MediaBrowser Localization

[Tip]

Hi all,
It's a pleasure for me to join the dev group!
My first wish is to localized the MB interface.
I've created a MB Clone.
If you are intersted, please have a look at
http://code.google.com/r/stephanevento-localization/source/browse
See also the tracker : http://community.mediabrowser.tv/permalinks/6/add-support-for-other-languages

Cheers
Tip

[Sam Saffron]

Are theme developers going to have to do anything to take advantage of the localization ? 

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[Eric Reed]

Unfortunately, since all the themes have gone off of standard controls, I think this will be a huge undertaking.  We will need to put in place a true string management feature so that everything references strings in the abstract.

[Eric Reed]

Oh, and welcome to the team, Tip  :)

 

From: Sam Saffron [mailto:sam.s...@gmail.com]
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Subject: Re: MediaBrowser Localization

 

Are theme developers going to have to do anything to take advantage of the localization ? 

[Sam Saffron]

Eric 

Have a look at Tips branch.... Localization is almost done for default.

[Tip]

The task for theme dev is not too hard.
Application class is available in almost every mcml file and only a
few strings need to be changed.

[Eric Reed]

Sounds excellent, Tip. Does this also include other-language metadata
providers?

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[Tip]

Not sure to understand your question Eric.
Localized strings are in the file strings-XX.xml where XX is current
culture.
So, we need people translate this file for each language we want to
support. I will do it for french language.
We can also imagine a system where MB automatically detects the
current culture and download the appropriate xml file from a web
server.

Metadata provider is another problem. For French movies data I've
already created a plugin that download metadata (we even have an app
like MetaBrowser but for french data)