Oh ok thanks. No issues. Just wanted to make sure I’m on the latest.
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Popcorn Ready - Chrome extension for Kaleidescape users
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I figured that with all of the new Strato K units shipping that there could be more households that end up with multiple systems on the same network....so I put my own system in that mode and realized that I wasn't handling this scenario very well in the Popcorn Ready Chrome Extension and the Local Helper that allows for local system playback. Version 3.2 of the Chrome extension and the local helper will be pushed out today that should fix this issue.
And one more thing.....I'll be creating a new thread soon, hopefully in the next few days, to invite you all to join my TestFlight group to try out my new iOS app Popcorn Ready Remote before I put it in the App Store. Here's a sneak peek:
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I just posted the beta iOS app in a new thread here: Popcorn Ready app for iOS
I'd love feedback in that thread of what works well and also what doesn't. Thanks!
I'd love feedback in that thread of what works well and also what doesn't. Thanks!
Hey @OUTATIME is there a way to use Popcorn Ready to programmatically replace each film’s cover art with the first poster listed for that film’s entry in tmdb.org? And can it replace the spoilery plot summaries for each film with the first sentence of each film’s Wikipedia entry which typically simply cite the year, origin, specific genre and key filmmaker? Those are my default edits for any Kaleidescape film entry. I hate current marketing images and spoiling the movies I’m right about to show people.
EDIT: Actually, the Wikipedia topic sentences require some massaging, removing footnote symbols, inconsistent presentation, and so far one glaring omission. So maybe that won't work. Having said that, I'm still on "B" so this might take a while.
EDIT 2: I just started C, and learned that Casablanca was based on an unproduced stage play called Everybody Comes to Rick's. I never knew that! I think I'll stick to doing this manually, I'm learning things about my core movies!
EDIT: Actually, the Wikipedia topic sentences require some massaging, removing footnote symbols, inconsistent presentation, and so far one glaring omission. So maybe that won't work. Having said that, I'm still on "B" so this might take a while.
EDIT 2: I just started C, and learned that Casablanca was based on an unproduced stage play called Everybody Comes to Rick's. I never knew that! I think I'll stick to doing this manually, I'm learning things about my core movies!
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Hi @OUTATIME and others... I haven't used the extension in quite a long time, but fired it up today to check it out. so many amazing improvements!
But, what am i missing or doing wrong here. Last night I bought "Disclosure Day" and "Project Hail Mary".
When I ask PT to sort my entire library by purchase date (newest), I get this... and the movies shown there are nowhere near my newest purchases... many of them were bought many years ago.
My Kaleidescape Store account, sorted the same way, is properly showing my 2 most recent purchases at the top, as expected, though I have no idea why Cars, Notting Hill, and Eternal Sunshine are showing up next as I can't recall when i bought those, but it was definitely many many years ago.
Any insight as to how that "purchase date" is used and why PR and Kstore are inconsistent in their sorting on that field?
Thanks!
But, what am i missing or doing wrong here. Last night I bought "Disclosure Day" and "Project Hail Mary".
When I ask PT to sort my entire library by purchase date (newest), I get this... and the movies shown there are nowhere near my newest purchases... many of them were bought many years ago.
My Kaleidescape Store account, sorted the same way, is properly showing my 2 most recent purchases at the top, as expected, though I have no idea why Cars, Notting Hill, and Eternal Sunshine are showing up next as I can't recall when i bought those, but it was definitely many many years ago.
Any insight as to how that "purchase date" is used and why PR and Kstore are inconsistent in their sorting on that field?
Thanks!
Could you please check that you are on the latest version of the Chrome Extension. The latest version is 3.2.2. I just tried that version on my own library and that sort order is working for me.
yes, it seems to be running 3.2.2.
Hmmm.... it's interesting that your Kaleidescape Store website Purchase Date sort is also wrong. I just double checked my account on there as well and it looks perfect.
Does Popcorn Ready have those brand new purchases in the library at all?
Does Popcorn Ready have those brand new purchases in the library at all?
Josh - I'm curious if you go to Kaleidescape Store and go to Manage Account and Movie Purchases, do you see anything strange in the latest purchase history there? Do Cars, Notting Hill, Eternal Sunshine show up recently for some reason?
checked... and that "manage account-->Movie Purchases" does match what i saw in the store interface. Unlike Popcorn Ready, it IS showing my most reacent purchases, followed by Cars and Notting Hill and the rest... I'm guessing that Cars and Notting Hill were simple updates... are those counting as "purchases" for purposes of this sort? if so, that sucks. i want to sort by the date i REALLY purchased, not when i accepted an update. Doable?
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My movie updates are not showing up as recent purchases. Not sure if maybe you have a Premier or CoStar system and something related to that is causing these to show as recent purchases for some reason.
May need Mike or someone at Kaleidescape to investigate this for you.
May need Mike or someone at Kaleidescape to investigate this for you.
doesn't look like PR is even finding the purchases i made and downloaded last night. (Disclosure day and Project Hail Mary).
(and new question, why do 50 movies show up for the search on "disclosure" when that word doesn't appear in title or synopsis?)
I noticed you are running Brave so I just tested there and when I clicked Refresh Library it asked me to login to Kaleidescape on that website and then the refresh worked fine for me. I'm still not sure what could be going on with your purchase dates though...but I should be able to match the Kaleidescape store. I was using default sort order (which should be by purchase date) but I can actually manually specify purchase date order which should match the Store website.
In regards to search, I agree that I don't love how the Chrome search always brings back the best 50 fuzzy matches across many fields. It should really filter it down to results that could actually be relevant. The iOS implementation is actually a bit too strict with no fuzzy matching for misspellings. I'm going to rewrite both so they are the same and both will get better. After I'm done I'll summarize how search should work for both Chrome and iOS app.
In regards to search, I agree that I don't love how the Chrome search always brings back the best 50 fuzzy matches across many fields. It should really filter it down to results that could actually be relevant. The iOS implementation is actually a bit too strict with no fuzzy matching for misspellings. I'm going to rewrite both so they are the same and both will get better. After I'm done I'll summarize how search should work for both Chrome and iOS app.
Search now works consistently in Popcorn Ready for iOS build 66 and the Chrome extension version 3.2.3.
- Searches titles, series names, cast, directors, writers, genres, collections, keywords, and release years.
- Exact title matches rank first, followed by close title and metadata matches.
- Ignores capitalization, punctuation, and accents, and supports reasonable misspellings.
- Applies your Library, Downloaded, or Catalog filters before searching.
- Returns only relevant matches—up to 50—without padding the list with unrelated titles.
- Uses relevance first and your selected sort order to break ties.
- Purchase Date sorting now explicitly requests Kaleidescape’s purchase-date ordering.