0.5Beta

This release is for testing purposes - do not use unless you're prepared to submit bug reports, and help testing.

There are a lot of code changes going into this release - and probably a fair share of errors too, which is why I'm labelling this release "beta".

I am releasing this because I need help testing before doing a proper release. See https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/86644-mythtv-plug-in/page-13#entry852522 for details.

Features

The new features being implemented are

• Caching: Instead of retrieving the full list of recordings from the MythTV server every time the user clicks a button, the plug-in now caches the data for 5 minutes (configurable).
• Paging: Many recording lists (especially "by title" and "by recording date") can get very long, slowing down some low-powered clients. Paging splits the lists into pages (surprise), with a "Next" button to navigate.
• Tart-up: The navigation entities (e.g. the "By xxx" buttons) now has icons, and the pages they take you to have matching backgrounds. Every recording now has a screenshot (and it works on all my platforms now).
• Series support (experimental): Previously, when scrolling though the "By title" list, episodes of a series could take up large parts of the list (for instance, I have 120+ episodes of CSI New York recorded, which would take minutes to scroll past), Now recordings with the same title are grouped together in a sub-screen.
• Series meta-data (experimental): MythTV can be configured to automatically download series metadata (presently I think only fanart and banners, I think) from TheTvDb and TheMovieDatabase. These images are now displayed when available
• PlexSync: Now PlexSync is only enabled for individual recordings, and I have tested it to work on my platforms (iPad, Android, Roku). This has historically been a difficult area, so I hope we can give it some much needed attention in this beta release
• Translatable: I have worked on making the plug-in translatable, and for testing purposes I have added a Danish translation file. Add your own langauge in Contents/String/xx.json (where xx is the two-letter ISO code for your language)

Various bug-fixes

Bugs fixed:

• Deleted shows were still lised
• If LiveTV has been watched using the Myth front-end, snippets of the watched live-TV will show up in the recordings list
• MacOS specific: Error reading DefaultPrefs.json

Furthermore, PlexSync now works again - though I think that's due to the latest Plex server version, not anything I did.

Updated to support MythTV 0.27 API changes

Deleted recordings are no longer shows in listings:

• From version 0.27, MythTV services API also includes deleted recordings in its listings. The plug-in has been updated to filter these away. This change should be backwards compatible (i.e. if you still run MythTV 0.26 or earlier, the plug-in should still work.

Other changes:

• "Sort by recording group" listing added (by hoverduck)
• Experimental support for using the GetFile rather than GetRecording for playback (off by default), requested by sammyjayuk - see source for details

Added support for PlexSync

General code clean-up, plus addition of allow_sync=True, thus enabling PlexSync, as described in http://elan.plexapp.com/2012/11/19/announcing-the-new-plexpass-feature

Initial release

Initial release

Supports basic browsing, recording metadata and playback

• Servers tested: Windows Vista, Ubuntu
• Clients tested: iPad, Web (Chrome/Windows, Chrome/Ubuntu), Android (Nexus 3, 4 and 5), Roku3
• Browsing: By title (good for series), by recording date and by category, all as supplied by MythTV.
• Meta-data: title, airdate, description, duration, snapshot image, all as supplied by MythTV

Note: Requires that you have a working MythTV backend - go to MythTV.org for downloads and details