settings.
* Added dynamic filtering for User Ratings. Removed dynamic filtering for ResumeTime/ResumeTitleBD.
* Added UserRating and Watched Progress on Posters in Titan skin.
* Improved configuration UI such that it can be seen in taskbar when open, maximise and minimise button also added.
* Removed ResumeTimeBD from the ConfigScreen sub-pane.
* Renamed 'View' to 'Layout' to keep consistent with MediaPortal nomenclature.
* Improved error handling with with Noise filter.
* Improved error handling when watching for new files on disk.
* Fixed display of 7 channel audio as 6.1.
* Added support for 4K UHD, 8K UHD, 480p, 480i, 576p and 576i video resolutions.
* Added IsInterlaced flag for Video MediaInfo.
* Fixed Titan skin not listed as an installable feature in install dialog.
* Updated translations from Transifex.
v1.8.0
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* Removed follw.it support (site is shutting down end of Sep 2014).
* Added Titan skin files to installer. Includes some bug fixes and minor changes.
* Updated translations from Transifex.
v1.7.3
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* Fixed artwork being re-used for movies of the same title name.
** Database upgrade is performed on first start to update existing artwork references.
** Any orphaned artwork will be removed from disk i.e. anything not referenced in the database.
* Fixed a possible crash on start of movie playback, issue occurred if the some fields of the movie contained empty values when publishing skin Play properties (this would not affect everybody).
* Added a few new Play skin properties for Studios, Collections and PlotKeywords.
* Updated the fanart.tv poster and backdrop provider to use v3 of the API.
* Updated scraper priority defaults when handled automatically by MovingPictures.
** Primary details source is now themoviedb scraper for all languages.
** Primary and Secondary cover and backdrop sources are handled by themoviedb and fanart.tv.
** Users can still override these by manually prioritising sources in configuration.
* Updated Swedish Filmtipset.se scraper script, thanks hexago.
** Fixed Genres, Language, Score and Popularity.
** Added Studios and PlotKeywords.
* Updated translations from Transifex.
v1.7.2
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* Publish the users GUI category menu to skin, skin designers can use these properties to create custom home screen menus.
* Added SortBy for 'FileSize' field. Group Headers and Facade SecondLabel support added.
* Updated translations from Transifex.
v1.7.1
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* Hopefully fix some teething issues with compatibility for users without .Net 4.5.
v1.7.0
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* Updated support for MediaPortal 1.7.
* Added new MediaInfo properties:
** File Size
** Audio Bit Rate
** Audio Sample Rate
** Video Bit Rate
** 3D Detection
** Skin properties added for human readable formats.
* Added an advanced setting so that user can disable confirmation prompt when updating movie details.
* Added skin properties for users selected movie watched history.
* Updated Czech scraper, thanks Kucheek.
* Fixed warning in log about categories view being unavailable due to skin settings. This is unneeded as there is already a seperate check to determine availability.
* Fixed Slovenian translation, was badly formatted on Transifex.
* Fixed unnecessary publish of skin properties.
* Improved description of 'script' execution during MPEI installation so it's clear what script is being run.
* Updated translations from Transifex.
Note: Turn on Skin Debugging in advanced settings to see new MediaInfo and Watched properties. Ensure to turn off under normal use!
v1.6.2
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* Fixed a script error when installing on development branch of MediaPortal.
v1.6.1
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* Fixed default IMDb scraper script no longer retrieving metadata and posters, also updated script to support new fields available.
* Fixed MyMovieItalian scraper script, thanks roby71.
* Fixed score/votes from Kinopoisk scraper script, thanks leonid.kabanov.
* Fixed MovingPictures configuration launcher failing on MediaPortal 1.6.
* Fixed shutdown of process not occurring after S3 Resume, thanks seco/sebastii.
* Fixed a crash when selecting a category using a fixed backdrop if the movie no longer exists in database.
* Added shortcut to MovingPictures configuration on desktop during installation of MPEI package.
* Added IMDb and SortBy fields to the available filter fields.
* Added 'Date Added' and 'Release Date' to available fields to display as 'Label 2' on the facade.
* Added dynamic field display for 'Label 2' on the facade when choosing different Sort By fields e.g. Sorting by release date will show 'Release Date' instead of the default 'Year'.
* Added 'Accept-Language' header support in scraper scripts for better results on sites like IMDb.
* Improved Bluray support, thanks sebastii.
* Updated translations from Transifex.
v1.6.0
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* Support for a native MPEI installation package.
* Support for translations from Transifex. Users can now submit translations from their website.
* Added 'Plot Keywords' field.
** Enhanced 'Theme' search to also include Plot Keywords.
** TheMovieDB scraper has been updated to support 'Plot Keywords'.
** Added 'Collections' field:
** TheMovieDB scraper has been updated to support 'Collections'.
** Categories updated to allow dynamic category support for Collections.
** A movie can be added to more than one collection.
** Sorry, no grouping in the main movie list yet. Only categories!
*Added 'Release Date' field:
** TheMovieDB scraper has been updated to support 'Release Date'.
** Added sorting and group header support.
** Added support for date modifier in scraper engine, this will allow scripters to specify the format of the date which they are using. (see r1514 for details).
** Added extra skin properties for fields of type datetime.
* Added support for localised posters from fanart.tv. This is a great source for movie artwork, very high quality and recommended as your new default poster/backdrop source.
* Added support to CycleArtwork via a MediaPortal GUI Action (e.g. press of a remote button). Chose the most logical action available which is PREVIOUS_PICTURE and NEXT_PICTURE.
* Added new skin properties to allow skinner to control the plurality of labels e.g. 'Director' when there is only one director. Updated DefaultWide skin to show example of usage.
* Publish all MediaPortal Video Play properties including IMDb ID (#Play.Current.IMDBNumber) which can be used to display extra artwork on OSD such as Clear Logos.
* Fixed a crash seen when creating a blank movie template which doesn't have a movie data provider.
* Fixed IMDb pre-lookup not working.
* Fixed bugs and cleanup of new DefaultWide skin:
* Removed animations where applicable to keep in line with design of main skin.
* Removed unused imports and images.
* Several bug fixes and missing functionality e.g. play indicator
* Added new release date field to details view.
* Fixed Group Headers not working.
* Fixed Rate Dialog not working with MediaPortal 1.3+ (replaced toggle buttons with checkmarks).
* Added support for Trailers plugin, this adds support for local and online streaming trailers, button added in details view.
* Fixed OSD showing before fullscreen playback of NEW files.
* Fixed a possible crash when updating Alpha Filter.
* Fixed an unhandled exception in importer when creating a movie with no IMDb,
* Improved directory accessibility check to prevent false positives resulting in removal of media from the db.
* [API] Adjusted tab switching logic so the movie manager can be reused by mpextended.
About the utility, is easy to use and do what you want, that is arrange all your movies to show you in a list with pictures and details. You can browse by category, year, etc or see all the list at ones. There is a lot of customization, but at the same time is not complicated. To me, i don't even customize much. Is great the way it is.
Something i appreciate is that show all my movies in the same place, even when i don't have all my movies in the same hard drive.
What else i can say? Do the job, and i am happy.
Sometime friends come over to watch a movie, the moment I select Moving Pictures you get the wow factor, suffice to say that everyone has to browse by himself a bit and we end up browsing for titles, actors and fan art of all the old movies each of us likes to remember, and then, and only then we sit back and pick a movie to watch.
Highly recommended for you all.
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