v3.244 Table View Runtime

Here's a weird one...

In the main browser view for movies, the runtime is displayed as XX mins, but in the table view the runtime is displayed as XXs min.

Main Browser:


Table:

weird,

Mine just shows "min" on both views

Edit: Also mine shows all movies less then 100min as 099min,086min etc in table view. Bt shows just 99mins,86min etc in main browser.

The reason for the extra digit is to allow sorting correctly,
When sorting in windows you can get some strange results, eg
1
10
2
20
4
The above is technically correct, but is not numerically correct, The work around is to add the extra digits so that they sort properly, eg
01
02
04
10
20 etc.

In the main browser view for movies, the runtime is displayed as XX mins, but in the table view the runtime is displayed as XXs min.
The reason for this is that the default naming convention for XBMC is not "mins", but "min"
When I calculate what leading zeros are needed I strip the " min" from the field, check for a numerical value, and add leading 0s until the number of digits = 3, then add the " min" back on.

I will change this method from the next build so that alternative naming conventions work correctly.

Yes the three digit time I assume is to allow the correct sorting of that column.

I don't see the extra 's' in my table either.

Cheers


PS Billy technically should the movie length be just a number & not a number & text?

Thanks

StormyKnight wrote:

PS Billy technically should the movie length be just a number & not a number & text?

TBH, maybe it should be, but XBMC will only display the contents of the field, and when browsing in XBMC,
'Runtime: 120 min'
looks better than
'Runtime: 120'

Even IMDB adds the 'min'

This could be achieved by the XBMC skin when viewing the movie details, but it isn't. I don't really see it as a huge issue.

Thanks for the follow up, that makes sense.