marchello2000

It already does that. That's what the checkmark means when the zipcode is empty. You should make sure you have entered the Nav module before this will work though as SD does not init Nav until you explicitly go there

S4Per

Hey Mark,
Tried it today and it works great. Got an error when I tried to install while SD was running, then closed SD and executed your file and it worked fine.

It works as advertised for me, and the only suggestion I would make is that on the screen where you have the listing (i.e. I searched for movies, clicked on the movie I'm interested in, now I have the listing of showtimes at the different theaters) you currently require the selection of one of the theaters (it puts the check mark next to it) and then you need to go back to the button on the left labeled 'route' to route you to it. Seems just a little redundant when you can't select more than one theater anyway, so I would say you could get rid of the route button all together and just have the action of selecting the theater actually do the routing.

Not a biggie, just a thought.

Thanks for a great mod! How about a Rhapsody front-end now?

marchello2000

I thought about that (and, actually that's how I had it originally)... my only concern was that I would accidentally bump the screen and route when I did not want to. The solution I have now is a little awkward, I agree, but I chose it as it would make it feel consistent to when you are viewing a list of movies showing in a specific theater. My other idea was to popup a message box, but that seemed clunky too. What do you guys think, if we have a concensus I will change it ?


You are welcome, Per. I don't really use Rhapsody, why does everyone like it so much? Perhaps you guys can convert me and I will try it out - it's hard to make a digimod for something I don't use...

S4Per

I can see why you made that decision, and that's fine. I'd still prefer the other way, but no biggie, it's a personal preference.

Let me tell you about Rhapsody

$12/month for virtually any song out there (ok, a very, very good number of songs, and not just the mainstream ones). I use it at home for starters via the wireless multi-room audio solution I use: Sonos (can 101% recommend this to everyone out there if they've been considering it. works awesome, super intuitive, not cheap but also a lot cheaper than wiring your entire house).

You can add artists, tracks, etc. to your Rhapsody library, and that library is available to you from whicever device or PC you log onto. Rhapsody also allows you to download content to 3 computers for one account and listen to them in a disconnected state for I believe a month at a time. You can refresh your licenses periodically via its software so if you're not online (those that don't have interent access in the car) you can still listen.

So, one of those computers I download to is my carPC and with this, I have access to just about any song I'd ever want to hear at any time. Hear a good song on the radio and wonder what the album is like? - search for the artist in rhapsody, and play the album. Driving with your buddy and he mentions his latest favorite band that you haven't heard? - - search for it on rhapsody and listen to it. Just heard a great new album while cruising Rhapsody on your home PC? - you have it in your car, too...etc.

But, as is, the rhapsody software is not car friendly and of course outside of the SD shell, so we need an easy, simple front-end for it. I could give you some pretty straightforward requirements if this has your interest at all.

marchello2000

I checked it out, but I almost cringed when I realized this is from RealNetworks... Anyway, it is definitely tempting. I will try to tackle it after the traffic mod.

Just curious, how does this compare with Zune pass (apart from being a few $ cheaper)?

marchello2000

Are you running Vista? If so this is because Streetdeck does not have any permissions to regsvr the MovieTimes.dll. Run SD as Admin and reinstall the digital mod.

Also, if you did not get my latest changes SD won't properly register the dll, download the latest version of the digimod and it should work.

If all that fails... you will have to manually register the dll. You can do that by running regsvr32.exe dll on the command line, where dll is the full path to the MovieTimes.dll file that was installed unter the script's folder (i.e. in your case "E:\StreetDeck\Scripts\{AF69E108-7302-42D7-9CDE-969AC9D6E1B3}"...)

Hope this works

EDIT: Ok this is weird I just saw someone posted with having trouble runnig this and I responded and the post went away... weird...

DAE51D

Sorry. that was ME. I posted the error.log entries for the three alerts I see when I run this. However after *I* did that, I realized you released another version which claims to fix something, so I thought I'd try the new updated module first before posting useless stuff... HAHA. I guess you're just TOO fast.

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S4Per

Yeah, I know re: cringe...but it works and works well. Honestly - no idea how it differs from Zune pass, I've never used it.

DAE51D

OMFG! This plugin is f'n SICK! I love it! Love IT! LOVE IT!!!! marchello2000, you should set up a little 'paypal' donation thing. I would fully kick a few bux your way for this. I dont even have a single suggestion for you! The thing just works and works extremely well -- and this from a guy employed by Micro$oft?! HAHHA.

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Creative0Mind

This sounds neat.

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nationapn

Marchello,
Thanks so much for all of your hard work on the Traffic and MovieScout DigiMods! You are a hero and patriot for those of us unable to do the coding.

Marchello = GodOfDigiMod

Btw...it's people like you making cool addons to streetdeck that keep it moving forward and competing with Centrafuse and Road Runner. You should get a commission!!

marchello2000

Haha, thanks!

marchello2000

Small update: added cache support.

As an excercise for my upcoming traffic mod I wanted to add caching support to my MovieTimes mod. Basically, once you download the data it is cached. Later, if the download fails, this cached data is used. Also, you will see that the zip will now be in parentheses and a date/time of the cached data will be shown next to it.

You can download the latest from my website.

Oh, and to all of you who want to buy me beer... now you can, donations accepted on my website :P

S4Per

Cool, Mark. BTW - have you thought about integrating Outlook calendar into your calendar plug-in? Just food for thought...

DAE51D

God that would be awesome. I am still amazed that the SD people insist on using this lame-*** Contacts.csv format. USE THE .PST FILE! Who doesn't use Outlook 2003? Then you can synch your PDA/Phone whatever and it all just magically works. Or just copy the outlook.pst file from computer to computer (I do this on all my notebooks and my work and home computers). Easy peasy.

I've suggested this to SD on so many occassions I have given up hope.

ps. I just gave you a donation... there's more where that came from. hint hint...

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