Subject: New Version 2.220 Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:30 pm
Version 2.220
Largely a bugfix release and code cleanup release,
The issue with the rar size preference being ignored has been fixed The TVDB scraper now addresses images.tvdb directly to avoid the problems that the new mirrors are causing Local actor thumbs are now supported for TVDB thumbs as well as IMDB Many other small bugs have also been fixed
The cache file has been updated and should be more stable now, it also includes the actorDB, you may have noticed that in the last release the actor search feature did not work, this has been fixed. I am hoping that issues with this have been resolved, i've timed the startup time with and without it and the startup time is halved with my setup.
The splash screen now returns some data about the loading state of the program.
I have also finally decided to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista Ultimate 64, so for people using vista you are likely to see some visual improvements.
I am aware that there are still some issues with the tv episode scraper crashing before it has completed, it is difficult for me to fix them until I get some valid feedback from users, the tv output log contains the details of the error at the very bottom of the log and I would appreciate it if people experiencing these errors would post details of the error message.
I will be starting the album scraper soon and I would like to be sure that everything else is working properly before I start since it may be quite a while between versions once I start on this.
Last edited by billyad2000 on Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:36 pm; edited 1 time in total
Forts Junior Member
Posts : 19 Join date : 2008-09-21
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:54 pm
Thanks for the new version! It loads much much faster on my machine than the previous versions did (I currently have approx 250 movies and 700 TV episodes in my library). Can't wait for the album scraper! I've been eagerly awaiting something like XMBC Companion for album libraries for quite some time.
Subject: Error When Changing Fanart Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:06 am
Billy: I got this then trying to change the fanart on Bee Movie
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************** Exception Text ************** System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: A generic error occurred in GDI+. at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams) at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageFormat format) at Media_Companion.moviefanart.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:52 am
Wizerd wrote:
Billy: I got this then trying to change the fanart on Bee Movie
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************** Exception Text ************** System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: A generic error occurred in GDI+. at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams) at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageFormat format) at Media_Companion.moviefanart.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
It looks like a .net issue, I found the following information.regarding this error http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814675 It looks like there are a few workarounds, i'll look into it.
joncgde2 Junior Member
Posts : 15 Join date : 2008-10-29
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:07 am
Why upgrade to Vista, with windows 7 just around the corner?
billyad2000 Admin
Posts : 1326 Join date : 2008-09-20
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:55 pm
joncgde2 wrote:
Why upgrade to Vista, with windows 7 just around the corner?
Windows 7 is supposed to be much like Vista, I am thinking about buying it when it is released and I wanted to see how bad Vista is. TBH, upto now I am quite impressed, the GUI looks sweet, programs start quickly, all of my hardware worked from install, and I haven't any issues at all (so far) If Windows 7 improves upon it then I will definately be buying it.
crash123 Junior Member
Posts : 13 Join date : 2009-03-29 Location : New Plymouth, New Zealand
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:45 pm
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:44 pm
billyad2000 wrote:
joncgde2 wrote:
Why upgrade to Vista, with windows 7 just around the corner?
Windows 7 is supposed to be much like Vista, I am thinking about buying it when it is released and I wanted to see how bad Vista is. TBH, upto now I am quite impressed, the GUI looks sweet, programs start quickly, all of my hardware worked from install, and I haven't any issues at all (so far) If Windows 7 improves upon it then I will definately be buying it.
Win 7 is a big improvement thus far over Vista. The overhead resources are less and it runs quite stable. If you like Vista you'll love Win7.
fireberd350 Media Companion Supporter
Posts : 5 Join date : 2009-01-27
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:15 am
I see this error when I try to update Fanart for TV Shows. I also saw it on 2.2.0.9. It might be the same issue as mentioned earlier.
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************** Exception Text ************** System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: A generic error occurred in GDI+. at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams) at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageFormat format) at Media_Companion.tvfanart.Button5_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this application or computer (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled.
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer rather than be handled by this dialog box.
fireberd350 Media Companion Supporter
Posts : 5 Join date : 2009-01-27
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:20 am
Also, I noticed something when you have a Root Folder set for TV shows (i.e. M:\TV). When you do this it auto populates each sub folder into the list. However if down the road you add a new folder for a new show it is not picked up as part of the Media Search. I had to go back to the Folder Preferences and re-add the Root folder to pickup the new shows. I think I recall previous versions just having the root folder in the list and it was able to pickup any changes within that root folder.
When I try to add a TV root folder I get the following error
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************** Exception Text ************** System.ObjectDisposedException: Cannot access a disposed object. Object name: 'message_box'. at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateHandle() at System.Windows.Forms.Form.CreateHandle() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Handle() at System.Windows.Forms.Form.CenterToParent() at Media_Companion.message_box.message_box_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this application or computer (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled.
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer rather than be handled by this dialog box.
billyad2000 Admin
Posts : 1326 Join date : 2008-09-20
Subject: Re: New Version 2.220 Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:32 pm
fireberd350 wrote:
Also, I noticed something when you have a Root Folder set for TV shows (i.e. M:\TV). When you do this it auto populates each sub folder into the list. However if down the road you add a new folder for a new show it is not picked up as part of the Media Search. I had to go back to the Folder Preferences and re-add the Root folder to pickup the new shows. I think I recall previous versions just having the root folder in the list and it was able to pickup any changes within that root folder.
The add root folder adds whatever TV Shows that are located within that folder at the time it is added, this has always been the case.
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