TivoPod Version 2 released
Eric
notes for those interested.
SUMMARY OF CHANGES:
Option for the Catalog to mirror the Now Playing list.
Identify platform with more granularity.
Rebuilt the bundled linux FFmpeg binary statically.
Added a step in the script generator to chmod +x
Updated transcoder-script.xsl to fix slashes.
Fixed the stdout/stderr logs from the transcode jobs
Updated the build process to detect JVM version.
Added sample xml files for testing/debugging stylesheets.
Added option to include subtitle in title.
Load the video thumbnail on static thumbnail click.
Updated the default TivoPod icon.
CHANGE:
Option for the Catalog to mirror the Now Playing list.
DETAILS:
Added an auto-expiration option to purge contents from the catalog
that
are no longer present on the TiVo.
CHANGE:
Identify platform with more granularity.
DETAILS:
Split the platform descriptor into operating system and hardware
platform
to accommodate future support for operating systems that run on
multiple
architectures.
CHANGE:
Rebuilt the bundled linux FFmpeg binary statically.
DETAILS:
The linux FFmpeg binary distributed in Version 1 had a dependency
on the
dynamic LAME MP3 libraries, which may not be present on the
system.
RESOLUTION:
The binary was rebuilt statically to remove the external
dependency.
CHANGE:
Added a step in the script generator to chmod +x
DETAILS:
Added a chmod statement to the generated transcoding scripts to
ensure
that the required executables are marked as executable.
CHANGE:
Updated transcoder-script.xsl to fix slashes.
DETAILS:
Script for linux/Mac were being generated with backslashes in some
cases
instead of forward slashes.
RESOLUTION:
Corrected the stylesheet to generate forward slashes.
CHANGE:
Fixed the stdout/stderr logs from the transcode jobs
DETAILS:
The detailed logging for the transcoding jobs was not being
captured
properly. This has been fixed.
CHANGE:
Updated the build process to detect JVM version.
DETAILS:
The application will only build and run successfully under JDK
1.5+; this
adds a version check to the build process.
CHANGE:
Added sample xml files for testing/debugging stylesheets.
DETAILS:
Added sample input files to test the stylesheets.
CHANGE:
Added option to include subtitle in title.
DETAILS:
Added the subtitle to the title, so when viewed in iTunes/iPod
additional
information is visible to more easily discriminate between
multiple
episodes in a series.
CHANGE:
Load the video thumbnail on static thumbnail click.
DETAILS:
Previously the video thumbnails were automatically loaded with the
page.
However, this caused performance issues when viewing the catalog.
Now
they are presented as static images, which switch to the video
thumbnails
when clicked by the user.
CHANGE:
Updated the default TivoPod icon.
DETAILS:
Updated the previously blank default icon image with the logo.