15w ago - Following up on the
previous release and
YouTube Plugin, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer
Andreas Oman has updated Showtime PS3 Media Player to version 4.2 with the changes outlined below.
Download:
Showtime v4.2 PKG /
Showtime GH v4.2 PKG /
Showtime 4.2 SELF /
Showtime v04.02.000 DEX PKG by
deank /
GIT
Showtime PS3 Media Player v4.2 Changelog:
Some highlights:
- Virtual keyboard
- Integration with thetvdb.com
- Chapter support for movies
- Support for subtitle plugins
And as usual, a lot of bugs squashed
4.2
ps3: Remove "/dev_hdd0/tmp/turnoff" before shutting down system
Fixes #1594
4.1.480
Fix broken colors in VOBSUB
Fixes #1579
4.1.479
Fix regression causing crash with embedded DVD/VOBSUB tracks
Fixes #1577
4.1.477
httpclient: Fix a regression when using range queries to determine filesize
Caused problems with minidlna (possibly other servers)
Fixes #1576
4.1.470
Fix the oversized album art during music playback
4.1.456
ps3: Fix video stuttering in some high bitrate video streams
4.1.454
Fix broken date-sorting (Allow user to sort on newest or oldest first)
Fixes #1297
4.1.451
Rework subtitle scheduling
This allows us to pick subtitles that are out of sync with video stream. Also makes it possible to do negative subtitle time shifting for embedded subs
Fixes #727
Fixes #1470
4.1.445
ps3: Increase audio buffer size
Fix stuttering playback with some audio formats (APE is one)
Fixes #1451
4.1.441
Fix problem that caused picture stuttering in some movies after 20-25 minutes
Fixes #1483
4.1.427
Add support for LPCM in DVD playback
Fixes #1046
4.1.422
Add movie chapters support where supported by file formats
Chapters can be found in menu during video playback next to seek thumbnails and audio/subltitle tracks
Fixes #786
4.1.414
Fix broken seeking in FLAC files
Fixes #1435
4.1.404
Add support for subtitle plugins
This also removes the built-in support for opensubtitles.
Opensubtitles is now available as a plugin. No username + password is needed as opensubtitles.org allows anonymous logins
4.1.401
The list of subtitles are now sorted based on user preferred languages
4.1.398
Fix a bug that made "Custom query" impossible to erase in the metadata editor. It would come back next time the item was scanned
4.1.397
Fix a crash that was caused by invalid markup tags in SRT files
Typically this would happen if the SRT file contained a subtitle entry with just one tag that was invalid. Now such invalid tags will be
presented as normal text instead.
Fixes #1501
4.1.394
ps3: Fix a crash on PS3 when playing AAC HEv2 files
This was caused by too small stack for the threads
Fixes #1515
4.1.387
Fix recently introduced crash in opensubtitles.org module
4.1.386
Add stretch-to-widescreen and stretch-to-fullscreen as options during video playback
Fixes #1334
4.1.383
Add support for getting metadata from thetvdb.com
4.1.382
Allow user to adjust subtitle timing �10 minutes in increments of 0.5 seconds
4.1.380
Improved support for opensubtitles.org
Showtime will now search in opensubtitles.org database using the movie title and optionally the IMDB ID if it manages to resolve that
To limit the number of returned results it will only include the subtitles that matches the languages configured in Settings -> Languages.
If no such configuration has been entered all results will be displayed.
4.1.373
ps3: Sign pkg files to work with 4.xx CFW
4.1.372
Fix some issues related to mono audio in videos
4.1.371
Use external metadata (TMDB, etc) for video title in video OSD
4.1.369
Avoid doing external metadata lookup for very short file names
4.1.321
Add support for playback of HLS (Http Live Streaming) URLs
4.1.301
Add support for user configurable fonts
To install and use a new font put the font someplace where Showtime can browse it. When clicking on the font Showtime will what you want to use the font for. Showtime will copy the font to an internal storage location.
To select between installed fonts or to reset to default, go to Settings -> Look and Feel -> Fonts
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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
More PlayStation 3 News...
Let me know if it is OK for you
Looks like it will finally be getting volume settings, something its been needing since the start.