basic help (for implementing osx smart folders)

[glebb]

First version ready, but it comes with a TWIST I wrote it with Groovy.

About the implementation, it was actually much easier than I thought. The osx mdfind does all the work, there was no need to manually parse anything.

Check it out: https://github.com/glebb/pms-osx-smartfolder

[glebb]

I ran into some problems, regarding video streaming. Maybe you can help?

1. Normal .avi files are served with mencoder transcoding by default (if the same file is served from normal folder, no transcoding is on by default)
2. Files offered with tsmuxer transcoding fail to play.

All other media, music and pictures, seem to work ok.

The structure I create in the plugin is:
VirtualFolder
.. -VirtualFolder
.... -RealFile
.... -RealFile

Is there something I'm missing?

The trace shows this:

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NFO  2012-05-27 22:10:29.242 [New I/O server worker #1-12] Starting transcode/remux of Blade.Runner.1982.FiNAL.CUT.720p.HDDVD.x264-SiNNERS.mkv
INFO  2012-05-27 22:10:29.244 [New I/O server worker #1-12] The video will not play or show a black screen on the ps3...
ERROR 2012-05-27 22:10:34.863 [New I/O server worker #1-12] There is no inputstream to return for Blade.Runner.1982.FiNAL.CUT.720p.HDDVD.x264-SiNNERS.mkv [tsMuxeR]
WARN  2012-05-27 22:10:39.234 [Process Destroyer] Sending kill -14 to the Unix process: 89710

When playing the same file from normal folder tsmuxer works correctly. Also if using mencoder, it works correctly even from OSX Smart Folder. Only tsmuxer fails.

[glebb]

Hmm, maybe DLNAResource.addChild(DLNAResource child) is doing something that I'm not expecting.

[glebb]

Ah. It was just a case of not calling resolve(). Live and learn.

[glebb]

I'm clueless. I'm guessing the problem is somehow related to how I populate the folders. I'm currently just doing addChild in the beginning, when the plugin is loaded. Should I create my own types instead of VirtualFolders and override discoverChildren() and/or refreshChildren()? At least DLNAMediaInfo seems to be null when I'm debugging, which might cause the forced default transcoding for every video file (still doesn't explain why tsmuxer fails though). The resolve() gets the mediainfo correct, but should I call it myself somewhere?

[glebb]

Ok. So discoverChildren is the method where childs should be added. Should help.
>back to tinkering.

[taconaut]

discoverChildren is being called the first time a folder is being browsed on the renderer, refreshChildren all subsequent times.

[dmitche3]

I'm trying to debug PMS and I found this posting regarding why I can't get the externals to work.
Taconaut, can you update/repost the links below when you get a moment as they are no longer valid as to explain how to get Eclipse to work in debug.
Thanks!

pms hasn't been set up to load plugins contained in the external libraries when debugging. This will be added when pms-mlx gets merged into pms.

If you want to debug the plugin you have to do this:
As the relative path of the plugins directory isn't the same when running from eclipse or when packaged, you have to load the plugins dir from a properites file (click) and configure the version in a properties file to run from eclipse (click) and when packaged (click). Then you can put the plugins into /src/main/external-resources/plugins.

If you need a running example, check out pms-mlx and pms-plugins in my github repo, load all projects contained in these two repos into eclipse. When running pms, you'll be able to set a break point in the plugins and debug them.