38w ago - Following up on the
previous release, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer
Andreas Oman has updated the Showtime PS3 Media Player Stable and Testing Builds to version 4.0 alongside a DEX port with the changes outlined below:
Download:
Showtime 4.0 PKG /
Showtime GH 4.0 PKG /
Showtime 4.0 SELF /
Showtime 4.0 (Testing) PKG /
Showtime GH 4.0 (Testing) PKG /
Showtime 4.0 (Testing) SELF /
Showtime 4.0 for DEX coded by
andoma and compiled by
andbey0nd /
Showtime 4.0 for DEX (Mirror) /
GIT
Showtime 4.0 is finally released.
Some highlights:
- New UI design
- Self upgrade of both Showtime itself (only on PS3) and all plugins (all platforms)
- Automatically load metadata from themoviedb.org
- Improved support for subtitles (in particular external ASS/SSA files and vobsub files)
- Support for on screen keyboard on PS3
- Buttons on PS3 dual shock controller have changed their meaning a bit: See PS3 usage guide for details
- Each focusable item have a dedicated popup menu (Use □ button on dual shock controller for this)
- File browsing will sort folders first and then files. Sorting can be adjusted in the per page menu (△ on dual shock controller)
- Lots of bug fixes
- ... + more stuff I've forgotten
Try it out! See you soon.
Showtime 4.0 for DEX Changelog:
- Install "Showtime 04.00.000 [DEX].pkg"
- Start it from "TV/Video" column - it will return to XMB after initial processing (it will happen only the first time you start it after installation)
- Start it again and enjoy andoma's great work
PS3 usage guide
Getting started
For a full featureset of Showtime see lonelycoder.com/showtime
Video output
Showtime on PS3 has been tested with 576i, 720p and 1080i video resolutions.
I've tried to set reasonable defaults for overscan compensation. But if it not correct for you it can be adjusted under Settings -> Display and UI settings
Buttons on dual shock controller
Button Normal + Select
✕ Activate (enter or play) currently focused item
○ Navigate back Stop playback
△ Bring up options for current page Switch view
□ Bring up options for currently focused item
► Play/Pause Go to playqueue
✜ Navigate cursor, press harder to move faster - During video playback left and right can be used to seek - Move items (where possible)
L1 Skip back
For audio: Previous track
For video: Previous chapter
R1 Skip forward
For audio: Next track
For video: Next chapter
L2 Seek backward
R2 Seek forward
L3 Show system info
R3 Show system log
Note: In some regions the ✕ and ○ buttons are swapped. This is also done in Showtime.
Keyboard
- Plugging in a standard keyboard in the PS3 USB port works and is currently the only way to input characters.
- Press ✕ in a text box to bring up on screen keyboard
Showtime PS3 Media Player 4.0 Changelog:
4.0
Say hello to Showtime 4.0
3.99.608
ps3: Replace XMB icon to new one by Mike S (thanks dude!)
The pkg needs to be reinstalled for this to take effect
3.99.605
Pass filename without file ending to metadata lookup functions. Avoids the file ending reappearing if lookup failes or is disabled
3.99.604
Fix problem with bad clock from AVI files. This caused subtitles to appear multiple times. Fixes #1170
3.99.582
Notify user on home screen if a new version of Showtime is available.
This feature can be turned off under Settings -> General
3.99.580
Work on metadata lookup for movies.
Allow the user to select the 'none' datasource that will just not try to lookup anything for a given file
Improve logic that use foldername to search for movie metadata. Showtime will now use the folder name if there is no match when using title to search and only if there is only one video file longer than 5 minutes in the folder.
Get rid of various crashes related to metadata probing
Fixes #1159
Fixes #1160
3.99.578
Plug three different memory leaks related to subtitles. These caused out of memory and thus crash of Showtime. Mostly related to vobsub and DVD subtitles
Fixes #1165
3.99.575
Fix issue with subtitles loaded from UPNP/DLNA to not appear correctly in subtitle selection menu
3.99.574
Fix problem with SRT files that start with UTF-8/16 BOM markers
Fixes #1136
3.99.566
Fix a bug causing the in-RAM index of cached content to be corrupted
This bug could result in randomg hangs of some parts of showtime (Notifications that didn't go away, images not loaded)
Also it could crash showtime during shutdown
3.99.538
Remember selected subtitle and audio track for each video file
Fixes #1141
3.99.532
Fix broken seeking in files that does not start at PTS 0
Fixes #1124
3.99.530
Add support for upgrades of Showtime from within Showtime
Check for updates in Settings -> General
Currently only supported on PS3 platform
3.99.513
Improve metadata lookup
User is now able to enter a custom query in the item popup menu. It's also possible to enter a IMDb ID directly there.
Showtime will also automatically use the folder name of the video if it seems more appropriate. An internal scoring system is used to choose if it should try to search using file name or folder name.
Score results can be seen as debug in logfile
3.99.510
ps3: Seek using L2 and R2 buttons
3.99.502
Improve RTMP robustness
Reconnecting an RTMP stream during playback is now completely invisible to the user.
3.99.496
Rework UI during video and audio playback
3.99.483
PS3: Add support for the system on screen keyboard (finally!)
Press X in an textbox to popup the on screen keyboard
3.99.480
ps3: Improve button mappings on ps3
Select + ○ will stop playback
Select + ► will open playqueue
3.99.479
Showtime will now hide all files it cannot play by default
This feature can be disabled/enabled on per-directory bases in the page menu
3.99.473
Fix various bugs related to seeking
3.99.471
Some people reported a regression in Showtime's key repeat delay on PS3. The shortened key repeat delay has now been reverted to the previous value
3.99.470
Fix a problem with TMDB search lockups
3.99.461
Improve speed when seeking (using left/right buttons) during video playback.
With the PS3 six axis dual shock remote controller the user can press harder on the left/right buttons to increase seek speed
3.99.450
Fix a bug causing issues with audio if a file contains an audio track that switches from one mode to another.
Typically TV shows where the recap is in stereo and the main episode in 5.1 suffered from this bug
3.99.437
When browsing files it's now possible to enable/disable the sorting of folders before files in the page menu
3.99.436
When browsing files it's now possible to sort on files on date.
See the page menu (△ button on PS3)
3.99.428
Improve metadata lookup for movies.
- Allow the user to select which of the metadata providers to use for a certain movie
- Allow the user to select between all results for a given movie
3.99.427
Fix some issues related to uPnP / DLNA discovery.
This should make Showtime find PS3 Media Server and Universal Media Server immediately on start. Previously it had to wait for the periodic notification before adding them
3.99.419
ps3: Based on region, swap X and O button if configured in system
Finally, below is a video format compatibility chart in German from
osta (via boerse.bz/multimedia/konsolen/playstation-1-3/psjailbreak/714064-show-10.html#post7232119) for those interested in a rough idea of how far along Showtime 4 is coming.
thanks
salam maleikum...
Download: https://github.com/downloads/facanferff/showtime-plugin-youtube/youtube.zip / https://github.com/facanferff/showtime-plugin-youtube
Below are the changes, as follows:
The first major release of the plugin was more than a year ago and now it is time to renew that experience and provide a improved experience that I hope everyone will enjoy. Please see carefully the changelog so you know exactly what's new:
• Add: Support for Continuous Playback (needs to activate setting in Showtime's Video Playback Settings)
• Add: Main Page now supports order customization (like Showtime Main Page)
• Add: Youtube Disco
• Add: Native Sorting (by Publish Date, by Views, by Title (incrementing/decrementing) and as Default)
• Add: Youtube EDU
• Add: Featured feed in Youtube Movies
• Add: New User Profile Interface/Experience
• Add: New Advanced Mode for videos
• Add: Choose what feeds to show in User Profile
• Add: Header buttons in Oceanus skin plugin
• Add: Item Menu:
• Like/Dislike video
• Comment video
• Add to Favorites
• Add to Watch Later
• Related Videos
• Response Videos
• Redirect to Movie (if video is a known trailer)
• Trailers (if video is a movie)
• Redirect to a Show (if video belongs to a Show)
• Redirect to the Show Season (if video belongs to a Show Season)
• Fix: Video Playback
• Fix: Some videos would fail due to some RegEx differences
• Fix: Videos that are no available don't show friendly error message
• Fix: The plugin would load additional pages of a feed that didn't contain entries
• Fix: User Favorites didn't work
• Improvement: Updated video metadata for support in Oceanus skin plugin
• Improvement: More flexibe Youtube Search
• Improvement: Don't show login popup in search
As you may see several things that were being asked since the first release are now here, fresh and ready to be used.
Showtime Plugin Youtube changes:
• The new Home Screen, using SELECT + Arrows in PS3 you can customize the order of the items.
• The improved item listing.
• The new Youtube Search screen providing easy to use search for everything you want.
• The new advanced mode in videos, cleaner and easier to use.
• The new User Profile screen, featuring an easy to use and fast experience.
Installation:
Go to Plugin Central (puzzle icon in home screen) inside Showtime and download the plugin.
Special thanks:
• andoma: for creating Showtime and maintaining it
• Tyrant: for beta testing the plugin and giving fresh ideas
Note:
• When testing, my Beta Tester (El Tyrant) found that the resume videos of Showtime does not work properly with the plugin, so please disable the following settting: Video playback -> Resume video playback
FAQ:
1. I found some issues, had crashes or have suggestions, where can I inform the developer about them?
At lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/showtime.
Finally, below is a brief tutorial on how to log out from the Showtime Plugin YouTube from facanferff (via psx-scene.com/forums/content/tutorial-log-out-showtime-plugin-youtube-2841/) for those interested:
Recently a user in IRC (EFNET, #showtime) asked how to log out from the current user in Youtube plugin for Showtime, so here is a tutorial for it. This method is only needed for versions 1.5 and up where it uses OAuth2 as the main authentication method. This method works for the standalone version.
The process is really simple and may be done via Multiman:
1. Go to the jsstore folder of showtime.
• In PS3: /dev_hdd0/HTSS00003/USRDIR/settings/settings/jsstore
• In Linux: /home//.hts/showtime/settings/jsstore
2. Delete the file called youtube-oauth2.
3. Open Showtime and it will no longer use your old user account, so you may authenticate again for another user account.
FAQ
1. Now every time I try to play a video, it fails with random errors, what is happening?
With the recent website changes featuring a new layout, the plugin is unable to play any video. A fix for it is being worked on and will be available once it is possible and it is confirmed to be stable. Sorry for this.
2. I found the plugin crash for some reason, what can I do?
The simplest answer is report it, you can either use lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/showtime/ or github.com/facanferff/showtime-plugin-youtube/issues. Please report any issue you encounter, if you don't I may not face it so I will not fix it by the simple aspect that I won't know about it.
More PlayStation 3 News...
Download: https://www.lonelycoder.com/doozer/buildmaster/download/5321 / https://www.lonelycoder.com/doozer/buildmaster/download/5322 / https://www.lonelycoder.com/doozer/buildmaster/download/5320 / https://github.com/andoma/showtime
For those who missed them, a Showtime PS3 Media Player Skin Oceanus and Showtime PS3 Plugin TMDB and Oceanus Skin Plugin are also available.
4.1.270
Make sure Showtime does not downgrade a plugin to a lesser version
4.1.269
Add support for replacing various parts of the UI using plugins. More information about this will surface once plugins support it
4.1.267
For beta-testers of plugins there is now a setting under "General" where a user can specify a, list of space separated, passwords
that will enable beta testing of plugins. Passwords are administrated by the plugin developer
4.1.259
Add support for adjusting volume during video playback using up/down keys
Fixes #1241
Fixes #1123
Fixes #751
Fixes #560
4.1.249
Don't wrap from end to beginning of list during continuous video playback
Fixes #1250
4.1.245
Correctly recognize '.m2ts' as a file type ending to ignore
Fixes #1391
4.1.244
Reworked audio pipeline. This should fix various issues. In particular various clicks and pops now and then on PS3 should be gone.
Fixes #1408
Fixes #1308
Fixes #1005
Fixes #964
4.1.225
Upgrade to libav9_beta2. This is a huge upgrade that might cause problems with some files. Please report bugs if anything seems to have broken
4.1.221
Fix broken RTMP(E) playback on PS3
4.1.210
Fix a problem that caused playback time to stay at 0:00 for some audio files
4.1.182
Fix problem that caused resume position not to be reset when movie ended
4.1.166
Fix search lookup loops when changing TMDB configuration
Fixes #1293
Fixes #1292
4.1.129
Add support for Shoutcast playback. Plugins are required to be able to browse Shoutcast services
4.1.99
Add support for setting custom movie titles directly from the item popup menu
Fixes #1213
4.1.98
Add an action in settings->general to clear the entire metadb item table. Safeguarded with a popup as it is a non-revocable action.
Fixes #1218
4.1.95
ps3: When seeking using L2/R2, rescale seek delta based on duration of feature. In principle this make it so that the user can always seek from begining to end in ~2 seconds regardless of how long the currently playing media is.
4.1.92
Add Exit and Standby as items in the page popup menu
Fixes #1042
Fixes #1184
4.1.84
Only reset screensaver timer if movie is actually playing
Fixes #1022
Fixes #1115
4.1.76
Add support for plugins that can replace certain parts of the UI
4.1.68
Add support for categorization of plugins. When browsing available plugins they will appear under a category instead of a single long list
4.1.50
TMDB: Let user choose which language to use for TMDB. Also lets user choose if to display the original title or translated title
4.1.26
Don't set resume time for videos if current position < one minute. This makes sure the user does not accidentally lose the resume
position if restarting the video from beginning by mistake
4.1.25
Let 'mark as seen' create entry in item table if it does not exist
Fixes #1175
4.1.20
Improve Showtime's response time to play/pause events
Fixes #1180
More PlayStation 3 News...
Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/x2lna5 / http://www.sendspace.com/file/eipnn6
From his blog, to quote: Showtime Plugin TMDB released!
That's right! We're again at that time a new release comes to Showtime and this time is the newest plugin for TMDB, featuring a different experience from anything you could find before in Showtime.
TMDB Updates:
1. Home Screen
2. Movie View
3. Person View
4. See more
5. Authentication, easy to follow instructions on screen
6. User Profile
7. Loading screen, should reduce potencial crashes
I hope you enjoy this release, so now the instruction to get it: First of all, it requires Showtime 4.1 at least.
Method 1 (both standalone and multiMan embedded Showtime):
Download: https://github.com/downloads/facanferff/showtime-plugin-tmdb/tmdb.zip
Put zip archive at dev_hdd0/HTSS00003/USRDIR/settings/installedplugins or if you use Showtime through multiMAN
Put the zip archive in: dev_hdd0/game/BLES080608/USRDIR/sys/st4_settings/installedplugins/
Method 2 (only for standalone Showtime, thanks wizzkidd):
Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/3wl0up or http://www.sendspace.com/file/7gu3ij
Install the pkg normally.
Method 3 multiMAN edition PKG:
Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/tnecsq
Special thanks:
• andoma: for creating Showtime
• Tyrant: for beta testing the plugin
• wizzkidd: for the pkg installs
FAQ:
1. I found some issues, had crashes or have suggestions, where can I inform the developer about them?
At lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/showtime.
Official source: facanferff.net
irc.efnet.net #showtime
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