Kodi 19

[bullwinkl 13]

Is Kodi 19 going to be supported, since they're moving to Python 3, or are we going to have to stick with 18?  I know that it's going into beta soon, if not already...anybody tried using CV with it yet?

[rdsp 27]

Some news: Updating CinemaVision is well underway, we can hopefully add a few bug fixes if we keep this pace and have something to share with all of you by the end March, beginning of April.

4 hours ago, freddoh said:

are you looking for devs to help?  i don't know python, but i know java and react/redux. i did take a little python, but super basic stuff.  Be willing to help any way i can. i am GREAT at following coding patterns so if there is an example, i can figure it out and replicate.

  when i watch a movie in my theater room, this add-on is what makes it an EXPERIENCE. the bumpers tailored to what you are watching makes it over the top.  man... i can't lose this addon.  plex pre-roll and extras process sucks! 

let me know if i can help even if its sending a few cases of energy drinks somewhere

Thanks for your availability, CV is all python, right now I think we can manage but I'll keep your contact just in case
We're doing this to have the same experience as you described but at the same time if anyone wants to buy us a cup of coffee to keep us energised here is my Paypal.me link!
Paypal.me/khnutt

Hopefully there's more good news along the next few weeks or so.

 

[Matt 40]

As a general rule, I wouldn't expect CV to work with future versions of Kodi until you read about compatibility here.  18 had been out for a while before CV was updated to work with it.

[OTA 70]

@Matt  Any news on a new developer?  I saw where @Ragnarok was talking on the MovieNow! forums and was looking at the same developer of that to work on CinemaVision.

[Matt 40]

On 11/30/2020 at 9:49 AM, OTA said:

@Matt  Any news on a new developer?  I saw where @Ragnarok was talking on the MovieNow! forums and was looking at the same developer of that to work on CinemaVision.

I unfortunately don't know anything new.

[OTA 70]

Well, If they are moving to Python 3 I'd suspect they'd have to rewrite the whole thing, so I wouldn't expect somebody like @rdsp to bail us out with a simple change in code next time around.  I'm no Python programmer though, so I have no clue if it's backwards compatible or if it's simple to convert.

It's really a shame.  CV is such a powerful plugin, not only for the theater experience, but mostly for the action modules.

Maybe there's hope yet?  https://docs.python.org/2/library/2to3.html

Edited December 2, 2020 by OTA

[dyhometheaterguy 6]

What needs to be done to get this plugin updated? and is possible to get this on Plex as well?

[bullwinkl 13]

I love this addon...been using it for years, and I don't want to see it go away--do we need more money to continue development for Kodi 19?  I'm willing to re-up; I'm sure others are as well!

[OTA 70]

On 12/4/2020 at 11:04 PM, dyhometheaterguy said:

What needs to be done to get this plugin updated? and is possible to get this on Plex as well?

They were always indicating that you'd have to make the request of Plex to support it, but considering the development has been dead for a while now, I don't see that happening unless we get a developer to pick up the pieces and start rolling with it again.

[dyhometheaterguy 6]

13 hours ago, OTA said:

They were always indicating that you'd have to make the request of Plex to support it, but considering the development has been dead for a while now, I don't see that happening unless we get a developer to pick up the pieces and start rolling with it again.

Yea I hope we can find another developer soon. I am willing to contribute as far as funds. I really like this addon for my theater room. Many bugs tho that need to be sorted out especially since 19 is about to come out.

[rdsp 27]

While I cannot promise anything I am trying to get a developer to work with me to change CV to python 3.

If this happens it will take a couple of months or more depending on our free time.

I am aware that CV may not work properly after 18.7 but if we're to update CV to Kodi 19 it may be easier to work on compatibility from that version on therefore anyone using CV right now may want to stay away from these newer versions.

On a last note, we'll be working on maintaining compatibility only so people can keep using it, fixing bugs is secondary and adding features is not planned. We're doing this because we love and use this addon too.

[bullwinkl 13]

I love you.

[freddoh 4]

On 12/27/2020 at 3:12 PM, rdsp said:

While I cannot promise anything I am trying to get a developer to work with me to change CV to python 3.

If this happens it will take a couple of months or more depending on our free time.

I am aware that CV may not work properly after 18.7 but if we're to update CV to Kodi 19 it may be easier to work on compatibility from that version on therefore anyone using CV right now may want to stay away from these newer versions.

On a last note, we'll be working on maintaining compatibility only so people can keep using it, fixing bugs is secondary and adding features is not planned. We're doing this because we love and use this addon too.

are you looking for devs to help?  i don't know python, but i know java and react/redux. i did take a little python, but super basic stuff.  Be willing to help any way i can. i am GREAT at following coding patterns so if there is an example, i can figure it out and replicate.

  when i watch a movie in my theater room, this add-on is what makes it an EXPERIENCE. the bumpers tailored to what you are watching makes it over the top.  man... i can't lose this addon.  plex pre-roll and extras process sucks! 

let me know if i can help even if its sending a few cases of energy drinks somewhere

Edited February 11 by freddoh

[freddoh 4]

On 2/11/2021 at 4:31 AM, rdsp said:

Some news: Updating CinemaVision is well underway, we can hopefully add a few bug fixes if we keep this pace and have something to share with all of you by the end March, beginning of April.

Thanks for your availability, CV is all python, right now I think we can manage but I'll keep your contact just in case
We're doing this to have the same experience as you described but at the same time if anyone wants to buy us a cup of coffee to keep us energised here is my Paypal.me link!
Paypal.me/khnutt

Hopefully there's more good news along the next few weeks or so.

 

Enjoy the coffee!

 

[Assi 2]

Hi!

Any news to this topic, now that 19.0 is out? Has anybody already tried?

[Bumblebrow 2]

On 2/20/2021 at 3:33 AM, Assi said:

Hi!

Any news to this topic, now that 19.0 is out? Has anybody already tried?

I'm not a developer but I do dabble and I was able to install Kodi 19 (Matrix) stable in an ubuntu virtual machine and change some things to see Cinemavision boot. I was using the 1.1.1 version that I have running on my Kodi 18.0 machines as the base since I don't have any with the newer 1.1.1a10-a12. By changing some of the requirements, updating import paths, and changing some lines regarding decode("utf-8"), and updating the included_packages\hachoir to 3.1.3, it loaded and I was able to play a basic sequence that came with Cinemavision. It is far from being a successful upgrade and I don't know what else I broke getting it to run but there is hope! and it doesn't seem that impossible! I did this during a weekend so the real developers should be able to get something together quicker since they already understand the intricacies of their own coding and development better than I do!

[Moebius01 8]

Keeping my fingers crossed they can get us compatibility ported to 19 soon.  The Shield in my theater dropped 19 on me before I realized it, so I'm stuck for now.  Not to mention it finally broke my favorite, no longer developed, skin that I've been nursing along for a few years...

[Assi 2]

I Upgraded to Matrix as well, unfortunately at the Price of loosing CV

[dyhometheaterguy 6]

yea I miss CV as well guys. hopefully soon we will get some updates