Release notes Xtreamer 2.4 RC3
Jukebox instructions
1) Download and install firmware ver. 2.4b20 from a link above
2) Once installation is complete then ensure you 'Reset Defaults' in settings
3) Configure your settings in the way you prefer and enable the 'Web Server' in the network section if you wish to use the Jukebox Web Interface
4) Turn the NTP Server ON in the 'System' settings page
5) Go to your Media Library and add your Movie directories to your Favorites using the '8' (FUNC) key.
PLEASE NOTE, All Favorites will be scanned so for this release. Please do not add TV series folders / Music videos etc or you will need more editing later to correct.
6) At this stage you can finally go to 'Movie Jukebox' on your main menu
7) Follow the on screen instructions (Use 1 to download etc)
8) Once the Jukebox is installed you have two options:
A)
Use your TV to create the Jukebox
(You can use the Jukebox Web Interface (WI) afterwards for advanced editing)
B)
Use the Web interface from the start to set up, scan and edit your Jukebox
(
http://Xtreamer-IP-address/jukebox)
The instructions should be pretty self explanatory from here on in.
1) Download and install firmware ver. 2.4b20
2) Rename the old xjukebox folder inside your /scripts folder
3) Install the latest build of the jukebox
4) Remount your network shares
5) Redefine folders as favorites in the media library.
6) Perform new scan of your media collection (offline scraping will save you time)
Please note: the recent package ready for download is not the same as anything published so far introducing local cache mechanism and advanced search / sorting functionality.
These new mechanism requires you to perform new scan and rebuild the jukebox database from scratch
Known Jukebox bugs
o Overscan issues affect the full screen viewing on some (mostly older) TV Models - We will produce a template after release to correct this for those affected. Some CRT and many newer HDMI-TVs have the ability to prevent overscan by just changing a simple setting in the TV settings - Check this first if affected
o During autoscraping movie years are not considered during matching - some movies are as a result recognized incorrectly (we will add comparison by 'year' later)
o Navigation issues using the return key sometimes return a blank page - This is being fixed at the moment and will have an update soon.
o In Multiplex view, scrolling to the far left or right results in 'ghosting' effects which are corrected after the screen refreshes
o Only 100 Movies at a time are shown in any of the views - This is to improve performance considerably, scrolling to the end of the list will automatically load the next 'page' of results.
o Scanning can take a while - Remember that it is doing some pretty complicated stuff in the background so please be patient

o Remote Control in WI does not work properly with Internet Explorer 8, use another browser if you want to use this feature. We recommend: Firefox, Chrome or Opera
Jukebox Recent Features:
o The Jukebox currently supports 4 Scraper plugins in 4 languages
o Currently 10 OSD languages are supported for a full OSD localized experience.
Please remember that we are in the process of adding additional languages within the upcoming updates.
o Once movies have been scanned and added to the Jukebox you will have the option to see a preview and full movie information even from the 'Media Library' by pressing the INFO button on the remote control on any folder which contains a movie with scanned data
o When movies have been scanned and added to the Jukebox you will see more detailed movie information if you press the INFO button while a movie is playing, this includes full plot information and movie rating
o We added an exciting feature to the media library FUNC popup that will allow you to add any movie to the jukebox even if you did not scan the entire folder or if you added the file later on. This will open doors for the community to allow you get movie info on the fly even if you did not pre-scrape / scan the folder on the jukebox. Its full functionality will be appreciated within a short time once the developers will introduce this working function.
o An upgrade check / download function has been added to the Jukebox. Press the '8' (FUNC) button while on the setup screen to check if a new version exists. Your current jukebox version will be displayed on the jukebox homescreen.
o Search/Sorting function by pressing 5 on any of the view modes.
Jukebox (TV GUI) Features
o A Multiplex View Mode - Movie Overview of all scanned movies in the database which allows you to
o See cover and fan art preview quickly
o Press INFO button to get On Screen Display of the movie.
o A Wall View 2X7 thumbnail View Mode
o Allows quick overview of 14 thumbnails of your movies.
o Press INFO button to get On Screen Display of the movie.
o Switch to any other view mode
o Press 0 to perform Search / Sort of this view
o A Wall View 3X9 thumbnail View Mode
o Press INFO button to get On Screen Display of the movie.
o Press 3 to Switch to any other view mode
o Press 0 to perform Search / Sort of this view
o A List View Mode
o Press INFO button to get On Screen Display of the movie.
o Press 3 to Switch to any other view mode
o Press 0 to perform Search / Sort of this view
o Settings which will allow you to set the scanning / Scraping method of your Jukebox in a wizard mode.
o Select Scraper Plugin. You will be able to select 1 out of 4 options. TMDB (default) will scrape your movie info in english. OFDB will fetch the data from the German site and will present the info synopsis in german. Cinepassion will fetch the data in French and Moviemeter will get your movies description in Dutch.
o Select Scraping Method. This section you will have to define whether you want the jukebox engine to query the internet and fetch the relevant movie information and posters or you prefer it to use files which you already collected on previous scans from the TV or from another scraping software like ember media, Thumbgen or YAMJ.
o Select Scanning method. This section is the 3rd step you will require to take a user decision before scanning. You Will need to tell the jukebox engine your movies are located all in one folder or rather you tend to create a separate folder for each movie.
o The community has created (darkforcesjedi) a very useful tool that will automatically create a separate folder of each of your movies.
Forum discussion:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2933
Direct download link:
download/file.php?id=258
If you will store each movie on its own directory you will be able to enjoy 2 unique functions :
(1) You will be able to scrape movie info on the fly from the media library by pressing the FUNC key on the remote control and <Add item to Jukebox>. The relevant information will be scraped and added into that folder without requiring you to scan the entire folder from the Jukebox menu.
(2) If you already scanned movie info, you will be able to get full OSD jukebox preview with synopsis + poster for movie from the media library by pressing INFO. We recommend to turn On the Preview Mode on the media library so as to enable you to see the poster on the preview pane and INFO for full synopsis before playback of the movie.
While playing a movie you will be able to get the full movie description by pressing INFO.
Jukebox Supported languages at the moment:
1. English
2. 中文(Chinese)
3. DUTCH (Nederlands)
4. GERMAN (Deutsch)
5. Français (French)
6. HEBREW (עברית)
7. SPANISH (Spain)
8. РУССКИЙ (Russian)
9. CATALAN (Català) - Cancelled
10. Korean
11. (Arabic) العربية
12. POLISH (POLSKI)
13. SWEDISH (Svenska)
14. ITALIANO
15. PORTUGUESE (Portugal)
16. PORTUGUES (Brasil)
17. ESTONIAN (Eesti)
18. SLOVENIAN (slovenščina)
19. FINNISH
20. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ (GREEK)
21. ROMANIAN (Romania)
22. HUNGARIAN
Jukebox Webinterface (WI) Features
o A Movie Overview of all scanned movies in the database which allows you to
o See cover and fan-art preview quickly
o Edit movie information quickly
o Upload custom covers/fan-art from local PC or via URL
o Update all stored movie information including images from online movie databases
o See immediately which movie has missing title, plot, rating, cover, fan-art
o Delete single (or multiple or ALL) movies from the jukebox
o Get an idea how the info will look like on TV (RSS "infoOSD" emulation)
o Remotely browse / update your Jukebox collection
o Secured using your Xtreamer web interface credentials
o Filesystem Scanner
o Allows quick initial or update scan with the same options as on TV
o Shows you status of the scanner and how many (new) movies have been found
o Remote Control
o (almost) Live screen capture from TV output
o You can control anything as if you would use the real remote control
o File Browser
o Allows you to conveniently browse your local or network storage drives to add folders to your Favorites or files to the Jukebox without using the TV GUI
o Network shares will be mounted immediately when you go inside the share
o Favorites
o Overview and quick option to remove entries from the Favorites list
o Settings
o Offers an option to mount network shares automatically after reboot
o Option to wipe the Jukebox database and log files completely to start from scratch
o System Info
o Short overview of Firmware / Jukebox version, RAM / SWAP usage and used disc space on mounted storages
Web interface is accessible via the shortcut URL http://<XtreamerIP>/jukebox or
http://myxtreamer/jukebox